Preparation is underway for the new FORMS-F version of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) grant application forms and instructions required for due dates on or after May 25, 2020. NIH has posted the FORMS-F application guides on the How to Apply – Application Guide page. The significant changes section summarizes the new updates.
The System for Award Management (SAM) will introduce the Unique Entity Identifier (UEI), which is currently scheduled to replace the DUNS Number near the end of 2020. Users can expect to see UEI labels in March 2020 when Grants.gov implements the label change across the system in preparation for the SAM transition to the UEI. When using Workspace, Grants.gov applicants will see fields formerly labeled “DUNS” now labeled “UEI” starting in March 2020. For now, keep entering the DUNS Number when a field labeled “UEI” needs to be filled in.
UFIT is offering several trainings related to running interactive jobs and managing code and data on HiPerGator. All classes are free and held in NPB 2205. A valid HiPerGator account is required to take any of the trainings. Attendees should pre-register for each class they want to attend and bring a laptop with them to each training:
Git and GitHub.com: Pre-register here
Thursday, March 12, 2020 10:40 am–11:30 am
Running MATLAB on HiPerGator: Pre-register here
Thursday, March 19, 2020 10:40 am–12:10 pm
Advertising and Recruiting for Research Subjects: Federal regulations (both U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and U.S. Food and Drug Administration) require that IRBs make sure the selection of subjects for a study is equitable. Each protocol submitted to the UF IRB for review must explain how subjects will be identified and recruited for the study. All proposed recruiting tools associated with a recruitment plan must be reviewed and approved by the UF IRB prior to use.
Revisions to Your Research: Federal regulations require that changes to IRB-approved research may not occur without prior IRB review and approval, “no matter how minor” unless a change is required to eliminate an apparent immediate hazard to subjects. If the change was made to eliminate an apparent immediate hazard to subjects, it must be submitted to the UF IRB promptly for review. “Prompt” reporting at UF means as soon as possible, but not later than five (5) working days. When submitting a revision in myIRB, please clearly indicate what the revision is and why this revision is being implemented.
The UF Center for Undergraduate Research (CUR) provides resources for undergraduate researchers. Faculty can list projects in a research opportunities database that connects students from all colleges to resources for undergraduate research https://cur.aa.ufl.edu/research-search/. Faculty have the option to delete the project after it is filled, so students do not continue to contact them. For more information, see the Faculty Mentors webpage. If you are interested in mentoring undergraduate researchers, click Submit to the CUR Database. The Center for Undergraduate Research Board of Students (CURBS) provides peer advising for students who are looking for research opportunities. If you are approached by students asking how to find research, please feel free to refer them to the CURBS Peer Mentors.
The National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) announces the 2020 NCES STATS-DC Data Conference, July 8–10 in Washington, DC. This year’s conference theme is “Using Data to Prepare for the Future.” The conference is free and open to the public. NCES is accepting proposals from those who would like to present a session or be an exhibitor at the STATS-DC Data Conference. The deadline to submit a proposal is Friday, April 3, 2020. To submit a concurrent session or exhibitor proposal, please visit https://ies.ed.gov/whatsnew/conferences/?id=9231
On March 21, 2020, applicant accounts with a duplicate email address will be deleted. For an applicant user with multiple Grants.gov accounts registered using the same email address, only the account with the most recent login will be retained. All other duplicate applicant accounts will be deleted, and you will no longer have access to associated data (including submission data). To retain access to the associated data, please merge the duplicate applicant accounts.
A reminder that UF Research Division of Sponsored Programs (DSP), as the Authorized Official, is the appropriate office to contact the sponsor with requests for effort commitment changes, budgetary changes, no cost extensions, contractual negotiations, and other official administrative correspondence. Template letters are available on the DSP Forms and Templates webpage to help draft notification to the sponsor, to be signed by the Principal Investigator or other appropriate party, and countersigned by DSP.
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Congratulations to Chris Curran for his award from the American Educational Research Association; Ester de Jong for her award from the Saudi Arabia Ministry of Education; Herman Knopf for his subcontract award Alabama Department of Human Resources Flow Through from the University of Alabama; and Philip Poekert for his award from Richland County School District One.
For more details, see the Awarded Projects table.
Best wishes to Pasha Antonenko for his subcontract proposal IES Flow Through from BrainLeap Technologies, Inc.; Hannah Bayne and Camilo Reina Munoz for their proposal to the American Psychological Foundation; Christopher Busey for his proposal to the Spencer Foundation; Bojan Lazarevic and Swapna Kumar for their proposal to the Spencer Foundation; Ashley MacSuga-Gage for her proposal to the University of South Florida; Philip Poekert for his proposal to Microsoft; Philip Poekert and Christopher Redding for their proposal to Step Up for Students; Paige Pullen and Philip Poekert for their proposal to the Charleston County School District; Christohe Bobda, Wanli Xing, and Sharon Chuyew Yee for their proposal to the U.S. Department of Defense; David Arnold, Wanli Xing, Lisa Anthony, Jennifer Doty, and Yu-Hao Lee for their proposal to the Spencer Foundation; and Wanli Xing for his subcontract proposal NSF Flow Through from Texas Tech University.
For more details, see the Submitted Projects table.
The National Science Foundation (NSF) has issued a revised version of the NSF Proposal & Award Policies & Procedures Guide (PAPPG) (NSF 20-1) effective for proposals submitted or due, and awards made, on or after June 1, 2020.
Significant changes include required use of an NSF-approved format for the biographical sketch and current and pending support documents. NSF will only accept PDFs that are generated through use of an NSF-approved format. To assist the research community, NSF has developed webpages with additional information for the preparation of the biographical sketch and current and pending support.
NSF is partnering with the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to use SciENcv: Science Experts Network Curriculum Vitae as an NSF-approved format for use in preparation of the biographical sketch and current and pending support sections of an NSF proposal. NSF also will release a fillable PDF (coming soon) as another NSF-approved format for the biographical sketch and current and pending support documents.
To view presentation slides from the Feb. 6, 2020 webinar NSF Proposal and Award Policies and Procedures Guide (PAPPG) (NSF 20-1) Significant Changes & Clarifications Training for the External Community, see the NSF Grants Conferences webpage. FAQs will be posted soon.
Science Experts Network Curriculum Vitae (SciENcv) is an electronic system available through the National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI). My NCBI users can use SciENcv to compile professional profiles and generate documents for grant submissions to the National Institutes of Health (NIH), the National Science Foundation (NSF), and the Institute of Education Sciences (IES).
NIH eRA Commons, NSF FastLane, and ORCID account holders can link their accounts to NCBI to populate their SciENcv profiles with the information stored in their eRA, FastLane, or ORCID accounts. SciENcv users control the content displayed in their SciENcv profiles, and any information can be changed, hidden, or deleted.
In a New Year’s update, Institute of Education Sciences (IES) Director Mark Schneider discussed what IES has accomplished and outlined some challenges for the coming year and beyond. See Dr. Schneider’s January 8, 2020 blog A New Year’s Update from the Director of IES for the full update.
Later in January, Dr. Schneider described progress on a new IES logo and visual identity and what those changes signify for IES. See Dr. Schneider’s January 22, 2020 blog A New Look for IES for the full update.
This month, Dr. Schneider reviewed how IES supports Research-Practice Partnerships and emphasized how IES looks for ways to connect education research and practice. See Dr. Schneider’s February 4, 2020 blog Research-Practice Partnerships, Redux for the full update.
Northwestern University, with a grant from the Institute of Education Sciences (IES) National Center for Education Research (NCER), is accepting applications for the upcoming Summer Research Training Institute on Cluster-Randomized Trials.
The application deadline is Monday, March 30 at 8:00 p.m. EST.
Workshop details and application submission materials are available on the Research Training Institute on Cluster-Randomized Trials webpage. Applications will be reviewed, and applicants will be notified of placement by Friday, May 1 via e-mail.
The Research Training Institute will be offered July 6 – July 16, 2020 in Evanston, Illinois. The Summer Training Institute aims to increase the national capacity of researchers to develop and conduct rigorous evaluations of the impact of education interventions.
Georgia State University, with a grant from the Institute of Education Sciences (IES) National Center for Education Research (NCER), is accepting applications for the upcoming Meta-Analysis Training Institute, a state-of-the-art session on advanced meta-analytic methods.
The application deadline is Wednesday, April 1, 2020.
Workshop details and application submission materials are available on the Meta-Analysis Training Institute webpage.
The Meta-Analysis Training Institute will be offered July 26 – August 1, 2020 in Chicago, Illinois.
The training has two primary goals:
