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October 13, 2005

Official Notices

Academic opportunities

Proposals wanted for CSSS Seed Grants The Center for Statistics and the Social Sciences (CSSS) Seed Grants Program announces a new round of seed grants. The Seed Grants Program provides funding for promising research at the intersection of statistics and the social sciences. The goal is to stimulate scholarly initiative by encouraging faculty to explore new directions in research and scholarship that contributes at the cutting edge to the development of statistical methods for social scientific problems. We are particularly interested in projects that show a high probability of leading to extramural funding. Thus, the funds will typically be used to pursue pilot studies, feasibility studies, or preliminary research that initiates a larger line of research. A subsequent extramural grant that derives from seed grant funding would be administered through CSSS. Awards will be in the range of
$10,000-$20,000, and typically include one-month summary salary for a principal investigator and one quarter salary for a research assistant. In the past, proposals have had a high rate of funding.

Eligibility: Faculty holding the following ranks at the time of the award are eligible to apply: professor, associate professor, assistant professor, research professor, research associate professor, and research assistant professor. Faculty with acting appointments at the time of the award may be eligible. Faculty who have received a CSSS award as PIs are ineligible for three years after the termination of the first. A PI may submit only one proposal per round. Co-PIs may submit more than one proposal, but no more than one of the proposals will be funded. A proposal that is not funded may be resubmitted in a later round only if it is substantially revised or if the review committee recommends resubmission.

Research Project Requirements: Research projects must use statistical methods to address a social scientific problem. Collaborative interdisciplinary research such as between a social scientist and a statistician is encouraged but not required. All personnel funded by the grant are expected to participate regularly in the CSSS Seminar Series, both by attending and by giving at least one seminar on the project topic. The proposal should indicate which member(s) of the research team will be the primary seminar participants.

External Support: PIs who plan to submit an extramural grant proposal based on their Seed Grant proposed project can increase their chances of receiving a Seed Grant Award by guaranteeing that they will submit an extramural proposal through CSSS immediately after the funding period. In such cases, the review committee may grant awards conditional on the PI submitting an external grant within a year of the funding period. Proposals should seek to initiate new research ideas. An extramural proposal that derives from a project funded by the Seed Grants Program is expected to be administered through CSSS.

Application Form: A cover page and detailed instructions for preparing the proposal can be found on the CSSS web site: http://www.csss.washington.edu/SeedGrants/.  

Deadline: The deadline for CSSS Seed Grant proposals is October 25. Awards will be announced by December 16, 2005. Submit proposals to Nick Ganoulis, Center for Statistics and the Social Sciences, C 23 Padelford Hall, University of Washington, Box 354320, Seattle, WA 98195.

Questions: Questions on preparing a proposal should be addressed to: Associate Professor Thomas S. Richardson, Associate Director of CSSS, Department of Statistics, Box 354322, 206-685-8488, tsr@stat.washington.edu.

ADAI grants

The Alcohol & Drug Abuse Institute invites applications from UW faculty for its Small Grants Research Awards. Proposed research must be in alcohol or drug abuse-related fields. The maximum amount considered for funding is $20,000. The next application deadline is 5 p.m., Oct. 17. Questions concerning the application process or suitability of a potential project should be directed to the Institute at 206-543-0937. Application guidelines are available on the ADAI website at http://depts.washington.edu/adai or by calling 206-543-0937.

OTHER NEWS

Board of Regents Meeting

The UW Board of Regents will hold a regular meeting at 3 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 20, in the North Creek Cafe, Bothell campus. The Regents will meet in formal session to take official action on personnel appointments and changes, gifts and grants, contracts and agreements with outside agencies, and other University business.

Motor Pool Vehicle Rental Rates

Effective Nov. 1, through Oct. 31, 2006.

Motor Pool Operations is dedicated to providing exceptional service at a competitive price. Vehicle mileage and rental rates are adjusted annually to reflect the cost of operations, new vehicle acquisition, and vehicle maintenance. We are a self-sustaining organization and rental rates are set at a level that recovers just the cost of doing business. The rates have been reviewed and approved by the Office of Management Accounting & Analysis and Facility Services.

The 2005-06 operational budget ($3,932,198) reflects a decrease of 2 percent over the 2004-05 budget ($4,003,564). Motor Pool offset record high fuel prices and rising inflation costs by deferring new vehicle purchases, reducing overhead operations and implementing a new extended vehicle maintenance plan.

Rates for vehicle classes are calculated independently based on variable maintenance and depreciation costs, as well as mileage and rental utilization factors. Consequently, rate schedules for each vehicle class are prorated accordingly.

2004-05 was a banner year as Motor Pool received the Department of Ecology Governor’s Award for Pollution, Prevention and Sustainable Practices, Washington State Recycling Association “Recycler of the Year,” and the King County EnviroStars 5-Start rating. Our goals for 2005-06 include continuous operational and maintenance excellence that improve accountability, produce cost savings and achieve environmentally sustainable results.

Rental rate schedule:

Passenger Vehicles: $13.63 per day + 36 cents per mile

Heavy Trucks: $9.47 per day + $1.16 per mile

Handivan: $7.24 per day + 62 cents per mile

Police Sedan*: $13.63 per day + 36 cents per mile

Packer Truck*: $75.44 per day + $3.20 per mile

Health Science Express Buses*: $76.05 per day + $1.27 per mile

Electric Truck*: $7.16 per day + 98 cents per mile

Step Van*: $9.47 per day + $1.16 per mile

Loaner Vehicle: $2.43 per day + mileage (depending on loaner veh. class)

*Specialty vehicles not available for daily rental pool.

Collision Insurance Fee: Each type of vehicle $1 per day, per vehicle.

Due to fluctuating fuel prices, Motor Pool will review mileage rates monthly and adjust rates as necessary. The UW Community and Motor Pool Clients will be notified prior to any rate adjustment.

Vehicle Reservations: www.washington.edu/admin/motorpool

Motor Pool Office Hours: Monday–Friday, 6:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

Motor Pool Rental Office: 206-685-1566

Study participants wanted

Could taking an aspirin a day reduce mammogram density and thus make it easier for doctors to interpret mammograms? Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center in Seattle seeks to recruit 144 local women for a study to find out.

The primary objective of the study, funded by the Avon Foundation and the National Cancer Institute, is to determine whether a daily dose of regular-strength (325 mg) aspirin decreases mammogram density when taken for six months. Mammogram density appears on a mammogram as a whitish cloudiness, thus making mammograms more difficult to read

Those eligible are postmenopausal women between 50 and 75 years old with moderate to higher-than-average mammogram density who have not taken hormone-replacement therapy within the past six months. Participation lasts for six months.

Participants will be randomized (assigned by chance, like the flip of a coin) to receive either aspirin or an identical-looking placebo capsule. All participants will require two clinic visits; a brief physical exam, including a breast exam; a fasting blood draw and two mammograms. Participants also will be asked to fill out some questionnaires at the beginning and end of the study.

The clinic visits and mammograms will be at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center Prevention Center, 1100 Fairview Ave. N., Seattle. Parking is free. Women interested in more information can call The TEAM Study line at 206-667-1391 or e-mail team@fhcrc.org.

Mothers of African-American or Caucasian ethnicity and their 3–6-year-old children needed for research study on how parents and children interact. $10 per session. UW Dept of Psychology. For more information, please call Dana Rhule, (206)240-8633.

Friday, October 14 from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. and 1:45 – 4 p.m. in the Health Sciences Lobby, 3^rd Floor C-Wing.

 Legal Notices

The University of Washington reaffirms its policy of equal opportunity regardless of race, color, creed, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, age, marital status, disability, or status as a disabled veteran or Vietnam era veteran or other eligible veteran. This policy applies to all programs and facilities, including, but not limited to, admissions, educational programs, employment, and patient and hospital services. Any discriminatory action can be a cause for disciplinary action. Discrimination is prohibited by Presidential Executive Order 11246 as amended, Washington State Gubernatorial Executive Orders 89-01 and 93-07, Titles VI and VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, Washington State Law Against Discrimination RCW 49.60, Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972, State of Washington Gender Equity in Higher Education Act of 1989, Sections 503 and 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967 as amended, Age Discrimination Act of 1975, Vietnam Era Veterans’ Readjustment Assistance Act of 1972 as amended, other federal and state statutes, regulations, and University policy. Coordination of the compliance efforts of the University of Washington with respect to all of these laws and regulations is under the direction of the Assistant Provost for Equal Opportunity, Dr. Helen Remick, Equal Opportunity Office, Box 354560, 4045 Brooklyn Ave., N.E., University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, 98105, telephone 206.685.3263/V or 206.543.6452/TTY, email eoo@u.washington.edu.

University of Washington Accommodation Statement

The University of Washington is committed to providing access, equal opportunity and reasonable accommodation in its services, programs, activities, education and employment for individuals with disabilities. To request disability accommodations contact: Disability Services Office at least ten days in advance at: 206.543.6450/V, 206.543.6452/TTY, 206.685.7264 (FAX), or dso@u.washington.edu.

Members of the graduate faculty are invited to attend the following examinations. Chairpersons are denoted in parentheses.

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  Gaurab Banerjee, Electrical Engineering, Ph.D. 1:30 p.m. Wednesday, Oct 19. Electrical Engineering, M-406. (Prof. David Allstot).
  
  
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  Bonnie H. Bowie, Nursing – School of, Ph.D. 1 p.m. Monday, Oct 24. Health Sciences Ctr., T-513. (Prof. Elaine Thompson).
  
  
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  Nicole Renee Bush, Psychology, Ph.D. 10 a.m. Wednesday, Oct 26. Chemistry Library, 202-C. (Prof. Liliana Lengua).
  
  
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  Loredana Di Martino, Comparative Literature, Ph.D. 3:30 p.m. Monday, Oct 17. Padelford Hall, B-526. (Prof. Albert Sbragia).
  
  
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  Heather M. Dungan, Physiology and Biophysics, Ph.D. 9:30 a.m. Monday, Oct 17. Health Sciences Ctr., G-417. (Prof. Robert Steiner).
  
  
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  Michael Gordon Endres, Physics, Ph.D. 12:30 PM Tuesday, Oct 18. Physics/Astronomy Bldg., C-520. (Prof. David Kaplan).
  
  
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  Kirsten M. Fagnan, Applied Mathematics, Ph.D. 10 a.m. Thursday, Oct 20. Guggenheim Hall, Applied Math Library. (Prof. Randall LeVeque).
  
  
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  Mustafa Cagri Gurbuz, Business Administration, Ph.D. 3 p.m. Friday, Oct 21. Mackenzie Hall, McCabe Room. (Prof. Kamran Moinzadeh).
  
  
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  David R. Hekman, Business Administration, Ph.D. 1:30 p.m. Monday, Oct 24. Mackenzie Hall, 367. (Prof. Kevin Steensma).
  
  
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  Kazi Iqbal, Economics, Ph.D. 10 a.m. Wednesday, Oct 19. Savery Hall, 302. (Prof. Stephen Turnovsky).
  
  
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  Devin K. Joshi, Political Science, Ph.D. 3 p.m. Friday, Oct 14. Smith Hall, 40A. (Prof. James Caporaso).
  
  
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  Gordon T. Mitchell, Chemistry, Ph.D. 10 a.m. Tuesday, Oct 25. Chemistry Bldg., 339. (Prof. Lloyd Burgess).
  
  
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  Heather Mary Newman, Education, Ed.D. 10 a.m. Tuesday, Oct 25. Miller Hall, 122. (Prof. Sheila Valencia).
  
  
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  Mark Patrick Nugent, Classics, Ph.D. 9 a.m. Friday, Oct 14. Denny Hall, 210. (Prof. Stephen Hinds).
  
  
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  Andrew H. O’bannon, Physics, Ph.D. 4 p.m. Friday, Oct 14. Physics/Astronomy Bldg., C-520. (Prof. Andreas Karch).
  
  
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  Mitchell J. Oler, Business Administration, Ph.D. 3:45 p.m. Monday, Oct 24. Bank of America Executive Educ. Ctr., 410-B. (Prof. Terry Shevlin).
  
  
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  Rebekah Joann Salt, Nursing – School of, Ph.D. 8 a.m. Wednesday, Oct 26. Health Sciences Ctr., T-529. (Prof. Carole Schroeder).
  
  
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  Eric J. Ward, Aquatic and Fishery Sciences, Ph.D., 9:30 a.m., Monday, Oct. 17, Fishery Science Bldg., 314, (Prof. Ray Hilborn).
  
  
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  Yang Mo Yoo, Bioengineering, Ph.D. 2:30 p.m. Friday, Oct 14. Electrical Engineering, 403. (Prof. Yongmin Kim).