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Resumption of curtailed research operations will occur in alignment with applicable state, national, and regional guidelines and as determined by university leadership.

 

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The Office of Graduate studies is providing information to graduate students and faculty regarding the coronavirus pandemic, including graduate students planning to finish Spring 2020.

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In the best interest of our students’ health, students should not be allowed in research laboratories, to work on clinical trials, or perform in-person community-based research effective at 5pm, Monday March 23.

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COVID-19 Preparedness for the Research Community

Please read the following message from Vice President for Research Gabriel López regarding COVID-19.

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COVID-19 Preparedness for the Research Community

Please read the following message from Vice President for Research Gabriel López regarding COVID-19.

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COVID-19 Preparedness for the Research Community
Please read the following message from Vice President for Research Gabriel López regarding COVID-19. Click Here

Mission

The mission of the Office of the Vice President for Research (OVPR) is to advance innovation and discovery. The core of this mission is the research, scholarship, and creative works of UNM faculty. The OVPR seeks to facilitate these activities, resulting in new knowledge and applications of value to academic communities and the public.



During the Coronavirus Pandemic



In preparation for potential work slowdowns or shutdowns due to COVID-19, the Office of the Vice President for Research is working to ensure that all critical research facilities are appropriately managed, and that UNM researchers feel supported during these uncertain times. UNM President Garnett Stokes has announced a period of limited operations during which regular face-to-face classes will not take place for the rest of the spring 2020 semester, and students are currently restricted from accessing research facilities.
Links to resources and support for UNM researchers can be found below, and will be updated as necessary.

COVID-19 Research at UNM



COVID-19 Research

xTech COVID-19 Ventilator Challenge

The Army has launched a new prize competition, the xTech COVID-19 Ventilator Challenge to help combat the COVID-19 pandemic. The Army is seeking out low-cost, readily manufacturable emergency ventilator to quickly augment ventilator capacity in the exigent COIVID-19 pandemic. The ventilator challenge is open to all US-based entities and is currently accepting applications. Submissions that are approved by the judging panel will receive an invitation to conduct a virtual pitch to a panel beginning on April 13, 2020. To learn more about xTech COVID-19 Ventilator Challenge, the eligibility requirements and contest details, please visit our website at www.xtechsearch.army.mil.

FastGrants

If you are a scientist at an academic institution currently working on a COVID-19 related project and in need of funding, you are invited to apply for a Fast Grant. Fast Grants are $10k to $500k and decisions are made in under 48 hours. If the grant is approved, you'll receive payment as quickly as your university can receive it. Apply at fastgrants.org.

Substance Use Disorders Grand Challenge (SUD GC): Rapid-Response Request for Proposals

The Substance Use Disorders Grand Challenges Team requests proposals for projects that directly address any of the following COVID-19 related research emphases: 1) impact on substance use patterns and behavioral health symptoms of individuals who engage in substance use and those with substance use disorders; 2) impact on substance-related overdose presentations to emergency departments; 3) impact on opioid use disorder treatment in general medical settings, such as primary care; 4) impact on opioid prescribing or naloxone distribution; and 5) consequences (positive and negative) of social distancing and stay-at-home orders on substance use. Awards are for up to $5000 each.
Find the rfp here: https://grandchallenges.unm.edu/proposals/sud-gc-covid-19-rfp.pdf


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UNM OVPR COVID-19 Guidance

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The Office of the Vice President for Research is conducting a survey into how you are managing as researchers and students during this period of social distancing. How has this situation affected your research? What are some creative solutions you have tried? Please take a few moments to let us know.

Submission Form

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News & Events

    Visiting scholar examines language changes in northern New Mexico February 04, 2020

    Gorman is an assistant professor in the Department of Spanish and Portuguese at the University of Arizona and serves as director of the Spanish as a Heritage Language Program, the largest in the nation. Gorman’s research centers on what she describes as “ethno-linguistic contact zones.” Her work seeks to understand how present-day Mexican immigration is shaping language use and identity across the Southwest and in New Mexico in particular. While at UNM, she’ll work to complete her book manuscript, Ethnolinguistic Contact Zones: U.S. Latina/o Identities and Language among Mexican-Nuevomexicanos in northern New Mexico. By utilizing resources at UNM, Gorman plans to engage in additional ethnographic data collection.

    Tue, 02/11/2020
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    Fostering research collaborations with the private sector

    Boccanfuso met with members of the university’s research leadership on Main Campus and at the Health Sciences Center, STC.UNM’s President and CEO, and the Deputy Secretary of the New Mexico Economic Development Department. Boccanfuso also presented at the Anderson School of Management where he shared his insights on university-industry partnerships and discussed modes for bolstering partnerships with the industry. The UIDP is a non-profit organization comprised of leading innovation companies and highly regarded research universities from around the world that work together to find better ways to partner and increase the benefits from collaborations between the sectors.

    Tue, 02/11/2020
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    PTSD research to examine less-studied effects

    Researchers Pilar Sanjuan, a research assistant professor at the UNM Center on Alcoholism, Substance Abuse, & Addictions (CASAA), and Julia Stephen, a professor of Translational Neuroscience at the UNM Mind Research Network (MRN), along with their team, recently received an award for $475,751 from the National Institute of Mental Health to study people with PTSD in an effort to find solutions to the not-so-well studied issues associated with PTSD. Active duty and veteran service members deployed within the past 10 years interested in participating in the study should contact Gleichmann at 505-272-3304 or dgleichmann@mrn.org.

    Tue, 01/14/2020
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    UNM professor honored by book dedication

    In the introduction of the book, his European colleagues wrote, “One of the high points of the conference was the thematic session organized in honor of Prof. Lawrence Guy Straus, whose seminal and extensive work on the Solutrean adaptations in Northern Iberia has strongly influenced all developments in LGM studies across Iberia and beyond. Prof. Straus is now retired, but we hope that he can keep contributing for many years with his invaluable insights on the Late Pleistocene adaptations in Western Europe. He authored the first chapter of this book, and we gratefully dedicate the whole volume to him and his remarkable career.”

    Fri, 12/20/2019
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    Early detection of brain degeneration on the horizon with innovative sensor

    Neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s can be devastating to patients and their families. These diseases are difficult to diagnose before symptoms show, meaning it’s often already too late to reverse the damage to the central nervous system. Early detection is key for management of symptoms and attempts to stall progression of the disease, but current knowledge is limited when it comes to tools that aid in early detection. That knowledge gap is being addressed through cutting-edge research by a team at The University of New Mexico led by Professor Eva Chi of the Department of Biomedical Engineering.

    Fri, 12/20/2019
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