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CAS researchers have secured $26.4 million in external research awards year-to-date, the highest total in more than ten years at this point in the fiscal year. 106 funded proposals came from Physics; Chemistry; Biological Sciences; Psychology; Earth and Atmospheric Sciences; Mathematics; the Center on Children, Families and Law; the Center for Science, Mathematics and Computer Education; English; the School of Global Integrative Studies; and History.
Funding from the National Science Foundation comprises $11.4 million year-to-date (44% of the year-to-date total). CAS researchers year-to-date have had a higher success rate with NSF than in prior years. Notably, CAS researchers have expanded funding from the National Institutes of Health to $8.9 million (35 % of the year-to-date total) and Department of Energy to $2.6 million (10 % of the year-to-date total). In addition, CAS researchers have tripled the total dollars proposed to private foundations year-to-date to $3.3 million (pending).
Thanks to all CAS researchers for this outstanding success in the first half of the year!
The College Research Advisory Committee has opened both the Interdisciplinary Teams grant program ($10,000) and the Strategic Priorities grant program ($10,000) on a rolling basis. If an interdisciplinary team has a proposal in either of these categories, please review the guidelines.
From Will Thomas, Associate Dean for Research and Graduate Programs