Past
Issues from 2005
Vol. 4, No. 1, January '05
Prescience: "Division: What's in a Name?," by John Gardner, associate dean of research and extension: A search of the word "division" yields a multitude of definitions; all useful in their own context. ... We in MU’s College of Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources are embarking on creating our own meaning ...
Corollaries: Improved NIH guide for grants and contracts listings now available • NIH updates salary limitation on grants, cooperative agreements and contracts • Upcoming internal funding deadlines from the MU vice provost for research
Grants Submitted: For December '04.
Grants Awarded: For December '04.
Vol. 4, No. 2, February '05
Prescience: "President's budget proposes competitive funding for agriculture," by John Gardner, associate dean of research and extension: On Feb. 7, the President’s budget was released. It proposes wide ranging cuts in domestic agricultural spending. ... the call for reform in agricultural spending and science that this proposal suggests is a good forecast for future changes that we and our colleagues across the country must seriously begin to deal with.
Corollaries: Funding opportunities • Christopher Columbus Fellowship Foundation Call for Nominations • Funding available from NSF to improve science/technology curriculum
Grants Submitted: For January '05.
Grants Awarded: For January '05.
Vol. 4, No. 3, March '05
Prescience: "Missouri's life sciences: From rhetoric to reality," by John Gardner, associate dean of research and extension: There have been few issues around which Missouri has rallied more wholeheartedly than the life sciences. Farm or city, public or private, Republican or Democrat – most Missourians seem to acknowledge the power and promise of advances in the branches of science known collectively as the life sciences. ...
Corollaries: A reminder as you prepare for grant submissions • PeopleSoft upgrade begins March 31; patience required • USDA grant opportunities for higher education multicultural scholars program
Grants Submitted: For February '05.
Grants Awarded: For February '05.
Vol. 4, No. 4, April '05
Prescience: "The future of South Farm," by John Gardner, associate dean of research and extension: It is a familiar story across the country in university towns that nurture the nation’s land-grant universities. What began as small campuses on large farms are now large campuses with little, and often no, agriculture in sight. Unanticipated growth of these universities and their surrounding communities has largely separated the campus from the farm ...
Corollaries: PeopleSoft update • Funding opportunities • North Central Region SARE 2006 Call for Research and Education Proposals
Grants Submitted: For March '05.
Grants Awarded: For March '05.
Vol. 4, No. 5, May '05
Prescience: "Where in the world is MU agriculture?" by John Gardner, associate dean of research and extension: Many wonder what Missouri gains from faculty and students concerning themselves with international research or education. The question is frequently asked, especially when budgets are tight and priorities must be enforced — Do global connections build a better Mizzou, or are they over-sold?
Corollaries: Kansas City Regional SBIR/STTR Workshop set for June 15 • NASULGC report on budget requests • USDA Secretary Johanns accepts Jen's resignation
Grants Submitted: For April '05.
Grants Awarded: For April '05.
Vol. 4, No. 6, June '05
Prescience: "Managing our intellectual property" by John Gardner, associate dean of research and extension: It used to be that working at a university meant you could go about the business of research and education largely untethered to the commercial world. ... today MU and most other universities have developed their own policies and procedures to transfer university-driven technology to the private sector in the name of economic development.
Corollaries: Air Force provides funding opportunity for research related to national defense • U.S. Navy supports multidisciplinary science/engineering research projects • Associateship program for post-docs offers generous stipend; great opportunity • Other funding opportunities
Grants Submitted: For May '05.
Grants Awarded: For May '05.
Vol. 4, No. 7, July '05
Prescience: "Science Rooted to Place," by John Gardner, associate dean of research and extension: It was the advent of agriculture that marked our first devotion to place. It must have been quite a paradigm shift to give up the nomadic hunt and, instead, put down roots (literally and figuratively) for generations. Read about what we are doing to link science to place.
Corollaries: Office of Research Web site adds section to help you show the 'broader impact' of your research • Upcoming deadlines for internal funding
Grants Submitted: For June '05.
Grants Awarded: For June '05.
Vol. 4, No. 8, August '05
Prescience: "The importance of appropriate incentives," by John Gardner, associate dean of research and extension: The University of Missouri is an increasingly dynamic institution. We’ve put in place new organizational structures ... We’ve discussed adding and subtracting campuses, and are today discussing the possibility of differential tuition/fees and various scenarios for setting those rates. We are also exploring various incentives to reward excellence and achievement. ... Read this issue of Prescience to find out more about changes in policies affecting resource allocation.
Corollaries: Statistics Outposts, Fall 2005 Schedule • Upcoming deadlines for internal funding
Grants Submitted: For July '05.
Grants Awarded: For July '05.
Vol. 4, No. 9, September '05
Prescience: "CAFNR research approaching 'Top10'," by John Gardner, associate dean of research and extension: MU is among the fastest growing AAU research universities in the country. The 2004 report from the Office of Research also reveals that the College of Agriculture, Food and Natural Resources still leads in the amount of sponsored (or grant) research expenditures across campus, though we are deliberately seeking interdisciplinary research with our colleagues in the other colleges. Indeed, both the University as a whole and we in CAFNR are national players in research.
Corollaries: No items this month.
Grants Submitted: For August '05.
Grants Awarded: For August '05.
Vol. 4, No. 10, October '05
Prescience: "Transitions," by Marc Linit, interim associate dean of research and extension. Volume 1, No. 1 of Synthesis was published in July 2002. CAFNR Dean Tom Payne wrote the first Prescience article and detailed the sources of funding that support the College ... I hope to use this column to keep you prescient about issues of importance ....
Corollaries: The Missouri Water Research Center, University of Missouri-Columbia, invites pre-proposals for funding by the Office of the U.S. Geological Survey, Department of the Interior.
Grants Submitted: For September '05.
Grants Awarded: For September '05.
Vol. 4, No. 11, November '05
Prescience: "CAFNR centers and farms play an integral role in our mission," by Marc Linit, interim associate dean of research and extension. Every year, the CAFNR Dean Team meets with the Supervisors of our centers and farms to discuss issues related to the operation and success of these facilities. Planning for that meeting has caused me to reflect on the importance of the centers and farms to nearly everything we do in the College. ...
Corollaries: Deadlines for Oak Ridge Associated Universities programs • NSF Regional Grants Conference workshop for faculty, grant administrators and/or grant writers
Grants Submitted: For October '05.
Grants Awarded: For October '05.
Vol. 4, No. 12, December '05
Prescience: "Federal earmarked funds can provide foundation for growth," by Marc Linit, interim associate dean of research and extension. The MU Office of Research just released information on campus success in sponsored programs for FY 05. The news was good for campus and great for CAFNR. Campus-wide, externally sponsored project expenditures increased about 9.5 percent above those for FY 04. Once again, CAFNR led all Divisions with research expenditures of over $32.7M ...
Corollaries: New CAFNR Grants and Contracts specialist on board • TechConnect is looking for a few good researchers
Grants Submitted: For November '05.
Grants Awarded: For November '05.
If you have
questions or comments please contact:
Marc Linit, Interim Associate Dean, Research and Outreach
2-44 Agriculture Building, University of Missouri, Columbia, MO 65211
LinitM@missouri.edu
