The Scholastic Research Award, presented by the University Research Advisory Committee, is a university-wide award for a single, significant and innovative work produced, published, performed or exhibited from Jan. 1 through Dec. 31, 2021. Two awards, of $1,500 each, are available each year, with one reserved for tenure-track faculty and the other reserved for tenured faculty. Applications must be submitted electronically in a single PDF to sstorie@tntech.edu on or before Feb. 28, 2022. For complete application requirements, please visit the Office of Research website, and select the section for the Scholastic Research Award.
Category: Research
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Consider serving as a judge for 17th Annual Research and Creative Inquiry Day
The 17th Annual Research and Creative Inquiry Day is planned for in person at the Hooper Eblen on Wed. and Thurs., April 20 and 21 (if the event needs to be virtual, participants will be informed by the end of February). The event, which is designed to promote and provide a venue for presenting student research and creative inquiry, is open to undergraduate/graduate students from all departments. We need judges from across campus to evaluate the students’ work.
Poster judging will be from 4 to 6 p.m., Wednesday, April 20. Students are invited to be available to discuss posters, and hors d’oeuvres will be served.
Judges should register at the judge registration link (you may have to log into Tech Express with your TTU credentials). Visit the Office of Research website for a complete schedule and updates as they become available. Call or email Amy Hill at 372-3464 or amyhill@tntech.edu for more information.
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Research 101: Subrecipient Monitoring
Join the Office of Research and the Center for Advancing Faculty Excellence (CAFÉ) on Thursday, February 3rd at 11 am as we kick off our Research 101 series for the spring semester with a session focused on Subrecipient Monitoring. This session focuses on everything related to subrecipients from determining if an entity is a Subrecipient or a contractor to subrecipient monitoring itself -the procedures related to it and the roles and responsibilities involved in the process. For questions, please contact the Center for Advancing Faculty Excellence at cafe@tntech.edu.
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Cornerstone Government Affairs to Give Appropriations Presentation
Representatives from Cornerstone will be on campus on Thursday, January 27, to give a brief presentation on the Federal Appropriations Process. The presentation will take place in the Derryberry Hall Auditorium at 11:00 and is open to all.
For questions, please contact Jill Dicey, jdicey@tntech.edu
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Upcoming Office of Research Events
Friday, Jan 21, at 3:00 – There will be an open forum with Dr. Jennifer Taylor, VP for Research, for anyone that would like to discuss matters within the Office of Research. The event will take place in Derryberry Hall 200.
Thursday, Jan 27, at 11:00 – Representatives from Cornerstone Government Affairs Group will be giving a presentation on the Federal Appropriation Process in the Derryberry Hall Auditorium. The event is open to all.
For questions, contact Jill Dicey, jdicey@tntech.edu.
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Faculty Research Committee Announces Call for Proposals for 2021-22
The Faculty Research Committee is soliciting proposals for funding for 2021-22. The deadline to submit proposals and all required application materials to the Office of Research is Feb. 25, 2022. Materials may be submitted electronically via email to jdicey@tntech.edu or hand delivered to Derryberry Hall, Room 305. Please visit the Faculty Research Committee website for application materials, and review the guidelines in the handbook.
https://www.tntech.edu/research/committees/faculty-research-committee.php
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Student Research and Creative Inquiry Day set for April 20-21, 2022
Research and Creative Inquiry Day is an annual event designed to promote undergraduate and graduate student research and creative inquiry and provide a venue for presenting that work. The 17th annual event will be held in person from April 20 to 21, 2022, in the Hooper Eblen Center.
The abstract submission portal will be open from Wed., Feb. 2, through Wed., March 9. Abstract guidelines can be found on the Office of Research website at https://www.tntech.edu/research/research-day/index.php.
Additional event information will be sent out in the spring, but we wanted to give you an opportunity to start thinking about your submission early.
New for this event, we will be collaborating with the Center for Career Development to offer students a resumé-critiquing opportunity from 9 to 11 a.m., Thursday, April 21, and several potential employers will be invited to the general poster viewing session that day to provide students valuable networking opportunities.
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Research and Creative Inquiry Day set for April 20-21, 2022
Research and Creative Inquiry Day is an annual event designed to promote undergraduate and graduate student research and creative inquiry and provide a venue for presenting that work. The 17th annual event will be held in person from April 20 to 21, 2022, in the Hooper Eblen Center.
The abstract submission portal will be open from Wed., Feb. 2, through Wed., March 9. Abstract guidelines can be found on the Office of Research website at https://www.tntech.edu/research/research-day/index.php.
Please share this information with your students and consider including information related to Research and Creative Inquiry Day, as appropriate, in your spring course syllabi. Faculty will receive an email at the beginning of the spring semester providing additional event information and inviting you to participate as a Research and Creative Inquiry Day judge.
New for this event, we will be collaborating with the Center for Career Development to offer students a resumé-critiquing opportunity from 9 to 11 a.m., Thursday, April 21, and several potential employers will be invited to the general poster viewing session that day to provide students valuable networking opportunities.
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Undergraduate STEM Research Seminar: Kaitlyn Kidwell, TTU Physics
This week in the Undergraduate STEM Research Seminar, physics major Kaitlyn Kidwell will present on her work studying a potential background in experiments that search for neutrinoless double beta decay in germanium. In her talk Neutron Inelastic Scattering of 76Ge Coincidence Analysis, Kaitlyn will describe the experiment she conducted this summer on the Duke University campus at the Triangle Universities Nuclear Laboratory and her ongoing work analyzing the resulting coincidence gamma ray spectra. The seminar will be this Friday, November 5th at 4pm in Volpe Library 248. It will be geared for undergraduates from any STEM major, but graduate students and faculty are also encouraged to attend! Visit the seminar webpage for more information and the current schedule of upcoming talks.
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Office of Research Congratulates External Funding Winners from September
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- Allcott (PI) & Hagarty (Co-PI): Private
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- Cohen (PI): USFWS
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- Gentry (PI) & Blair (Co-PI): TN Arts Comm. via the UUCDD
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- Ghafoor (PI) & Siraj (Co-PI): NSA
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- Gupta (PI) & Ghafoor (Co-PI): NSF
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- Kim (PI): Private (2 projects)
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- Krosnick (PI): Institute of Museum & Library Services
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- Liska (PI), Brewer (Co-PI), & Powell (Co-PI): National Safety Council
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- Mattingly (PI) & Hurt (Co-PI): USFWS
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- Murdock (PI) & Kalyanapu (Co-PI): USDA NRCS via The Nature Conservancy
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- Rogers (PI): USFWS via TWRA (2 projects)
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- Rogers (PI): USGS (2 projects)
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- Rogers (PI) & Rosenberger (Co-PI): TWRA
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- Rogers (PI), Renfro (Co-PI), Ghafoor (Co-PI), Kalyanapu (Co-PI), Hasan (Co-PI): NSF
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- Rosenberger (PI): USGS
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- Shannigrahi (PI) & Rogers (Co-PI): NSF
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- Siraj (PI) & Brown (Co-PI): NSA
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- Siraj (PI) & Brown (Co-PI): S. DoD via Fordham Univ
- Stretz (PI) & Ghorashi (Co-PI): Private
For more information, visit https://www.tntech.edu/research/reports/grants-awarded.php.
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