Save the Date: Research Event in October

Faculty and doctoral students are cordially invited to attend:

Data Management Plan (DMP) Tool Training
DMPTool Trainer Hannah Norton, UF Reference and Liaison Librarian

Tuesday, October 14, 2014
11:30 am – 1:00 pm
Terrace Room

Bring your lunch. Refreshments and cookies will be served.

In this brown-bag workshop, you will learn how to use the DMPTool to generate a comprehensive DMP tailored to specific funding agency requirements. DMPs are now becoming a standard part of grant proposals for most funding agencies. The DMP should address the entire life cycle of the data. Some components of a DMP include data types, metadata, legal and ethical issues, data sharing, and data preservation.

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Awarded Projects for August 2014

College of Education
Awarded Projects
August 2014
Principal Investigator: Donald Pemberton (Lastinger Center for Learning)
Co-PI: N/A
Funding Agency: Florida Department of Education
Project Title: VPK POP Course Development
Project Period: 6/27/2014 – 9/4/2014
Award Amount: $75,000
Principal Investigator: Donald Pemberton (Lastinger Center for Learning)
Co-PI: N/A
Funding Agency: Florida Department of Education
Project Title: Office of Early Learning Web Portal
Project Period: 6/30/2014 – 6/30/2015
Award Amount: $31,189
Principal Investigator: Keith Muller (Health Outcomes and Policy)
Co-PI: Albert Ritzhaupt (STL)
Funding Agency: National Institutes of Health
Project Title: A Master Course on Power for Multilevel and Longitudinal Health Behavior Studies
Project Period: 8/25/2014 – 6/30/2018
Award Amount: $90,728
Principal Investigator: Special Circumstance (Not Reporting PIs)
Co-PI: N/A
Funding Agency: UF Division of Sponsored Programs
Project Title: DSP Research & Development Award
Project Period: 7/7/2014 – 8/31/2016
Award Amount: $300,000

 

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Submitted Projects for August 2014

College of Education
Submitted Projects
August 2014
Principal Investigator: Elizabeth Bondy (School of Teaching and Learning)
Co-PI: Ester de Jong (School of Teaching and Learning), Suzanne Colvin (School of Teaching and Learning)
Funding Agency: Florida Department of Education
Proposal Title: Advancing the Development of Preservice Teachers (ADePT)
Requested Amount: $2,718,695
Principal Investigator: Dennis Kramer (SHDOSE)
Co-PI: N/A
Funding Agency: Law School Admission Council
Proposal Title: Law Schools and Decision to Apply: The Role of Application Fees and Industry Unemployment
Requested Amount: $64,207
Principal Investigator: Christy Gabbard (P.K. Yonge)
Co-PI: Catherine Atria (P.K. Yonge)
Funding Agency: Florida Department of Education
Proposal Title: Instructional Leadership and Faculty Development
Requested Amount: $7,908
Principal Investigator: Sylvia Boynton (Lastinger Center for Learning)
Co-PI: Philip Poekert (Lastinger Center for Learning)
Funding Agency: Alachua County Schools
Proposal Title: Reaching All Readers: A K-5 Series of Reading Modules
Requested Amount: $18,000
Principal Investigator: Mary Brownell (SESPECS)
Co-PI: Nancy Corbett (SESPECS)
Funding Agency: US Department of Education/IES
Proposal Title: Project Coordinate: Increasing Coordination and Use of Evidence-based Practice in Word Study and Fluency in an RTI Framework for Teams of 4th Grade Teachers
Requested Amount: $1,499,999
Principal Investigator: Pavlo Antonenko (STL)
Co-PI: Kent Crippen (STL), Carole Beal (STL), E. Christine Davis (Biology)
Funding Agency: US Department of Education/IES
Proposal Title: Transforming Gateway STEM Courses with ECLIPSE: Environment for Collaborative Learning Integrating Problem Solving Experiences
Requested Amount: $1,346,173
Principal Investigator: Dennis Kramer (SHDOSE)
Co-PI: N/A
Funding Agency: US Department of Education/IES
Proposal Title: Accessing Loan Information: An RCT Study to Evaluate the Impact of Digital Loan Information Access on Student Borrowing, Repayment, and Academic Success in Florida Community Colleges
Requested Amount: $1,356,771
Principal Investigator: Dennis Kramer (SHDOSE)
Co-PI: N/A
Funding Agency: US Department of Education/IES
Proposal Title: Synthetic Control Models and State Policy Evaluation: An Applied Approach
Requested Amount: $198,489
Principal Investigator: Walter Leite (SHDOSE)
Co-PI: N/A
Funding Agency: US Department of Education/IES
Proposal Title: Project INCUBATE: Interdisciplinary Curriculum for Big Data Training in Education
Requested Amount: $3,583,068
Principal Investigator: Rose Pringle (STL)
Co-PI: Lynda Hayes (P.K. Yonge), Selman Hershfield (Physics)
Funding Agency: Florida Department of Education
Proposal Title: University of Florida Integrating and Reforming Science Teachers (UFIRST)
Requested Amount: $3,492,277
Principal Investigator: Marisa Stukey (P.K. Yonge)
Co-PI: N/A
Funding Agency: Developmental Studies Center
Proposal Title: The Collaborative Classroom
Requested Amount: $47,740.23
Principal Investigator: Stephen Smith (SESPECS)
Co-PI: Michelle Cumming (SESPECS)
Funding Agency: William T. Grant Foundation
Proposal Title: Investigating the Executive Function and Stress Loop: Implications for Adolescents with Emotional and Behavioral Disorders
Requested Amount: $19,522
Principal Investigator: Stephen Smith (SESPECS)
Co-PI: Kristen Merrill (SESPECS)
Funding Agency: William T. Grant Foundation
Proposal Title: Improving Behavioral and Social Outcomes for At-Risk Fifth Graders: Investigation of a Social Problem-Solving Intervention
Requested Amount: $23,065
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OER Report of Accomplishments for Fiscal Year 2013-2014

The OER is currently completing a draft of its annual report outlining data on externally funded projects and grants activities. Faculty productivity has been sustained, and efforts toward securing external funding remain active.

The following represents a summary of accomplishments for Fiscal Year 2013-2014:

  • COE faculty members in all schools and centers have submitted a total of 70 proposals, requesting $32.2 million in grant funding. Proposal submissions included one to the National Institutes of Health, two to the U.S. Department of Justice, eight to the U.S. Department of Education (including one to the Institute of Educational Science [IES]), six for IES subcontracts, ten to the National Science Foundation, seven to the Florida Department of Education, and two to the Spencer Foundation.
  • COE PIs and Co-PIs had 30 new proposals funded totaling over $8 million in new awards, including two awards from the National Science Foundation. This represents a 36.4% percent increase in the number of newly funded awards as compared to the previous fiscal year.
  • Finally, COE schools and centers have 70 currently funded projects totaling over $74 million. This represents a 4.5% percent increase in the number of currently funded projects as compared to the previous fiscal year.

Congratulations for another great year!

The final version of OER’s annual report will be available through the OER website soon.

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New Demo Video and Training Available for myinvestiGator

A brief online video is now available at myinvestiGator 2.0 Video Demo (New) providing an overview of myinvestiGator functionality. Additionally, OER will host a more in-depth myinvestiGator training for faculty this fall. Information on the training will be available soon.

MyinvestiGator is an online decision-support tool for sponsored projects.  The tool easily answers such questions as “How much money do I have left?” and “Can I hire another graduate student this summer?”  The navigation and information is geared specifically to principal investigators (PIs) with additional details available to administrators who can facilitate communication with core offices, review balances and transactions, and perform other management functions.

Navigation to myinvestiGator is through myUFL > Main Menu > myinvestiGator, or via direct access at https://myinvestigator.erp.ufl.edu.

The Division of Sponsored Programs, Contracts and Grants, Office of the Chief Financial Officer, and UFIT partnered to build myinvestiGator designed to increase accountability, transparency, and efficiency in UF’s sponsored activities.

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New Three-Part Qualtrics Workshop Series Introduced

Do you need to learn how to develop surveys and analyze respondent data? Learn all of the ins and outs of survey development by signing up for the free three-part Qualtrics workshops. Offered at the HUB, the series explains how to use Qualtrics, the online survey tool provided free to all faculty and staff.

The three workshops in the series are Qualtrics Basic, Qualtrics Moving On, and Qualtrics Advanced. Each 2 hr 30 min workshop features a hands-on learning experience. The series covers everything from creating and distributing surveys to editing surveys and analyzing the results.

A new Qualtrics for Mobile Devices and Offline Surveys workshop is also available for faculty and staff interested in using the Qualtrics app on their mobile devices. Workshops are scheduled as needed. If you’re interested in participating, please e-mail Jose Silva-Lugo with your name, college or department affiliation, and UF employee affiliation (faculty, staff, master’s degree student or Ph.D. candidate). The workshop series will be scheduled once 15 participants express an interest, with a maximum of 20 participants per workshop.

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Data Management Plan (DMPTool) Training Coming This Fall

This fall, the OER will host a DMPTool training for COE faculty. Information on the DMPTool training will be available soon. Data management plans (DMPs) are now becoming a standard part of grant proposals for most funding agencies. The DMP should address the entire life cycle of the data. Some components of a DMP include data types, metadata, legal and ethical issues, data sharing, and data preservation.

The DMPTool helps you through the process of generating a comprehensive DMP tailored to specific funding agency requirements. The DMPTool also allows multiple users to access the plan during the development process, so other members of the grant team can provide input. Once you have created a DMP template, it can be saved for use on subsequent grant proposals. A fun caricature of what not to do is shown in this YouTube video by the New York University Health Sciences Library Data Sharing and Management Snafu in 3 Short Acts courtesy of DMPTool Trainer Hannah Norton, UF Reference and Liaison Librarian.

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Secure On-Site Data Disposal Service

UF requires the destruction of old data on any electronic equipment that is discarded, transferred, or reused. UF has an on-site media disposal and shredding service available for faculty and staff. The service is available at the Health Science Center (in the Communicore Building) and at the Hub. Items accepted for secure disposal include the following: CDs and DVDs, USB flash drives and memory sticks, cell phones, camera memory cards, microfiche and film, external hard drives, floppy disks, tapes, and removed internal hard drives. If you have any items with stored data that you want to discard, this is the way to do it safely and quickly. Learn more about the process in this UF Information Technology news article.

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Awarded Projects for July 2014

College of Education
Awarded Projects
July 2014
Principal Investigator: Marisa Stukey (P. K. Yonge)
Co-PI: Ashley Pennypacker-Hill  (P. K. Yonge)
Funding Agency: Florida Department of Education
Project Title: Title II, Part A, Teacher and Principal Training and Recruiting 2014-2015
Project Period: 7/1/2014 – 6/30/2015
Award Amount: $24,956
Principal Investigator: Philip Poekert (Lastinger Center for Learning)
Co-PI: N/A
Funding Agency: School Board of Duval County
Project Title: Duval County Certified Instructional Leadership Coaching Program
Project Period: 6/20/2014 – 6/1/2015
Award Amount: $98,000
Principal Investigator: Donald Pemberton (Lastinger Center for Learning)
Co-PI: Susan Butler (Lastinger Center for Learning)
Funding Agency: University of Florida Foundation
Project Title: Job-embedded Professional Development for Palm Beach County Elementary STEM Teachers
Project Period: 6/1/2014 – 5/31/2016
Award Amount: $470,000
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Submitted Projects for July 2014

College of Education
Submitted Projects
July 2014
Principal Investigator: Donald Pemberton (Lastinger Center for Learning)
Co-PI: N/A
Funding Agency: Florida Office of Early Learning
Proposal Title: VPK POP Course Development
Requested Amount: $120,000
Principal Investigator: Philip Poekert (Lastinger Center for Learning)
Co-PI: N/A
Funding Agency: School Board of Duval County
Proposal Title: Duval County Certified Instructional Leadership Coaching Program
Requested Amount: $98,000
Principal Investigator: Ivan Mutis (Rinker School of Construction Management)
Co-PI: Pavlo Antonenko (STL)
Funding Agency: National Science Foundation
Proposal Title: nD Capsules: Boundary Objects to Connect Contextual Information in Informal Learning Environments Using Augmented Reality Technologies
Requested Amount: $40,644
Principal Investigator: Feihong Wang (SESPECS/CEECS)
Co-PI: N/A
Funding Agency: Foundation for Child Development
Proposal Title: Task Engagement Behaviors of Young Children from Rural Families: Relationships with Structural and Process Features of the Home and Childcare Environments and Learning-Related Outcomes
Requested Amount: $219,960
Principal Investigator: Carole R. Beal (STL)
Co-PI: Donald Pemberton (Lastinger Center for Learning); Juan Gilbert (Computer & Information Science & Engineering)
Funding Agency: US Department of Education/IES
Proposal Title: Virtual Learning Lab
Requested Amount: $8,832,035
Principal Investigator: Mary Brownell (SESPECS)
Co-PI: N/A
Funding Agency: Vail School District (Subcontract) (IES)
Proposal Title: Learning Together in a Virtual Space: An Effective, Comprehensive Online Professional Learning System for Special Educators and Paraprofessionals
Requested Amount: $57,513
Principal Investigator: Mary Brownell (SESPECS)
Co-PI: N/A
Funding Agency: Boston University (Subcontract) (IES)
Proposal Title: Validating an Observation Protocol for the Evaluation of Special Educators
Requested Amount: $200,058
Principal Investigator: Maureen Conroy (SESPECS/CEECS)
Co-PI: N/A
Funding Agency: US Department of Education/IES
Proposal Title: BEST in CLASS Web: A Web-based Intervention Supporting Early Childhood Teachers’ Use of Evidence-based Practices with Young Children at Risk for Emotional/Behavioral Disorders
Requested Amount: $1,500,000
Principal Investigator: Maureen Conroy (SESPECS/CEECS)
Co-PI: N/A
Funding Agency: Virginia Commonwealth University (Subcontract) (IES)
Proposal Title: BEST in CLASS – Elementary: A Preventative Classroom-based Model
Requested Amount: $265,347
Principal Investigator: Ann Daunic (SESPECS)
Co-PI: Nancy Corbett (SESPECS); Stephen Smith (SESPECS)
Funding Agency: US Department of Education/IES
Proposal Title: Evaluating a Social-Emotional Learning Curriculum for K-1 Children at Risk for Emotional or Behavioral Disorders
Requested Amount: $3,499,664
Principal Investigator: Alice Kaye Emery (SESPECS)
Co-PI: N/A
Funding Agency: Florida Department of Education
Proposal Title: Working with the Experts Project (Part B) 2014-2015
Requested Amount: $175,000
Principal Investigator: Holly Lane (SESPECS)
Co-PI: Nicholas Gage (SESPECS)
Funding Agency: University of Washington (Subcontract) (IES)
Proposal Title: Collaborative Advancement of Rural Education through Effective Online Professional Development: Project CARE
Requested Amount: $406,335
Principal Investigator: James McLeskey (SESPECS)
Co-PI: N/A
Funding Agency: University of Kentucky Research Foundation (Subcontract) (IES)
Proposal Title: BREATHE: A Burnout Intervention for Special Education Teachers
Requested Amount: $115,159
Principal Investigator: Donald Pemberton (Lastinger Center for Learning)
Co-PI: Susan Butler (Lastinger Center for Learning)
Funding Agency: University of Florida Foundation
Proposal Title: Job-embedded Professional Development for Palm Beach County Elementary STEM Teachers
Requested Amount: $470,000
Principal Investigator: Stephen Smith (SESPECS)
Co-PI: Ann Daunic (SESPECS)
Funding Agency: SRI International (Subcontract) (IES)
Proposal Title: Effectiveness Study of Tools for Getting Along: Teaching Students to Problem Solve
Requested Amount: $595,444
Principal Investigator: Sondra Smith (SHDOSE)
Co-PI: Walter Leite (SHDOSE)
Funding Agency: Department of Health and Human Services/OPRE
Proposal Title: BSF Programs: Mediating Effects of Parental Stress and Couple Quality on the Relationship between Adversity and Child Outcomes (Project: MEDIATING CHILD OUTCOMES)
Requested Amount: $96,449
Principal Investigator: Patricia Snyder (SESPECS/CEECS)
Co-PI: Mary McLean (SESPECS/CEECS); James Algina (SESPECS/CEECS)
Funding Agency: US Department of Education/IES
Proposal Title: Impact of Professional Development on Preschool Teachers’ Use of Embedded-Instruction Practices: An Efficacy Trial of Tools for Teachers
Requested Amount: $3,498,113
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Support for Principal Investigators

Everyone in the OER is fully engaged in PI support services! We are currently drafting boilerplate materials for data management/security, cost analysis, and dissemination plans for all outgoing IES proposals. Stay tuned for upcoming announcements. In the meantime, we want to make the following resources available to everyone preparing proposals:

UF Libraries Data Management Basics

Data Management Planning (DMP) Tool– UF has a data management tool available for PIs. Through the link, you can sign in using your Gatorlink and choose from prepopulated funding agency guidelines for applicable templates.

UF Office of Research Proposal Preparation Information website

As always, let us know how we can help!

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Writing about Research Concepts in Everyday Language

Making complex research concepts easily accessible to policymakers and practitioners can be challenging for researchers who have been trained to write for an academic audience.

A recent report prepared for the Institute of Education Sciences (IES), Going Public: Writing about Research in Everyday Language, describes three techniques for writing more plainly about study design, measurement, and data analysis:

1. Making concepts simpler — how to use simple language to convey research concepts while ensuring they convey the same meaning.

2. Writing for the general reader — how to determine what the reader really needs to know. Clarity about key messages can lead to simpler and more direct writing.

3. Writing to reduce misinterpretation — how to minimize the likelihood that readers will misinterpret research concepts by considering the possible areas of confusion and addressing them directly.

The report includes a glossary that shows how to apply these approaches to writing about commonly used concepts in impact research such as regression analysis and effect size.

This report was prepared for the IES by the National Center for Education Evaluation and Regional Assistance (NCEE).

Reprinted from IES News Flash, publishing up-to-date alerts about breaking news from IES, its centers, and various programs.

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Awarded Projects for June 2014

College of Education – Awarded Projects – June 2014
Principal Investigator: Donald Pemberton (Lastinger Center for Learning)
Co-PI: N/A
Funding Agency: Early Learning Coalition of Duval County
Project Title: ELC Duval TA Coaching Program
Project Period: 5/1/2014 – 6/30/2015
Award Amount: $62,920
Principal Investigator: Philip Poekert (Lastinger Center for Learning)
Co-PI: N/A
Funding Agency: Early Learning Coalition of Broward County, Inc.
Project Title: ELC Broward Community of Practice Facilitation Training
Project Period: 4/1/2014 – 12/31/2014
Award Amount: $46,000
Principal Investigator: Marisa Stukey (P.K. Yonge)
Co-PI: Ashley Pennypacker-Hill (P.K. Yonge)
Funding Agency: Florida Department of Education
Project Title: Transforming Mathematics
Project Period: 4/18/2014 – 9/30/2014
Award Amount: $2,043.43
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Submitted Projects for June 2014

College of Education – Submitted Projects – June 2014
Principal Investigator:  Lynda Hayes (P.K. Yonge)
Co-PI: N/A
Funding Agency:  Florida Department of Education
Proposal Title: IDEA, Part B, Entitlement 2014-2015
Requested Amount: $219,628
Principal Investigator: Lynda Hayes (P.K. Yonge)
Co-PI: N/A
Funding Agency: Florida Department of Education
Proposal Title: Title I, Part A
Requested Amount: $143,553
Principal Investigator: Marisa Stukey (P.K. Yonge)
Co-PI: Ashley Pennypacker-Hill (P.K. Yonge)
Funding Agency: Florida Department of Education
Proposal Title: Title II
Requested Amount: $24,490
Principal Investigator: Mary McLean (CEECS/SESPECS)
Co-PI: Patricia Snyder (CEECS/SESPECS); Maureen Conroy (CEECS/SESPECS)
Funding Agency: University of Washington (Subcontract/DHHS)
Proposal Title: NCQTL Year 5
Requested Amount: $237,251
Principal Investigator: David Therriault (SHDOSE)
Co-PI: N/A
Funding Agency: Omninox Publishing (Subcontract/NSF)
Proposal Title: A.L.I.C.E. (Adaptive Learning through Innovative Coursework and Experimentation)
Requested Amount: $18,261
Principal Investigator: Thomas Dana – Administration (Dean’s Area)
Co-PI: Daniel McCoy – Administration (Dean’s Area)
Funding Agency: Sabreliner Aviation
Proposal Title: Corrosion Sciences Education Distance Learning Curriculum Development
Requested Amount: $699,918
Principal Investigator: Donald Pemberton (Lastinger Center for Learning)
Co-PI: N/A
Funding Agency: US Department of Education/FIPSE
Proposal Title: Florida First in the World: Creating a College Access and Completion Movement
Requested Amount: $1,131,544
Principal Investigator: Donald Pemberton (Lastinger Center for Learning)
Co-PI: N/A
Funding Agency: Early Learning Coalition of Duval County
Proposal Title: ELC Duval TA Coaching Program
Requested Amount: $62,920
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Summer Proposal Submissions

Faculty in the COE are submitting 20 proposals this summer, including 13 IES proposals — a record number — with the same August 7 deadline. To accommodate IES submissions, the OER requested that PIs schedule an appointment time with Brian to ensure all proposals are finalized and uploaded successfully before the deadline. We want to thank everyone for communicating with Brian to confirm a date.

Considering the overall number of proposals in the queue, we encourage all PIs with summer submissions to schedule an appointment time with Brian even for proposals not being submitted to IES.

If you are planning any submissions this summer and have not already let us know, please contact us and submit early consultation and capital needs forms to Ana and Brian as soon as possible.  Please also let Ana know if you will need editorial support from Patti Casey. As always, the earlier you start working with us the better.

We anticipate another banner year for the COE!

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