From JDearing at ucok.edu Mon Jun 2 13:29:11 2008 From: JDearing at ucok.edu (JDearing at ucok.edu) Date: Mon, 2 Jun 2008 13:29:11 -0500 Subject: [Okgrantsmanship] Fw: Registration Information for the SRA Oklahoma Chapter Meeting August 7-8, 2008! Message-ID: Please find below information on the SRA Oklahoma Chapter Meeting. Hope everyone is doing well. Julie ----- Forwarded by Julie Dearing/Academic Affairs/UCO on 06/02/2008 01:10 PM ----- "Parker, Jennie I." 05/30/2008 03:08 PM To Undisclosed recipients:; cc Subject Registration Information for the SRA Oklahoma Chapter Meeting August 7-8, 2008! Attached you will find the tentative agenda and registration information for the upcoming Society of Research Administrators (SRA) Oklahoma Chapter Meeting to be held this August on the campus of the University of Central Oklahoma in Edmond. Should you have any problems opening the attachments or have any specific questions not addressed in these documents, please feel free to contact me directly at (405) 325-6054. The agenda and registration form will also be available soon on the SRA website at http://www.srainternational.org/sra03/index.cfm. We look forward to seeing you in Edmond this August! We would appreciate it greatly if you could share this information with others in your organization who may not have received this email but who may benefit from attendance. Jennie I. Parker, CRA Assistant Director Office of Research Services University of Oklahoma 731 Elm Avenue, Robertson Hall 134 Norman, OK 73019-2115 phone: (405) 325-6054 fax: (405) 325-6029 email: jiparker at ou.edu http://research.ou.edu/ ----------------------------------------- **CONFIDENTIALITY** -This email (including any attachments) may contain confidential, proprietary and privileged information. 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By The Associated Press, The Oklahoman 6/12/2008 GUYMON - Work has started on the planting of a 1,000-acre switchgrass field in the Oklahoma Panhandle that researchers plan to use in the production of cellulosic ethanol. The field is being touted as the world's largest for switchgrass, a drought-resistant perennial plant that grows even on marginal lands. Scientists at the Noble Foundation in Ardmore are overseeing the project and hope that switchgrass proves to be a viable substitute for corn in ethanol production. Hitch Enterprises, a Panhandle-based company, began planting the field on Friday. Smaller fields of switchgrass also will be planted in central Oklahoma near Chickasha and Maysville. "Rising food costs recently resulted in a pushback against renewable fields," said David Fleischaker, the state's energy secretary. "However, cellulosic ethanol from sources like switchgrass and sorghum are noncompetitive with food sources for animals and humans." What would be done with the grass? The crop from the field will be cut and sent to a biorefinery that will be built by Abengoa Bioenergy of Hugoton, Kan., just across the state line from Guymon. The biorefinery should be ready for operation by 2010. The Noble Foundation is working with the Oklahoma Bioenergy Center, the University of Oklahoma and Oklahoma State University on the switchgrass project. Noble Foundation spokesman Adam Calaway said researchers expect to harvest about 30 percent of the crop during the first year after planting, 70 percent the year after that and 100 percent starting with the third year. The Panhandle field will include both irrigated and dry-land crops for research purposes. He said the goal is to have production of ethanol made with switchgrass "up and going" by 2017. "The whole goal is to displace 30 percent of the oil we import," he said. "If you displace that much it helps us financially, so you think of the billions of dollars we'll save and be able to put back into agriculture." Planting of switchgrass plot in Panhandle begins The Journal Record 6/12/2008 GUYMON (AP) - Work has started on the planting of a 1,000-acre switchgrass field in the Oklahoma Panhandle that researchers plan to use in the production of cellulosic ethanol. The field is being touted as the world's largest for switchgrass, a drought-resistant perennial plant that grows even on marginal lands. Scientists at the Noble Foundation in Ardmore are overseeing the project and hope that switchgrass proves to be a viable substitute for corn in ethanol production. Hitch Enterprises, a Panhandle-based company, began planting the field on Friday. Smaller fields of switchgrass also will be planted in central Oklahoma near Chickasha and Maysville. "Rising food costs recently resulted in a pushback against renewable fields," said David Fleischaker, the state's energy secretary. "However, cellulosic ethanol from sources like switchgrass and sorghum are noncompetitive with food sources for animals and humans." The crop from the field will be cut and sent to a new biorefinery that will be built by Abengoa Bioenergy of Hugoton, Kan., just across the state line from Guymon. The biorefinery should be ready for use by 2010. The Noble Foundation is working with the Oklahoma Bioenergy Center, the University of Oklahoma and Oklahoma State University on the switchgrass project. Noble Foundation spokesman Adam Calaway said researchers expect to harvest about 30 percent of the crop during the first year after planting, 70 percent the year after that and 100 percent starting with the third year. The Panhandle field will include both irrigated and dry-land crops for research purposes. "We did it irrigated to insure that we get a crop and are able to study it," Calaway said. "You don't have any guarantees with the dry land. You're really dependent on Mother Nature." He said the goal is to have production of ethanol made with switchgrass "up and going" by 2017. "The whole goal is to displace 30 percent of the oil we import," he said. "If you displace that much it helps us financially, so you think of the billions of dollars we'll save and be able to put back into agriculture. You can imagine how much that would revolutionize agriculture." Linda Mason, Ed.D. Coordinator for Grant Writing and External Funding Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education 655 Research Parkway, Suite 200 Oklahoma City, OK 73104 405-225-9486 lmason at osrhe.edu IP: 164.58.250.178 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Per you request...Can you give me info regarding any Possibilities of having science sent to our school...Chad Chad Clanton Principal Dibble High School PO Box 9 Dibble, OK 73031 PH: (405)344-6380 FAX: (405)344-7275 clanton at dibble.k12.ok.us From lmason at osrhe.edu Fri Jun 13 08:23:43 2008 From: lmason at osrhe.edu (Mason, Linda) Date: Fri, 13 Jun 2008 08:23:43 -0500 Subject: [Okgrantsmanship] Article on NSF Funding Boost for Science Education Message-ID: <8775EA78FE232744BC67431D563D6B4A10AD1F@postman1.osrhe.edu> INSIDE HIGHER EDUCATION, June 13 Boost Proposed for Science Education A House of Representatives subcommittee Thursday unanimously approved spending increases for agencies including the National Science Foundation and the Commerce Department's National Institute of Standards and Technology, increasing their share over last year's amount and shifting some of their focus from research to education-related programs. The House Appropriations Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science and Related Agencies signed off on the $56.8 billion bill, which would fund the agencies under the panel's jurisdiction for the 2009 fiscal year. The markup amount is about $5 billion over last year's enacted funding level and more than $3.1 billion above President Bush's budget request for the year . Rep. Alan B. Mollohan (D-W.V.), the subcommittee's chairman, said that the allocation provided to the subcommittee by the full Appropriations Committee permitted an increase in spending on climate change research and aeronautics, as well as other areas "in which the [president's] budget request was inadequate," he said. A spokesman for Mollohan said that this year's bill is adjusting its funding priorities in certain areas. "Under Chairman Mollohan's leadership, the Subcommittee shifted about $50 million from research and related activities to an emphasis on education activities," the spokesman said in an e-mail. "The $50 million shift was made in recognition of America's need for robust investments in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) education. Specifically, these new investments are focused on Noyce Scholarships, math and science partnerships and climate change education grants." The Robert Noyce Teacher Scholarship program of the NSF enables colleges and universities to encourage math, science and engineering majors to become teachers in high-risk K-12 schools. The subcommittee's bill would appropriate some $26 billion for science, technology and innovation spending - the cornerstone of President Bush's American Competitiveness Initiative, which was enacted by the America COMPETES Act but hasn't yet been fully funded - an increase of $1.7 billion over fiscal year 2008. The NSF would receive $6.9 billion, a 13 percent increase; the bill would provide $785 million for NIST, restoring proposed cuts to a technology enhancement program, Mollohan said at the markup session. Further details on the subcommittee's bill probably will not be available until the full Appropriations Committee meets to draft its version of the bill next Thursday. - Andy Guess The original story and user comments can be viewed online at http://insidehighered.com/news/2008/06/13/commerce . Linda Mason, Ed.D. Coordinator for Grant Writing and External Funding Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education 655 Research Parkway, Suite 200 Oklahoma City, OK 73104 405-225-9486 lmason at osrhe.edu IP: 164.58.250.178 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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As an expression of gratitude, everyone who completes the survey will receive a report that documents the average national salary and typical benefits for their position title. Instructions for requesting this report will be provided at the end of the survey. In order to protect your privacy and the confidentiality of your responses, survey data will only be compiled and reported in the aggregate. Individual responses will not be available to anyone - including other SRA members and SRA staff. Instructions for Completing the Survey * Please provide information that is current at the time you complete the survey. * Only full-time employees should complete the survey. * The survey includes 50 questions, so please allow at least 15 minutes to complete it. In some cases you may need to reference your employee benefits manual, so you may want to have that handy before you start. 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