Kay Graduate Scholar Develops Bias Free Algorithm for Schools
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
2019 - 2020 Faculty Opportunity Fund
In collaboration with Provost Glenn Pfeiffer and Faculty Fellow Rennolds Ostrom, I would like to announce the 3rd 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
CHOC Children's Research Week
Choc Children’s 2019 Research Week will begin, Tuesday, November 12. This year’s theme is the Pediatric Origins of Adult Disease. The week will kick-off with a Research Extravaganza, Ice Cream Social and various activities for patients. On Wednesday, Associate Vice Chancellor & Director of the Institute for Clinical and Translational Science at University of California
Chapman Receives Over $400,000 Grant from Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
Chapman University is excited to announce the first support from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation for more than $417,000. The support for the California Special Education Residency Projects grant will help fund research and training to remove barriers facing students with disabilities. Chapman will be partnering with the University of Kansas and the University
Seminar - Observing the Terrestrial Water Cycle from Space
Please join us at the joint seminar presented by the Office of Research and the Computational and Data Science (CADS) program Observing the Terrestrial Water Cycle from Space Dr. Venkataraman (Venkat) Lakshmi – University of Virginia This talk will present innovations for downscaling soil moisture to 1km and its validation with ground and
Welcome, Megan Faulkner - Sponsored Project Analyst
Please join the Office of Research in welcoming Megan Faulkner to Crean College of Health and Behavioral Sciences as our new Sponsored Project Analyst. Megan received her BA in Psychology and Social Behavior from the University of California, Irvine (UCI) and has over 14 years of experience in human subjects health and development research centering
Institutional Review Board (IRB) Guidelines Updated
The IRB committee recently updated the Guidelines for Recruitment of Research Participants to include a section on “Recruitment Using Electronic Media” This new section is more inclusive (e-mails, websites, listservs, etc.), does a better job of defining terms (or at least providing examples), and have concrete recommendations. Please contact us at irb@chapman.edu or via phone at
You're Invited to the Annual State of Research and Creative Activity
The third annual State of Research and Creative Activity will be held on Friday, October 18, 2019 at 3:30 P.M. in Beckman 404 – George Bush Conference Center. This year, President Daniele Struppa and Vice President for Research Tom Piechota will recognize select faculty and students, and the sponsors who support their research and creative
Register NOW : 2019 Fall NSF Grants Conference
The Fall 2019 National Science Foundation (NSF) Grants Conference is November 18-19, 2019 in Boston, Massachusetts at the Boston Marriott Cambridge. 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 topics
Congratulations to the 2019 Kay Family Foundation Data Analytics Awardees
For the fourth year in a row, the Kay Family Foundation Data Analytics program has granted Chapman University faculty awards. Like previous years, faculty were asked to submit proposals that were data intensive in nature and that used model-based or data analytic approaches for developing new knowledge, as well as proposals that created the possibility