Summer Grant Proposal Submissions: Update

Faculty in the COE are submitting 11 proposals this summer including 8 Institute of Education Sciences (IES) proposals many with the same deadline. To accommodate all submissions, the OER requests that PIs schedule an appointment time with Brian Lane blane@coe.ufl.edu to ensure all proposals are finalized and uploaded successfully before the deadline.

Also, if you have not already done so, please send a Capital Needs form for each submission to Ana Puig anapuig@coe.ufl.edu and Brian Lane blane@coe.ufl.edu. Read more

IES Offers Webinars for FY 2019 Funding Opportunities

The Institute of Education Sciences (IES) is hosting webinars to offer information about FY 2019 funding opportunities. Staff from the National Center for Special Education Research (NCSER) and the National Center for Education Research (NCER) will provide presentations, transcripts, and closed-caption video recordings.

All webinars will be recorded and the recording, presentation, and transcript will be available soon after the live webinar is held.

IES has already hosted the following webinars:  Read more

Changes Are Coming to What Works Clearinghouse

Excerpted from Message from the IES Director

The Institute of Education Sciences (IES) is exploring ways to improve the What Works Clearinghouse (WWC), a flagship product of IES since its inception.

The WWC recently passed its 15th birthday and has gone through many changes since then to ensure that it continues to help the nation identify what works for whom and under what conditions.

Here are some of the general directions IES will be exploring:

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UFIRST FYI: Project IDC Returns

Each year, the Office of the Vice President for Research returns indirect costs collected from grants and contracts during the preceding fiscal year (July 1 – June 30) to principal investigators, department chairs, and if appropriate, directors of certain authorized centers. The current distributions are at Project Manager (formerly Project PI) 10%; Department 7.5%; and if a center is identified in UFIRST as supporting the project, then 7.5% to the Center. The remainder of the indirect costs collected are returned to the college after Sponsored Program Assessment (SPA) tax is assessed.

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Fall 2018 NSF Grants Conference: Update

The National Science Foundation (NSF) will hold its 50th Anniversary, Fall 2018 Conference November 8­–9 in New Orleans, LA. Registration will open on Thursday, September 6 at 12:00 PM EST. NSF anticipates the conference will reach capacity very quickly and encourages you to register as soon as it opens.

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Awarded Projects for June 2018

Congratulations to Christy Gabbard for her awards from the Florida Department of Education; Lynda Hayes for her award from the Florida Department of Education; Herman Knopf for his subcontract awards Institute for Child Success Flow Through from the University of South Carolina; Holly Lane for her James Patterson Family Foundation Flow Through award from the UF Foundation; Philip Poekert for his award from Florida’s Office of Early Learning;  Philip Poekert for his subcontract award Children’s Trust Flow Through from Early Learning Coalition of Miami-Dade/Monroe; and Melissa Ralston for her award from the Monique Burr Foundation for Children.

For more details, see the Awarded Projects table.

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Submitted Projects for June 2018

Best wishes to Jacqueline Swank and Sondra Smith for their proposal to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services; Lynda Hayes for her proposals to the Florida Department of Education; Alice Kay Emery for her proposal to the Florida Department of Education; Donald Pemberton, Philip Poekert, and Walter Leite for their proposal to Florida’s Office of Early Learning; Philip Poekert for his proposal to the Alachua County School Board; Philip Poekert, Holly Lane, and Paige Pullen for their proposal to the U.S. Department of Education; Philip Poekert for his subcontract proposal Jim Moran Foundation Flow Through from the UF Foundation; Philip Poekert for his proposal to the Stranahan Foundation; Philip Poekert and Paige Pullen for their proposal to the Florida Department of Education; Philip Poekert for his proposal to Valley of the Sun United Way; and Melissa Ralston for her proposal to the Monique Burr Foundation for Children.

For more details, see the Submitted Projects table. Read more