The UF Office of Educational Research (OER) will hold its second OER Seminar Series 2020 workshop. Please join the OER team via Zoom on Monday, July 13, 2020 from 2:30 pm – 3:30 pm for an OER seminar on National Science Foundation (NSF) funding opportunities. An invitation with the Zoom link will be coming soon.
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Health Resources and Services Administration provides a grant writing guide titled “Tips for Writing and Submitting Good Grant Proposals” offering many helpful suggestions, including how to write successful need statements.
Tip #1: Address the need that the funding opportunity is intended to fill — not the organization’s need for funding.
Tip #2: Communicate the organization’s familiarity with addressing the defined need.
Tip #3: Illustrate the need with a concise but concrete story.
The expectations related to disclosure and participation in international activities are changing rapidly. In this forum held May 11, speakers discussed all facets of international activities including international collaborations, outside activities, and sponsored research. They provided tips for building and nurturing international collaboration while ensuring compliance with UF and sponsor policies, regulations, and expectations. A summary of the workshop is provided below.
Each year, the Office of the Vice President for Research returns F&A 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 remainder of the F&A costs collected are returned to the college after Sponsored Program Assessment (SPA) is calculated. For details regarding your current sponsored project distributions, please login using your Gatorlink at reporting.it.ufl.edu. Navigate to Team Content > Sponsored Program Information > Awards > Center Return. The last day to make changes to F&A distributions for FY2020 is June 30, 2020. For more information, please see Updating Project F&A Instruction Guide for navigation to the UFIRST Activity.
UFIT is upgrading the storage options for HiPerGator users. Now in its final stages of stability, functionality, and performance testing, the new “blue” storage system will be available in June. Details on how files will be transferred from /ufrc to /blue will be published on the Research Computing website this month. In preparation, system users should schedule some time to remove old, unneeded data so that it does not have to be moved. Currently, the /ufrc holds 1.7 PB (83% of capacity.) Some of the new /blue systems specifications include the following:
Congratulations to Maya Israel for her subcontract award NSF Flow Through from Michigan State University; Ashley MacSuga-Gage for her subcontract award DHHS Flow Through from the University of South Florida; Philip Poekert for his award from the Massachusetts Department of Early Education and Care; Philip Poekert for his subcontract award Administration for Children and Families Flow Through from the Florida Office of Early Learning; and Jacqueline Swank, Sondra Smith, and Elliot Woehler for their award from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration.
For more details, see the Awarded Projects table.
Best wishes to Pasha Antonenko and Bruce MacFadden for their proposal to the National Science Foundation; Alice Kaye Emery for her proposal to the Florida Department of Education; Christy Gabbard her proposal to the Florida Department of Education; Holly Lane, Vivian Gonsalves, Kathrin Maki, and Kristi Cheyney-Collante for their proposal to the U.S. Department of Education/OSERS-OSEP; Michelina MacDonald for her proposal to the National Education Association Foundation; Kathrin Maki for her proposal to the Society for the Study of School Psychology; Hannah Mathews for her subcontract proposal Spencer Foundation Flow Through from Binghamton University; Justin Ortagus for his proposal to Arnold Ventures; Jennifer Park-Jadotte for her subcontract proposal Administration for Children and Families Flow Through from NORC at the University of Chicago; Jennifer Park-Jadotte for her subcontract proposal South Carolina Department of Education Flow Through from Richland County School District One; Ashley Pennypacker Hill for her proposal to the Florida Department of Education; Philip Poekert for his proposal to the School Board of Seminole County; Paige Pullen and Philip Poekert for their proposal to the Charleston County School District; Paige Pullen for her proposal to the Spencer Foundation; Patricia Snyder and Darbianne Shannon for their proposal to the U.S. Department of Education/OSERS-OSEP; Patricia Snyder, Maureen Conroy, and Herman Knopf for their subcontract proposal Administration for Children and Families Flow Through from SRI International; and Ross van Boven for his proposal to the Florida Department of Education.
For more details, see the Submitted Projects table.
