Entries by patcasey

R4I@UF Website Launch

UF’s new R4I@UF website is now live. The website is meant to be a resource for Rigorous Reproducible Responsible Research Integrity at UF https://research.ufl.edu/rcr/. The website has a variety resources on various research topics including Research Misconduct, Protection of Human Subjects, Data Management Practices and Rigor & Reproducibility. Additionally, every month you will find a […]

Awarded Projects for April 2020

Congratulations to Chris Curran for his award from the American Civil Liberties Union of Florida; Justin Ortagus and Isaac McFarlin for their award from the Helios Education Foundation; Ashley Pennypacker Hill for her award from the Florida Department of Education; and Zuchao Shen and Walter Leite for their award from the Spencer Foundation. For more […]

Submitted Projects for April 2020

Best wishes to Chris Curran for his proposal to the National Institute of Justice; Maya Israel for her proposals to the National Science Foundation; Angela Kohnen and Kara Dawson for their proposal to Facebook; Joni Splett, Jason Nance, Sarah Lynne, and Jennifer Doty for their proposal to the National Institute of Justice; Philip Poekert for […]

Awarded Projects for March 2020

Congratulations to Herman Knopf for his subcontract award Administration for Children and Families Flow Through from the Early Learning Coalition of Hillsborough County; Holly Lane, Philip Poekert, and Paige Pullen for their James Patterson Foundation Flow Through award from the UF Foundation; Justin Ortagus, Pasha Antonenko, and Lindsay Lynch for their award from the National […]

Submitted Projects for March 2020

Best wishes to Chris Curran for his proposal to the American Civil Liberties Union of Florida; Philip Poekert for his proposal to Bright From the Start Georgia Department of Early Childcare and Learning; and Philip Poekert for his proposal to Orange County. For more details, see the Submitted Projects table.

NSF Issues Revised Proposal and Award Policies and Procedures Guide

The National Science Foundation (NSF) has issued a revised version of the NSF Proposal & Award Policies & Procedures Guide (PAPPG) (NSF 20-1) effective for proposals submitted or due, and awards made, on or after June 1, 2020. Significant changes include required use of an NSF-approved format for the biographical sketch and current and pending […]

Learn More about Science Experts Network Curriculum Vitae (SciENcv)

Science Experts Network Curriculum Vitae (SciENcv) is an electronic system available through the National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI). My NCBI users can use SciENcv to compile professional profiles and generate documents for grant submissions to the National Institutes of Health (NIH), the National Science Foundation (NSF), and the Institute of Education Sciences (IES). NIH […]

Recent Updates from IES Director Mark Schneider

In a New Year’s update, Institute of Education Sciences (IES) Director Mark Schneider discussed what IES has accomplished and outlined some challenges for the coming year and beyond. See Dr. Schneider’s January 8, 2020 blog A New Year’s Update from the Director of IES for the full update. Later in January, Dr. Schneider described progress […]

Applications Are Open for the 2020 Summer Research Training Institute on Cluster-Randomized Trials

Northwestern University, with a grant from the Institute of Education Sciences (IES) National Center for Education Research (NCER), is accepting applications for the upcoming Summer Research Training Institute on Cluster-Randomized Trials. The application deadline is Monday, March 30 at 8:00 p.m. EST. Workshop details and application submission materials are available on the Research Training Institute […]

Applications Are Open for the 2020 Meta-Analysis Training Institute

Georgia State University, with a grant from the Institute of Education Sciences (IES) National Center for Education Research (NCER), is accepting applications for the upcoming Meta-Analysis Training Institute, a state-of-the-art session on advanced meta-analytic methods. The application deadline is Wednesday, April 1, 2020. Workshop details and application submission materials are available on the Meta-Analysis Training Institute […]

Save the Date: UF Offers NSF Grants and CAREER Award Workshop

The UF Office of Research is sponsoring an NSF grants and CAREER award workshop April 1, 2020 from 8:30 am – 5:00 pm in the Reitz Union Chamber Room. The workshop is for early-career tenure-track faculty hired between 2017 and 2020 and will be expanded to include more participants if space constraints will allow. Attendance […]

NIH Updates Human Subject Research Decision Tool

The National Institutes of Health (NIH) recently announced updates to its human subjects research decision tool to reflect changes effective in the 2018 Revised Common Rule. The tool consists of answering a few questions to determine if proposed research could be considered human subjects research or if it may be exempt from federal regulations. This tool is only […]

Zoom Offers Automatic Transcription Feature

Cloud recording is automatically enabled for all paid Zoom subscribers, and Zoom can automatically transcribe your meetings. You can follow the basic steps below to generate a transcript. For more detailed instructions, including how to edit and search in a transcript, visit the Zoom Help Center Automatically Transcribe Cloud Recordings webpage. Sign in to your […]

UF IT Offers Free R Programming Course

To support the research community’s application training needs, UF Information Technology is offering a free, face-to-face training series on R Programming. Enrollees must have completed at least one graduate-level course in statistics prior to the start of the training series. To register, visit https://training.it.ufl.edu/training/ and search on “programming” in the “Search by title” box. Visit […]