The Bakar program, now entering its fourth year, is inviting applications from other early career professors interested in such work for its 2015-16 cohort, Vice Chancellor for Research Graham Fleming announced last week. Each of the new faculty awards will provide discretionary research support of $75,000 per year for a maximum of five years.
The program supports research that could translate important scientific discoveries into practical solutions in the fields of engineering, computer science, chemistry, biological sciences, physical sciences and in multidisciplinary work in these areas, Fleming wrote in a CalMessage.
The Bakar Fellows Program already supports three cohorts. Each cohort consists of faculty working in areas with a high likelihood of contributing to California’s economy, according to Fleming.
The five faculty whose work is briefly outlined above were those selected in 2014, and their projects are already showing progress. A full profile of Ana Claudia Arias and her work can be viewed on the Bakar Fellows website.
Additional profiles will be featured on the UC Berkeley NewsCenter and on the Bakar Fellows website over the next four weeks.
Information about the program, the fellows and details of the application process and requirements is posted on the Bakar Fellows Program website. Applications for the new cohort of fellows are due Sunday, March 29, 2015.