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- The ²ÊÃñ±¦µä today announced the establishment of the CUbit (pronounced Q-bit) Quantum Initiative, a cross-campus initiative for quantum science and technology. In an early boost for the initiative, the Research & Innovation Office (RIO) also announced the awarding of $780,000 in quantum seed grants.
- The NSF evaluates your proposal on the basis of two criteria: broader impacts and intellectual merit. Campus is overflowing with resources to help you with your broader impacts plans, efforts, and activities.
- The ²ÊÃñ±¦µä Research & Innovation Office, in partnership with the College of Engineering and Applied Science, the College of Arts and Sciences, JILA and the National Institute of Standards and
- Are you ready to submit an NSF CAREER Award proposal for the mid-July 2019 deadline? This workshop is the first step in the spring schedule leading up to one-on-one writing and proposal development coaching, and, potentially, the assembly of a supportive peer writing group.
- The Research & Innovation Office has unveiled the 2019 RIO Faculty Fellows cohort, featuring 15 of ²ÊÃñ±¦µä’s most promising rising faculty in disciplines spanning the campus.
- The National Academy of Inventors (NAI) today named two members of the ²ÊÃñ±¦µä research community to its class of fellows for 2018: Alan Weimer (Chemical & Biological Engineering) and John "Jan" Hall (JILA, Physics).
- Fourteen finalists pitched their innovations at the first annual Lab Venture Challenge (LVC), a funding competition run by the Technology Transfer Office (TTO) and designed to help commercially-promising technologies accelerate into impactful business ventures.
- ²ÊÃñ±¦µä is ranked No. 1 in the world for geosciences, according to U.S. News & World Report’s 2019 Best Global Universities standings. In the four previous years, ²ÊÃñ±¦µä held the No. 2 spot for geosciences.
- Kristine M. Larson of the Ann and H.J. Smead Department of Aerospace Engineering Sciences will deliver a Distinguished Research Lecture about traditional and leading-edge applications of Global Positioning System (GPS) at 4 p.m.
- Tiffany Harbrect reports that Leeds has direct access to an incredibly distinctive, vibrant entrepreneurial business community with a wealth of venture capital and startup opportunities.