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Additional nine projects will receive Penn State strategic plan seed grants

1/28/19

Initiatives that will re-imagine the traditional use of textbooks within classrooms, develop community-based solutions to river flooding in Pennsylvania, and create an adaptable online art-publishing platform at the Palmer Museum of Art, are among nine proposals that Penn State is funding as part of the third round of seed grants for strategic initiative pilot programs.

Panelists discuss Penn State's strategic plan at the town hall.

Jan. 23 Town Hall on strategic plan now available online

1/28/19

The Jan. 23 Penn State Town Hall — which featured a discussion with University leaders focusing on Penn State's 2016-2020 Strategic Plan, “Our Commitment to Impact" — is now archived and available for viewing online at LiveEvents.psu.edu.

Deadline approaching for spring 2019 Security Center seed grants

1/18/19

The Center for Security Research and Education is accepting applications for its spring 2019 Seed Grant Program to support security-related scholarship and educational programs at Penn State. University faculty and researchers are eligible to apply by Feb. 15.

HumIn Focuse (confederate flags)

Web series seeks to spur conversation on most pressing societal issues

10/31/18

As part of the Penn State Humanities Institute’s mission to publicize the social relevance of humanities scholarship, the institute created HumIn Focus, an educational web series that asks scholars to reflect on the ideas lying behind pressing social issues. The first episode on Confederate monuments and public memory is currently available to watch, and a second episode is expected in the spring of 2019.

Commonwealth Campuses Research Collaboration Development Program

Partnership announced between Commonwealth Campuses and shared facilities

10/31/18

The Office of the Vice President for Research has announced the launch of a new program to support increased usage of shared core facilities and services by faculty at the Commonwealth Campuses. The Commonwealth Campuses Research Collaboration Development Program expects to provide 20 awards of up to $10,000 in 2018.

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Advance feedback offered on strategic initiative seed grant funding proposals

7/23/18

Penn State community members have been invited to submit ideas for pilot projects that are aimed at fulfilling the mission of the strategic plan to advance innovation, research, learning and engagement at the University and beyond. The committees on Advancing the Arts and Humanities, and Driving Digital Innovation, are offering to review short concept papers to give constructive feedback to assist in creating stronger proposals.

Health and the Environment Seed Grant Program

Human Health and the Environment seed grant recipients announced

5/21/18

Human Health and the Environment seed grants for 2018 have been awarded to eight interdisciplinary teams of Penn State researchers. The seed grants were funded through a collaboration of Penn State Institutes and the College of Medicine, which collectively contributed more than $400,000.

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Seed grants support 10 additional strategic initiative pilot programs

5/18/18

The development and dissemination of carbon-neutral technologies across campuses, the creation of a University-wide wellness network, and a plan to embed the film-based installation “FaceAge” into school curricula are among 10 proposals that Penn State is funding as part of the second round of seed grants for strategic initiative pilot programs.

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Integrative Studies Seed Grants awarded to faculty across University

4/13/18

The Office for General Education has announced this year’s seed grants to support the development of Integrative Studies courses. The awarded proposals are representative of a wide range of academic disciplines, and include proposals from faculty at Penn State campuses across the Commonwealth.

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Interdisciplinary projects awarded seed grants from IEE

2/19/18

The 2017–18 Institutes of Energy and the Environment (IEE) seed grant recipients have recently been awarded to 16 groups of interdisciplinary researchers at Penn State. This year nearly $350,000 have been awarded to more than 40 researchers in five colleges at University Park as well as at four campuses.

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