“These opportunities have enriched my first two years at Duke tremendously” Mark Borsuk was quick to embrace opportunities to pursue collaborative research and teaching with his new colleagues after joining the faculty of the Pratt School of Engineering in 2016. The Associate Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering teamed up with faculty from the Law […]
Doctoral Students Can Go Deeper into the Energy Data Analytics Space
Deadline: March 1, 2019 The growth of energy-related data in the last decade has created new opportunities for data-driven exploration of solutions to energy problems. Capitalizing on the opportunities presented by this new wealth of data will require scholars with training in both data science and energy application domains. Yet traditional graduate education is limited in its […]
Graduate Students Can Apply for GSTEG Grants to Enhance Their Training
Deadline: February 25, 2019 Opportunity The goal of this grant competition is to expand the opportunities for graduate students to “step away” from their core research and training, so as to acquire additional skills, knowledge, or experiences outside/beyond their discipline that are not available at Duke and that will enhance their capacity to carry out […]
Build or Extend Graduate Student Networks with D-SIGN Grants
Deadline: February 25, 2019 Opportunity The goal of this internal grant competition is to enable graduate students to build or extend their networks and to integrate collaborative, cross-school experiences into their programs, thereby increasing the number of individuals whose graduate training reflects the university’s signature commitments to interdisciplinarity and knowledge in the service of society. […]
Preview the New Bass Connections Projects and Learn More at Our Fair on January 22
Duke students from all levels and schools are invited to check out the new Bass Connections projects for 2019-2020. Applications will open on January 22 and will be due on February 15 by 5:00 p.m. All interested students can learn more about new project teams by talking to faculty and staff team leaders at the Bass Connections […]
Duke Innovation & Entrepreneurship Offers Incubation Funding for Idea-stage Projects
Deadline: February 25, 2019 I. Purpose The Duke Incubation Fund (the “Fund”) was formed to support idea-stage projects at Duke University. The Fund will make a number of awards each year to support novel ideas, applied research, potential products, nascent services and creative projects that if successful, will lead to new opportunities in the market. […]
Duke Honored for Durham Research Partnerships through Bass Connections and Data+ Programs
Nicole Schramm-Sapyta named Volunteer of the Year at Durham Crisis Intervention Team Awards Banquet; Data+ and Bass Connections in Brain & Society honored as Community Partner Agencies of the Year Nicole Schramm-Sapyta of the Duke Institute for Brain Sciences researches addiction. In the summer of 2016, she began working with a Duke Bass Connections Brain […]
Christopher Bail on Interdisciplinary Collaboration
“My network has expanded dramatically, and I have been able to pursue new avenues of research” At a moment when issues related to race, religion, and citizenship are sharply dividing Americans, Christopher A. Bail’s research on political polarization and social media feels especially timely. Bail is the Douglas and Ellen Lowey Associate Professor of Sociology […]