Thank you for making the 2019 SC EPSCoR State Conference in Greenville a great success! Conference planning has commenced for the 2020 SC EPSCoR State Conference to be held on Friday, April 3 in Columbia.
The conference is open to the broader research community and will serve as an opportunity to share and learn about South Carolina’s outstanding STEM research including MADE in SC and other SC EPSCoR programs, professional development, etc. We will continue to make the State Conference a place to network and expand your research collaborations.
We will be engaging you throughout the conference planning process with a Call for Oral and Poster presentations, exhibiting opportunities, etc. If you have any suggestions or would like to organize a session at the conference, we want to hear from you!
More details about conference programming – including a new student track and logistics – will be coming in our newsletter, social media, and website. Stay tuned!
Conference Contact: April Heyward, SC EPSCoR Program Manager
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Now seeking applicants for Fall 2020 Bridge to Doctorate Fellowship Program (B2D). Twelve minority students will receive funding to participate in STEM-based doctoral degree programs at the University of South Carolina as part of a $1 million grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF). Students will be connected with research advisors among 16 graduate programs within the College of Engineering and Computing and the College of Arts and Sciences.
B2D includes a fellowship stipend (first two years) at $34,000; tuition and fees at $12,000; a learning community focused on degree attainment, mentoring, and workshops; and professional development support.
- Must be a US Citizen, US National, or Permanent Resident
- Must apply and be admitted into the UofSC Graduate School
- Must have a Bachelors or Masters degree earned in 1991 or later
- Must have been involved with, or participated in a Louis Stokes Alliances for Minority Participation (LSAMP) program
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In addition to the Bridge to Doctorate Fellowship Program (above), NSF offers other funding for educational programs. Below is just a few of the funding mechanisms with upcoming due dates:
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NSF Inclusion across the Nation of Communities of Learners of Under-represented Discoverers in Eng & Sci (NSF INCLUDES) Planning Grants: Due Dec 3
Improving Undergrad STEM Education: Education and Human Resources (IUSE: EHR): Various deadlines beginning Dec 4
Centers of Research Excellence in Sci & Tech (CREST) and HBCU Research Infrastructure for Sci & Eng (HBCU-RISE): LOI due Dec 6
NSF Research Traineeship (NRT) Program: LOI due by Dec 6
Alliances for Grad Education and the Professoriate (AGEP): Due Dec 13
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Research Coordination Networks in Undergrad Biology Education (RCN-UBE): Due Jan 21
Louis Stokes Alliances for Minority Participation (LSAMP) – Louis Stokes Regional Centers of Excellence in Broadening Participation: Due Jan 31
IUSE/Professional Formation of Engineers: Revolutionizing Engineering Departments (IUSE/PFE: RED): Due Feb 7
Science of Science - Doctoral Dissertation Research Improvement Grants (SOS DDRIG): Due Feb 10
NSF Scholarships in STEM Program (S-STEM): Due March 25
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In the past few months, MADE in SC and SC EPSCoR have been represented at several local, national and international events.
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In October, Dr. Jessica Larsen, Clemson University, spoke to Winthrop University chemistry and biochemistry students on “Engineering biologically relevant drug delivery systems for neurologic disease.” Larsen was a Year 1 hire of the MADE in SC project. Winthrop is one of the ten universities and colleges who collaborated on writing the MADE in SC grant.
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In October, Dr. Larsen and members of her lab attended the national meeting of the Biomedical Engineering Society. One of her students, Sara Smith, presented a poster, “Correlation of Autophagic Failure and Disease Progression in a Cellular Model of GM1 Gangliosidosis,” whose research was funded in part by Larsen’s MADE in SC GEAR Program award.
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Skylar Lambert, Furman University, won the undergraduate presentation award at the 2019 International Behavioral Neuroscience Society in Cairns, Australia. Lambert presented “Establishing an In-Utero Valproic Acid Model of Autism and Evaluating a Mitochondrial Metabolic Intervention.” Her research was partially funded by Dr. Jeff Twiss’s Stimulus Research Program grant of which Dr. Linnea Freeman (Lambert’s mentor) is a member.
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Dr. Angela Alexander-Bryant, Clemson University and MADE in SC Year 1 hire, served as Vice Chair of Engineering, Physics and Math at ABRCMS 2019. ABRCMS 2019 was held November 13-16.
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