Several internal funding opportunities are available for faculty with the Seed Grants for new faculty and the Faculty Development Initiative. These competitive opportunities are offered in the spring.
2022 Call For Proposals Research Seed Grants FOR NEW FACULTY will be issued March 2022.
The Seed Grants for New Faculty program is a competitive funding opportunity available each spring semester for tenure-track or MBMG faculty in their first or second year of employment at Montana Tech.
The purpose of the program is to “stimulate research and scholarly activity among new additions to the Montana Tech faculty by providing all new faculty the opportunity to compete for seed-money grants to help them embark on a program of research and/or scholarly activity at Montana Tech.” These one-time, $7,000 awards are considered a “starter” and are expected to lead to active research projects, grant proposals, publications, and/or products of research. Proposals are typically due in March.
Seed-grant proposals are reviewed by the Research Seed Grant Committee with members from each of the Colleges at MTech.
Paleoseismic Investigation of the Bitterroot fault to Improve Seismic Hazards Assessments of the Missoula and Bitterroot Valleys, western Montana
Cold wire gas metal arc welding for additive manufacturing, cladding, and joining
Next generating batteries for geophysical and remote sensing applications
Create & Investigate the development of an open textbook for a co-requisite pairing of Writing Fundamentals and Introduction to Technical Writing
Groundwater recharge estimates informed by stable isotopes of water
Tabletop university game to increase freshman engineering student engagement at Montana Tech
Fusing Data Sets from the VAO using a modified 2D DWT for viewing in the NASA FITS Liberator
Identifying and prioritize novel mycobacteriophage proteins that warrant further investigation in the laboratory
Bio-Electrochemically Induced Degradation of 8:2-fluorotelometer alcohol: Feasibility and Mechanisms
Acquire instrumentation, build proof of concept devices, and generate initial data for NSF, DARPA, DOE and NSF MRI
In-operando study of mining byproducts as catalysts for natural gas upgrading
Determining surface water influences on groundwater near the Montana Resources process water pond
Assessing Particulate Matter Wall Loss with Conductive vs. Non-Conductive Cassettes used for Airborne Mineral Dust Sampling
The Performance-Based Contracting for Road Maintenance Activities
Constraining Cenozoic Extension in the Swan Range using Low-Temperature Thermochronometry and Cosmogenic Radionuclide Dating.
Living Microfiltration Membranes: From Biomimetic to Biological
An Intervention Study to Improve Hearing Protector Use in the the Montana Logging Industry: A Point-Source Approach
Merging Microbial Activity with Geochemistry in Hydrothermal Ecosystems
Lead Isotope Study of the Boulder Batholith Mineral Deposits and Volcanic Host Rocks, Southwestern Montana
Biogeographic Research on Exotic Plant Invasion
Reliability-Based Design Framework for Geosynthetic Reinforced Soil Structures
Characterization of Fog Samples at and Downwind from the Berkeley Pit
Using Stable Isotopes, Major Ions, and Trace Elements to Evaluate Recharge Areas and Flow Paths for Cold-Water Springs and Geothermal Springs Adjacent to Yellowstone National Park
Ice Energy - a Renewable and Sustainable Energy Source to be Harnessed in Terrestrial and Space Environments
Application of QUAL2Kw Model to Estimate In-stream Dissolved Oxygen Response to Different Nutrient Load Scenarios for Upper Silver Bow Creek, Montana
High-Strain Rate Mechanical Characterization of Engineering Materials Via Developing Split-Hopkinson Pressure Bar Test Facility in Montana
Investigation of Current Underground Mine Industry for Safe Design of Mobile Equipment Entries, Adits, Drifts and Haulageways
The Rhetorical Construction of Extraterrestrial Life and the Paranormal
Modeling the Mechanical Properties of Biological Cells and their Connectors
Territory, Dispersal, and Population Estimates of the Urban Pidgeon in Uptown Butte, Montana
Interactive Glassware Application Development for Google Glass
Acoustic Feedback for Object Tracking
Deciphering the Helena Volcanic Fields and Eruptive and Techtonic History Using Modern Analytical Techniques
Mobile Field GIS Deployment for Seamless Data Integration with the Ground Water Information Center: Potential Efficiencies as Compared to Traditional Paper-based Manual Data-entry Data-processing Models
Stratigraphy of the Eocene Lowland Creek Volcano Field, Southwestern Montana
An Investment in Emerging Nanotechnology at Montana Tech
Reliability of Bluetooth Travel Time Data
Weighted Composition Operators Between Weighted Bergman and SP Spaces
The Role of ERP in Strategy Alignment: Examining the world’s largest ERP implementation
Prototype Recognizer for Dwell free Eye Typing
Developing standardized methodologies, quantifying instrument accuracy and designing an instrument calibration protocol for use in measuring static gel strength in oil well cements
Book, Pathmaze: Travel, Technology and Our Changing Times
Determining the role the putative lactam utilization protein ybgL plays in the recognition and repair of the exidized guanine lesion spiroiminodihydantoin in hexavalent chromium treated E. coli
Monitoring the Response of Groundwater Recharge to Climatic Variation in the Headwaters of the Boulder River, Montana
Moral Panics, Popular Culture, and the Mobilization of the New Right
Synthesis and Hyperthermic Study of Magnetic Nano-Materials for Potential Anti-Cancer Applications
Organizational Communication in the 'Promised Land': How texts mediated the life cycle of Peoples Temple Agriculture
Preliminary Age-dating of Glacial Lake Missoula Sediments with the Use of the Optically Stimulated Luminescence
Characterization and Comparison of Beta-Tiatanium (B-Ti) Alloys for Biomedical Applications
Purchase and Implementation of Digital Field Mapping Technology
Proof Loading, a Non-Destructive Approach to Post-Fire Assessments
Methanogen Nutrient Assessment of Montana Coal Aquifers
Tangled Web: An Investigation of Online Interactions
Technology Counts: An examination of the uses of technology in the teaching of K-12 mathematics
An Investigation into the use of scriptable commercial computer games in teaching Computer Science and Software Engineering
Stochastic Simulation Modeling of Native-Nonnative Trout Interactions
Finite element modeling and visualization software to design and interpret 3D electrical and electromagnetic surveys
Control of PIC Emissions During Fluid-Bed Combustion of Tire-Derived Fuel
Life History and Stadia Form of the Mayfly, Ephemerella inermis Eaton
Thermodynamic Property Measurement of Metastable Forms of Metallic Elements
Collodial Apatite nanoparticles with active luminescent and magnetic properties for biotechnology applications
Mycobacteriophage characterization: morphological, genomic, and protein profiling of viruses isolated by Montana students.
Is mate choice in wild deer mice (Peromyscus maniculatus) affected by infection of the male by Sin Nombre virus (SNV)?
Enhancing in situ Biodegradation of Organic Contaminates
Recovery of Copper and Zinc from AMD Treatment Sludges
Microbial Characterization of Iron-, Manganese-, and Sulfate-Reducing Bacteria in the Orphan Boy Mine Shaft, Butte, MT
Retrieval of Soil Moisture from Space-borne Radar Backscattering Data in Montana
Development of the Coalbed Methane (CBM) Petroleum Engineering Research Program at Montana Tech
Instrumentation for Field Measurements of Leaf Physiology
Enduring Legacy: A Portrait of the Basques
Small Diameter Tubing Design for Wellbore Gas-Water Unloading
Safety, Health & Industrial Hygiene
An Evaluation of the Physiological Effects of Cooling Vests Worn Under Impermeable Clothing During Moderate Work
Investigation of the Potential for Metals Leaching from Coal Ash Disposed in Reclaimed Surface Mines
Baseline Studies of Bat Communities in Southwestern Montana
A Study of the Carbon and Oxygen Stable Isotope Fractionation Patterns During Diel Cycling in the Clark Fork River, Montana
Proposal to Support the Development of a Usability Testing Lab in the Professional and Technical Communication Department
Conserving and Protecting Montana's Ground Water by Creating K-12 Educational Opportunities for Teachers and Students
First Steps Incorporating Geographic Information System (GIS) Technology into Montana's K-12 Earth Science Education Program
Determine the source of CO2 in the flooded underground mines and Berkeley pit Using 13/C/12C
Collaboration Between Montana Tech Nursing Department and the Belmont Senior Citizens' Center
Age-Dating Groundwater Recharge in Springs Near Yellowstone Park
Conserving and Protecting Montana's Ground Water by Creating K-12 Educational Opportunities for Teachers and Students
Rocky Mountain Agile Virtual Enterprises
Signal-word Panel Formats for Workplace Safety Signs
First Steps Incorporating Geographic Information System (GIS) Technology into Montana's K-12 Earth Science Education Program
Technical Communications in the Northern Rocky Mountains
Enhancement of InSAR Imaging Resolution
Using Single Well Tracer Tests to Determine Site Specific Aquifer Hydraulic Conductivity: A New Method to Evaluate Septic Drainfield Impacts
Development of a Weldability Testing Facility at Montana Tech
Implementation and Evaluation of Methods for the Rapid and Efficient Speciation of Metals in Sediments
Chemical Speciation and Molecular Modeling of Aqueous Metal Complexes
Source-Rock Determination Using Lead and Strontium Isotope Ratios
High Sensitivity Application of Full-scan Gas Chriomatography/Mass Spectrometry (GC/MS) Screening Technique for Organic Contaminates near Lewistown, MT
Task Relevant Ability and Group Performance
Investigation of the Production of Bioactive Metabolites from the Yew-Associated Penicillium sp.
An Evaluation of Lead and Strontium Isotope Ratios as a Technique for Fingerprinting Southwest Montana Watersheds
Application of an Experimental Technique for Measuring the Reactive Forces at the Bi-Center PDC Bit
The Montana Tech Faculty Development Initiative is an occasional funding opportunity established to enable and accelerate research and creative scholarship by growing the number of research-engaged instructional faculty and their research/creative productivity.
Tenured and tenure-track academic/teaching faculty (including Highlands College) are eligible. These six-month grants provide up to $7,000 each. Funding may be used for summer salary, adjunct course coverage, materials, supplies, equipment, and travel clearly related to enabling and accelerating research and creative scholarship by the applicant. Proposals are typically due in November, in the years the opportunities are open.
The Faculty Development Initiative proposals are reviewed by the Dean’s Council, chaired by the Provost.
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