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Home   >  About   >  Offices   >  Sponsored Programs Administration and Research Compliance   >  SPARC'ing a Conversation

SPARC'ing a Conversation

Sponsored Programs Administration and Research Compliance

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Welcome to our grants-based podcast, hosted by the Sponsored Programs Administration and Research Compliance office.

Episode 3: Klaus Bartschat

This episode, we chat with Klaus Bartschat, Ellis & Nelle Levitt Distinguished Professor of Physics. Klaus joins us to talk about his decades of experience with the National Science Foundation and what he's up to with his newfound retirement from teaching.

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Episode 2: Dr. Pramod Mahajan

This episode, we invite Dr. Pramod Mahajan from the College of Pharmacy and Health Science. He joins us to discuss his decades of research within the field of pharmacogenomics, his NASA funding, and his SoapyCilantro K-12 programming.

To find more information about SoapyCilantro, please visit: Soapycilantro

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Episode 1: Jerrid Kruse & Lindsay Woodward

This episode, we invite Jerrid Kruse and Lindsay Woodward from the School of Education. They join us to discuss their recent National Science Foundation grant proposal and all things grants.

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