UF IT is debuting a new training this semester — Survey Design Basics. In this two-hour session, learners will explore the six steps of survey design, how to create valid survey questions, and apply best design principles to real-world examples. The next session is scheduled in Hub 221: Tuesday, Nov. 27, from 9:00 a.m. – […]
The Zoom service is now available for UF faculty, students, and staff. For those unfamiliar with Zoom, it is a service that provides connection capabilities for video conferencing, online meetings, chats, and mobile collaborations in an easy, intuitive way.
Congratulations to Maureen Conroy and James Algina for their subcontract award IES Flow Through from Virginia Commonwealth University; Lynda Hayes for her award from the Florida Department of Education; Philip Poekert and Paige Pullen for their award from Charleston County School District; Philip Poekert for his subcontract award South Carolina Education Oversight Flow Through from […]
Best wishes to Kristy Boyer and Nicholas Gage for their proposal to the National Science Foundation; Holly Lane and Sunshine Moss for their proposal to Learning Disabilities Foundation of America; Justin Ortagus for his proposal to the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation; and Philip Poekert for his proposal to Florida’s Office of Early Learning. For […]
The Office of Educational Research (OER) completed its annual report outlining data on externally funded projects and grant activities in the College of Education (COE). Faculty productivity and efforts toward securing external funding remain high and have surpassed fiscal year (FY) 2016 in (a) number of proposal submissions, (b) dollar amount of proposal submissions, (c) […]
COE faculty members in all schools and centers submitted 20 proposals to the Institute of Education Sciences (IES)—a record number—for this year’s August deadline. The total dollar amount requested was $25,091,652.
The Institute of Education Sciences (IES) is posting a series of on-demand webinars for those who are interested in Fiscal Year 2019 funding opportunities and learning more about IES. The following on-demand webinar is now available: Low-Cost, Short-Duration Evaluations of Education Interventions (84.305L) and Special Education Interventions (84.324L) The application deadline for these two competitions […]
(Excerpted from Message from the IES Director) For the 2018 proposal cycle, the Institute of Education Sciences (IES) received over 900 applications. IES Director, Mark Schneider, has announced changes he is considering for Fiscal Year 2020 Requests for Applications (RFAs) for the two research centers: National Center for Education Research (NCER) and National Center for […]
The National Science Foundation NSF 2026 Idea Machine competition is an opportunity for researchers, the public, and other interested stakeholders to suggest pressing research questions that need to be answered in the coming decade: the next set of Big Ideas for future investment by NSF. Participants can earn prizes and receive public recognition. For the […]
Registration for the Fall 2018 National Science Foundation (NSF) Grants Conference opened Sept. 6 on the Fall 2018 Grants Conference website. The event will take place November 8–9, 2018 in New Orleans, Louisiana at the Intercontinental New Orleans. The registration fee is $425. Breakfast, lunch and refreshments will be provided to all participants. NSF anticipates […]
Registration is open for faculty interested in attending the 2018 Undergraduate Research Expo. The purpose of the expo is to provide an informal setting for undergraduate students to talk with research faculty. Faculty and graduate students from all fields are invited to this meet and greet. The expo is an excellent place to recruit undergraduate […]
Congratulations to Cynthia Griffin, James Algina, Nancy Dana, and Walter Leite for their award from the U.S. Department of Education/IES; Herman Knopf for his subcontract award DHHS Flow Through from the University of South Carolina; Philip Poekert for his award Jim Moran Foundation Flow Through from the UF Foundation; Philip Poekert and Paige Pullen for […]
Best wishes to Christopher Anthony for his subcontract proposal IES Flow Through from Pennsylvania State University; Pasha Antonenko, Kara Dawson, Amber Benedict, and Swarup Bhunia for their proposal to the National Science Foundation; Crystal Bishop, James Algina, Brian Reichow, and Patricia Snyder for their proposal to the U.S. Department of Education/IES; Mary Brownell for her […]
Faculty in the COE are submitting 11 proposals this summer including 8 Institute of Education Sciences (IES) proposals many with the same deadline. To accommodate all submissions, the OER requests that PIs schedule an appointment time with Brian Lane blane@coe.ufl.edu to ensure all proposals are finalized and uploaded successfully before the deadline. Also, if you […]
The Institute of Education Sciences (IES) is hosting webinars to offer information about FY 2019 funding opportunities. Staff from the National Center for Special Education Research (NCSER) and the National Center for Education Research (NCER) will provide presentations, transcripts, and closed-caption video recordings. All webinars will be recorded and the recording, presentation, and transcript will […]
