Are your research, scholarship, and/or teaching activities linked to global health or global health-related topics (i.e., food security, water access or filtration, etc.)? If so, please consider joining us for a Collaborative Opportunity Gathering (COG) on Tuesday 6 November 2018 at 11 am in Martha Miller 237. This event will serve two purposes. First, it will serve …
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Charlotte vanOyen-Witvliet, Professor of Psychology, recently received a three year, $343,445 award from Templeton Religion Trust to study accountability. Dr. vanOyen-Witvliet will collaborate with C. Stephen Evans, Byron R. Johnson, and Sung Joon Jang at Baylor University, which serves as the lead institution on the $2 million project. Researchers from Havard Medical School and the …
The Michigan Space Grant Consortium (MSGC) creates, develops, and promotes programs that support research and educational activities focused on space-related science and technology in Michigan. MSGC projects reflect NASA strategic interests and encourage cooperation between academia, industry, and state and local government on space-related topics. MSGC provides funding for several grant and fellowship programs: Undergraduate …
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Today, Natalie Dykstra of our English Department received a National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Public Scholar Fellowship for 2019. This is an impressive accomplishment for Natalie and the Hope community, as Public Scholar Fellowships are highly competitive–less than 10% of applicants receive an award. Natalie’s award demonstrates the high value of her humanistic work …
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Stephen Remillard of our Physics Department was the recent recipient of a $142,902 grant from the Department of Energy for the project titled Generating and sustaining microplasma with microwaves. This is a three year project that will run through 31 July 2021. This project will engage undergraduate students in leading edge microplasma science. Undergraduate students …
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Jeffrey Johnson, Professor of Chemistry, received a new National Science Foundation award in the amount of $273,855 for a project titled RUI: Carbon-carbon single bond activation as a route to new organic transformations. The award period is 1 September 2018 through 31 August 2021. The purpose of this project is to develop a broad understanding of …
Peter Gonthier, Professor of Physics, recently received a three year, $222,730 award from the National Science Foundation to study neutron stars. Dr. Gonthier will collaborate with Dr. Matthew Baring at Rice University on this project. “This proposal aims to develop state-of-the-art models for the atmospheric emission of magnetars, focusing on what observers can detect with …
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Kristin Dittenhafer-Reed received a new National Science Foundation award in the amount of $207,901 for a project titled RUI: Mechanisms of regulation of mitochondrial DNA transcription. The award period is 1 August 2018 through 31 July 2021. This project will explore how mitochondria work and provide significant advances related to genetic and epigenetic mechanisms that control …
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