Sanitizing Pod Wins Top Prize
Congratulations Paris Prince, first place winner in this year's FAU Wave Competition, an undergraduate research competition organized by FAU’s Division of Research
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Prince, a junior at FAU High School, earned the grand prize for her idea of a sanitizing pod (SPod), which will allow easy and accessible sanitizing in developing countries while benefiting the environment
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Check out all the projects inside the FAU Wave e-book,
HERE.
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Remote Work Ready

As we all adjust to these strange new times, the Division of Research wants you to know that we are still here to support FAU faculty and their research programs.
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4,000 Face Shields: A Tall Order
With major shortfalls of personal protective equipment for health care workers around the world, a team from FAU's College of Engineering and Computer Science and the Institute for Sensing and Embedded Network Systems, recently identified a simple solution to rapidly produce protective face shields for Baptist Health South Florida, the largest health care organization in the region. The team anticipates completing the requested 4,000 face shields within a week.
READ MORE.
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COVID-19 Funding and Funding Opportunities
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) is devoting significant resources to COVID-19. In addition to dedicating regularly appropriated funds, to date NIH has received emergency funding for COVID-19-related activities. To receive funding as quickly as possible to the research community, NIH is using urgent and emergency competing revisions and administrative supplements to existing grant awards.
READ MORE.
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Emergency Fund for Students
Currently, more than 65.5 percent of all FAU students work to put themselves through school, but most student jobs have evaporated in the COVID 19 crisis.
Consider donating to the new FAU emergency fund so students can continue their education.
DONATE TODAY.
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Alumni Making a Difference
In a worldwide pandemic such as COVID-19, FAU alumna Sabrine Semoin, M.D., from the Harriet L. Wilkes Honors College is doing her part to save lives as a general surgeon.
WATCH HERE.
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Office Updates
The Office of Research Accounting issued the following updates:
- Quarter 3 Effort Certification Reports (January – March) will be generated today, Wednesday, April 15.
- Per the Direct Cost policy, all credits issued from the cancellation of travel, such as airfare must be used towards the future purchase of travel from the same award it was originally charged. Notices from sponsors are being released on an on-going basis. Contact us if you have any questions on the cancellation of travel, effort charged on grants, etc.
- Overhead awards (also known as reinvestment) due to expire June 30, 2020, will be extended through June 30, 2025, for active FAU principle investigators.
- If you are interested in scheduling a virtual training session for post award management (session 1), contact Tanya Cohen.
- In addition to email and phones, the Research Accounting team is available via Skype, Microsoft Teams and Zoom.
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Jack Scott, Ph.D., professor in the department of exceptional student education in the College of Education, recently co-authored the book "Safeguarding Your Child with Autism: Strategies and Tools to Reduce Risks"
The book was published by Woodbine House.
Have You Recently Published a Book?

The Research Communications team wants to hear about your recently published (after November 2019) book, chapter or co-authored book or chapter, for possible inclusion in an upcoming issue of
Owl Research & Innovation
magazine and/or newsletter.
Submit your information
HERE.
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Meet SparX at FAU: Formerly FAU Research Hub
Connecting faculty to collaborators, students and funding.
Post a project.
Recruit students.
Connect to colleagues.
Find funding.
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1 to 2 p.m. April 23, Zoom
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Due to COVID-19, FAU Events are canceled or online until further notice.
More events here
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James VanZwieten, Ph.D.
Research Experiences for Undergraduates Site: Marine Renewable Energy
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$390,000
National Science Foundation
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Tim Moore, Ph.D.
Atlantic Deepwater Ecosystem Observatory Network : An Integrated System
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$63,830
University of New Hampshire - Federal Flow Through
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Hassan Mahfuz, Ph.D.
Development and Analysis of Composite Wet suit Materials in Collaboration with Naval Surface Warfare Center Panama City Division
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$180,000
Naval Surface Warfare Center
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Ray Coleman
Everglades Literacy Program Phase V Extended
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$40,000
The Everglades Foundation
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Funding Opportunities
Limited Submissions
Featured, upcoming limited submissions are listed below (with internal application due dates). To access a full list of limited submission funding opportunities and instructions for submitting an internal application, click
here.
Internal application due date:
May 4, 2020
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