[QSB-grads] Fwd: Expanded UC NRS Mathias Grant Opportunities 2017-2018

[Miriam Barlow]

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From: Natural Sciences Faculty Support <nsfacultysupport at ucmerced.edu>
Date: Tue, Jul 18, 2017 at 1:33 PM
Subject: Expanded UC NRS Mathias Grant Opportunities 2017-2018
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Sent on behalf of Professor Marcos Garcia-Ojeda.



Dear UC community,



    We are pleased to announce a call for proposals for the 2017­18

    University of California Natural Reserve System Mildred E. Mathias

   Graduate Student Research Grants

    http://www.ucnrs.org/grants/mathias-grant.html.



    The UC Natural Reserve System provides Mathias Grants to support
graduate

    student research at its 39 reserves. Doctoral and master¹s students from

    any UC campus pursuing a graduate degree in any field are eligible.

    Studies must be conducted on reserves in the UC Natural Reserve System.

    Since 1988, more than 400 graduate students have received nearly
$800,000

    from the Mathias Grant program. This year we anticipate awarding $38,000

    from a general pool of funds, with individual awards not exceeding
$3,000.



    In addition, this year the California Tobacco-Related Disease Research

    Program <http://www.trdrp.org/> (TRDRP)is providing an additional
$15,000

    in supplemental funding to support graduate student research at
reserves.

    These monies are provided to broaden graduate student engagement in

    studying environmental exposure and health outcomes of tobacco use, and

    contribute to influencing state and local policy on tobacco. Research on

    reserve sites might include, for example, studies on the environmental

    impact of tobacco waste; bioaccumulation of tobacco-specific
nitrosamines

    in aquatic bodies or on land; contribution of the tobacco-specific

    particulate matter to the air quality and related health outcomes. Other

    innovative topics (e.g., ethnobotanical shifts in native vs. commercial

    tobacco use) that address similar tobacco-related human and
environmental

    health issues are highly encouraged. These individual awards will also

    not exceed $3,000.



    Applications for this year¹s Mathias Grant program are due by September

    11, 2017. Applicants are strongly encouraged to begin the application

    process as early as possible because all materials (with the exception
of

    letters of recommendation) must be gathered and submitted as part of the

    grant application. Applicants will be notified of their award status by

    the end of 2017, with funds made available in early 2018.



    Essential information on the application process, eligibility

    requirements, and evaluation criteria is available at

    http://www.ucnrs.org/grants/mathias-grant.html.



    Please let me know if you have any questions.



    Thank you,

    Donna



    Donna Seaward

    Administrative Officer

    Natural Reserve System

    1111 Franklin Street

    Oakland, CA 94607-5200

    Phone (510) 587-6314

    www.nrs.ucop.edu









-- 
Miriam Barlow
Associate Professor
University of California, Merced

209.228.4174
miriam.barlow at gmail.com
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