Research & Discovery

April 24, 2020 | Jessica McBride, PhD - College of Agriculture, Health and Natural Resources

2020 Convergence Awards for Research in Interdisciplinary Centers (CARIC) Announced

UConn's OVPR recently announced the 2020 Convergence Awards for Research in Interdisciplinary Centers (CARIC), an initiative that provides up to $150,000 to interdisciplinary teams to bid for major federally funded initiatives.

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Large UConn sign lit up at night with light trails from car traffic. Feb. 6, 2020. (Sean Flynn/UConn Photo)

The Office of the Vice President for Research (OVPR) recently announced the recipients of the 2020 Convergence Awards for Research in Interdisciplinary Centers (CARIC). CARIC is an initiative that provides support of up to $150,000 for the development of collaborative interdisciplinary teams to bid for major (>$5M) federally funded initiatives, such as research centers. CARIC provides funding for planning, outreach to strategic partners, and proof-of-concept research activities that will prepare the team to bid competitively for these prestigious federal awards.

The recipients of 2020 CARIC awards are:

Puxian Gao, Material Science and Engineering
Mapping Catalytic Energy Transformations: Convergence of Nanoarray Catalysis, In Situ Microscopy, and Data Science

Jeffrey Hoch, Molecular Biology and Biophysics
Biomolecular Digital Commons

Cato Laurencin, Connecticut Convergence Institute
Convergence Center for Regenerative Engineering – A Science and Technology Center

Mark Urban, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
241: Reintegrating Biology & Harnessing the Data Revolution to Predict and Prevent Global Ecosystem Change

To learn more about CARIC, visit the program page on the OVPR website.

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Non-remote work on projects such as the one described above may be temporarily paused due to the COVID-19 pandemic until the University resumes normal operations.