A reminder that the UF Division of Sponsored Programs (DSP), as the Authorized Official, is the appropriate office to contact the sponsor with requests for effort commitment changes, budgetary changes, and no cost extensions. Template letters are available on the DSP website to help draft notification to the sponsor, to be signed by the Principal […]
The National Science Foundation (NSF) is currently transitioning its digital platform of record from FastLane to Research.gov. This transition is effectively a slow retirement of FastLane with incremental changes as its functions migrate to Research.gov. As of April 30, 2018, NSF launched functionality to submit proposals in Research.gov in addition to existing proposal submission functionality […]
The university has calculated the new proposed pooled fringe rates for fiscal year 2018-19 and has submitted them to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS). As of April 23, 2018, all proposals should use the proposed fringe rates noted below, with the understanding that the proposed rates are subject to DHHS approval. […]
The Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program is now accepting applications to teach and/or research in 137 countries through the Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program. Opportunities are available for college and university faculty and administrators and many others. The application deadline for most awards is August 1, 2018. Learn more by attending a webinar, staff workshop, or ambassador […]
Excerpted from Education Week, March 23, 2018 On March 23, President Trump signed into law a $1.3 trillion spending bill, the Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2018, that approved the largest increase to federal research funding in a decade. The $176.8 billion in research funding is an increase of $20.8 billion or 12.8% above the fiscal 2017 […]
Reprinted from Extramural Nexus, April 16, 2018 For years researchers have used the Matchmaker feature in NIH RePORTER to identify NIH-funded projects similar to their supplied abstracts, research bios, or other scientific text. Matchmaker was recently enhanced to make it just as easy to identify NIH program officials whose portfolios include projects in your research […]
UF Information Technology is offering several courses throughout the summer to assist faculty and research staff. For course details, times, and meeting locations and to view all available training, go to https://training.it.ufl.edu/.
With support from the Institute of Education Sciences (IES), the Educational Testing Service (ETS) is offering a 3-day workshop for researchers interested in learning how to analyze data from the Program for the International Assessment of Adult Competencies (PIAAC). Dates: July 30 – August 1, 2018 Location: The University of Maryland, College Park Campus Application […]
The Institute of Education Sciences (IES), National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) is pleased to announce that the 2018 STATS-DC Data Conference will be held in Washington, DC on July 25 – 27, 2018. Details for the Data Conference will be announced soon, including the theme and hotel. Once registration opens, NCES will be accepting […]
Congratulations to Dorothy Espelage, Philip Poekert, and Walter Leite for their award from the US Department of Justice National Institute of Justice; Philip Poekert and Paige Pullen for their award from the Charleston County School District; Philip Poekert for his award from the School Readiness Coalition of Sarasota County; and Andrew Thoron, Rose Pringle, James Bunch, […]
Best wishes to Pavlo “Pasha” Antonenko and Andreas Keil for their proposal to the National Science Foundation; Maria Coady for her proposal to the Spencer Foundation; Justin Ortagus for his proposal to the William T. Grant Foundation; Philip Poekert and Paige Pullen for their proposals to the Charleston County School District; and Herman Knopf for […]
The UF Office of Research has issued a policy change regarding the submission of research proposals. Please note the implication for the College of Education. UF Office of Research: The new policy for submitting proposals to UFIRST is 9 AM one business day prior to the date of the sponsor’s deadline. COE OER: The new […]
The National Science Foundation (NSF) is changing its digital platform from Fastlane to Research.gov. Beginning on April 30, 2018, you will be able to prepare and submit full, research non-collaborative proposals in Research.gov. The initial release of this new Research.gov capability will run in parallel with existing FastLane proposal preparation and submission capabilities, so you […]
A call for applications for the 2018-19 UF Leadership Development programs sponsored by UF Human Resources Training and Organizational Development is now in progress, with an application deadline of May 1. Apply today for the UF Academy, the university’s emerging leader program, or the Advanced Leadership for Academics and Professionals (ALAP) program. Participants in both […]
The National Science Foundation (NSF) identified Growing Convergence Research at NSF as one of the 10 Big Ideas for Future NSF Investment. NSF defines convergence research as research integrated across disciplines and driven by a specific and compelling problem. The convergence paradigm builds upon transdisciplinary approaches by bringing together diverse scientists and/or engineers in collaborations […]
