Entries by patcasey

Submitted Projects for June 2015

Best wishes to Pasha Antonenko for his proposal to the National Science Foundation; Mary Jo Koroly and Kent Crippen for their proposal to the National Institutes of Health; Nancy Dana, Michelina MacDonald, and Ashley Pennypacker-Hill for their proposal to the Spencer Foundation; Mary Kristina DePue and David Miller for their proposal to the National Institutes of Health; Alice Kaye Emery for her proposal to the Florida Department of Education; Christy Gabbard for her proposal to the Florida Department of Education; David Miller for his U.S. Department of Health and Human Services flow through subcontracts to Project SOS, Inc.; Ashley Pennypacker-Hill for her proposals to the Florida Department of Education; Phil Poekert for his proposal to the Florida Department of Education; Phil Poekert and Raquel Diaz for their proposal to the Georgia Department of Early Learning; Phil Poekert for his proposal to Duval County and the Georgia Department of Early Learning; Joni Splett for her U.S. Department of Justice flow through subcontract to the University of South Carolina; and Mary McLean and Pat Snyder for their U.S. Department of Health and Human Services flow through subcontract to the University of Washington.

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Awarded Projects for May 2015

Congratulations to Christy Gabbard for her award from the Florida Department of Education; Nicholas Gage for his subcontract from the University of Connecticut (Connecticut Department of Education Flow-Through); and Patricia Snyder, James Algina, and Mary McLean for their award from the US Department of Education/IES.

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Submitted Projects for May 2015

Best wishes to Ashley MacSuga-Gage for her proposal to the University of South Florida; Joseph Gagnon for his proposal to the Feminist Review Trust; Rose Pringle and Lynda Hayes for their proposal to the National Science Foundation; Bruce MacFadden and Rose Pringle for their proposal to the National Science Foundation; Patricia Snyder and Mary McLean for their proposal to the California Department of Education; and George Michailidis, Walter Leite, Jeffrey Johnson, Zhe Wang, and Dapeng Wu for their proposal to the National Science Foundation.

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Summer Preeminence Funding Proposals and OER Support

As Dean Good announced in his April 10, Friday Update, UF hopes to receive up to $20 million in Performance funding and $10 million in additional Preeminence funding. The timeline will likely begin right after the Governor signs the budget this summer. If you have ideas for new and/or expanded Preeminence hiring for the college, the Office of Educational Research (OER) is ready to assist you to identify collaborating partners/colleges and develop a brief draft proposal. Read More…

UF College of Engineering Holds NSF CAREER Workshop

The UF College of Engineering will present an NSF Faculty Early Career Development Program (CAREER) Workshop for interested UF faculty on Friday May 22, from 1 pm to 4 pm in the New Engineering Building NEB 100. The workshop will discuss the program, tips for success from recent UF recipients, and great opportunities for broader impacts through collaboration with existing UF programs. No registration is necessary. Read More…

Proposed Fringe Benefit Rates Become Effective July 1, 2015

The FY 2016 proposed fringe benefit rates should be used in all grant and contract proposal budgets for any award expected to occur on or after July 1, 2015. UFIRST and Cayuse 424 proposal budgeting tools have been updated with the FY 2016 proposed fringe rates and will automatically calculate the fringe benefit amount needed for each individual included in the budget. The employee categories and corresponding FY 2016 proposed benefit rates are as follows: Read More…

NSF Implements Proposal Compliance Checks in FastLane Effective April 24, 2015

On April 24, 2015, the National Science Foundation (NSF) released updates to FastLane that may impact the way you work. Proposals submitted in response to program solicitations in FastLane will now undergo a series of automated proposal compliance validation checks to ensure they comply with requirements outlined in the PAPPG (Chapter II.C.2 of the Grants Proposal Guide). Read More…

New NCES Blog Contains Short Entries on a Variety of Topics

The National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) has announced the debut of its new blog site. Through this new blog, NCES looks forward to spreading the word about the important and interesting data that it collects and analyzes. The blog will provide a forum for news about the latest developments in NCES surveys, exciting new research opportunities, commonly misunderstood education measures, important new findings, and innovative data tools. In addition to including a wide range of topics, the blogs will cover the full range of NCES survey areas such as Read More…