Research Awards

The first-ever Stewards of the Future Research Awards is a competition designed to showcase the ingenuity of CALS scientists and to provide a small award of flexible funding to help support awardees’ research programs.

HOW TO VOTE

1.There are six finalists: three faculty and three students. To view the finalists' videos below, simply click on the video title. Please note the Project Title and/or KEYWORD of the finalist of your choosing.

  • Outstanding Faculty Research Award Finalists
    • >>"Mission: Sterile Fungi"
    Ignazio Carbone, Department of Plant Pathology
    Voting Keyword: FUNGI

     

     

     

    >>"Controlling environmental-derived oxidative stress in the central nervous system"
    Jun Ninomiya-Tsuji, Department of Toxicology
    Voting Keyword: OXIDATIVE

     

    >>"Using zebrafish to find human cancer drugs"
    Clay Clark, Department of Molecular and Structural Biochemistry
    Voting Keyword: ZEBRA

     

  • Outstanding Student Research Award Finalists

    >>"Trophic impacts of aquatic invasive species in reservoir ecosystems"
    Marybeth Brey, Department of Biology
    Voting Keyword:     AQUATIC

    >>"Genome plasticity in Aspergillus flavus"
    Rodrigo Olarte, Department of Plant Pathology
    Voting Keyword:     GENOME

     

    >>"MicroRNA Regulation of Transferrin Receptor"
    Alexander Bogdan, Department of Toxicology
    Voting Keyword:     MICRORNA

2. After viewing the videos, submit your vote one of the following ways:

WHO CAN VOTE?
  • Anyone is eligible to vote.

WHEN WILL VOTING END?

  • Voting is open through the day of the conference, April 17. Videos will be played during the conference and attendees will be encouraged to vote (via smart phone, texting, tweeting, or any other web device) during the conference. The winners will be announced that afternoon.

For more information about the awards, criteria, timeline, ets, please click on the following link:

 

Download 2012 NCALS Research Conference – Outstanding Reseach Awards Information Packet

 

QUESTIONS?

Contact:

Ms. Jennifer A. Bernabi
NC State University, Campus Box 7645
Raleigh, NC 27695-7645
Office: 919.515.6212
Email: jabernabi@ncsu.edu

The NC Agricultural & Life Sciences Research Foundation operates under the auspices of the
NC Agricultural Foundation, Inc., a 501 (c) 3 organization and a co-host of this event.