{"id":7861,"date":"2013-03-07T14:53:50","date_gmt":"2013-03-07T19:53:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/murc\/?p=7861"},"modified":"2013-05-30T13:35:27","modified_gmt":"2013-05-30T17:35:27","slug":"biology-faculty-awarded-summer-stipends-for-research-proposal-preparation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/murc\/biology-faculty-awarded-summer-stipends-for-research-proposal-preparation\/","title":{"rendered":"Biology faculty awarded stipends for research proposal preparation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Thursday, March 7,\u00a02013<\/strong><\/p>\n[social_share\/]\n<hr \/>\n<p style=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-7863 aligncenter\" title=\"Photo of Dr. Gary Schultz receiving a giant check representing his grant award\" alt=\"Photo of Dr. Gary Schultz receiving a giant check representing his grant award\" src=\"http:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/murc\/files\/2013\/03\/Schultz.jpg\" width=\"700\" height=\"500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/murc\/files\/2013\/03\/Schultz.jpg 700w, https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/murc\/files\/2013\/03\/Schultz-300x214.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>HUNTINGTON, W.Va.\u00a0<\/strong>\u2013\u00a0Members of Marshall University\u2019s biology faculty have received two of six competitive grants recently awarded statewide by the West Virginia Higher Education Policy Commission.<\/p>\n<p>The awards, worth $5,000 each, assist faculty members with the preparation of proposals for funding of research or research equipment. The proposals will be submitted to external funding agencies or foundations.<\/p>\n<p>The Marshall faculty members who were awarded grants are Dr. Gary Schultz, assistant professor, and Dr. Wendy Trzyna, associate professor, both in the Department of Biological Sciences.<\/p>\n<p>Faculty members are expected to prepare research proposals as part of their routine activities. These summer stipends are designed to provide uninterrupted work, allowing development of stronger, more-competitive proposals.<\/p>\n<p>The awards were presented on Feb. 28 as part of the annual Undergraduate Research Day at the Capitol event.<\/p>\n<p>The grants are made possible through the state\u2019s Research Challenge Fund, which is funded by a dedicated revenue stream from a small percentage of racetrack revenue.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Caption:<\/strong> \u00a0Dr. Gary Schultz, second from left, is one of two Marshall biology faculty members who recently received a $5,000 grant for research proposal preparation\u00a0from the West Virginia Higher Education Policy Commission. He is shown here at the awards ceremony with, from left, Dr. Paul Hill, HEPC chancellor; Dr. Jan Taylor, director of the commission&#8217;s Division of Science and Research; and Dr. John Maher, Marshall&#8217;s vice president for research.<\/p>\n<div>\n<hr size=\"2\" \/>\n<p>Contact:\u00a0\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:ginny.painter@marshall.edu\">Ginny Painter<\/a>, Communications Director, Marshall University Research Corporation, 304.746.1964<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Thursday, March 7,\u00a02013 [social_share\/] &nbsp; HUNTINGTON, W.Va.\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Members of Marshall University\u2019s biology faculty have received two of six competitive grants recently awarded statewide by the West Virginia Higher Education Policy Commission. The awards, worth $5,000 each, assist faculty members with the preparation of proposals for funding of research or research equipment. The proposals will be submitted<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7861","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"acf":[],"fimg_url":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/murc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7861","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/murc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/murc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/murc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/15"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/murc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7861"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/murc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7861\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/murc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7861"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/murc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7861"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/murc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7861"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}