Research reproducibility: Call for posters and conference
News from NSF
Taft Nicholson Center Faculty Research Collaborative Research retreats
Upcoming deadlines for Undergraduate Research Opportunities (UROP)
Postdoc information: 2016 summer workshop series and funding resources
Limited submission funding opportunities
Extramural funding opportunities
Upcoming classes in the Research Administration Training Series (RATS)
Research news and publicizing research
1. Research reproducibility: Call for posters and conference
Deadline for posters: July 31, 2016
Conference Registration Deadline: Oct. 31, 2016
Reproducibility of research is critical to the advancement of science. Bringing together researchers, students, and administrators at the first Research Reproducibility Conference to start a frank discussion on how institutions can help support research reproducibility and make more research true, we hope to further the dialog around open science, open data, transparency and good research practices.
Submit a proposal for the poster session
The poster session will consist of completed or in-progress projects that reflect the pursuit of making research true.
2. News from NSF
New NSF Grand Challenges — Ideas for Future Investment
The increasing volume, variety, and velocity of data are giving rise to a profound transformation of research in all fields of science and engineering. New types of questions are being asked, and new challenges addressed; indeed, the very nature of scientific inquiry is changing. Building on NSF’s past investments, we propose a bold initiative to engage NSF’s research community in the pursuit of fundamental research in data science and engineering, the development of a cohesive, federated, national-scale approach to research data infrastructure, and the development of a 21st-century data-capable workforce. Advances will be required across the breadth of NSF’s research community… This initiative will enable and accelerate future discovery by providing the fundamental techniques, tools, research cyberinfrastructure, and educational foundations to harness the data revolution.
NSF Priority Goal: Improve STEM Graduate Student Preparedness
Improve STEM Graduate Student Preparedness
Dear Colleague Letter: Agency Priority Goal for FY 16-17
As part of this goal, supplemental funding is available in FY 2016 and FY 2017 to support science and engineering doctoral students so that they can acquire the knowledge, experience, and skills needed for highly productive careers, inside and outside of academe. NSF currently invests in a number of graduate student preparedness activities, and has historically encouraged investigators to include such activities in proposals. This Dear Colleague Letter (DCL) describes a variety of opportunities across the Foundation designed to explore approaches that will position NSF-funded graduate students for success in the 21st century Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) workforce.
3. Taft Nicholson Center Faculty Research Collaborative Research retreats
Deadlines: July 1, 2016 for August Retreat
Aug. 1, 2016 for September Retreat
Applications for 2016 faculty retreats are now being accepted.
The Vice President for Research, Global Change and Sustainability Center, and Taft-Nicholson Center are hosting two retreats to encourage new faculty-led, multi-disciplinary research and scholarship. The four-day retreats take place in Centennial Valley, Montana. All costs associated with travel, food and lodging will be covered. Up to 20 faculty members will be selected to participate after an initial application process. For more information, see the TNC flyer or visit the website for the Global Change and Sustainability Center.
4. Upcoming deadlines for Undergraduate Research Opportunities (UROP)
The undergraduate assistantships offered by the Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program (UROP) are a great way for students to create their own projects, or to help faculty members with their current ones. It is a semester long opportunity that has the possibility to extend through a second semester. If you, or students you know, would be interested in this program, here are some deadlines to be aware of:
Fall 2016
Student deadline: July 1, 2016
Faculty reference deadline: July 8, 2016
5. Postdoc information — 2016 summer workshop series and funding resources
The upcoming summer workshop series for postdocs, presented by Mary Anne Berzins from Human Resources, is now open for registration. This series has run for a number of years and is rated highly beneficial by postdocs. Thanks for helping us spread the word about this great training opportunity.
Summer 2016 Postdoc Series
Registration is required. To register click on the Topics.
Date
Topic
Description
6/24/2016
11:30- 2
Myers Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI)
MBTI is a leadership development tool which, very simplistically, provides feedback in 4 main areas: where you primarily direct your energy; how you prefer to process information; how you prefer to make decisions; and how you prefer to organize your life.
This workshop will provide insights which influence our interactions and participation in collaborative based environments. Prior to this class participants will complete the MBTI on-line. Participants must attend class to receive MBTI results.
7/1/2016
11:30- 2
Conflict Styles
We will explore the nature of conflict, how the need to be right undermines effective performance, identify ways to address conflict and identify skills to help you detach as a listener and manage the conflict. Participants will complete the Thomas-Kilmann Conflict Mode Instrument (TKI) to gain an understanding of their own and other conflict-handling styles. Participants must attend class to receive TKI results.
7/8/2016
11:30- 2
Negotiating Essentials
In this workshop we will explore a number of concepts integral to effective negotiation. We will explore what makes some experiences more effective than others and examine the how and when of negotiation preparation. In this session, we will also explore the behavioral aspects of negotiation including dealing with emotion. Whether negotiation is part of your everyday work or something you are preparing for in the future, you will take away insights and strategies to build or enhance your effectiveness.
7/15/2016
11:30- 2
Mentoring and Professional Development
We will discuss the nature of mentoring and professional mentoring relationships, the respective mentor and mentee roles and learn how to maximize the mentoring relationship for professional development. This session will also include the mechanics of giving and receiving feedback.
The summer program is intended to assist post docs in fulfilling the professionalism competency component in the professional development plan recommended by The National Postdoctoral Association.
Location: Training Room, HR Building, 420 Wakara Way (next to the Marriott Hotel), Research Park.
-Lunch will be available.
If you have any questions please contact Mary Anne Berzins.
Postdoctoral Funding Resources
Postdoctoral training and research may be funded through a variety of sources. Most postdocs are funded through research grants, and many postdocs receive internally or externally (national and international) competitive fellowships. Postdocs may be funded through other external sources, such as salary continuation while on sabbaticals from current employers or through scholarships and fellowships from foreign governments or institutions.
To learn more visit the Postdoctoral Funding page from the Office of Sponsored Projects (OSP).
Postdoctoral Researchers Networking Tour 2016
Application Deadline: July 15, 2016
Germany offers a broad spectrum of career options for young scientists at universities, research institutions and in industry. However, those who have never been to Germany and Germans who have been out of country for some time may not be familiar with recent developments and new opportunities.
The DAAD offers a new format to provide postdoctoral researchers with an insight into German science and the job market for highly qualified postdoctoral researchers.This year’s networking tour focusses on molecular bioscience (biochemistry, biotechnology, medicine and related disciplines). Visit the Postdoctoral Researchers’ Networking Tour webpage if you have questions or would like to view the eligibility.
6. Limited submission funding opportunities
Physics Frontiers Centers (PFC)
Internal Submission Deadline: June 20, 2016
The program is designed to foster major breakthroughs at the intellectual frontiers of physics by providing needed resources such as combinations of talents, skills, disciplines, and/or specialized infrastructure, not usually available to individual investigators or small groups, in an environment in which the collective efforts of the larger group can be shown to be seminal to promoting significant progress in the science and the education of students.
Curatorial Stewardship of a National Collection of Geological Rock & Sediment Cores from Antarctica and the Southern Ocean
Internal submission deadline: June 21, 2016
The Antarctic Earth Science Program in the Antarctic Sciences Section of the National Science Foundation’s (NSF) Division of Polar Programs provides support for the curation and long-term storage of core material collected on the Antarctic continent and its margins. Consequently, this solicitation seeks a qualified organization to provide core curation services for geological cores collected in the polar regions. The award will be administered as a Cooperative Agreement and will cover a five-year operating period beginning Oct. 1, 2017.
7. Extramural funding opportunities
Department of Defense-National Network for Manufacturing Innovation Institutes
Deadline: TBA; Proposer’s days: June 23, 2016
The U.S. Army Contracting Command has now announced the establishment of a seventh DOD led institute, the Advanced Tissue Biofabrication Manufacturing Innovation Institute (ATB-MII). The focus of this institute is to enhance the coordination between the materials, biological, and engineering communities to increase the throughput and reproducibility of engineered tissues. Industries which are based on cell therapies, engineered replacement tissues, and biopharmaceutical products will benefit from standards and quality control advances that keep pace with FDA regulations.
DOD envisions that the award will be for up to seven years and be funded at $75 million with private matching funds. A solicitation is expected before the end of June with proposers day scheduled for June 23.
L’Oréal-UNESCO For Women in Science International Awards 2017 edition, Physical Sciences
Deadline for nominations: June 20, 2016
Scientists around the world are invited to submit candidates for the L’Oréal-UNESCO For Women in Science Awards. Created in 1998, the L’Oréal-UNESCO For Women in Science program identifies and supports eminent women in science throughout the world. Each year, five Laureates are recognized for their contributions to the advancement of science, in Life or Physical Sciences in alternating years. The 2017 edition of the Awards will designate five outstanding scientific researchers in the Physical Sciences, working in one of each of the following regions: Africa & the Arab States, Asia-Pacific, Europe, Latin America, North America.
Each of the five laureates will receive an award of €100,000. Women scientists can only be nominated by a qualified scientist (Ph.D. minimum). An independent, international jury will gather in September to make the final selection.
Economic & Social Research Council Large Grants Competition
Registration of interest deadline: July 8, 2016
Deadline: Oct. 13, 2016 by 2 p.m.
The ESRC Large Grants competition invites proposals from eligible individuals and research teams to take forward an ambitious research agenda with the potential to effect significant economic or societal impact. Similar to our standard Research Grants, we welcome proposals for standard research projects, large-scale surveys, infrastructure projects, and for methodological developments in any area of the social sciences. We actively encourage inter-disciplinarity both within and beyond the social sciences.
Defense University Research Instrumentation Program (DURIP)
Full proposal deadline: July 22, 2016 at 11:59 p.m. EDT
Inquiries and questions deadline: July 1, 2016
The Department of Defense (DoD) announces the Fiscal Year 2017 Defense University Research Instrumentation Program (DURIP). DURIP is designed to improve the capabilities of accredited United States (U.S.) institutions of higher education to conduct research and to educate scientists and engineers in areas important to national defense, by providing funds for the acquisition of research equipment or instrumentation. For-profit organizations are not eligible for DURIP funding. We refer to eligible institutions of higher education as universities in the rest of this announcement. DURIP is part of the University Research Initiative (URI).
Bridge to Independence Award
LOR Deadline: Aug. 1, 2016
Proposal deadline: Aug. 8, 2016
Grants awarded through the Bridge to Independence Award program are intended to invest in the next generation of top autism investigators by identifying talented early-career scientists interested in autism research and facilitating their transition to an independent research career. This request for applications (RFA) is aimed at senior postdoctoral fellows who intend to seek tenure-track faculty positions during the 2016–17 academic year.
RusNanoPrize –Nanotechnology International Prize
Call for nominations deadline: Aug. 15, 2016
The RusNanoPrize is awarded to researchers, scientists and developers (up to three people) being the authors of scientific-technological discovery or discoveries in the field of nanotechnologies, and to the company being the first to apply the discovery to mass production with the annual production output of at least $10 million and reached business success through the application of the discovery.
Email nominations to rusnanoprize@forinnovations.org.
NSF Supplements for Research Experiences for Undergraduates/Teachers/Veterans
Deadline: Aug. 24, 2016
If you have an active NSF award and have potential opportunities for engaging undergraduate students/teachers/veterans into the research (not simply data collection or system administration work), then you can request a REU supplement for this research work to employ undergraduate students. NeTS will support up to 2 students per active award and also per PI, unless exceptional circumstances warrant the need for additional students.
Partnerships for Innovation: Accelerating Innovation Research-Technology Translation (PFI: AIR-TT)
LOI deadline: Sept. 8, 2016
This PFI: AIR-TT solicitation is designed to support innovative ideas and partnerships in the translation of NSF-funded fundamental science and engineering discoveries toward market-valued solutions. The program outcomes will be more research discoveries translated onto a path toward commercial reality, more connections between faculty and persons knowledgeable about market need (e.g., potential customers, individuals with business experience, potential investors, etc.) and the engagement of faculty and students in entrepreneurial/innovative thinking.
Joint DMS/NIGMS Initiative to Support Research at the Interface of the Biological and Mathematical Sciences (DMS/NIGMS)
Deadline: Sept. 14, 2016
The Division of Mathematical Sciences in the Directorate for Mathematical and Physical Sciences at the National Science Foundation and the National Institute of General Medical Sciences at the National Institutes of Health plan to support research in mathematics and statistics on questions in the biological and biomedical sciences. Both agencies recognize the need and urgency for promoting research at the interface between the mathematical sciences and the life sciences.
Centers for Chemical Innovation Program
Preliminary proposal due date (required): Sept. 15, 2016
The Centers for Chemical Innovation (CCI) Program supports research centers focused on major, long-term fundamental chemical research challenges. CCIs that address these challenges will produce transformative research, lead to innovation, and attract broad scientific and public interest. CCIs are agile structures that can respond rapidly to emerging opportunities and make full use of data infrastructure and other approaches to enhance collaborations. CCIs may partner with researchers from industry, government laboratories and international organizations. CCIs integrate research, innovation, education, broadening participation, and informal science communication
Sloan Research Fellowships
Deadline: Sept. 15, 2016
The Sloan Research Fellowships seek to stimulate fundamental research by early-career scientists and scholars of outstanding promise. These two-year fellowships are awarded yearly to 126 researchers in recognition of distinguished performance and a unique potential to make substantial contributions to their field.
8. Upcoming classes in the Research Administration Training Series (RATS)
For questions concerning RATS, please contact Tony Onofrietti (801-585-3492) or visit the RATS website.
Register for the Oct. 28-30, 2016 Grant Writing Academy(GWA). For information please visit the Research Education website or contact Tony Onofrietti, director, research education.
Also, if you are interested in knowing more about how to write a proposal for the National Science Foundation online materials are available through RATS online classes.
Introduction to the Office of Sponsored Projects (OSP)
Tuesday, July 19
2-4 p.m.
WEB, Room 1230
9. Research news and publicizing research
Interested in the cool research going on at the U? For the latest news on research, go to news. If you are interested in publicizing your research, guidelines and information on how-to, along with contact information, may be found at: Publicizing Research and Working with the Media.
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