{"65316":{"#nid":"65316","#data":{"type":"news","title":"GT FIRE Sparks Innovation Among Faculty","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EInspiring innovation in research and education is at the heart of Georgia Tech\u2019s strategic plan, which is why the Offices of the Executive Vice President for Research and the Provost have created the Georgia Tech Fund for Innovation in Research and Education (GT FIRE). \u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cThe program is off to a great start,\u201d said Rafael L. Bras, provost and executive vice president for academic affairs. \u201cThe submitted proposals mesh well with our strategic plan, and that was our hope.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThe program has two purposes. The first aims to facilitate planning for large extramural proposals \u2014 those that are of strategic value to the Institute and have more than $500,000 in direct costs per year. The second provides support for feasibility studies of transformative ideas in research and\/or education. \u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cInnovation in research is critical for us to lead and set the science, technology and policy agenda for the United States and the world,\u201d said Steve Cross, executive vice president for research. \u201cI am happy to support GT FIRE in stimulating faculty thinking and creativity.\u201d\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EFunding of up to $4,000 per group is available on an ongoing basis for large extramural proposals and can be requested for costs associated with workshops, meetings, retreats and limited travel. \u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EFunding of up to $40,000 for up to two years is available for transformative research and education proposals for costs associated with feasibility studies.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ETwo proposals have received funding to assist in planning for extramural grants including one from Ken Sandhage, on behalf of the Materials Council, for a workshop titled, \u201cThe Future of Materials Characterization at Georgia Tech,\u201d and another from Bojan Petrovic, Glenn Sjoden and Farzad Rahnema of the School of Mechanical Engineering to facilitate planning for a $7.5 million, multidiscipline, multi-institution, Tech-led Department of Energy Integrated Research Project research proposal.\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp; \u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EOut of an initial 42 submitted transformative proposals, the following three research-related ideas and four education-related ideas were selected for funding:\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003EFor Research\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cul\u003E\u003Cli\u003EDeterminants of \u2018Innocence:\u2019 Modeling Exoneration Via Innocence Project Data, Kobi Abayomi, Industrial and Systems Engineering\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003EDevelopment of Aptamers for Gene Targeting, Francesca Storici, School of Biology \u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003EEpigenomic Divergence between Primates and Evolution of Human Disease, Soojin Yi, School of Biology\u003C\/li\u003E\u003C\/ul\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003EFor Education\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cul\u003E\u003Cli\u003EEducating a Biotechnology Policy and Security Workforce, Margaret Kosal, School of International Affairs, and Robert Butera, School of Electrical and Computer Engineering\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003EAdvancing Science Process Skill Development through Inquiry-based Biology Laboratory Classes, Cara Gormally and Joseph Montoya, School of Biology \u0026nbsp;\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003EInterdisciplinary Undergraduate Design Minor, David Rosen, School of Mechanical Engineering\u003C\/li\u003E\u003Cli\u003ETechnology Commercialization and Innovation in the Global Economy, Marie Thursby, College of Management\u003C\/li\u003E\u003C\/ul\u003E\u003Cp\u003ESubmissions were reviewed by a committee consisting of faculty members from across campus, with Ravi Bellamkonda, associate vice president for research, and Ray Vito, vice provost for graduate and undergraduate studies, leading the group. \u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u201cThe GT FIRE program is the first of many initiatives on campus to foster and stimulate innovation,\u201d Vito said. \u201cThere were more worthy ideas than we could support. But our offices will work to support these programs in other ways.\u201d \u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ETo apply, contact \u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:monique@gatech.edu\u0022\u003EMonique Tavares\u003C\/a\u003E.\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp; \u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EInspiring innovation in research and education is at the heart of Georgia Tech\u2019s strategic plan, which is why the Offices of the Executive Vice President for Research and the Provost have created the Georgia Tech Fund for Innovation in Research and Education (GT FIRE).\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Inspiring innovation in research and education is at the heart of Georgia Tech\u2019s strategic plan, which is why the Offices of the Executive Vice President for Research and the Provost have created the Georgia Tech Fund for Innovation in Research and E"}],"uid":"27445","created_gmt":"2011-04-01 14:08:40","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 03:08:30","author":"Amelia Pavlik","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2011-04-04T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2011-04-04T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"65317":{"id":"65317","type":"image","title":"Innovation Light Bulb","body":null,"created":"1449176831","gmt_created":"2015-12-03 21:07:11","changed":"1475894577","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:42:57","alt":"Innovation Light Bulb","file":{"fid":"193207","name":"innovation.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/innovation.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/innovation.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":1621208,"path_740":"http:\/\/tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/innovation.jpg?itok=Q6OuiGxc"}}},"media_ids":["65317"],"related_links":[{"url":"http:\/\/www.gatech.edu\/vision\/","title":"Georgia Tech Strategic Vision"}],"groups":[{"id":"1259","name":"Whistle"}],"categories":[{"id":"129","name":"Institute and Campus"}],"keywords":[{"id":"1432","name":"education"},{"id":"364","name":"Funding"},{"id":"12629","name":"GT FIRE"},{"id":"341","name":"innovation"},{"id":"365","name":"Research"},{"id":"167299","name":"strategic planning"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:amelia.pavlik@comm.gatech.edu\u0022\u003EAmelia Pavlik\u003C\/a\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003ECommunications \u0026amp; Marketing\u003Cbr \/\u003E404-385-4142\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}