Research Bulletin
Awarded Projects for January 2022
Congratulations to Philip Poekert for his award from Children First Professional Development Center; Paige Pullen for her two awards from the Raymond School District - Lamprey River Elementary School and the Early Learning Coalition of Orange County; and Darbianne...
Submitted Projects for January 2022
Best wishes to Pavlo "Pasha" Antonenko, Swarup Bhunia, and Jeremy Wasiome for their proposal to NSF; Pavlo "Pasha" Antonenko and Kara Dawson for their proposal to NSF; Pavlo "Pasha" Antonenko for his two subcontract NSF Flow Through proposals to the Illinois Institute...
DSP Reminder: Sponsor Communication
A reminder that the UF Research Division of Sponsored Programs (DSP), as the Authorized Official, is the appropriate office to contact the sponsor with requests for effort commitment changes, budgetary changes, no cost extensions, contractual negotiations, and other...
Youth-Focused Research Partnership Between NSF and William T. Grant Foundation
The U.S. National Science Foundation and the William T. Grant Foundation are launching a collaborative partnershipsupporting research that can improve the lives of youth. “Increasing the Use, Usefulness, and Impact of Research About Youth” aims to increase the...
IES 2022 Annual PI Meeting Recap
Two weeks ago, the IES held its annual meeting for PIs. Upon reviewing the priorities of the Standards for Excellence in Education Research (SEER), the Director of the IES announced ongoing work to add a ninth principle related to equity in education. The IES will...
UF Mainspring: Inviting and Hosting International Visitors and Scholars
UF Mainspring is hosting an online session which will cover the University’s processes for inviting and hosting International Scholars & International Visitors. UF Research Integrity, Security and Compliance (UF RISC) and the UF International Center (UFIC) will...
Request for Information: Tell IES About Your Science and Math Interventions
The U.S. Department of Education’s Institute of Education Sciences (IES) is planning two new prize competitions: one for middle school science instruction and a second for improving mathematics achievement (specifically fractions) for elementary students with...
Improving Compliance with NSF Project Reporting Requirements
The National Science Foundation (NSF) requires project reports for all assistance awards, yet 10% of NSF-funded PIs fail to provide these reports on a timely basis. Final project reports are due within 120 days of the award end date. Project reports demonstrate...
NSF Dear Colleague Letter: Request for Information on Future Topics for Convergence Accelerator
The National Science Foundation has issued a Dear Colleague Letter to request information on future topics for their Convergence Accelerator for FY2023. The Convergence Accelerator builds upon NSF investments in fundamental research and discovery to accelerate...
2022 Division of Sponsored Programs (DSP) Awards Team Community Q&A
DSP is hosting an informal Awards Team Community Q&A session dedicated to UFIRST Awards and Award Management issues. Please come prepared with questions regarding UFIRST awards and award management. Join by accessing the Q&A Zoom Meeting Room (Meeting ID: 925...
Pre-proposals, Letters of Intent (LOI), and White Paper Submission Guidance
The Division of Sponsored Programs (DSP) has revised and clarified its guidance on pre-proposals, LOIs, and white paper submissions. It applies only to these types of submissions and not to final proposals, which are subject to all standard proposal processing...
Gulf Scholars Program
The National Academies’ Gulf Research Program has launched the Gulf Scholars Program (GSP), a five-year pilot program seeks to build the capacity of Gulf-based IHEs in preparing undergraduate students to work across these complexities and who will serve the Gulf of...
Research Spotlight: Nigel Newbutt
Q & A with Nigel Newbutt, Assistant Professor in the School of Teaching and Learning
UF Research Promotion Initiative
UF has a Research Promotion Initiative which aims to connect your research to UF’s Office of Strategic Communications and Marketing (SCM) for potential promotion to media organizations as well as across university-based communications. To enter your research for...
UF Policy on Gifts: Gifts vs Grants
The University has published a new policy on "Classification and Management of External Support", which I will more practically refer to as Gift vs Grant. Division of Sponsored Programs (DSP) has updated guidance on our webpage. We will be including these resources in...
Research Spotlight: Rob Moore
Q & A with Rob Moore, Ph.D., Assistant Professor in the School of Teaching and Learning What basic questions does your research seek to answer? My research broadly attempts to answer, “What is happening in digital ecologies?” By digital ecologies, I mean any...
Collaborating with IES Grantees to Create a Needed Cost Analysis Timeline
This Institute of Education Research (IES) blog is part of a guest series by the Cost Analysis in Practice (CAP) project team and provides guidance for developing a timeline that aligns the steps for planning a cost analysis with the data collection process for each...
NSF Launches New Proposal Functionality, Website Enhancements, and Updates to Biographical Sketch and Current and Pending Support Formats
The National Science Foundation (NSF) has enabled a number of enhancements for proposals submitted in Research.gov, FastLane, and Grants.gov. In addition, the updated NSF-approved biographical sketch and current and pending support SciENcv and fillable PDF formats...
NIH Transitions from FORMS-F to FORMS-G
Applicants applying to the National Institutes of Health (NIH) funding opportunities with due dates on or after January 25, 2022 must use updated application forms and instructions identified with a Competition ID of “FORMS-G.” To read the full article by NIH staff...
Cost Analysis in Practice: IES Offers Resources for Cost Analysis Studies
The Cost Analysis in Practice (CAP) Project is a 3-year initiative funded by the Institute of Education Sciences (IES) to support researchers and practitioners who are planning or conducting a cost analysis of educational programs and practices. This blog, Cost...
NIH Provides Additional Clarifications to Biosketch and Other Support Policies
Effective January 2022, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) will require updated formats for the biosketch and other support documents. NIH recommends transitioning now to the updated formats and instructions. Resources are accessible from the biosketch and other...
Top 3 Most Used NIH Applicant and Grantee Systems Resources
To help navigate the National Institutes of Health (NIH) grants systems, the electronic Research Administration (eRA) website provides numerous resources. Here are the three most commonly accessed resources you may find helpful: eRA Commons Online Help for...
UF DSP: What You Need to Know about CDAs and NDAs
You have been approached by a company that is interested in your research work and potentially sponsoring a research project. They want to meet with you to discuss the possibilities. They send you a confidential disclosure agreement (CDA) or a non-disclosure...
Why Properly Acknowledging Federal Funding Support Is Important
Accurately acknowledging federal funding is important to help ensure proper stewardship of taxpayer funds and to recognize federally sponsored research. Principal Investigators should review the terms of their awards from each federal agency to determine the...
Research Spotlight: Seyedahmad Rahimi
Q & A with Seyedahmad Rahimi, Ph.D., Assistant Professor in the School of Teaching and Learning What basic questions does your research seek to answer? My research aims to answer questions such as “how can we assess and enhance hard-to-measure constructs such as...