10 Tips on Grant Writing from a Seasoned Reviewer

Excerpted from The Chronicle of Higher Education by Jude P. Mikal, June 18, 2021

Here are 10 tips to help you write your grant application and guide reviewers to the information they need to advocate for your research.

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UF IT Provides Proposal Support for Researchers

UF IT is committed to doing everything possible to enable the research community. In addition to providing high performance computing consulting, UF IT staff can help make your sponsored funding proposals more competitive with letters and templates related to the computing and infrastructure needs of your project. There are four components that UF IT’s Research Computing staff can assist with as follows:

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What Is New at the UF IRB? IRB Best Practices and Changes to Documents and Templates

The UF Institutional Review Board (IRB) offers three best practices designed to keep your studies and submissions running smoothly.

  1. E-mailing your study participants? Services like REDCap can do so securely.
  2. Need documents stamped by the IRB? Use Microsoft Word or PDFs to keep things moving.
  3. Want to be sure your study is heard at a specific Full Board meeting? Pay close attention to meeting deadline updates.

In addition, UF IRB has recently updated some of its documents. Please be sure to download the latest versions from the IRB Policies, Guidelines, and Guidances webpage and double-check that you are using the most up-to-date copy. Some Smart Forms also have been redesigned. For more information, please see Smart Forms: What does the IRB look for?

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eRA Reminder: Switch to Supported Browsers, the Use of Internet Explorer to Be Phased Out by July 19, 2021

Users will no longer be able to access eRA modules via the Internet Explorer (IE) browser effective July 19, 2021. Users are encouraged to switch to other supported browsers such as Mozilla Firefox, Google Chrome, Safari (and Microsoft Edge starting on July 20), when using eRA systems (see eRA’s Browser Compatibility statement).

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Awarded Projects for June 2021

Congratulations to Julie Brown, Chonika Coleman King, Anne Corinne Manley, and Catherine Paolucci for their award from the National Science Foundation; Ashley Pennypacker Hill for her award from the Florida Department of Education; Kathrin Maki for her award from the Society for the Study of School Psychology; Philip Poekert for his award from the Early Learning Coalition of Northwest Florida; Philip Poekert for his award from the School Board of Seminole County; Philip Poekert for his award from Episcopal Children’s Services; Brian Reichow, Patricia Snyder, and Matthew Gurka for their award from the U.S. Department of Education/IES; Jacqueline Swank, Sondra Smith, and Caronne Rush their award from the U.S. Health Resources and Services Administration; Ross van Boven for his award from the Florida Department of Education; and Pengfei Zhao for her award from the National Academy of Education.

For more details, see the Awarded Projects table.

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Submitted Projects for June 2021

Best wishes to Catherine Cavanaugh and Philip Poekert for their proposal to the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation; Chris Curran, Christopher Redding, and Philip Poekert for their proposal to Impact Florida; Alice Kaye Emery for her proposal to the Florida Department of Education; Nicholas Gage and Christopher Redding for their proposal to the U.S. Department of Education/OSERS; Ashley Pennypacker Hill for her proposal to the Florida Department of Education; Herman Knopf for his proposal to the Charles and Margery Barancik Foundation; Holly Lane, Kristi Cheyney-Collante, Nicholas Gage, and Vivian Gonsalves for their proposal to the U.S. Department of Education/OSERS; Holly Lane, Kristi Cheyney-Collante, Vivian Gonsalves, and Kathrin Maki for their proposal to the U.S. Department of Education/OSERS; Kathrin Maki and Stephanie Snidarich for their proposal to the Spencer Foundation; Erica McCray, Hannah Mathews, and Chonika Coleman King for their proposal to the U.S. Department of Education/OSERS; Philip Poekert for his subcontract proposal DHHS Flow Through from Florida’s Office of Early Learning; Philip Poekert for his proposal to the Louisiana Department of Education; Philip Poekert for his proposal to the Richland County School District One; Paige Pullen for her proposal to Family Services of Central Massachusetts – Seven Hills; Paige Pullen for her proposal to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Paige Pullen for her proposal to Tufts University; Paige Pullen for her proposal to the Tri-County Community Council; Seyedahmad Rahimi for his subcontract proposal IES Flow Through from the University of Pennsylvania; Zuchao Shen and Wei Li for their proposal to the Spencer Foundation; Eunjin “Jinnie” Shin, Walter Leite, and Holly Lane for their subcontract proposal Spencer Foundation Flow Through from the University of Alberta; Jacqueline Swank and Sondra Smith their proposal to the U.S. Department of Education/OSERS; Wanli Xing for his proposal to Schwab Charitable; Pengfei Zhao and Danling Fu for their proposal to the Spencer Foundation; Pengfei Zhao for her proposal to the National Academy of Education; and Tina Smith-Bonahue for her subcontract proposal Spencer Foundation Flow Through from the Erikson Institute.

For more details, see the Submitted Projects table.

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