Some federal agencies have begun distributing American Rescue Plan funds and will continue to release funds. The U.S. Department of Education (U.S. ED) has released more than $3 billion to states to support infants, toddlers, children, and youth with disabilities served under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA). View IDEA American Rescue Plan Funds. The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (U.S. HHS) has announced the establishment of an $80 million Public Health Informatics & Technology Workforce Development Program to strengthen U.S. public health informatics and data science. View the notice of funding opportunity deadline August 11, 2021. The U.S. HHS has also distributed $1 billion to Head Start programs nationwide.

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The U.S. Department of Education (U.S. ED) has announced six proposed priorities for discretionary grant programs and invites comments on or before July 30, 2021. The proposed priorities are as follows:

1. Addressing the impact of COVID-19 on students, educators, and faculty
2. Promoting equity in student access to educational resources, opportunities, and welcoming environments
3. Supporting a diverse educator workforce and professional growth to strengthen student learning
4. Meeting student social, emotional, and academic needs
5. Increasing postsecondary education access, affordability, completion, and post-enrollment success
6. Strengthening cross-agency coordination and community engagement to advance systemic change

Submit your comments through the Federal eRulemaking Portal or via postal mail, commercial delivery, or hand delivery.

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In an opinion article in the non-profit news site The 74, Institute of Education Sciences (IES) Director Mark Schneider states that a bill Congress is considering to enhance the scientific competitiveness of the nation does not go far enough to establish the necessary educational foundation in STEM, especially for Black and Hispanic youth. The United States Innovation and Competition Act (USICA), recently passed by the Senate and now being considered in the House of Representatives, would expand the National Science Foundation to include a new Technology and Innovation Directorate. While USICA is a good start, Schneider says attention to applied education research is missing.

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The National Science Foundation (NSF) has posted the conference sessions from the Spring 2021 NSF Virtual Grants Conference held June 7-11, 2021. All conference sessions were recorded and are now available on NSF’s Policy Office Outreach website. Additionally, you can view the recordings on the NSF Policy Office Outreach YouTube page.

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The State of Florida recently enacted a foreign influence law, HB7017, which imposes new requirements on the university and its researchers. This legislation, passed unanimously in both the House and Senate, seeks to identify and prevent undue foreign influence on Florida universities. Key provisions of the legislation include the following:

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Effective May 25, 2021, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) requires that all financial and in-kind support for any research that UF key personnel perform whether that is performed as part of their UF appointment, an outside activity, as consulting, or as part of any other appointment or access they have, be disclosed in Other Support.

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UF Research Integrity, in collaboration with Responsible Conduct of Research (RCR) on Campus, is once again hosting a summer seminar series on Research Integrity and RCR. Below is the 2021 list of seminars offered. If you are interested in signing-up for any (or all) seminars in the series, please complete the form on the registration page.

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