Fwd: TriCEM 2025 RFP
Tiffany Barnes
From: Rob Dunn <rrd...@ncsu.edu>
Date: Mon, Jan 6, 2025 at 10:11 AM
Subject: Fwd: TriCEM 2025 RFP
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From: Jennifer Hurtgen <jennifer...@duke.edu>
Date: Mon, Dec 23, 2024 at 12:13 PM
Subject: TriCEM 2025 RFP
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Dear Advisors,
Please forward the call for Graduate Student proposals on to your university networks. We hope some good candidates emerge!
Thank you!
Happy Holidays,
Call for Graduate Student Research Proposals
Proposals to support research on evolutionary perspectives on human, animal, and plant health are now being accepted by the Triangle Center for Evolutionary Medicine (TriCEM). In this round of funding, we are soliciting applications from graduate students at Duke and NC State.
Graduate Student Awards are one-year awards for graduate students to pursue research in evolutionary medicine. To be eligible, a student must be enrolled at Duke or NC State. We expect the graduate student to lead the proposed research with approval of their advisor and under appropriate mentorship for the research project. Awards will include the option of additional funds to support an undergraduate to serve as a research assistant on the project. To use these additional funds, we expect that the graduate student will participate in training on effective mentoring and play an active role in mentoring the undergraduate.
Proposed research activities should focus on evolutionary medicine, broadly defined to include research at the intersection of evolutionary biology, public health, and human or animal medicine, including One Health. Previously funded research areas have included: the ecology and evolution of infectious disease; human vulnerability to psychiatric and neurodegenerative disease; evolution of antimicrobial resistance; evolutionary perspectives in global health; evolution of aging; autoimmune disease and allergy; evolution and cancer; evolutionary perspectives on emerging plant diseases and food security; One Health and comparative medicine; and the genetic basis of disease. More information on previous projects can be found here: tricem.org/grad-students/.
Funds should be used for direct research expenses, supported by a budget and budget justification; tuition, fees, and stipends are not allowable expenses. Award amounts will vary depending on funding availability, up to $7,500.
As part of the application, students have the option to apply for additional funding to (1) involve undergraduate trainees in the research project and/or (2) engage the public via scientific outreach at the NC Museum of Natural Sciences related to the proposed research.
Undergraduate support: successful applicants may request an additional $2000 to support a trainee. To obtain these additional funds, we expect that the graduate student will participate in training on effective mentoring and play an active role in guiding the undergraduate. This amount should not be included in the budget during the initial application; it is completed separately once decisions are made.
Public outreach: the NC Museum of Natural Sciences will provide $500 stipends for two students to engage with visitors to the Museum via creative and dynamic ideas for communicating science. Examples include short talks on the student’s research, presentations related to a Museum exhibit, or interactive teaching displays to engage visitors in the galleries. Students should plan for at least 16 hours of activities at the Museum over 4 months during the award period. Awardees will have the opportunity to practice public speaking skills and receive feedback from Museum staff who have expertise in science communication.
Proposals are due on January 10, 2025 and should follow the guidelines on our webpage at sites.duke.edu/tricem/proposals/rfp/.
Please contact Jennifer Hurtgen (jennifer...@duke.edu) with any questions.
Rob Dunn
Reynolds Professor in the Department of Applied Ecology
Senior Vice Provost for University Interdisciplinary Programs
Office of University Interdisciplinary Programs
NC State University
206 Holladay Hall; CB7101
Raleigh, NC 27695
Email: rrd...@ncsu.edu
