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John Wheeler, John Wheeler, associate provost for integrative science and professor of chemistry.<\/p><\/div>\n
Without Furman\u2019s status as an INBRE institution, faculty members would not have the opportunity to compete for Project Program subgrants, which are in addition to the institutional award.<\/p>\n
Furman\u2019s INBRE institutional award supports a variety of programs, including faculty fellow awards and faculty and student research.<\/p>\n
John Kaup, Furman\u2019s director of science education, said the funding helps Furman faculty become independent researchers, whether they are new faculty members or they are branching out in a new area.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt is providing the opportunity for them to carry their research forward and advancing it to a level where they are capable of competing for individual research awards,\u201dsaid Kaup.<\/p>\n
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John Kaup, Furman\u2019s director of science education.<\/p><\/div>\n
INBRE funding from the 2015-2020 award also introduced a K-12 outreach component that is multiplying its effect across South Carolina\u2019s classrooms. Kaup manages the SC Research Experiences for Teachers program.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt reaches out throughout the state to encourage teachers who are interested in pursuing a summer six-week research experience at an institution in their local area,\u201d he said. \u201cThey\u2019re really doing exactly what an undergraduate student would do, for a shorter period of time.\u201d<\/p>\n
In addition, Kaup works with the teacher to translate that summer experience into curriculum lessons for the upcoming academic year. Teachers are also provided funding to deliver that curriculum in their school.<\/p>\n
Teachers complete 200 hours of work over the summer, bringing a new hands-on perspective to their classrooms.<\/p>\n
With an additional $251,000 in funding support beyond the parent award, Furman\u2019s 2020-2021 Project Program grant recipients include:<\/p>\n
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- Sri Chandrasekaran, assistant professor of biology, and Linnea Freeman, assistant professor of biology, were each awarded grants under the Developmental Research Project Program (DRP). DRP fosters faculty research and provides research training to students or postdoctoral fellows in the biomedical sciences.<\/li>\n
- Sri Chandrasekaran, assistant professor of biology also received an NIH NIGMS P20 collaboration award.\u00a0 She will collaborate with Lukasz Kozubowski (from Clemson University) to further broaden her research and the research opportunities for her students.<\/li>\n
- Research by Professor of Biology Pamela Hanson is one of only three Bioinformatics Pilot Project Program projects in South Carolina for the 2020 \u2013 2021 award period.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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- Lauren Jones \u201922 and Brenna Outten \u201922 and their mentor, George Shields, professor of chemistry, received funding for their project under Student-Initiated Research Program, a new program designed to enrich the academic experience of students and to better prepare the future generation of researchers, investigators, and entrepreneurs throughout the SC INBRE network.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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- Lauren Jones \u201922 and Brenna Outten \u201922 and their mentor, George Shields, professor of chemistry, received funding for their project under Student-Initiated Research Program, a new program designed to enrich the academic experience of students and to better prepare the future generation of researchers, investigators, and entrepreneurs throughout the SC INBRE network.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n