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• Training in Digital Methods for Humanists Fellowships

  May 9, 2018 9:30 am25 views

  IPRH announces the second cycle of a three-year competition for Faculty Fellowships that support Training in Digital Methods for Humanists (TDMH), a pilot program funded by the Investment for Growth Initiative of the Offices of the Provost and the Vice Chancellor for Research.

• Call for Proposals: SBSRI Small Grant Program

  Apr 2, 2018 9:15 am2 views

  The Social and Behavioral Sciences Research Initiative, with support from the Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research both directly and via the Campus Research Board, requests proposals for its 2018 Small Grant Program. This program brings together interdisciplinary research teams to develop projects that show promise for external funding. Applications will be accepted until April 28, 2018.

• Fulbright Grants for Overseas Research

  Apr 2, 2018 9:15 am1 views

  The Fulbright program supports US citizens in all disciplines who wish to study or conduct research abroad in approximately 140 countries.

• Apply for the Data Purchasing Program at the University Library

  Mar 29, 2018 10:15 am0 views

  The University Library is soliciting applications from faculty, academic professionals, and graduate students who need to purchase numeric, spatial, or textual data for their research. Through the Data Purchase Program, funds will be awarded for such data purchases, with a maximum award of $5,000. The application deadline for first consideration is May 28, 2018.

  Visit https://www.library.illinois.edu/sc/purchase/ for more details, including a link to the online application.

• CSE Fellowship Proposals Available

  Mar 14, 2018 8:45 am1 views

  Graduate students in participating departments are invited to submit CSE Fellowship Proposals for support of interdisciplinary research in Computational Science and Engineering (CSE). Several awards are expected to be given for the 2018 -2019 academic year which is from August 16, 2018 to July 15, 2019. Proposed research projects must be interdisciplinary, and must be oriented toward computational science and engineering and/or applied mathematics.

  Submission Information:  2018 - 2019 CSE Fellows

  Application Information:  Submit Proposals Here (You must create an account in EasyChair to Submit Proposal)

  Submission Deadline:  April 11, 2018 at 12:00 Midnight (CDT).

  If you have further questions, please e-mail fellows@cse.illinois.edu

• 2018-2019 NCSA Faculty Fellowship Application Now Available

  Mar 2, 2018 11:15 am0 views

  This competitive fellowship program provides a unique opportunity for faculty and researchers at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign by offering seed funding for startup collaborative research projects.

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• Leading cloud providers join with NSF to support data science frontiers

  Mar 2, 2018 11:15 am0 views

  The National Science Foundation (NSF) is providing nearly $30 million in new funding for research in data science and engineering through its Critical Techniques, Technologies and Methodologies for Advancing Foundations and Applications of Big Data Sciences and Engineering (BIGDATA) program.

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• Updated Guidelines for Digital Humanities Advancement Grants

  Jan 10, 2018 3:00 pm0 views

  The National Endowment for the Humanities has updated guidelines for applications to receive a DH Advancement Grant through their Office of Digital Humanities. Application deadline is January 16, 2018 for projects to begin in September 2018.

  For full details visit the National Endowment for the Humanties website.

• Gel Imaging On a Budget

  Jan 10, 2018 3:00 pm0 views

  Dr. Lindsay Clark, a Research Specialist in the department of Crop Sciences at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, needed a gel imager for her work. She didn't want to spend $10,000, so built her own for considerably less.

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