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$100,000 i 'innovative' By HEATHER ANDERSON Staff writer The Carolina Venture Fund is making a total of $100,000 available to faculty members for innovative research and development projects, a USC offical said. The fund, supported by the Carolina Research and Development Foundation, has been in existence for three years. Its purpose is "to assist faculty with promising efforts to develop new technology and new research procedures," said Ardis Savory, director of Sponsored Programs Administration. Grants from the Carolina Venture Fund are available to fulltime, tenure-track faculty members in all departments. The money awarded is to provide Shuttle- Continued from mittce consists of some of the na nalists, educators and a former ast /viicr pnysicai examinations a Johnson Space Center in Houston, interviewed by a committee of sev< officials in Washington, D.C. A primary and backup candid* selected, Project Director Eric Joh "No applicants have asked that withdrawn since the Challenger acc said, "but very strong support has that it is important for the progran However, the delay may cause wouia require applicants to withd Someone may have made other plai Dorm Continued from page Whether or not a student \?ould be forced to pay a fee for staying on campus an extra day or two would depend on the circumstances of each case, according In l^pn fnrhctt Hirprlnr nf Business Operations for University Housing Services. WUSC-FM 90.5 T<1 _ _1_ i ne uamecocK The GAMECOCK is the student newspaper of the University of South Carolina and is published three times a week on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays during the fall and spring semesters and weekly on Wednesday t during both summer sessions, with the exception of university holidays and examination periods. 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Wn j Conner Mobile H V Darcom (O) ( FDIC (O) / Furrs Cafeteria (C 1 Haverty Furniture \ NC State Uriivers; C SC Department ol / Wal Mart (PS) BBBHSBHMB submit a report including a summary of the work completed, page 1 tion's top jour- option comc up, ronaut. The 100 regioi nd briefings at reaffirm their , the five will be before the secor :n senior NASA scheduled for la Mac* onnliroi appuvui itc will then be radio journalist: nson said. represented, Mc their names be "We even ha> ident," Johnson we hadn't thoug ; been expressed Each applica n to continue." samples of wor a situation that something unusi raw, Bass said. plicants' submi; is, or have a job McGill said. 4 I Corbett also said the circumstances of each case would determine whether a student would be allowed to stay in his room or be moved to another dormitory. Single students living in University Terrace, Cliff Aparttn~ Donate Blood. + NEW ]B SHIPMENT! Exotic SWIMS The Body Firm FIVE POINTS 910 Harden 799-3317 r?H) Inn. Inr ORS! left out! ( will be: \ -'re-Screen Schedules \ . to c?i r i lo, wpen ouieuuies \ Placement Office, i a. Close Building. 1 /nc\ r unitb \i o) { )) Co., Inc. (O) 1 ity (O) i f Social Services (O) n funding t ' research I assistance in meeting such costs as travel, publication and equipment, Savory said. Some past projects have included the development of education of the handicapped, computer development, new teaching methods in the school of medicine, as well as "bench top, hard science" research, she said. According to the guidelines given to applicants, no limits have been set for the amount of individual grants or for the length of time required to complete the research. However, each applicant must submit a written outline of expected expenses and estimated time required. Upon completion of the oroiect. narticinants must o promote ly faculty possible future applications of the research and a financial report. As stated on the application form, project proposals will be considered in terms of the qualifications of the researchers, the significance of the research, the soundness and clarity of ap proacn, any new direction or special need and potential applicability or development. Grants arc available to qualified faculty members at each of USC's nine campuses, Savory said. She also said the money would not necessarily be divided equally among the campuses, but ! on the basis of qualified | proposals. Project proposals must be submitted by 5 p.m. on April 7 to be considered for awards. , he said. nal semifinalists will be required to desire to continue as applicants id round of the selection, which is te April or early May, Bass said, its are newspaper, television and s, but all areas of the media are Gill said. d meteorologists apply, something I ht about in the beginning," he said, n nt was required to submit two k. 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