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Shawn Benner, Ph.D.
Geosciences

S. Brenner

Shawn Benner is co-author of an article published earlier this summer in the prestigious interdisciplinary science journal Nature.

Dr. Benner served as the lead hydrogeologist on the research highlighted in the article, which focuses on the causes of elevated arsenic in groundwater in Asia, a problem that adversely impacts about 100 million people. His work was in collaboration with researchers at Stanford University.

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Division of Research

The Division of Research promotes excellence in research and creative activity by providing support for faculty, staff and students engaged in a broad range of endeavors. The division encourages innovation and enterprise, facilitates new collaborations, and serves as an energetic advocate for its constituents.  With a mission grounded in service and accessibility, the Division of Research plays an integral role in Boise State’s continuing progress as a Metropolitan Research University of Distinction.

The Division of Research oversees the following units:

The Office of Sponsored Programs assists faculty in developing grant and contract proposals for financial support of research, instruction and creative activities. Services include budget development assistance, interpretation of applicable guidelines and policies, communication with external funding agencies and internal units on behalf of faculty, and administrative support.

The Office of Research Compliance oversees compliance awareness and accountability within the research culture of the university through assistance, education, and communication. The office is responsible for activities involving human subjects, animal welfare, biosafety/biohazards, research misconduct, and conflicts of interest.

 

News, Events, Deadlines, Notices

OSP announces improvements to website

The Office of Sponsored Programs is pleased to announce that we have improved our Funding Opportunities web page.

Faculty interested in securing external funding for research and creative activities are encouraged to visit Funding Opportunities http://www.boisestate.edu/research/osp/funding.shtml and explore the following InfoEd Tools and Federal funding links:

Info Ed Tools
http://www.boisestate.edu/research/osp/funding-smarts.shtml

InfoEd SPIN allows you to perform customized searches for funding opportunities at government, corporate agencies and foundations around the world and provides links to programs.

InfoEd SMARTS is the link between your InfoEd profile, keywords, and filtering criteria, and SPIN funding opportunities. You receive automatically generated SMARTS e-mails on a daily basis as funding opportunities become available which match your criteria. Each funding opportunity alert includes links to InfoEd's detailed program summary and the sponsor's website.

InfoEd GENIUS gives you the options to make your profile available to potential collaborators worldwide. Also, a GENIUS/CV database search feature allows you to locate potential collaborators from profiles at other institutions, as well as right here at Boise State University.

Federal Funding
http://www.boisestate.edu/research/osp/funding-federal.shtml

This site provides links to major federal agencies and the grants.gov website, the central federal storehouse for information for over 1,000 grant programs.

We hope that our website http://www.boisestate.edu/research/osp/
provides you with the information you need. If there is additional information we can provide, please don't hesitate to contact our office.

Call issued for FY10 appropriations requests

The Division of Research is pleased to announce a call to the campus community for FY10 appropriations requests. Those interested in responding to this call are encouraged to submit a one-page white paper describing their proposed project electronically through their dean and/or supervisor to Robyn Williams of the Division of Research. Please click here for more information and deadline dates.

Office of Sponsored Programs posts new forms on website

The Office of Sponsored Programs has updated the OSP Transmittal Form which is used for internal review and approval of all proposed sponsored programs. Click here to access this form (.doc)

In addition, a new OSP Cost Share Form is now required for those proposals which include institutional or third party cost share and/or in-kind, in order to document these commitments at the proposal stage. This form eliminates the need for individual departments and colleges to create their own forms and enables the institution to collect the necessary information in a consistent manner. Click here to access this form (.xls)

Research Block Grant Program goes into effect July 1

The Division of Research will replace the existing Faculty Research Associates Program (FRAP) and Faculty Research Grant (FRG) internal grant programs with a Research Block Grant Program, effective July 1, 2008. 

Essentially, this initiative will involve the Division of Research administering Research Block Grants in the amount of $20,000 to each of the following five colleges/academic units on campus. Please click here for more information.