http://www.keckfutures.org/index.html NAKFI News Telusys RSS Feed Generator en-us Fri, 10 May 2013 15:43:30 CDT Fri, 10 May 2013 15:41:00 CDT http://www.keckfutures.org/nakfinews/Q2.2013/B/NAKFI_Alumni_Elected_NAS.html <br clear=all><table align=left><tr><td><img src="http://www.keckfutures.org/graphics/site/sc_1885343761357536_na_052501.jpg"><br> </td><td><img src="http://www.keckfutures.org/graphics/site/spacer.gif" height=1 width=10></td></tr></table>NAKFI alumni Jef D. Boeke, Martin Gruebele, Mary E. Lidstrom and Huntington F. Willard were recently elected to the membership of the National Academy of Sciences (NAS). Members are elected to the NAS for "distinguished and continuing achievements in original research." Those elected today bring the total number of active members to 2,179 and the total number of foreign associates to 437. Foreign associates are nonvoting members of the Academy, with citizenship outside the United States. Fri, 10 May 2013 15:41:00 CDT 1885343761357536 http://www.keckfutures.org/nakfinews/Q2.2013/A/Informed.Brain.Grantees.html <br clear=all><table align=left><tr><td><img src="http://www.keckfutures.org/graphics/site/sc_2484752628747617_Q2.A.Infrmd.Brain.Pic.B.jpg"><br> </td><td><img src="http://www.keckfutures.org/graphics/site/spacer.gif" height=1 width=10></td></tr></table><p style="text-align: justify;"> The National Academies Keck Futures Initiative announced today the recipients of its latest round of grants. Each grant was awarded to support 12 interdisciplinary research projects related to the informed brain in a digital world, which was the subject of the 10th annual Futures conference held last November. "We received far more high-quality proposals than funds available," said Michael S. Gazzaniga, director, The Sage Center for the Study of the Mind, University of California, Santa Barbara. "We scored the grants based on their interdisciplinarity, relevance to the informed brain in a digital world, riskiness/boldness, and the importance and potential impact if the grant is funded. We believe that the group of collaborations selected will result in the most 'generative' findings." These competitive seed grants aim to fill a critical gap in funding for research on new ideas. Major federal funding programs do not typically provide support in areas that are considered risky or unusual. The Futures grants allow researchers to start recruiting students and postdoctoral fellows, purchasing equipment, and acquiring preliminary data -- all of which can position the researchers to compete for larger awards from other public and private sources.</p> Tue, 07 May 2013 13:20:00 CDT 2484752628747617