UFIT Provides Free Storage and Collaboration Tools

Access to cloud-based collaboration tools has been essential for UF’s successful transition to hybrid campus life. In case you didn’t know, all students, faculty, and staff with active GatorLink credentials can get UF-Dropbox, G-Suite, and OneDrive from the GatorCloud.

The advantage to using the versions UFIT provides is that you get an additional layer of security with your UF account and unlimited Dropbox and Google Drive storage! There is a very helpful chart on the GatorCloud homepage outlining what you get with each service. UFIT also recently published a new video overview of GatorCloud services.

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UFIT Offers HiPerGator Training and Consulting

New and returning faculty have access to research computing expertise through 1-on-1 consulting and many free training options offered each semester. Remote consultations and support are available Monday through Friday.

During the university’s continuing response to Covid-19, Research Computing facilitators use Zoom during their listed walk-in office hours (https://www.rc.ufl.edu/help/walk-in-support/). You can click on each facilitator’s name on this page to connect via email on the walk-in support page, if the consultation and support office hours do not work with your schedule.

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Awarded Projects for August 2020

Congratulations to Lynda Hayes for her award from the Florida Department of Education; Herman Knopf and Elizabeth Shenkman for their subcontract award DHHS Flow Through from Florida’s Office of Early Learning; Jennifer Park-Jadotte for her subcontract award DHHS Flow Through from Florida’s Office of Early Learning; Philip Poekert and Pengfei Zhao for their award from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation; Paige Pullen and Philip Poekert for their award from the Charleston County School District; Paige Pullen for her award from Trident United Way; Patricia Snyder and Mary McLean for their subcontract award California Department of Education Flow Through from Napa County; and Patricia Snyder, Maureen Conroy, and Herman Knopf for their subcontract award DHHS Flow Through from Florida’s Office of Early Learning.

For more details, see the Awarded Projects table.

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Submitted Projects for August 2020

Best wishes to Thomasenia Lott Adams, Pasha Antonenko, Philip Poekert, Masoud Gheisari, and Markus Santoso for their proposal to the National Science Foundation; Christopher Anthony for his subcontract proposal IES Flow Through from Northeastern University; Chris Curran and Philip Poekert for their proposal to the U.S. Department of Education/IES; Chris Curran and Christopher Redding for their proposal to the National Science Foundation; Chris Curran for his subcontract proposal IES Flow Through from the University of Maryland Baltimore County; Nicholas Gage, Ashley MacSuga-Gage, Paige Pullen, and Matthew Schmidt for their proposal to the U.S. Department of Education/IES; Nicholas Gage and Ashley MacSuga-Gage for their proposal to the U.S. Department of Education/IES; Nicholas Gage, Cynthia Griffin, and Kathrin Maki for their proposal to the U.S. Department of Education/IES; Lynda Hayes for her proposal to the Florida Department of Education; Kristy Boyer and Maya Israel for their proposal to the National Science Foundation; Wei Li for his subcontract proposal IES Flow Through from the University of Texas at San Antonio; Kathrin Maki for her subcontract proposal IES Flow Through from the University of Houston; Corinne Huggins-Manley for her subcontract proposal IES Flow Through from Boston University; Corinne Huggins-Manley for her subcontract proposal IES Flow Through from Western Carolina University; Jennifer Park-Jadotte for her subcontract proposal DHHS Flow Through from Florida’s Office of Early Learning; Jennifer Park-Jadotte for her subcontract proposal Louisiana Department of Education Flow Through from Children First Professional Development Center; Rose Pringle for her proposal to the National Science Foundation; Paige Pullen and Nicholas Gage for their proposal to the U.S. Department of Education/IES; Paige Pullen and Catherine Cavanaugh for their subcontract proposal IES Flow Through from RMC Research Corporation; Paige Pullen for her proposals to the Charleston County School District; Brian Reichow, Patricia Snyder, and Matthew Gurka for their proposal to the U.S. Department of Education/IES; Kimberly Driscoll, Matthew Schmidt, Anastasia Albanese-O’Neill, Laura Jacobsen, and Sarah Westen for their subcontract proposal NIH Flow Through from the Cincinnati Children’s Medical Center; Sondra Smith, Jennifer Doty, and Joy Gabrielli for their proposal to the U.S. Department of Education/IES; and Joni Splett for her proposal to the National Institutes of Health/NIMH.

For more details, see the Submitted Projects table.

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Introducing UF’s AI Initiative

Join the University of Florida’s Office of State Government Relations and UF’s Vice President for Research, Dr. David Norton in a discussion about UF’s Artificial Intelligence Initiative.

August 20, 2020
12:00 pm – 1:00 pm EDT 

Register here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/uf-insights-introducing-ufs-ai-initiative-tickets-116132897623

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MainSpring Seminar: NSF Research.gov and Biosketch/Current & Pending Forms Changes

NSF Fastlane is going away, and UF is supporting the transition to Research.gov for NSF proposal submissions. Join us as we walk through preparing a proposal in Research.gov and gain insight from a UF Division of Sponsored Programs (DSP) and departmental perspective on lessons learned. We will also show how to create a bioksetch in SciENcv, and highlight recent NSF updates to biosketches and current and pending forms.

August 25, 2020
10:00am – 11:30 am

Registration  closes Monday, August 18.

 

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NSF Offers Research.gov Video Tutorials

The National Science Foundation (NSF) Research.gov Proposal Submission System modernizes proposal submission and improves the user experience. The new system has been developed incrementally as capabilities are migrated from FastLane to Research.gov.

NSF offers several Research.gov video tutorials and an FAQs webpage.

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FAQs on NSF’s Implementation of OMB Memorandum M-20-26: Extension of Administrative Relief for Recipients and Applicants of Federal Financial Assistance Directly Impacted by the Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) Due to Loss of Operations

Last month the National Science Foundation (NSF) issued guidance on NSF’s implementation of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Memorandum (M-20-26), titled, Extension of Administrative Relief for Recipients and Applicants of Federal Financial Assistance Directly Impacted by the Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) Due to Loss of Operations.

NSF remains committed to working with the Administration, other federal agencies, and the research community to effectively respond to the COVID-19 national emergency. In order to support charges against NSF awards, recipients are reminded of their responsibility to maintain appropriate records and documentation to support the charges in accordance with institutional policies and procedures.

FAQs relating to NSF’s implementation of OMB Memorandum M-20-26 for NSF proposers and awardees and for NSF major facility cooperative agreement recipients are available on NSF’s website.

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Changes to NIH Notice of Award Coming October 1

Starting on October 1, 2020, applicants will see a new layout of Page One of the National Institutes of Health’s (NIH) Notice of Award (NoA). This new layout is part of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Reinvent Grants Management initiative to standardize the NoA across various HHS systems and reduce the burden on applicants.

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From the IES Director: IES Plays the Long Game

More than a year ago, when the Institute of Education Sciences (IES) began to think about the Standards for Excellence in Education Research (SEER), no one imagined SEER would define characteristics of how IES structures so much of its work. Most of the SEER principles just seemed like good science and essential for good policy.

Over the coming weeks, the IES Director Mark Schneider plans a series of blogs starting with four components of SEER—with coverage of the other SEER domains likely. The first four are as follows:

  • Long-term outcomes
  • Costs
  • Core components
  • Common measures

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5 Essential Grants.gov Resources for New Federal Grant Applicants

No matter what screen you are on in Grants.gov, you can click the help icon which opens a new window with relevant articles. New applicants will want to bookmark several help-related resources for quick and easy access such as the following:

Training Videos

The Grants.gov YouTube Channel

Learn Grants

The Grants.gov Learn Grants section presents new applicants with a high-level overview of the Federal Grants world.

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Awarded Projects for July 2020

Congratulations to Chonika Coleman King for her subcontract award NSF Flow Through from the University of Tennessee; Maureen Conroy for her subcontract award NIH Flow Through from Virginia Commonwealth University; Justin Ortagus for his award from the Laura and John Arnold Foundation; Philip Poekert for his award from New Profit, Inc., Philip Poekert for his award from the School Board of Seminole County; and Paige Pullen and Philip Poekert for their award from Pinellas County.

For more details, see the Awarded Projects table.

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Submitted Projects for July 2020

Best wishes to Pasha Antonenko, Kara Dawson, Albert Ritzhaupt, and Jonathan Martin for their proposal to the National Science Foundation; Pasha Antonenko for his proposal to the National Science Foundation; Maureen Conroy for her subcontract proposal SRI International Flow Through from Virginia Commonwealth University; Lynda Hayes for her proposals to the Florida Department of Education; Herman Knopf for his subcontract proposal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Flow Through from Florida State University; Walter Leite for his proposal to the U.S. Department of Education/IES; Walter Leite, Paige Pullen, and Stephanie Snidarich for their proposal to the Spencer Foundation; Jennifer Park-Jadotte for her proposal to Children’s Services Council of Florida, Inc., Jennifer Park-Jadotte for her proposals to the Florida Office of Early Learning; Philip Poekert for his proposal to the Alachua County School Board; Paige Pullen and Philip Poekert for their proposal to the Florida Department of Education; Darbianne Shannon for her subcontract proposal Administration for Children and Families Flow Through from University of South Carolina; Patricia Snyder and James Algina for their subcontract proposal IES Flow Through from SRI International; Patricia Snyder and James Algina for their subcontract proposal IES Flow Through from Vanderbilt University; Patricia Snyder and Mary McLean for their proposal to NAPA County; Joni Splett for her subcontract proposal IES Flow Through from East Carolina University; Wanli Xing for his subcontract proposal NSF Flow Through from the University of San Diego; Wanli Xing and Zhihui Fang for their subcontract proposal Spencer Foundation Flow Through from Texas Tech University; and Wanli Xing for his proposal to the National Science Foundation.

For more details, see the Submitted Projects table.

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Next Steps in On-Campus Research Resumption: Progressing to Stage 3

From David P. Norton, Vice President for Research

It has been four weeks since we started the process of bringing UF researchers back on campus through the UF Research Resumption Plan. I want to thank everyone for their incredible efforts. Research activities of over 4,000 UF faculty, staff, post-docs, and graduate students were successfully reviewed and approved though the Research Activity Approval Portal. These efforts to reengage activities that were disrupted due to the COVID-19 pandemic are remarkably important to the research mission and objectives of our enterprise. Again, thank you for your resiliency, patience, and dedication.

Beginning June 18 2020, we have progressed to Stage 3 of the resumption plan.

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IES Offers FY 2021 Research Funding Opportunities On-Demand Webinars

The Institute of Education Sciences (IES) offers a series of on-demand webinars for those interested in FY 2021 funding opportunities. Topics available include the following:

  • IES Basic Overview of Research Grants and Information for New Applicants to IES: In this webinar, IES staff provide general information about the funding opportunities in NCER and NCSER, the research project types, and the peer review process. IES staff also provide tips for first-time applicants.
  • IES Grant Writing Workshop: This Grant Writing Workshop webinar focuses on in-depth information about preparing applications in response to Requests for Applications.
  • IES Application Process: During this Application Process webinar, IES staff provide information regarding the grant submission process. Topics focus on the application instructions, including content, registration, submission through Grants.gov, and application forms.

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