State awards research funding to 10 SUNY campuses

Gov. Andrew Cuomo today announced the state is awarding research funding to seven projects that involve 10 campuses of the State University of New York (SUNY).

 

The schools include Upstate Medical University and the College of Environmental Science and Forestry (ESF) in Syracuse, Binghamton University, and SUNY Potsdam.

 

Cuomo announced awards of up to $100,000 for the SUNY campuses from the SUNY Research Collaboration Fund.

 

The SUNY Research Collaboration Fund supports collaboration among researchers and students across the system’s campuses to enhance the collective impact of their work and ability to advance science, innovation, and economic prosperity in New York, the governor’s office said in a news release.

 

That fund supports research collaborations among campuses as part of the SUNY system’s strategic plan, called The Power of SUNY, according to the governor’s office.

 

Upstate Medical University, Binghamton University, and Stony Brook University on Long Island collaborated on a project focused on stress treatment.

 

It is intended to develop an integrative genetic, developmental, and psychosocial framework that links social support and improved health outcomes in order the develop treatments that target the negative consequences of stress, the governor’s office said.

 

Upstate Medical and Binghamton University also collaborated on a project focused on stroke prevention.

 

It aims to develop a tool to help doctors make more informed medical decisions by predicting possible aneurism ruptures in patients, which often lead to strokes.

 

Binghamton University is also working with SUNY Potsdam on a medical-imaging project that aims to develop a fundamental understanding of functional nanoprobes for detection of DNAs to aid in diagnostics and health care, the governor’s office said.

 

The projects also include a study by SUNY ESF and the University at Albany, which focuses on the physical, chemical, and biological processes that affect the emission of carbon dioxide to the atmosphere and how these can be expected to shift due to climate change.

 

The second annual round of awards from the Research Collaboration Fund attracted 77 proposals, Cuomo’s office said.

 

Fund officials used a peer-review process to select the recipients.

 

The factors considered in the evaluation included originality and significance of the research; student involvement; industry and other outreach efforts; and the ability to attract future federal, state, philanthropic, or private funding, the governor’s office said.

 

 

 

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