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April 22, 2024

ANNOUNCEMENTS

OVPR Principle Investigator Listserv

The Office of Vice President for Research is inviting principle investigators at UNM to sign up for the PI listserv. This listserv serves as a communication tool, so that PIs stay up to date on necessary information and details concerning UNM’s research enterprise. They will send out emails regarding, but not limited to:

Upcoming Grant Opportunities (internal and external)
Limited Competitions
Emerging Research Safety Protocols
Research Events and Celebrations
Open Calls for Proposals
Grant Writing Workshops

To sign up, click here.

Community-based Research Initiative 2024-2025 Call for Proposals

The UNM Center for Regional Studies (CRS) in partnership with the College of Arts & Sciences

(A &S) announces its Community-based Research Initiative. This initiative is to financially support

two community-based research project during FY25. The CRS and A & S partnership will provide

up to $30,000 for the fiscal year. CRS invites project proposals from UNM faculty.

For more information, click here

Proposals are due May 3

2024 Women in STEM Award Call for Nominations

The awards, now in their ninth year at UNM, range from $3,000 to $15,000, and three types of grants will be given. The categories include travel awards to foster collaborations, seed awards to stimulate research projects that will lead to additional external funding, and workshop awards designed to generate innovative research ideas and collaborations.

For more information, click here

Proposals are due May 14

IN THE NEWS

FROM THE UNM NEWSROOM

NEW PUBLICATIONS

Coupling Remote Sensing with a Process Model for the Simulation of Rangeland Carbon Dynamics

Co-Authors: Marcy Litvak, Ph.D. and Tomer Duman, Ph.D.

Department: Biology

Publisher: Journal of Advances in Modeling Earth Systems

Ecological Interactions Between Non-Native American Shad and Pacific Salmon: The Columbia River Case Study

Co-Author: Thomas F. Turner, Ph.D.

Department: Biology, Museum of Southwestern Biology

Publisher: Reviews in Fisheries Science & Aquaculture

Developmental Genetic and Molecular Analysis of Drosophila Central Complex Lineages

Lead Author: Gonzalo N. Morales Chaya

Co-Authors: Aisha Hamid, Ph.D. Student; Adil R. Wani, Ph.D. Student; Andrew Gutierrez, Ph.D.; Mubarak Hussain Syed, Ph.D.

Department: Biology

Publisher: Cold Spring Harbor Protocols

Lineage Analysis and Birthdating of Drosophila Central Complex Lineages

Lead Author: Adil R. Wani, Ph.D. Student

Co-Authors: Aisha Hamid, Ph.D. Student; Gonzalo N. Morales Chaya; Mubarak Hussain Syed, Ph.D.

Department: Biology

Publisher: Cold Spring Harbor Protocols

Neurocognitive and neurobehavioral mechanisms of change following psychological treatment for alcohol use disorder

Lead Author: Barbara S. McCrady, Ph.D.

Co-Authors: Katie Witkiewitz, Ph.D.; Alicia Shiver; Roberta Chávez

Department: Center on Alcohol, Substance use, And Addictions (CASAA), Psychology

Publisher: Contemporary Clinical Trials

Reductions in World Health Organization risk drinking level are associated with improvements in sleep problems among individuals with alcohol use disorder

Lead Author: Christian C. Garcia, Ph.D.

Co-Authors: Dylan K. Richards, Ph.D.; Felicia R. Tuchman, Ph.D. Student; Katie Witkiewitz, Ph.D.

Department: Center on Alcohol, Substance use, And Addictions (CASAA), Psychology

Publisher: Alcohol & Alcoholism

Impact of Geometric Phase on Dynamics of Complex-Forming Reactions: H + O2 → OH + O

Co-Author: Hua Guo, Ph.D.

Department: Chemistry & Chemical Biology

Publisher: The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters

Correction: Quantum and semiclassical studies of nonadiabatic electronic transitions between N(4S) and N(2D) by collisions with N2

Lead Author: Dandan Lu, Ph.D.

Co-Author: Hua Guo, Ph.D.

Department: Chemistry & Chemical Biology

Publisher: Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics

Advancing a Net Zero Urban Water Future in the United States Southwest: Governance and Policy Challenges and Future Needs

Co-Author: Melinda Morgan, Ph.D.

Department: Geography & Environmental Studies

Publisher: ACS ES&T Water

Protocol of the study: Multilevel community-based mental health intervention to address structural inequities and adverse disparate consequences of COVID-19 pandemic on Latinx Immigrants and African refugees

Lead Author: Jessica R. Goodking, Ph.D.

Co-Authors: Cirila Estela Vasquez Guzman, Ph.D.; Janet Ramirez; Susana Echeverri Herrera, Ph.D. Student; Meredith Blackwell, Ph.D. Student; Alejandra Lemus, Ph.D. Student; Bianca Ruiz-Negron, Ph.D. Student; Ryeora Choe, Ph.D.

Department: Sociology, Psychology

Publisher: PLOS One

PUBLISHER SPOTLIGHT

"Monolingual and bilingual child language acquisition and language change"

Lifespan Acquisition and Language Change

Historical sociolinguistic perspectives

Chapter by:

Naomi Shin, Ph.D.

Professor

Department of Linguistics, Department of Spanish & Portuguese

Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing Company

STUDENT HIGHLIGHT

Vittoria Totaro

Ph.D. Student

Department of Sociology

Congratulations to graduate student Vittoria Totaro who's proposal titled "Sustainable Farmers' Mental Health in a Changing Climate: A Socio-Ecological Study" has been selected for funding for the 2024-2025 award year by the Southwest Center for Occupational and Environmental Health (SWCOEH) Pilot Projects Research Training (PPRT) Program. This program is part of the NIOSH-funded Education and Research Center (ERC) at The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston School of Public Health.

RESOURCES

& FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES

FOR STUDENTS

Research Exploration Connection (REC) - Short research opportunities for UNM undergrads

Center for Regional Studies UNM Graduate Student Fellowships - Deadline to apply is April 26

Arts & Sciences Support for Undergraduate Research Experiences (ASSURE) - Applications due April 30

Undergraduate Research, Arts & Design Network Opportunities

Internships and fellowships with DoD through ORISE

UNM RESEARCH DEVELOPMENT FUNDS

Provost's Professional Conference Support Funds - Applications due April 23

Environmental Health and Toxicology Pilot Awards from the UNM College of Pharmacy - Applications due May 13

UNM Health Sciences & Main Campus Research Collaboration Seed Grant - Proposals due May 20

WeR1: Investing in Faculty Success

Faculty Scholarship Time (FaST) – Spring 2025 - Applications due May 20

EXTERNAL OPPORTUNITIES

Postdoctoral Associate (Colorado State University, Department of Fish, Wildlife, &

Conservation Biology) - Applications due May 15

The New Mexico Alliance for Minority Participation (NM AMP) - Various deadlines

Summer Research Team Program for Minority Serving Institutions - Now accepting applications

Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Call for Letters of Inquiry: Creating Equitable Pathways to STEM Graduate Education - Submissions due July 1

LIMITED COMPETITIONS

Brain Research Foundation Scientific Innovations Award - Letter of intent due June 25

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UPCOMING

EVENTS

April 24

AI, PUBLIC DISCOURSE, & ELECTIONS

3 - 4:30 PM

A panel of UNM experts will share how AI may shape public discourse around elections

For more information, go to ARTSCI.UNM.EDU

Planetary Sample Science Seminar Spring 2024

Presentations from January 31 - April 24

Intermountain West Transformation Network Spring Convergence Speaking Series

Shared Futures: Fostering Convergence and Envisioning Possible Futures with SciArt

With Dr. Yolanda Lin

April 24

11 - 11:50 AM

2024 Dr. Jane Blumenfeld Lecture:

Promoting Equity for Multilinguals for Disabilities

Speaker: Dr. Sara Kangas

April 24

4:30 - 6 PM

RSVP here

Sandia @ UNM: “Using Extended Reality to Study Human Behavior – WAIT – Sandia Does That?”

Speaker: Dr. Aaron Jones

April 25

5:30 PM

PAÍS 1100

RSVP here

UNM Tech Days

April 25 & 26

UNM SUB

Proposals due March 15

Submit here

Traditional Native Medicine: An Introduction

to Ceremonial Teachings & Knowledge with Wilson J. De Vore

April 26

3 PM

Collaborative Teaching + Learning Building (CTLB) 230

BioBlitz: Bike & Brews

April 28

1 - 4 PM

The UNM Action Collaborative for Preventing Sexual Harassment in Higher Education Presents:

Dr. Jennifer M. Gómez

Assistant Professor in Social Work at Boston University

“Dreamstorming & Institutional Courage: Centering Black Women in Addressing Cultural Betrayal & Sexual Violence at the University"

May 2

11 AM - 1:30 PM

SUB Lobo A&B

Sev LTER Brown Bag Discussion

Tuesdays through finals week

12 - 1 PM

Spring 2024 NSF Grants Conference

June 3 - 5, 2024

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