Research NewsletterIssue: ORN-2023-30
NJIT Research Newsletter includes recent awards, and announcements of research related seminars, webinars, national and federal research news related to research funding, and Grant Opportunity Alerts (with links to sections). The Newsletter is posted on the NJIT Research Website https://research.njit.edu/funding-opportunities.
2023 Undergraduate Summer Research and Innovation Symposium
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National Academy of Inventors (NAI) – NJIT Innovation Day
July 26-27, 2023; Ballroom A&B, Campus Center, NJIT
The 2023 NJIT Undergraduate Summer Research and Innovation Symposium integrated with the Innovation Day will be held on July 26-27, 2023, featuring distinguished keynote talks from Robert Cohen, Chair, NJIT Board of Trustees and President, Stryker Digital, Robotics, and Enabling Technology; Dereje Agonafer, Presidential Distinguished Professor at UTA and Member, National Academy of Engineering and The Academy of Medicine, Engineering and Science of Texas, and Fellow of the national Academy of Inventors; and Jamie Renee, Executive Director, National Academy of Inventors. President Teik Lim will open the symposium with welcome remarks. More than 150 undergraduate students will be presenting their summer research and innovation projects at the 2023 Summer Research Symposium. These students are from NJIT through NJIT URI programs and other top national universities through NSF REU sites grants, and the Heritage Institute of Technology, India. Best innovation projects will be awarded Dr. James Stevenson Innovation Award: first, second and third prizes of $1,000, $750 and $500, respectively, along with 5 honorable mentions of $100 each.
All faculty, chairs, deans and administrators are invited to encourage and support undergraduate students for their tremendous work on research and innovation projects of high societal and technology impact.
Programs included:
URI Provost Summer Research Fellowships
McNair Achievement Program
Honors College Summer Scholar Program
NSF REU and iCorps NJIT Site Programs
Other Grant Funded Projects
Other UG Student Summer Researchers
Student Summer Research Program with Heritage Institute of Technology, India
The URI Summer Research Symposium agenda is posted on the NJIT Google Drive folder at https://docs.google.com/document/d/1zHTQ35FETFaYib3zBJQ5oujVj0tGr9Th/edit?usp=sharing&ouid=106271384393410283667&rtpof=true&sd=true.
Distinguished Keynote Speakers:
Teik Lim, NJIT President
Robert Cohen, Chair, NJIT Board of Trustees, President, Stryker Digital, Robotics, and Enabling Technology
Dereje Agonafer, Presidential Distinguished Professor, UTA, Member, National Academy of Engineering; Member, The Academy of Medicine, Engineering and Science of Texas; Fellow: AAAS, ASME and NAI
Jamie Renee, Executive Director, NAI
URI External Advisor Board Members and Judges:
Brian Kiernan, Angel Investor, Executive VP and Chief Scientist (ret), InterDigital Communications Corp. (https://www.linkedin.com/in/brian-kiernan-a5636b11/)
Govi Rao, Co-Founder, Carbon Group Global (https://carbongroup.global/) (https://www.linkedin.com/in/govirao/)
Manish Patel, CEO, TrickyWater LLC (www.trickywater.com) (https://www.linkedin.com/in/manish-patel-innovate/)
Pallavi Madakasira, Vice President at the Phase Change Solutions, (https://www.linkedin.com/in/pallavi-madakasira-3418aa/)
Liz Miller, President, Summit Place Financial Advisors, LLC (https://www.linkedin.com/in/liz-miller-cfa-cfp-5100096/)
Shashi Patel, Manager – Engineering, PSEG (https://www.linkedin.com/in/shashikant-patel-1073161b/)
Alfredo Matos, President and CEO, A Z Matos, LLC (https://www.linkedin.com/in/alfredo-al-matos-bs-msee-mba-47abb627/)
NSF: Mathematical Sciences Research Institutes; Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP); NSF National Quantum Virtual Laboratory (NQVL); Mathematical Sciences Postdoctoral Research Fellowships (MSPRF); Facility and Instrumentation Request Process (FIRP)
NIH: NIH Blueprint and BRAIN Initiative Program for Enhancing Neuroscience Diversity through Undergraduate Research Education Experiences (BP BRAIN-ENDURE) (R25); Single Source: NIH Blueprint for Neuroscience Research: NeuroImaging Tools and Resources Collaboratory (R24)
Department of Defense/US Army/DARPA/ONR: FY23 Science & Technology for Advanced Manufacturing Projects (STAMP)
Department of Commerce/EDA: Climate Program Office FY2024; Measurement Science and Engineering (MSE) Research Grant Programs
Department of Energy: Bipartisan Infrastructure Law: Silicon Solar Manufacturing, and Dual-use Photovoltaics Incubator; Fiscal Year 2024 Distinguished Early Career Program
National Endowment of Humanities: Spotlight on Humanities in Higher Education; Humanities Connections; Climate Smart Humanities Organizations
Private Foundations: Sony Research Awards
Senate Appropriators Add $13.7 Billion Above Spending Caps: Senate Appropriators on Thursday announced a bipartisan agreement to add $13.7 billion above the spending caps set by the Debt Limit Agreement to FY24 spending bills for both defense and domestic priorities. Senate Appropriations Chair Murray and Ranking Member Collins announced their intention to add $8 billion in defense spending and $5.7 billion in domestic spending. This decision comes as both House and Senate Appropriations Committees race to complete committee action on their respective versions of the FY24 appropriations bills before the August recess, a process which has seen increasingly heated debates in the House Appropriations Committee. As a reminder, the House has been marking up bills to spending levels well below the benchmark reached in the Debt Limit Agreement and adding numerous policy riders, so the gap continues to widen between the House and Senate with just weeks to go before the end of the current fiscal year on September 30, 2023. To track all the FY2024 appropriations developments please refer to the Congressional Research Service FY2024 Appropriations status table here.
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NIST adds 40 potential quantum-resistant algorithms to growing roster: Forty new algorithms were selected as additional candidates for the National Institute of Standards and Technology’s post-quantum cryptography digital signature schemes, part of the agency’s ongoing efforts to help U.S. networks prepare for the advent of an advanced operational quantum computer. Announced on Monday, the latest potential additions to the PQC standardization catalog come from a September 2022 call for additional submissions. In July 2022 NIST announced the selection of four quantum-resistant algorithms that had passed agency evaluation, and these four will be standardized for network deployment. “NIST initiated a public process to select quantum-resistant public-key cryptographic algorithms for standardization in response to the substantial development and advancement of quantum computing,” the agency noted on its project page. Out of the 50 submissions received in response to the September 2022 call, the agency determined 40 to be complete, according to the submission requirements. Evaluating those 40 is estimated to last “several years,” according to the agency. More information is posted on the NextGov website.
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New White House cyber implementation plan looks to ramp up resilience: The White House released its long-awaited implementation plan for the national cybersecurity strategy, offering federal agencies a roadmap with specific initiatives and requirements to bolster national security and improve long-term resilience against major cyberattacks. Senior White House officials described the 57-page plan as a "living document" during a phone call with reporters on Wednesday, saying that the guidance will be updated annually to meet emerging threats targeting the federal government. The plan features more than 65 "high-impact initiatives," each assigned to a designated agency, that align with the five pillars of the cybersecurity strategy released earlier this year: defending critical infrastructure, disrupting and dismantling threat actors, shaping market forces to drive security and investing in a resilient future. The Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency will lead public-private partnerships and scale those collaborative efforts to drive the development and adoption of secure-by-design and secure-by-default technologies. The Department of Defense is tasked with publishing an updated departmentwide cyber strategy that focuses on "challenges posed by nation-states and other malicious actors whose capabilities or campaigns pose a strategic-level threat." More information is posted on the NextGov website.
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National Endowment for the Humanities
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