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"CORNET Awards at The University of Tennessee Health Science Center Grants $300,000 to New Collaborative Research Projects"
Six research teams were recently announced as the 2017 awardees for the University
of Tennessee Health Science Center (UTHSC) Collaborative Research Network (CORNET)
Awards. Based on the ideals of cross-disciplinary team science, the CORNET Awards
provide winning groups with seed money to stimulate innovative, interdisciplinary,
team-based research, which will give rise to future extramural funding.
Read more about the 2017 UTHSC CORNET Award Winners
UT Health Science Center and the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences Host Collaborative Cancer Research Conference
Read more about the UTHSC+UAMS Spring 2017 Cancer Research Conference
"The University of Tennessee Health Science Center Office of Research Announces System-Wide Collaborative Award Winners"
Three research projects have been selected as the winners of the 2017 University of
Tennessee Collaborative Research Network (UT CORNET) Awards in Cancer Research. The
awards are designed to promote new lines of team-based research and serve as a catalyist
of new collaborative partnerships for UT cancer investigators across Tennessee.
Read more about the UT CORNET Awards
Steven R. Goodman, Vice Chancellor for Research at The University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Elected a 2016 AAAS Fellow for Contributions to Advancing Science.
UTHSC has received a nearly $500,000 i6 Challenge Award from the United States Economic Development Administration (EDA) to establish a Proof-of-Concept Center at UTHSC in partnership with Memphis Bioworks Foundation.
Read more about UTHSC's i6 Challenge Award
More than 70 cancer researchers from across the state convened in Murfreesboro, Tennessee, Wednesday, November 9, 2016 for the inaugural 2016 University of Tennessee Collaborative Research Network (CORNET) Cancer Conference.
Read more about the UT CORNET Cancer Conference
Kristin Hamre, PhD, associate professor at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center (UTHSC), and Cynthia Kane, PhD, professor at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS) have been named the 2016 winners of the UTHSC/UAMS USA Collaborative Research Network (CORNET) Award.
Read more about the UTHSC/UAMS USA CORNET Award
The Operational Strategic Plan for Research (OSPR) for UTHSC was approved Monday, August 22, 2016 by Chancellor Steve Schwab. The Plan lays out a pragmatic and comprehensive strategy that will systematically strengthen and grow research at UTHSC over the next five years.
Stephania Cormier, PhD, in the Department of Pediatrics at UTHSC, has been named as the inaugural associate vice chancellor for research and global partnerships effective July 1, 2016.
Nine research grants were announced recently as the 2016 awardees for the inaugural UTHSC Collaborative Research Network (CORNET) Awards.
