VSE faculty:

If you do research in the area of health or health-care, I encourage you 
to register for this symposium on April 27.  Space is limited, so act 
soon to ensure that you can participate.

VSE is active in this area, across several of our departments.  As the 
message below indicates:

    After the symposium, a competitive internal call for proposals will
    be issued by the Provost’s Office, which will provide seed grants of
    up to $50K to support the most promising new multidisciplinary
    research cluster proposals. Details of the seed grant program will
    be announced in early April.

Stephen


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Subject: 	Register now for Multi-Disciplinary Research Symposium, April 
27, 2015
Date: 	Mon, 23 Mar 2015 10:00:54 -0400
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On Monday, April 27, 2015 in Research Hall 163, George Mason University 
will host its inaugural Multi-Disciplinary Research Symposium. Broadly 
organized around the topic of health, this university-wide Symposium is 
open to all interested researchers. Faculty, staff, students and alumni 
are invited to participate. *As space is limited, please register for 
the symposium at your earliest convenience at 
*https://cos.gmu.edu/blog/event/provost-multi-disciplinary-research-symposium-2015/

The purpose of this one-day Symposium is to facilitate and support the 
creation of multi-disciplinary research clusters across Mason that will 
address socially significant challenges. Each cluster will bring 
together perspectives from disparate disciplines (that do not always 
have the opportunity to interact in a way that will allow the sharing 
and creation of new perspectives.).

The program of the Symposium will consist of:

  * Presentations (and a Q&A panel) by representatives of funding
    agencies, including NIH, NSF, DTRA, and others, in relevant
    scientific areas that range from the life sciences and engineering
    to the social sciences and beyond.
  * A panel comprising Mason researchers who have successfully pursued
    multidisciplinary activities in the broad area of health and who
    will be sharing their experiences and best practices
  * 2-minute presentations by participating researchers “pitching” a
    problem that they seek to solve and for which they need help from
    other disciplines and a multidisciplinary team to work on the
    solution. Researchers can express their intent to present during
    these “lightning round” breakout sessions during registration at
    https://cos.gmu.edu/blog/event/provost-multi-disciplinary-research-symposium-2015/
  * Posters by all interested participants who are working in
    health-related topics. Guidelines for the posters can be found on
    the registration link. A volume including all submitted posters will
    be circulated during the symposium as a reference guide for Mason’s
    current and upcoming efforts in the health domain.

After the symposium, a competitive internal call for proposals will be 
issued by the Provost’s Office, which will  provide seed grants of up to 
$50K to support the most promising new multidisciplinary research 
cluster proposals. Details of the seed grant program will be announced 
in early April.

The April 27 Symposium is organized by the Office of the Provost, and 
the symposium chair is College of Science Dean Peggy Agouris.


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Stephen G. Nash
Senior Associate Dean
Volgenau School of Engineering
George Mason University
Nguyen Engineering Building, Room 2500
Mailstop 5C8
Fairfax, VA 22030

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Phone: (703) 993-1505
Fax: (703) 993-1633
http://volgenau.gmu.edu/web/volgenau/senior-associate-dean