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"Boricua brains" awarded prestigious scholarship at the federal level

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The National Science Foundation’s Graduate Research Fellowship Program (NSF- GRFP) is perhaps the most competitive and prestigious scholarship for doctoral students interested in a variety of disciplines related to science, engineering, technology and mathematics.

We are pleased to celebrate with you the names of twenty-three students from Puerto Rican universities who received this prestigious award and of three students who received honorable mentions. Only 17% of people who apply are awarded the scholarship.

Puerto Rican scientist received PECASE award for his research about water management

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Washington- Dr. Javier Arce-Nazario form University of Puerto Rico at Cayey received the Presidential Early Career Awards for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE) award for his research in Puerto Rico.

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NSF Long Term Ecological Research Program Mini-Symposium on Feb. 21

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The National Science Foundation's Long Term Ecological Research (LTER)
program extends an invitation to you and your colleagues to attend the 2014
LTER Mini-Symposium, on *February 21st* from *8:30am to Noon.*  This year,
six representatives from the LTER community will highlight recent

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UPR allowed to use federal funding by NSF

Submitted on 22 November 2013 - 6:02pm

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After almost a year NSF is lifting the suspension to UPR, allowing the use of federal funding.

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A new virtual space for Hispanic and Puerto Rican women in STEM

Submitted on 6 November 2013 - 11:50am

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CienciaPR has created a new blog to discuss topics related to women.

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UPR to regain NSF funding

Submitted on 6 October 2013 - 3:54pm

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The University of Puerto Rico is looking to meet the NSF regulations and recommendaions in order the regain access to federal funding.

 

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UPR team creates a website about the flora in El Yunque

Submitted on 13 September 2013 - 3:36pm

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Graduate student Fabiola Areces created a website to document the flora at El Yunque. The project Flora Virtual El Verde was lead by James Ackerman and Elvia Meléndez at the University of Puerto Rico- Río Piedras Campus and funded by Fondo Institucional para la Investigación (FIPI) ,  Biological Research Collections at NSF and Centro de Ecología Tropical Aplicada y Conservación (CATEC).

http://floraelverde.catec.upr.edu/

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