ACES+, the continuation of the Academic Careers in Engineering & Science (ACES) program, announced the recipients of the 2018 ADVANCE Opportunity Grant Awards. Nine proposals representing academic disciplines ranging from mathematics to biology to psychological sciences have been awarded a total of $32,126.88.
“We are happy to be able to provide this supplemental funding to catalyze scholarship and research for which there are no other sources of funds,” said Lynn Singer, deputy provost and vice president for academic affairs.
ADVANCE Opportunity Grants are competitive annual awards selected by the Opportunity Grant Oversight Committee, which reviewed a total of thirteen proposals in 2018. Opportunity grants, first launched in 2004 under the NSF-ADVANCE grant ACES, provide small amounts of supplemental support of current or proposed projects and activities where funding is difficult to obtain through other sources. All Case Western Reserve University faculty members are eligible to apply.
Committee members for 2018 were:
- Usha Stiefel, chair, School of Medicine;
- Suchitra Nelson, vice chair, School of Dental Medicine;
- Youngjin Yoo, Weatherhead School of Management;
- Andy Podgurski, School of Engineering;
- Joy Bostic, College of Arts & Sciences; and
- Elizabeth Short, College of Arts & Sciences.
