Research Highlights February 2010

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SPRING SYMPOSIUM AND TECHNOLOGY EXPO ……………. 2

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PUBLIC ACCESS POLICY…….... 3

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UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH...5

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AGENCY UPDATES ………........ 6

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ORP SPRING WORKSHOPS ....... 8

X 2010 DISTINGUISHED RESEARCH PROFESSORS ................ .……..9 X 2010 STEP W INNERS…..….10 X 2010 BAICH AWARD ...…....12 X RESEARCH CENTERS.....13 X C HECK OUT THE AWARDED & S UBMITTED GRANTS AND CONTRACTS…………..APPENDIX

KEEPING YOU UP TO DATE ON THE LATEST RESEARCH NEWS AT SIUE

ISSUE 1

VOL 28

Feb 2010

Office of Research and Projects

Research Highlights

Federal Regs on Public Access Policy and Research Publications Spark Debate Should the government require publications arising from federallysponsored research be made publically available through openaccess resources? Such questions have recently sparked renewed debate among academics, politicians, and librarians responding to recent policies adopted by the federal legislature and Obama Administration calling for more transparency in government and its funding agencies.

cess policy applicable to the researchers sponsored by the agency. Somewhat similar to the current policy by the National Institutes of Health (NIH), the Public Access Act would “require agencies to develop policies and procedures for the submission and posting of final peer-reviewed manuscripts making them publically accessible within 6 months of publication.”

In December 2009, the Office of Science and Technology Policy In June of 2009 the Federal Research Public Access Act, sponsored (OSTP) opened a public forum on its blog, inviting comments by Sen. Joe Lieberman (ID-CT) and Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX), about the role of government in public access to federallyintroduced legislation that would require each federal agency with sponsored research publications. Requested were specific sugges(Continued on page 3) extramural expenditures over $100 million to develop a public ac-

Mark Your Calendars: 2010 Spring Research Symposium and Technology Expo !!

New Info for NSF and NIH applicants: p. 6-7

The 2010 Annual Graduate School Spring Symposium will be held on Wednesday, March 31st, in the Morris University Center. The Symposium will feature events such as the Graduate Student Research Symposium and Reception, the Paul Simon Outstanding Scholar Award Luncheon, Author’s Display of faculty publications, the Chancellor’s Researcher’s Reception and other events to be announced later. For more information about all Spring Symposium events, contact Linda Skelton, extension 2958 or lskelto@siue.edu. Invitations to the Paul Simon Outstanding Scholar Award Luncheon and the Chancellor’s Researcher’s Reception will be mailed in March. This year’s symposium will be preceded by an SIU Technology & Innovation Expo on Tuesday, March 30th. Applications for posters are now being accont. next page cepted.

Featured External Funk, A., English: “The Wonder-Room,” Brown Foundation Fellows Residency Program O’Brien, L; Wei, C; Shabestary, N; DeMeo, C: Chemistry: “Isothermal Calorimetry for Physical Chemistry and Biochemistry Laboratories,” National Science Foundation Neuman, B., Pharmacy: “Targeting the Relief of Chronic Pain with Orally Active Peroxynitrite Decomposition Catalysts,” National Institutes of Health

Upcoming External Deadlines: Feb 25: NIH AREA; March 2: National Endowment for the Humanities Summer Seminars & Institutes; April 15: Illinois Humanities Council; April 20: NSF MRI Upcoming Internal Deadlines: March 5: Vaughnie Lindsay New Investigator Award SIUE Office of Research and Projects / Research Highlights


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