Application Information for the Summer Research Training Institute: Cluster-Randomized Trials

Northwestern University, with a grant from the Institute of Education Sciences National Center for Education Research (NCER), is accepting applications for its 10th Summer Research Training Institute on Cluster-Randomized Trials (CRT).

Dates: July 30 – August 9, 2018
Location: Northwestern University, Evanston, IL
Application due date:  Friday, March 30, 2018, at 8:00 p.m. EST.
Applicant notification date:  Monday, April 30, 2018, via e-mail.

Workshop details and submission materials are available on the Northwestern University Cluster-Randomized Trials Workshop website.

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Spring UFIT Training Schedule Announced

The spring 2018 UFIT Training calendar includes online training, webinars, and face-to-face workshops. Training locations, times, prerequisites, and registration links are available on https://training.it.ufl.edu/. Technology training with UFIT is always free. Among the classes offered this semester are as follows:

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Updated Options for Research Computing Storage

UFIT Research Computing recently updated its storage offerings. The UF prices, which are subsidized, have not changed. The new storage option ($25/TB/year) is called the “orange” option, while the existing /ufrc storage is now the “blue” option. The options support different use cases, summarized at Help > Getting Started > Storage.

Replicated storage is no longer a service offering, though storage of older (historical) versions of files is available. This can be provided with the tape backup option described at About > Policies > Storage > Data Protection. Development of a disk-based backup option is also underway.

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Budgeting Resource Available: Percent Effort to Person Months Calculator

The UF Division of Sponsored Programs (DSP) has posted a resource on its website to assist in the conversion from percent effort to person months. Please use this Excel-based calculator to assist in effort commitment entry into UFIRST, as well as on proposal budgets, and any other effort commitment conversion needs.

You may find this calculator on the DSP website under the Budgeting/Salaries & Wages section, approximately half way down the page: http://research.ufl.edu/dsp/proposals/budgeting/salaries-wages.html  Read more →

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Awarded Projects for January 2018

Congratulations to Donald Pemberton for his award from Lauren’s Kids; and Philip Poekert for his awards from Children First Professional Development Center and the Children’s Forum.

For more details, see the Awarded Projects table.
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Submitted Projects for January 2018

Best wishes to Pasha Antonenko for his proposal to the National Science Foundation; Pasha Antonenko, Benjamin Lok, Ellen Davis, and Andreas Keil for their proposal to the UF Opportunity Fund; Christopher Busey for his proposal to the Spencer Foundation; Maria Coady for her proposal to the National Science Foundation; Nicholas Gage, Ashley MacSuga-Gage, and Kristy Boyer for their proposal to the UF Opportunity Fund; Anne Corinne Huggins-Manley, Walter Leite, and James Algina for their proposal to the National Science Foundation; Philip Poekert and Donald Pemberton for their proposal to the UF Foundation, Vinik Family Foundation Flow Through; Philip Poekert for his proposal to the Early Learning Coalition Miami-Dade/Monroe; Melissa Ralston and Lindsay Thompson for their proposal to the UF Opportunity Fund; and David Therriault and Elliot Douglas for their proposal to the National Science Foundation.

For more details, see the Submitted Projects table.
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COE Accomplishments in 2017

Welcome Back! We want to congratulate the COE faculty for their accomplishments in 2017 and look forward to continued success in 2018. We are constantly looking for opportunities for external funding to share. Please contact us. We are here to help!

Listed below are some noteworthy statistics from the 2016 fiscal year:

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COE Research Event: 2018 Corporate & Foundation Relations Workshop

The COE Office of Educational Research (OER) cordially invites you to attend the 2018 Corporate & Foundation Relations (CFR) Workshop jointly sponsored by OER, COE Development Office, and the UF Foundation (UFF). The workshop will focus on funding opportunities from corporations and private foundations in the state of Florida and beyond.

When: Tuesday, January 23, 2018, 11am – 1pm

Where: 158 Dean’s Conference Room, Old Norman Hall

Lunch will be provided!

Please RSVP using the following link: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/2018-corporate-foundation-relations-cfr-workshop-tickets-41720470049

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UF Provides Courtesy Summaries of Research Training

The Office of Research, Enterprise Systems, and Training & Organizational Development are pleased to announce a new service for UF researchers: courtesy transcripts of research-related trainings.

Anyone with active research training in the system will receive an email that lists (a) research trainings and (b) when they expire. This is a courtesy transcript and there is nothing that recipients must do. These courtesy transcripts will be sent in the middle of every December and June starting in December 2017.

The courtesy transcript was developed because many researchers expressed frustration related to renewing their research-related training. Some of the issues that the courtesy transcript will resolve include the following:

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NSF Proposal Preparation and Submission in Research.gov Begins in April

The National Science Foundation (NSF) has been involved in a multi-year initiative to modernize the proposal submission process and transition from using FastLane to Research.gov. Beginning in April 2018, proposers can choose to prepare and submit non-collaborative research proposals in FastLane or Research.gov. Collaborative proposals must still be submitted in FastLane.

As always, the COE Office of Educational Research (OER) will be available to assist with uploads or any questions you may have concerning the eventual transition of all proposal preparation and submission functionality from FastLane to Research.gov.

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NSF Updates Its Account Management System

This spring, the National Science Foundation (NSF) is implementing changes to the way the research community maintains account and user profile information in FastLane and Research.gov.

NSF will centralize and streamline the account registration process for the external research community providing each user with a single profile and unique identifier (i.e., NSF ID) to be used across all NSF systems.

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NSF Provides Overview of Its Public Access Policy and Public Access Repository Requirements

The National Science Foundation’s (NSF) Public Access Policy reflects NSF’s commitment to ensuring that the American public, industry, and scientific community have access to federally funded scientific research results.

As such, NSF requires principal investigators to deposit a copy of any peer-reviewed journal publication (either the final accepted version or the version of record) or any juried conference paper into the NSF Public Access Repository (NSF-PAR) in order to report that publication or conference paper in annual or final project reports.

NSF has also developed a streamlined process to support publication and related metadata entry in annual and final project reports.

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NSF Launches Responses to Natural Disasters Website

The National Science Foundation (NSF) has created a new website NSF Responses to Natural Disasters in an effort to highlight policy designed to provide flexibility for meeting deadlines during a natural or anthropogenic disaster. The site offers guidance about NSF policies during a natural disaster and lists all NSF communications about recent disasters.

If a disaster prevents a proposer from submitting on time, proposers should follow the guidance provided by the NSF Program Officer. NSF will evaluate each proposal on a case-by-case basis. In general, NSF permits extension of the deadline by up to five business days.

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NSF Provides Guidance on Unfunded Collaborations

Except in limited cases, the National Science Foundation (NSF) prohibits voluntary committed cost sharing in proposals. However, proposers may include voluntary uncommitted cost sharing.

Voluntary uncommitted cost sharing must not be included in the budget or budget justification. Instead, any substantial collaboration with individuals not included in the budget should be described in the Facilities, Equipment and Other Resources section of the proposal and documented in a letter of collaboration from each collaborator.

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