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Discoveries and Directions
California State University, Sacramento is changing rapidly. In January 2009, the University was designated an “Emerging Research Institution” by the Federal Demonstration Partnership (FDP), a federal-research collaborative led by the National Academy of Sciences. 

FACULTY GRANTS PROGRAM
Professional development grants for activity pursued during 2011-12. Deadline extended to February 15th and April 13th. Tenured and tenure-track faculty are invited to apply. DETAILS>

STUDENT RESEARCH CHALLENGE
This year's Challenge will be held March 8 in the University Union. Entries are due by Monday, February 20. DETAILS>

This critical designation, awarded through a competitive peer-review process, gives Sacramento State a heightened presence as we move to expand resources, capacities and opportunities for the campus.  As a result, we are able to work more in concert with federal funding agencies, large research institutions, and other entities engaged in research planning and development.

I invite you to learn more within these pages, and encourage you to comment to me or any of my RACA colleagues on ways in which we can help advance the campus climate of inquiry and discovery. 

David P. Earwicker, Assistant Vice President,
Research Administration and Contract Administration

UPCOMING EVENTS

Research and Scholarship Events Calendar


ANNOUNCEMENTS

Research Funding Update: February 2012

2012 Student Research Challenge deadline Feb. 20, 2012

Important Reminder:  Protocols for Research Involving Human Subjects Must be Reviewed and Approved by the IRB

Nat’l Institute of Justice (NIJ) Announces Plan to Pilot “Standing” Review Panels for Grant Applications in 2012

NIH Releases Best Practices for Combining Qualitative and Quantitative Research

RESEARCH NEWS

Year in ReviewCampus Sponsored Research and Contract Activity for 2010 and 2011 highlighted in latest Year in Review publication PDF>

Faculty Learning Community (FLC)
on Grant Writing -
Call for Applicants

Applications are invited for those interested in participating in a FLC on grant writing.  Participants will engage in a step by step grant writing process, including identifying funding sources, writing a persuasive project narrative, constructing a budget, and submitting a completed grant proposal ARTICLE>

Sac State, Sac City Unified Partner on Innovative New Supports for Laid-off Teachers
Sacramento State and the Sacramento City Unified School District (SCUSD) have formed a partnership to ensure that laid-off teachers stay committed to the teaching profession during the recession. The University and the school district have received a $300,000 grant from the SD Bechtel Jr. Foundation to help teachers earn teaching credentials in mathematics and science. (January 19, 2012) ARTICLE>

Revised Financial Conflict of Interest Regulations for investigators seeking funding from agencies that fall under the purview of the US Dept of Health and Human Services. ARTICLE>

Sac State Wins Federal Opportunity Grant
The five-year, $1.8 million grant, “Where Opportunity Comes Full Circle”, received by the Department of Ethnic Studies and the College of Social Sciences and Interdisciplinary Studies is designed  to increase Asian American and Pacific Islander student recruitment, retention and graduation rates by at least 10 percent; encourage those students’ involvement in a student  leadership program; expand and enhance service learning opportunities via Sac State’s nationally recognized 65th Street Corridor Community Collaboration Project; and synthesize data-gathering of Sacramento State students and those throughout the California State University system. (Oct. 10, 2011) ARTICLE>

Dr. Janusz PrajsDr. Vassili Sergan Awarded the 2011-2012 President's Award
Sacramento State’s 2011-2012 President’s Award for Research and Creative Activity will be presented Tuesday, Nov. 8 to Professor Vassili Sergan, Department of Physics and Astronomy. The ceremony will take place in the University Center Restaurant, and Sergan will give a lecture at 4 p.m. A reception will follow at 5. This annual honor recognizes extraordinary research and creative activity over
the past five years by a member of the Sacramento State faculty. (November 1, 2011) ARTICLE>

Sacramento State Nets Another NSF Award Sacramento State has received a comprehensive National Science Foundation (NSF) grant, thanks to a collaborative effort by the College of Natural Sciences & Mathematics on a five-year, $2 million project, “The Sacramento State PASS Program: Peer-Assisted Student Success.” The PASS program seeks to increase the retention and graduation rates of students majoring in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) disciplines. (September 23, 2011) ARTICLE>

New NSF Grants will Help Train Teachers
A pair of National Science Foundation grants totaling more than $1.63 million will provide scholarships to several Sacramento State students and ultimately create more math and science instructors for middle and high schools in high-needs areas.(August 31, 2011) ARTICLE>

Professor’s Fanny Pack Awaits Patent
Professor Warren Drew Smith is patiently awaiting patent approval for a miniaturized measuring device he devised that could prove very beneficial to children with cerebral palsy. (Aug. 29, 2011)  ARTICLE>

CSU-HEP Helps Pave Migrant Path to  a Better Life
CSUS-HEP was founded in 1993 with a grant awarded to Sacramento State’s Cross Cultural Resource Center and the College of Education. It is one of 44 federally funded educational programs nationwide designed to assist seasonal agricultural workers and their families in obtaining their GED, the equivalent of a high school diploma. (August 11, 2011)  ARTICLE>

Sac State Leads with Cutting Edge Nursing Lab Sacramento State’s Nursing program has come a long way since its creation five decades ago. Nowhere is that progress more evident than in the state-of-the-art clinical simulation lab in the School of Nursing’s new facilities in Folsom Hall, the former CalSTRS building. (July 21, 2011)  ARTICLE>

-Environmental Studies Professor Helps Protect Vital Mideast WatershedEnvironmental Studies Professor Helps Protect Vital Mideast Watershed
The Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta is not the only major watershed experiencing water shortages, sociopolitical tension and environmental degradation. The Tigris and Euphrates rivers, source of Mesopotamia and the world's Abrahamic religions, are also in sociopolitical and environmental crises. (June 27, 2011) ARTICLE>

Professor’s Research Inspires Wagon Project
Sacramento State Professor Shirley Moore’s research on African Americans who took part in the overland migration of 1841-1869 has inspired a group of people to create a living example of that time – a handmade, full-size replica of a covered wagon. (June 24, 2011) ARTICLE>

Sac State, SMUD Formalize Energy Partnership
Sacramento State and the Sacramento Municipal Utility District (SMUD) have signed a memorandum of understanding formalizing their commitment to a Smart Grid/Smart Energy Initiative. The signing on June 9 was part of the Green Capital Alliance clean energy sector strategy summit at the University’s Alumni Center. (June 10, 2011) ARTICLE>

Sacramento State a Partner in New Climate Change Collaboration
A budding partnership with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and the U.S. Geological Survey puts Sacramento State at the forefront of a collaborative effort to confront climate change. (June 1, 2011) ARTICLE>