Entries by patcasey

NSF Provides Overview of Its Public Access Policy and Public Access Repository Requirements

The National Science Foundation’s (NSF) Public Access Policy reflects NSF’s commitment to ensuring that the American public, industry, and scientific community have access to federally funded scientific research results. As such, NSF requires principal investigators to deposit a copy of any peer-reviewed journal publication (either the final accepted version or the version of record) or […]

NSF Launches Responses to Natural Disasters Website

The National Science Foundation (NSF) has created a new website NSF Responses to Natural Disasters in an effort to highlight policy designed to provide flexibility for meeting deadlines during a natural or anthropogenic disaster. The site offers guidance about NSF policies during a natural disaster and lists all NSF communications about recent disasters. If a […]

NSF Provides Guidance on Unfunded Collaborations

Except in limited cases, the National Science Foundation (NSF) prohibits voluntary committed cost sharing in proposals. However, proposers may include voluntary uncommitted cost sharing. Voluntary uncommitted cost sharing must not be included in the budget or budget justification. Instead, any substantial collaboration with individuals not included in the budget should be described in the Facilities, […]

NSF Fall 2017 Grants Conference Webcast is Available Online

The National Science Foundation (NSF) Fall 2017 Grants Conference Webcast is now available online. You can view all the presentations and recordings of the plenary sessions from the NSF Grants Conference on the NSF Resource Center website. Topics include the following: Types of NSF Funding Opportunities, Proposal Preparation, Award Management, the Faculty Early Career Development […]

ERIC Releases Revised Selection Policy

Following an extensive review, including consultation with stakeholders and opportunity for public comment, the Education Resources Information Center (ERIC) has released a revised Selection Policy. This policy goes into effect in January 2018 and applies to new materials added to ERIC. No previously published records in ERIC will be removed as a result of this […]

Awarded Projects for December 2017

Congratulations to Lynda Hayes for her award from the Florida Department of Education; Philip Poekert for his awards from Study Edge; and Philip Poekert and Donald Pemberton for their award from Study Edge. For more details, see the Awarded Projects table.

Submitted Projects for December 2017

Best wishes to Timothy Jacobbe for his Subcontract IES Flow Through from Florida State University; Ashley MacSuga-Gage for her Subcontract Florida Department of Education Flow Through from the University of South Florida; Donald Pemberton, Philip Poekert, and Walter Leite for their proposal to Florida’s Office of Early Learning; Donald Pemberton for his proposal to Lauren’s […]

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Research Spotlight: Christopher Redding

Q & A with Christopher Redding, Ph.D., Assistant Professor in the School of Human Development and Organizational Studies in Education What basic questions does your research seek to answer? My research uses survey and administrative data to better understand the policies and educator labor market patterns that exacerbate the unequal distribution of high-quality teachers and the […]

IES Hosts Live Webinars on FY 2018 Low-Cost, Short-Duration Evaluation Grant Competitions

The Institute of Education Sciences (IES) will host webinars to provide in-depth information about two Fiscal Year 2018 competitions: Low-Cost, Short-Duration Evaluation of Education Interventions (84.305L) and Low-Cost, Short-Duration Evaluation of Special Education Interventions (84.324L). Low-Cost, Short-Duration Webinar I: Research Requirements and Recommendations for a Strong Application will be held on the following dates and […]

UF Office of Research Launches New Website

The UF Office of Research launched its new website on November 14. It features a modern, responsive design that aims to ease navigation for both internal and external users on any device from a desktop to a smartphone. The website contains simplified menus, no redundant pages, and provides many quick-access buttons. As part of this […]

Resources for Learning about and Using ResearchVault

On November 9, UF Information Technology hosted the first “ResearchVault” Day. The event provided a high-level overview to using UF’s secured, isolated environment to store and work on restricted data. Due to the interest in the topic, UFIT wanted to make the materials available to all research faculty and their staff.  The video stream of […]

Awarded Projects for November 2017

Congratulations to Ester de Jong for her subcontract FLDOE Flow Through from the Suwannee County School Board; Herman Knopf for his subcontract DHHS Flow Through from the University of South Carolina; Isaac McFarlin for his award from the Walton Family Foundation; and Donald Pemberton for his award from Study Edge. For more details, see the […]

Submitted Projects for November 2017

Best wishes to Pasha Antonenko for his proposal to the National Science Foundation; Susan Butler, Corinne Huggins-Manley, and Nancy Ruzycki for their proposal to the National Science Foundation; Kristy Boyer and Nicholas Gage for their proposal to the National Science Foundation; Timothy Jacobbe for his subcontract NSF Flow Through from the University of Missouri; Aki […]