ANNOUNCEMENT


Date:   February 15, 2012

To:     All UF Graduate Students

Cc:     All UF Graduate Coordinators and Staff

From:   UF I-Cubed (Innovation through Institutional Integration) Program

RE:     February 24: Nuts & Bolts Session on UF I-Cubed Interdisciplinary Research Awards


NUTS & BOLTS SESSION

The UF I-Cubed (Innovation through Institutional Integration) Program invites prospective applicants for its Interdisciplinary Research Awards to a "nuts and bolts" session where you can get answers to your questions about application requirements and budget specifics:

Nuts & Bolts Session on I-Cubed Interdisciplinary Research Awards
Friday, February 24, 2012
2 p.m. to 4 p.m.
264 Grinter Hall

In addition, we invited a panel of former recipients of the award to tell you how they formed their research teams, defined their research topics and are conducting their research. The panel starts at 3 p.m.

We encourage interested applicants to submit questions on this funding opportunity prior to the session. You can e-mail your questions to Nargiza Ludgate (Rakhimova) at [log in to unmask] 


I-CUBED INTERDISCIPLINARY RESEARCH AWARDS

Extended application deadline! Now Friday, March 30, 2012 by 5 p.m.!

The UF I-Cubed (Innovation through Institutional Integration) is offering a new cycle of funding opportunities for graduate students in the STEM (science, technology, engineering, mathematics) and SBE (social, behavioral, economics) disciplines interested in interdisciplinary research.

The award is intended to:

* Encourage graduate students in the STEM disciplines to propose, develop and participate with SBE students in an interdisciplinary research project.

* Provide graduate students with experience working in an interdisciplinary team environment.

* Encourage graduate students to involve undergraduate students in research activities.

Funding will be provided to support interdisciplinary projects which address:

* State of Florida Topics - encompassing research focused on Florida-based topics, e.g. socioeconomic, environmental, energy, and other areas of research which are of importance to the State of Florida. This may also include community oriented research projects (e.g. working with K-12 classroom or K-12 teachers)

* International Topics - encompassing research focused on global topics. This may include projects conducted in foreign countries.

Priority will be given to projects that:

* Relate to on-going research or are closely connected to a student's thesis/dissertation.

* Include undergraduate team member(s) and have a strong focus on mentoring.

Six awards up to $2,500 each will be awarded to teams of graduate students to conduct projects for duration not to exceed one academic year. 

The competition is open to graduate students from across the university. Each team MUST include at least one member from the STEM and another from SBE disciplines.

For more information and application process, go online to http://i3.institutes.ufl.edu/funding.