OFFICE OF RESEARCH ADMINISTRATION NEWSLETTER  |  August 2006
(Volume VI, No. 2)

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NEWS ON CAMPUS

• FY07 Federal Spending Bill Includes $325,000 for UM-St. Louis PPRC Project
• UMSL Biology Postdoc Receives NSF Fellowship Awarded to Few Researchers

OTHER NEWS OF INTEREST

• St. Louis to Host Joint USDA-DOE National Renewable Energy Conference
• Solae Begins Work on $40 Million CORTEX Headquarters
• Former Professor Gets One Year in Jail for Faking Data on Grant Applications
• Scientists Spend Nearly Half Their Time on Administrative Tasks, Survey Finds
• The Most Inventive Towns in America
• Pilot Program Designed to Enhance Patent Expertise Among District Judges

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The Office of Research Administration supports and advocates research and technology transfer by faculty, graduate students and staff. The ORA provides services in conjunction with external and internal sources of funding for research, along with services related to commercializing discoveries through technology transfer. The goal of this newsletter is to inform the campus community of grants received and funding opportunities, to highlight the accomplishments of our faculty, graduate students and staff, and to share with you news and resources related to research, creativity and commercialization. Please direct any comments or questions regarding the newsletter to Tamara Kratochvil (kratochvilt@umsl.edu).

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