University of Rochester
Provost's Multidisciplinary
Research Awards
In February 2008, the faculty of an ad hoc
Multidisciplinary Advisory Council issued their report: “New
Interdisciplinary Work at the University of Rochester.” Its core recommendation was that the University award $250,000 per year to fund multidisciplinary scholarship. Funding would be provided centrally and not come from the resources of any school. Subsequently, a large, inclusive design group of respected faculty from across the University also helped to determine that:
1. The fund supports only research, defined broadly as all scholarly and creative work;
2. Research projects must cross two or more disciplines, within one school or from two or more;
3. Funding should favor new research of recently formed teams, with a high probability of being leveraged by future external funding and disseminated.
A Multidisciplinary Fund Review Committee of faculty from across UR was established to provide peer review of grant applications. It has rotating membership. The RFP below describes the application process.
Request for Proposals (PDF)
Applications are closed for the 2013 Provost's Multidisciplinary Awards.
Applications were due March 4, 2013
Contact Vini Falciano in the Provost's Office with any questions about the Provost’s Multidisciplinary Awards.
Multidisciplinary Advisory Council Report (PDF)
To connect UR faculty, a virtual digital space was established to post and discuss multidisciplinary research ideas. This UR discussion forum is in a secure space on our Blackboard system. Faculty can access this “organization” different ways depending upon their affiliation: AS&E, Eastman, Warner, and Simon faculty through http://my.rochester.edu; SMD faculty http://bb.urmc.rochester.edu; and SON faculty at http://sonbb.urmc.rochester.edu.
2013 Provost’s Multidisciplinary Award Projects
Task-Specific
Dystonia in Musicians
Jonathan
Mink, Neurology Pediatrics; Ralph Manchester, General Medicine; Marc Schieber,
Cognitive Behavioral Neurology; Nicholas Goluses, Strings; Peter Kurau,
Woodwind, Brass & Percussion
Regulation
of Protein Synthesis by mRNA Structure
Dmitri
Ermolenko, Biochemistry & Biophysics; Gloria Culver, Biology; David Mathews, Biochemistry & Biophysics
Patient
Centered Barriers and Supporters of Successful Emergency Department-to-Community
Transitions for Older Adults
Manish
Shah, Emergency Medicine; Joyce
Duckles, Counseling & Human Development; Craig Sellers, Nursing Primary Faculty
Medieval
Sights and Sounds
Michael
Anderson, Musicology; Nancy Norwood, Gallery Curatorial
Extracellular
Matrix Composition As A Critical Regulator of The Immune Response
Deborah
Fowell, Microbiology - Ctr for Vaccine Biology & Immunology; Jane Sottile,
Medicine - Aab Cardiovascular Research Institute