by Jarrod Crockett | Apr 5, 2013 | Economics, Education, Mathematics, Social Sciences, STEM
The Lumina Foundation seeks novel and unexpected correlations between post-secondary education and outcomes with a clear economic impact (such as increased income). Solvers must also identify one of more datasets that can be used to determine the correlation’s...
by Jarrod Crockett | Apr 3, 2013 | Business, Criminal Justice, Education, Humanities, Law, Political Science, Social Sciences, STEM
Scientific American magazine has teamed with InnoCentive to help solve some of the most pressing scientific, technological and policy problems. Awards for solvers are cash prizes ranging from $5,000 to $1 million. Open challenges include: Design of Student-centric...
by Jarrod Crockett | Mar 25, 2013 | Business, Criminal Justice, Education, Finance, Law, Political Science, Social Sciences
The U.S. Department of State’s U.S.-Middle East Partnership Initiative (MEPI) seeks to reduce economic barriers to women in the MENA region and boost their ability to participate in the political process. Applications must address only one of the two priority...
by Jarrod Crockett | Mar 15, 2013 | Arts and Museums, Business, Criminal Justice, Education, Finance, Health and Human Services, Humanities, Law, Libraries, Political Science, Social Sciences, STEM
This post idenfities several online resources SHU faculty can use to assist in their search for funding. Duke University’s Funding Opportunities webpage contains an excellent advanced search function that filters results by discipline, funding designation, level...
by Jarrod Crockett | Mar 13, 2013 | Education, Health and Human Services, Humanities, Social Sciences, STEM
This initiative aims to strengthen research ethics capacity in low and middle income countries (LMIC) by increasing the number of scientists, health professionals and academics from those countries with the knowledge and skills to develop research ethics education and...
