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University of Connecticut College of Agriculture and Natural Resources Office of Research and Graduate Education

 

CANR Graduate Research

Graduate Student Council

Research Forum

Each year the College of Agriculture and Natural Resources sponsors a Research Forum. This event is an opportunity for graduate students to present their research, sharpen their skills and compete for prizes.

The 2012 Research Forum was held on  Saturday, March 24, in the Biology/Physics Building.   Program Agenda .  The event included 24 oral presentations and  19 research posters. Thank you for your participation!  Presentation abstracts are available for your review, poster abstracts and oral presentation abstracts. 

Top poster awards were given to:

Cris Dugan, Nutrition Sciences

Nastassja Oretga, Pathobiology and Veterinary Science

Ranjith Ramanathan, Animal Science

Mastaneh Sharafie, Allied Health Sciences

Yichen Zhao, Plant Science and Landscape Architecture

 

Top oral presentation awards were given to:

Catherine Andersen, Nutrition Sciences

Kalpanie Bandara, Pathobiology and Veterinary Science

Belinda Kotler, Allied Health Science

Sanjukta Majumder, Animal Science

Piyumi Obeysekara, Plant Science and Landscape Architecture

Jason Parent, Natural Resources and the Environment

Abhinau Upadhyay,  Animal Science

Casey Wegner, Nutrition Sciences

Jeremy Willcox, Natural Resources and the Environment

 

The keynote speaker for this year's forum was Shaun Kennedy. 

Shaun Kennedy is Director of the National Center Shaun Kennedyfor Food Protection and Defense (NCFPD), a Department of Homeland Security Center of Excellence in the University of Minnesota’s College of Veterinary Medicine.  He has received the Commissioner of the Food and Drug Agency Citation for advancing food defense, provided the inaugural lecture in the FDA’s Chief Scientist Lecture series andserved on several European Commission projects on food system protection.  Prior to the University of Minnesota, he held executive positions in Procter & Gamble and Ecolab.  At Ecolab he was vice president of global food and beverage research and development.  At Procter and Gamble his positions included assignments in Japan and China leading research and development teams and global programs.

 

Helpful information for those interested in presenting research at in 2013 Research Forum:

Archived Forum Information

News and Events

 

CANR 2011 Highlights of Research and the Storrs Agricultural Experiment Station

2011 Highlights of Research

Grant Reviewer Opportunities

15 AGENCIES SEEKING GRANT REVIEWERS

One great way to increase the likelihood of getting funding is to become a grant reviewer. Current research suggests that you can improve your odds by as much as 30% by serving first as a reviewer and then submitting a proposal to the agency for which you reviewer at a later competition cycle.  Many benefits exist for becoming a grant reviewer. You quickly learn what turns reviewers on – and off. Equally important, you become and “insider” and establish contacts and networks that will prove valuable later in your continued grantseeking efforts. Federal agencies are especially looking for grant reviewers because they receive so many proposals that must be critiqued. In our latest blog, we have identified 15 federal grantmaking agencies that are looking for grant reviewers – now. Which one is right for you?

15 Agencies Seeking Grant Reviewes

 

Recent Grant Awards

 

Congratulations to the Research Foundation’s spring Faculty Large Grant award recipients:

Maria-Luz Fernandez, Nutritional Sciences 

Reversal of Hepatic Steatosis by Manipulation of Dietary Carbohydrates and Fat in Guinea Pigs, $17,500

Huan-Zhong Wang, Plant Science & Landscape Architecture

Deciphering the Molecular Mechanisms of Secondary Wall Formation, $21,000

 

Archived grant list

 

 

Current Multistate Proposals Inviting Participation

  • NE_TEMP2001, Project proposal entitled, "Ovarian Influences on Reproductive Success in Ruminants." Please submit Please submit the Appendix E no later than 05/21/2012
  • NE_TEMP1921, Project proposal entitled "Mycobacterial Diseases of Animals."  Please submit the Appendix E no later than 05/21/2012

Instructions to join a Multistate Project

 

 

USDA Integrated Grants and Logic Model

A logic model is a conceptual tool for planning and evaluation which displays the sequence of actions that describes what the science-based program is and will do.

 

 

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