As a reminder, the new NIH Biosketch and Other Support formats are changing. For deadlines on or after May 25, 2021, UF supports the use of the new Biosketch and Other Support forms.
UF Research Development (RD) is available to assist faculty in planning and coordinating large interdisciplinary research initiatives. There is no charge to departments or colleges for the services. Services include identifying appropriate collaborators, grant coordination, assistance with preparation of administrative (non-technical) sections of the proposal, review and editing, and graphics assistance. After initial contact to discuss grant coordination needs, RD staff will meet with the PI(s) to establish a grant writing timeline for submission and to develop a contract for service. View a checklist of potential services with typical timelines.
Why is it important to distinguish between minor and major revisions? Question 3.0 on the Revision Smart Form asks teams whether the revision they are submitting is a minor revision or a major revision. Giving the best answer to this question is important because major revisions to studies that have been heard by the Full Board have to go back to the Full Board for approval.
Marking changes as minor when they are major causes delays in the review process. This extra time means your revision may not be eligible for review at the next Full Board meeting.
See the following differences between minor and major revisions:
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) is targeting submission dates on or after January 25, 2022 for a new requirement that all Senior/Key Personnel on a grant application must enter a valid eRA Commons username (Commons ID) in the credential field. A valid eRA Commons username will be required to be entered in the “Credential, e.g. agency login” field for all Senior/Key Personnel listed on the Research & Related Senior/Key Person Profile (Expanded) form. Reminder: Use of Internet Explorer for eRA modules will be phased out by July 19, 2021. Please switch to other eRA supported browsers when using eRA modules.
To get applicants accustomed to this change, starting April 21, 2021, applicants will receive a warning if a valid eRA Commons username is not provided for senior/Key Personnel for submissions with due dates on or after May 25, 2021.
Traditional CPU-driven data science workflows can be cumbersome, but with the power of GPUs, researchers can make sense of data quickly to drive business decisions. Nvidia, Research Computing, and the UF Informatics Institute are offering a Deep Learning Institute (DLI) workshop. Using the RAPIDS accelerated data science libraries, developers will apply a wide variety of GPU-accelerated machine learning algorithms.
June 8, 2021
9:00 am – 4:30 pm
Fee: $10
Register here.
Congratulations to Carma Bylund-Lincoln, Alyson Adams, and Jason Arnold for their award from the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society; Mary Bratsch-Hines for her subcontract award IES Flow Through from the University of North Carolina; and Lynda Hayes for her awards from the Florida Department of Education.
For more details, see the Awarded Projects table.
Best wishes to Frank Fernandez for his proposal to the Spencer Foundation; Ashley MacSuga-Gage and Nicholas Gage for their subcontract proposal OSEP Flow Through from the University of Oklahoma; Philip Poekert, Taryrn Brown, and Chonika Coleman King for their proposal to the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation; Philip Poekert for his proposal to Florida’s Office of Early Learning; Philip Poekert for his proposal to Bright From the Start Georgia Department of Early Care & Learning; Philip Poekert and Paige Pullen for their proposal to the Stranahan Foundation; Philip Poekert for his subcontract proposal Administration for Children and Families Flow Through from Episcopal Children’s Services; Philip Poekert for his proposal to the School Board of Seminole County; Christopher Redding for his proposal to the Spencer Foundation; Christopher Redding for his proposal to the American Educational Research Association; Joni Splett for her proposal to Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute; Wanli Xing for his proposal to the National Science Foundation; Hitomi Greenslet, Kent Crippen, Shinsuke Agehara, and Jonathan Scheffe for their proposal to the National Science Foundation; and Kimberly Driscoll and Matthew Schmidt for their proposal to the National Institutes of Health.
For more details, see the Submitted Projects table.
The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) has released President Biden’s fiscal year 2022 discretionary budget request. The discretionary funding proposes $10.2 billion for the National Science Foundation (NSF), $102.8 billion for the U.S. Department of Education (U.S. ED), $131.7 billion for the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), and $35.2 billion for the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ). Some key investment areas are as follows:
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The National Science Foundation (NSF) will hold its Spring 2021 NSF Virtual Grants Conference, June 7–11, 2021. Registration is open and the webinar is free of charge. For those who cannot attend the live conference, all recorded conference sessions will be available on-demand shortly after the event.
Register here: https://nsfpolicyoutreach.com/spring-21-registration/
The National Science Foundation (NSF) Education and Human Resources (EHR) Directorate has released a report STEM Education for the Future: A Visioning Report identifying three priorities for the future of STEM education. The report also includes challenges and action recommendations for addressing each priority. To be successful, the nation will need to invest in new research and innovation infrastructures. Additionally, investments must be made that include all people, regardless of their backgrounds, race, ethnicity, gender, religion, and income levels.
The National Science Foundation (NSF) Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences (SBE) Directorate has released a report Women, Minorities, and Persons with Disabilities in Science and Engineering providing statistical information about the participation of these three groups in STEM education and employment.
The SBE is offering a webinar: Understanding Diversity in STEM: Women, Minorities, and Persons with Disabilities (WMPD) Day. The virtual event will highlight the report and celebrate WMPD in STEM.
May 12, 2021, 11 am
Register here: https://sri.zoomgov.com/webinar/register/WN_uhopx_4dSryY9LyAzIY1vw
The National Science Foundation (NSF) provides an informational blog series NSF 101 to answer frequently asked questions for applicants who may be new to applying for NSF funding opportunities or who want to learn more about communicating with NSF.
The National Science Foundation (NSF) is providing information on the NSF Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) program solicitation NSF 20-525 on the following dates:
May 14, 2021, 1 pm – 3 pm
May 20, 2021, 1 pm – 3 pm
Register in advance for the webinar at https://nsf.zoomgov.com/webinar/register/WN_CdBfoDo9QqCEV2h3roKiGQ
The National Science Foundation (NSF) and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) have signed a collaborative agreement to expand activities for broadening participation in engineering. The collaboration will involve NASA’s Minority University Research and Education program, which engages underrepresented populations through numerous types of initiatives, and NSF’s Broadening Participation in Engineering and NSF INCLUDES programs.
The University of Florida currently has more than 150 faculty members involved in NASA-funded research projects, but UF has significant untapped potential for NASA research. To address this potential, UF Research and the Herbert Wertheim College of Engineering are hosting two workshops for faculty.
Current NASA-funded researchers will share their experiences and familiarity with space-related research. Together, presenters and participants will brainstorm how researchers can add a NASA component to research already funded by other federal agencies like the National Science Foundation, the National Institutes of Health, the Department of Defense, and the Department of Energy.
May 24, 2021, 1 pm – 4 pm
This workshop will focus on NASA’s current mission structure, its origins/history, and the Science Mission Directorate, which is the largest of the four directorates and the one that most overlaps with UF’s diverse research portfolio.
May 27, 2021, 1 pm – 4 pm
This workshop will focus on the remaining three NASA directorates in separate tracks: Aeronautics Research Mission Directorate, Human Exploration and Operations Mission Directorate, Space Technology Mission Directorate. Participants can select the program that is the best fit for their research.
To register, see the College of Engineering Engaging NASA Registration webpage.
