Best wishes to Hannah Bayne and Della Moseley for their proposal to the William T. Grant Foundation; Julie Brown, Catherine Paolucci, and Anne Corinne Huggins-Manley for their proposal to the National Science Foundation; Maria Coady and Nidza Marichal for their proposal to the Spencer Foundation; Chonika Coleman King, Christopher Busey, and Rose Pringle for their […]
The UF Office of Research has announced the 2021 Research Opportunity Seed Fund (ROF) competition. ROF targets interdisciplinary, faculty-initiated research projects with potential for extramural support. The program focuses on new projects and/or new collaborative partnerships. The College of Education is allowed to submit four (4) proposals to the university-level for this competition. To participate […]
The National Science Foundation (NSF) has successfully migrated important research functions from FastLane to Research.gov and is now taking proactive steps to incrementally move the preparation and submission of all proposals from FastLane to Research.gov with a tentative target date for completion by 2022. In the coming weeks and months, NSF will begin making changes […]
The What Works Clearinghouse (WWC) is offering a virtual training in Design-comparable effect size (D-CES) for single-case design (SCD) studies. This webinar is intended primarily for researchers and applied analysts interested in quantifying SCD intervention effectiveness. October 13, 2020 2:00 pm–3:00 pm EST Register here: https://ies.ed.gov/ncee/wwc/Resources View other WWC online training.
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) is offering a webinar on How to Develop a Competitive Grant Application. October 22, 2020 2:00 pm EST To receive information on how to access the webinar contact GPOtraining@samhsa.hhs.gov.
The 2020 HiPerGator Symposium will be held virtually this year. This annual event showcases research from postdoctoral associates and graduate students who use HiPerGator, the university’s supercomputer. To build on UF’s Artificial Intelligence (AI) Initiative announcement this summer, the 2020 symposium focuses on research applications of AI and machine learning. The HiPerGator Symposium is free, but registration is required […]
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) and the National Science Foundation (NSF) are offering free professional development opportunities. These programs will provide in-depth information on proposals and awards direct from the agencies. NIH is offering the 2020 NIH Virtual Seminar on Program Funding and Grants Administration October 27–30, 2020. Registration: https://nihvirtualseminar2020.vfairs.com/ See https://grants.nih.gov/news/contact-in-person/seminars.htm for more […]
Join the UF IRB via Zoom on October 28, 2020 at 12:00 pm for the next IRB Boot Camp. This training is designed for those new to research and the IRB process at UF. The invitation with Zoom link will be available soon. The UF IRB also offers educational courses and a monthly newsletter. Sign […]
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This spring the COE is planning to host a COE IRB Workshop February 2, 2021 from 11 am–12 pm. The workshop will include information specific to the College of Education.
In recognition of the time demands facing nominators putting together strong Fellow submission materials, AERA is extending the nominations deadline from September 30 to October 30. AERA members are encouraged to submit nominations for education researchers who have made significant scientific or scholarly contributions to the field to be honored as an AERA Fellow. The Call […]
The Institute of Education Sciences (IES) is reviewing how to fund more high-quality research to identify and support ways students can learn when they are not able to attend school in person, including online and hybrid learning models. IES Director Mark Schneider discusses this topic in his September 28, 2020 blog, On Learning and Loss […]
Excerpted from Seed Funding for the Next Generation of Education Technologies Presented by SBIR Program Manager Dr. Edward Metz, September 3, 2020 #1 What is SBIR? • The Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program is America’s Seed Fund operated by the U.S. Department of Education Institute of Education Sciences (ED IES). Purpose: (1) Stimulate technology […]
On September 22, 2020, Hanover Research presented a webinar on Developing Teams for Collaborative Grant Proposals, discussing the differences between a traditional collaboration and an integrated research team. In a customary collaboration, each member typically works on separate parts of the research, and then the parts are integrated. The sharing of ideas can be limited. […]
UF Faculty Insights is an online portal into the research portfolio of UF. This new collaboration tool is available to provide information on the research expertise of UF faculty. The tool is set up with two views: one for faculty, staff, and students and one for the public. You can select a research topic, an […]
