The National Science Foundation limits the number of proposals that an institution may submit to the Major Research Instrumentation program to a total of three (3) proposals: two (2) instrument acquisition proposals and one (1) instrument development proposal. Depending on the number of interested faculty, Chapman may need to run this as an internal competition
National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) Grants for Arts Projects and Challenge America Although two distinct grant programs, the university may submit only one (1) application for either the Grants for Arts Project or the Challenge America program each year. Due to these proposal limitations, Chapman will run a limited, internal competition to select which
Inspired by his child’s participation in a middle school school science competition, Lance Clifner after observing the negative influence of parental bias in team formation, recognized the significance of generating performance-based, objectively selected teams to maximize students’ potential. As a result, Lance developed a revolutionary algorithm that minimizes parental bias. The algorithm that he generated has not only been used to create Science Olympiad teams, but also has
Recently, psychologists have challenged the science and profession of psychology to become more intellectually diverse. They point out that too often research, training, and practice in psychology is captured by particular ideological orthodoxies and is not welcoming of diverse ideas, particularly with respect to sociopolitical perspectives. We are psychologists – including academics, students, and practitioners
The Spring 2019 National Science Foundation (NSF) Grants Conference is May 20-21, 2019 in Los Angeles at the Hilton Los Angeles/Universal City. These events are primarily designed to provide new faculty, researchers and administrators with key insights into a wide range of current issues at NSF, including proposal preparation and merit review basics, award management
CSU Fullerton will host the prestigious CSU system-wide 2019 Student Research Competition in April, 2019. This event promotes excellence in undergraduate and graduate scholarly research and creative activity by recognizing outstanding student accomplishments throughout the 23 campuses of the California State University system. They are looking for faculty and/or professionals from every discipline to serve as judges for the
Award-winning documentary HILLBILLY to screen at Musco Center for the Arts on March 12th 7:30pm. Presented by the Office of Research and directed by Professor Sally Rubin, the film will be followed by a panel featuring Chapman professors Lori Cox Han, Joel Kotkin, and Stephanie Takaragawa. Praised by Michael Moore and Dolly Parton as “wonderful,”
In collaboration with Provost Glenn Pfeiffer and Faculty Fellow – Laura Glynn, I would like to announce the 2nd year of the Faculty Opportunity Fund program that provides competitive merit-based support for short-term non-renewable projects as described below. These projects are intended to support Chapman University faculty in the development of new and innovative research, scholarship
As an indication of the growth of research, scholarship and doctoral studies, Chapman has achieved the Carnegie Classification of R2: Doctoral University – High Research Activity. This is a wonderful accomplishment and indicates the hard work of our students, faculty and administration. Recent accomplishments that attributed to this growth include: $11 million in research expenditures
Please join me in welcoming two new Sponsored Projects Analysts that will work within Schmid College and Crean College to support faculty and provide pre and post-award grant management within those units. Nadia Hajjar, Sponsored Projects Analyst, Schmid College: Nadia has extensive experience with both pre and post-award grants management. In her previous position