Deadline: March 23, 2020 Overview The goal of this grant competition is to expand the opportunities for graduate students to augment their core research and training by acquiring additional skills, knowledge, or experiences that are not available at Duke and that will enhance their capacity to carry out original research. We believe such experiences will […]
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Bring Academic Research to Life through the Story+ Summer Program
Deadline: February 14, 2020 Interested in bringing academic research to life through dynamic storytelling? Check out the new projects for the Story+ Summer Research Program before applications open on January 24. The priority deadline to apply is February 14, but applications will be evaluated on a rolling basis. Explore the 2020 Story+ Projects Body Work: Reanimating […]
Explore Opportunities for Collaborative Research through Bass Connections in 2020-21
Deadline: February 14, 2020 Duke students from all levels and schools are invited to check out the new Bass Connections projects for 2020-2021. Applications open on January 24 and are due on February 14 by 5:00 p.m. All interested students can learn more about new project teams by talking to team leaders at the Bass Connections Fair […]
Ten Groups of Faculty Receive Intellectual Community Planning Grants for 2020
The Provost’s Office has awarded Intellectual Community Planning Grants to ten groups for the 2020 calendar year. A key goal of Together Duke is to invest in faculty as scholars and leaders of the university’s intellectual communities. To foster collaboration around new and emerging areas of interest, Intellectual Community Planning Grants (ICPG) ranging from $1,000 […]
Protecting the State’s Drinking Water: Research Team Maps North Carolina Infrastructure
An interdisciplinary group from two universities is taking a data-driven approach to help protect North Carolina’s drinking water supply. The Innovations in Infrastructure project is using the state’s drinking water systems as a lens to examine policies for better building and maintaining infrastructure necessary for delivery of basic public services. Funded by a multiyear Collaboratory […]
Thirteen Faculty Seek Out New Skills and Experiences to Enhance Teaching and Research
Thirteen Duke University faculty members have been awarded Faculty Teaching/Research Enhancement Grants (FTREG) to acquire skills, knowledge, or experiences outside or beyond their main disciplines in 2020-2021. A key goal of Together Duke is to invest in faculty as scholars and leaders of the university’s intellectual communities. Now in its second year, FTREG is intended […]
Start or Advance an Innovative Project through the Energy Research Seed Fund
Deadline: February 14, 2020 Since 2014, the Duke University Energy Initiative’s Energy Research Seed Fund has kickstarted new interdisciplinary research teams to launch innovative projects—sparking collaboration among scholars from the basic sciences, engineering, social sciences, humanities, and other disciplines. The fund helps Duke researchers obtain important preliminary results they can use to secure external funding […]
Versatile Humanists at Duke: Four Reasons to Read the Final Report to the NEH
By Maria LaMonaca Wisdom A couple of years ago, I was part of a recruitment panel for the History department, at which I provided overwhelmed prospective first-years a fairly detailed description of the history and structure of Versatile Humanists at Duke. After the panel session, one of the current grad students pulled me aside, and […]