On March 31, 2021 Qualtrics deployed updates to several areas of the survey tool, improving both the ease of use and accessibility of its features. There is now a simplified question builder navigation that aligns with the overall Qualtrics user experience. Another significant change: The Survey Editor tool is now called Survey Builder. Some functions […]
Congratulations to Maureen Conroy for her subcontract award IES Flow Through from Baylor University; Lynda Hayes for her award from the Florida Department of Education; Latoya Haynes Thoby for her award from the American Education Research Association; Philip Poekert, Taryrn Brown, and Chonika Coleman King for their award from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation; […]
Best wishes to Mary Bratsch-Hines for her subcontract proposal IES Flow Through from RTI International; Jing Du, Kent Crippen, Jonathan Adams, and Xiao Yu for their proposal to the National Science Foundation; Maya Israel for her proposal to Google; Kathrin Maki for her proposal to the Society for the Study of School Psychology; Philip Poekert […]
The U.S. House of Representatives has passed a bill titled H.R.1319 – American Rescue Plan Act of 2021, a $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief package that would appropriate funds for education-related programs, including $100 million for the Institute of Education Sciences (IES) for education grants to carry out research related to addressing learning loss caused by […]
The Office of Educational Research (OER) offers resources on its Cost Analysis webpage to help faculty meet the Institute of Education Sciences (IES) requirement for conducting cost analysis as part of their studies.
The Institute of Education Sciences (IES) is hosting a series of on-demand webinars for applicants interested in upcoming funding opportunities. The presentations will be posted on a rolling basis. Some webinar topics include the following: IES Basic Overview of Research Grants and Information for New Applicants to IES IES Grant Writing Workshop IES Application Process […]
Excerpted from NSF Science Matters blog February 23, 2021 by Vincent Tedjasaputra, PhD Whatever the phase of your research career, it is a good idea to reach out to a National Science Foundation (NSF) program officer as the first step in the NSF application process. Program officers are researchers — experts from the research community […]
In the latest All About Grants podcast, National Institutes of Health (NIH) program officers discuss Considerations for Developing a Research Plan, including the relationship between the specific aims and research strategy. They also provide helpful suggestions and share common pitfalls. NIH encourages researchers to contact NIH staff and provides a guide for contacting the right […]
In a recent National Institutes of Health (NIH) video, NIH Peer Review: “Live” Mock Study Section, NIH scientists gather to review three fictional grant applications in response to a fictional Request for Applications (RFA). The reviewers discuss how applications are scored and what mistakes to avoid in the application.
Ten years ago, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) launched its RePORTER (Research Portfolio Online Reporting Tools) website to provide reports, data, and analyses of NIH research activities. The site’s functionality has been updated, including a new version of MyRePORTER. With MyRePORTER, users can save their searches and customize email alerts. Users outside NIH will […]
Writing a successful proposal is one of the most important steps in the application process. This shared drive contains examples of successful proposals. Proposals here are included with permission from the principal investigator (PI). Sections may be redacted depending on the preference of the PI. You must have an active UF credential to view.
UF Research provides template agreements with UF-preferred language ready to send to any potential partner. Using a UF-preferred template and language cuts negotiation time as these templates use predetermined favorable terms on behalf of the Principal Investigator and the university (e.g., publication rights, intellectual property rights, rights in data, payment terms, etc.). Other templates available […]
UF Libraries provides helpful virtual workshops for faculty. Some upcoming workshops include the following: Biosketch Boot-camp (NIH) Tuesday, March 9, 2021, 1:00pm – 2:00pm Register Best Practices in Data Management (Creating a DMP) Thursday, March 11, 2021, 12:00pm – 1:00pm Register Using GitHub for Collaboration Tuesday, March 16, 2021, 12:00pm – 1:00pm Register Introduction to […]
UFIT is hosting its second virtual HiPerGator Symposium of this academic year on Tuesday, March 30, from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. The Spring 2021 HiPerGator Symposium will feature presentations from UF’s Artificial Intelligence Research Catalyst Fund awardees, who are pursuing multidisciplinary research lines of inquiry using AI. The event will begin with an introduction to UFIT’s […]
HiPerGator and HiPerGator AI can be used for teaching and research by UF faculty and faculty from Florida’s state universities. Options for using University of Florida supercomputing resources are as follows: For teaching a class, allocations are free and last for one semester. For research, allocations can be purchased for periods ranging from three months to […]
