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The Research & Innovation Office has announced the 2024 RIO Faculty Fellows cohort, which includes 16 faculty members from departments and research institutes across the campus. The diversity of disciplines included embodies the breadth of excellence represented in CU Boulder’s research, scholarship and creative work.
CU Boulder and the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) have signed a Master Research Agreement, broadening a partnership between the two institutions and opening new collaboration pathways to address critical national security research and workforce needs.
Sixteen teams of faculty, researchers and graduate student innovators competed for a combined $1.5M in startup funding grants in this year’s Lab Venture Challenge. Judges from CU Boulder’s entrepreneurial network heard pitches across two nights for innovations in biosciences, physical sciences and engineering.
During the Middle Ages in Europe, religious relics were highly prized—not just by individuals, but also by institutions. In his Distinguished Research Lecture Nov. 28, Professor Kirk Ambrose will discuss how institutions used art to authenticate religious relics, as well as condemn counterfeiting.
CU Boulder researchers attracted a record $684M in FY2022–23 for studies that elevate quantum science in Colorado, solve mysteries about the sun, provide better data on sea ice, ice sheets and glaciers, and more. The newly released sponsored research funding numbers reflect a 4% increase over the prior year.
The Research & Innovation Seed Grant program—designed to stimulate new areas of research, scholarship and creativity on the University of Colorado Boulder campus—is accepting proposals through Monday, Jan. 22, 2024.
At the annual presentation—the kick-off event for the 2023 Research & Innovation Week—Vice Chancellor for Research and Innovation and Dean of the Institutes Massimo Ruzzene outlined key activities, insights and aspirations from the university’s research and innovation enterprise.
The collaborative seed grant program will continue full steam ahead in Spring 2024, including the introduction of award tracks to seed research in two new, key areas of opportunity: Climate Change and Health; and Artificial Intelligence/Advanced Computing and Health.
As executive director, Sternberg will work with CUbit leadership to set the strategic direction of the initiative, coordinate with CUbit researchers to pursue and capture large-scale research opportunities, and broadly support the translation of quantum research to operations through networks of industry partners.
Massimo Ruzzene, vice chancellor for research and innovation and dean of the institutes at CU Boulder, has appointed Merritt Turetsky to serve as faculty director for Arctic National Security in the Center for National Security Initiatives (NSI).