U.S. ED Offers New Open Data Platform

The Open Data Platform (ODP), at https://data.ed.gov/ is the U.S. Department of Education’s comprehensive data inventory, including metadata and other documentation describing the data. The ODP makes it easier for educators, researchers, and the public to access the U.S ED’s data in a single location.

The site’s functionality allows users to search by broad categories, like “graduation rates” or “teachers,” as well as to target searches. ODP uses CKAN, a powerful open source data management system that makes data more accessible. Moreover, the data inventory indexed will continue to grow as the U.S ED publishes new data and further catalogs older data.

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eRA Reminder: New eRA Commons Login and Landing Screens Coming January 12

The new eRA Commons home screen (log-in screen) and landing screen (screen when first logged in) will be available on January 12, 2021. As part of the new design, once authenticated, you will be able to navigate to various eRA modules within Commons via the apps icon in the upper left corner. The modernized screens provide a simpler interface that reflect user feedback and come with enhanced security and stability for the Commons module.

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eRA Will Require the Use of Login.gov to Access eRA Commons, ASSIST, IAR, and Commons Mobile in 2021

Users of eRA Commons, ASSIST, Internet Assisted Review (IAR), and Commons Mobile are encouraged to begin their switchover now to the new two-factor authentication login method to access those modules, before the mandatory deadline of September 15, 2021 for all users.

The new secure two-factor authentication login method involves users creating an account at login.gov, a centralized government portal, and associating their eRA Commons or ASSIST account with it.  The user must initiate the process from eRA Commons or ASSIST by clicking the login.gov login option on the Commons or ASSIST home screen, which will then redirect the user to login.gov. Users only need to do this association one time.

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Awarded Projects for December 2020

Congratulations to Jennifer Park-Jadotte for her award from Episcopal Children’s Services and her award from Richland County School District One; and Philip Poekert, Catherine Cavanaugh, and Pengfei Zhao for their award from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.

For more details, see the Awarded Projects table.

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Submitted Projects for December 2020

Best wishes to Latoya Haynes-Thoby for her proposal to the American Educational Research Association; Maya Israel for her subcontract proposal National Science Foundation Flow Through from New York University; Hyunyi Jung and Chonika Coleman King for their proposal to the Spencer Foundation; and Zuchao Shen and Walter Leite for their proposal to the American Educational Research Association.

For more details, see the Submitted Projects table.

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U.S. ED Offers Webinar to Encourage Education Innovation and Research Grant Proposals

The U.S. Department of Education (U.S. ED) has used a competitive preference priority to encourage the development of Education Innovation and Research (EIR) STEM and computer science (CS) early-phase grant proposals. The EIR program was formerly known as Investing in Innovation or i3. This webinar, New Frontiers in K-12 Computer Science Education, features the EIR program officer and several EIR CS grantees.

December 10, 2020

1:30 pm – 3:00 pm ET

Register: HERE

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IES NCER Launches New Webpage: Letters from the Commissioner

The Institute of Education Sciences (IES) National Center for Education Research (NCER) has launched a new webpage Letters from the Commissioner highlighting updates from the center. The first letter, NCER by the Numbers (FY 2020), provides a recap of NCER accomplishments during FY 2020.

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GSA Extends Deadline for Transition to Unique Entity Identifier

The General Services Administration (GSA) has extended the deadline to April 2022 for completing the transition from the Data Universal Numbering System (DUNS) number to the new Unique Entity Identifier (UEI). Grants.gov will continue to prepare the system to accept the new applicant UEIs when they become available.

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Reminder: Go to IRB’s Website for the Most Current Documents and Templates

To ensure you are using the most current documents and templates, download the latest files from the UF IRB website. The IRB has made minor administrative updates to consent templates.

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UFIT Announces Timeline for HiPerGator 3.0

UFIT Research Computing has issued an end-of-semester update on the build of HiPerGator 3.0. The first 12 (of a total of 44) racks for HiPerGator AI, the NVIDIA DGX A100 SuperPOD, have arrived. The remaining 32 racks will arrive this month. Staff from Lenovo and NVIDIA are working with UFIT to complete the installation and configuration of this extremely complex system. HiPerGator 3.0 will be available in May 2021.

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Awarded Projects for November 2020

Congratulations to Michelina MacDonald for her award from the National Education Association Foundation; Jennifer Park-Jadotte for her subcontract award U.S. Department of Health & Human Services Flow Through from Florida’s Office of Early Learning; and Paige Pullen and Philip Poekert for their subcontract award South Carolina Department of Education Flow Through from Charleston County School District.

For more details, see the Awarded Projects table.

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Submitted Projects for November 2020

Best wishes to Benjamin Lok, Pasha Antonenko, and Srinivasa Vaddiparti Ananth for their proposal to the National Science Foundation; Kent Crippen, Bruce Carroll, and Tracy Johns for their proposal to the National Science Foundation; Lynda Hayes for her proposal to the Florida Department of Education; Jennifer Park-Jadotte for her proposal to the YMCA of San Diego County; Philip Poekert, Taryn Brown, and Chonika Coleman King for their proposal to the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation; Sabine Grunwald, Ana Puig, Samuel Smidt, and Monika Ardelt their proposal to the National Science Foundation; Paige Pullen and Catherine Cavanaugh for their proposal to the Consortium on Reaching Excellence in Education; Paige Pullen and Catherine Cavanaugh for their proposal to McGraw Hill Education; Christopher Redding for his proposal to the Spencer Foundation; Philip Feng, Wanli Xing, Swarup Bhunia, and Jing Guo for their proposal to the National Science Foundation; and Wanli Xing for his subcontract proposal Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation Flow Through from Texas Tech University.

For more details, see the Submitted Projects table.

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From the IES Director: Introducing Operation Reverse the Loss

In a recent blog, Institute of Education Sciences (IES) Director Mark Schneider discusses the education crisis due to COVID-19 and presents preliminary ideas for a new initiative with the working title of Operation Reverse the Loss. This effort aims to speed up the mechanisms IES uses to identify, scale, and verify the effectiveness of interventions that show promise in reversing learning loss for students at greatest risk.

Core components of Operation Reverse the Loss:

  1. Understand conditions on the ground by conducting School Pulse surveys modeled after the U.S. Census.
  2. Encourage small businesses to provide schools with innovative learning solutions by releasing Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) applications in early December.
  3. Grow the body of research with the greatest potential to reverse learning loss by focusing substantial funding on a few instructional practices with the strongest claims to effectiveness. An “off-cycle” RFA will systematically support rapid testing of interventions likely requiring researchers to increase their use of platforms and other tech-based delivery systems for rapid-cycle, targeted tests, and replications of interventions.

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From the IES Director: Res ipsa loquitur

In a recent blog, Institute of Education Sciences (IES) Director Mark Schneider points to the Latin phrase res ipsa loquitur meaning “the thing speaks for itself.” This phrase came to mind as he reviewed the final set of results from the national 2019 reading and math assessments. The results were devastating—even more so because they mirrored the findings from 4th and 8th grade reading and math released earlier this year.

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