Santa Clara University

SANTA CLARA, Calif., June 9, 2010 – The Center for Science, Technology, and Society is soliciting proposals for a grant program aimed at both faculty and students, with awards of up to $5,000 for faculty, up to $2,000 for individual student investigators, and up to $3,000 for student teams. The deadline for proposal submissions is September 3^rd, 2010 for faculty, and October 1^st, 2010 for students.

 

This is the Center for Science, Technology, and Society’s second year sponsoring a competition for funding to support projects that are commensurate with its mission, “to understand and enable the innovative application of science and technology for global human benefit.”

 

Examples of the areas of interest to the Center include, but are not excluded to:

 

The program was inaugurated last year and involved awards amounting to $30,000 to support a dozen research proposals, with approximately $20,000 going to faculty projects, and $10,000 going to student projects. Recipients included two Engineering Senior Design teams who went on to put their plans in action for water filtration in rural Honduras and building design and construction in Ghana.

 

Applicants should submit their applications to Erin Berkenmeier (EBerkenmeier@scu.edu) in PDF format by 5pm on the day of the deadline. Faculty proposals are due by September 3^rd, 2010, and student proposals by October 1^st, 2010. The grant program has been established by Jack Gilbert, Professor and Chair of the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry at Santa Clara and Director of Sponsored Research at the Center. For more information and to download the application form please visit http://www.scu.edu/sts/Education/grants/2010.cfm .

 

Founded in 1997, the Center for Science, Technology and Society is one of three Centers of Distinction at Santa Clara University. The mission of the Center for Science, Technology, and Society (CSTS) is to understand and enable the innovative application of science and technology for global human benefit. We pursue this mission by linking the practices of scholarship, education, and science and technology innovation, in order to foster conscientious and responsible action on behalf of those most in need. The Center's work is focused on three major activity areas: Social Entrepreneurship, Public Engagement, and Education. Within these areas, specific programs engage faculty, students, and other internal and external constituencies in fulfilling the mission of the Center. www.scu.edu/sts

 

About Santa Clara University
Santa Clara University, a comprehensive Jesuit, Catholic university located 40 miles south of San Francisco in California's Silicon Valley, offers its 8,758 students rigorous undergraduate curricula in arts and sciences, business, and engineering, plus master’s and law degrees, and engineering Ph.Ds. Distinguished nationally by one of the highest graduation rates among all U.S. master's universities, California's oldest operating higher-education institution demonstrates faith-inspired values of ethics and social justice. www.scu.edu