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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