Updates and Reminders Brian Miller

Assistant Director for ResearchDivision of Sponsored Research

February 23, 2011

Overview

• NSF Requires Postdoctoral Researcher Mentoring Plans

• NIH Requires Electronic Submission of SNAP Progress Reports

• UF Express Proposal Page Replaces the UF Start Proposal Page

• NIH Eliminates Submission Error Correction Window

Overview cont.

• NSF Issued a Revised Proposal and Award Policies & Procedures Guide

• Inaugural Edition of the Export Controls @UF Newsletter

Postdoctoral Research Mentoring Plans

• NSF proposals that request funding to support postdoctoral researchers must include, as a supplementary document, a Postdoctoral Research Mentoring Plan, irrespective of whether the post-doc resides at the submitting organization, subawardee organization, or any organization participating in a simultaneously submitted collaborative project.

Electronic SNAP Progress Report

• NIH now requires SNAP progress reports be submitted electronically using the eRA Commons eSNAP module.

• SNAP Progress reports will be due 45 days prior to the next budget start date instead of 60 days.

• UF has delegated to the Principal Investigator the authority to submit eSNAPs directly to NIH.

UF Express Proposal Page

• Replaced UF Start Proposal Page• An easier way to enter proposals into the

myUFL grants system, where you can take advantage of the internal electronic workflow system if your department and college use it.

NIH Eliminates Error Correction Window

• The 2-day “error correction window” to fix NIH system-identified errors or warnings after the submission deadline has been eliminated.

• It is really important to make sure you now submit an application early so that you and your signing official have an opportunity to address any errors or warnings.

NSF revised Proposal & Award P&P Guide

• All proposals must describe data management and sharing plans of the products of research, or assert the absence of the need for such plans.

• Voluntary committed cost sharing is prohibited. Org. resources necessary for the project must be non-quantifiably described in the Facilities, Equipment and Other Resources section of proposal.

Export Controls @ UF Newsletter

• Issued biannually and will address export controls as they pertain to the UF community.

• The newsletter found at http://www.research.ufl.edu/research/pdf/Export_Controls_UF_November_December_2010.pdf.

Additional information

• Additional information concerning today’s topics as well as many other topics can be found at http://www.research.ufl.edu/research/

• Thank you.

Funding Information & Internal Funding Opportunities

Mary Vallianatosmvallian@ufl.edu 392-9270

Research Support, 260 Grinter Hall392-4804www.research.ufl.edu/researchsupport

The Office of Researchhttp://www.research.ufl.edu

Research Administration Training SeriesFebruary 23, 2011

Office of Research• www.research.ufl.edu • Division of Sponsored Research

– 2nd Floor Grinter Hall– Proposal Processing and PreAward Services– Awards Administration– Compliance (IRB; IACUC; Conflict of Interest)

• Office of Technology Licensing• UF Research Foundation (UFRF)

– Research Support

Research Support www.research.ufl.edu/researchsupport

• Publish the FYI Faculty Funding Newsletter on a biweekly basis (www.research.ufl.edu/fyi). To sign up, send your name and email address to Maura Pedersen (mcpedersen@ufl.edu).

• In conjunction with the Research Deans of all colleges, coordinate the selection of the university's nominees for limited application programs.

– http://www.research.ufl.edu/researchsupport/limited_programs.html

• Coordinate the annual Research Opportunity Fund program (announced in FYI newsletter in September).

• Provide assistance in planning and coordinating large research initiatives involving interdisciplinary expertise.

• Provide individual faculty funding searches. – http://apps.research.ufl.edu/research/fundingsearch.cfm

FYI Funding NewsletterPublished Bi-weekly (Fridays) – www.research.ufl.edu/fyi

Limited Application Programswww.research.ufl.edu/researchsupport/limited_programs.html

• Research Support website provides information on external funding sources– http://www.research.ufl.edu/researchsupport/external_funding.html

• Searchable Databases– GrantsNet (www.grantsnet.org) – Chronicle of Philanthropy (http://philanthropy.com/deadlines/)

– Community of Science (COS)• Funding Searches and Funding Email Alerts• To register:

http://www.research.ufl.edu/researchsupport/external_funding.html and click on “register for free” (first bullet)

• Create an Expertise Profile• Funding alerts based on info in PI’s COS Expertise Profile (or can set up

specific searches, save them on workbench and have them emailed to you as funding alerts)

Finding Funding: Where to Look

A sample profile

To be published, profiles must contain…

• Contact information• An indication of your

discipline or expertise.

Other information is optional:• Photo

• Web page URL• Past positions

• Expertise statement...

COS Funding Alert matches the mailing address and COS

Keywords in your Expertise profile to new and updated

opportunities on a weekly basis, creating your introductory COS

Funding Alert search.

The results of your Funding Alert search(es) are returned in a single e-mail each week.

This is the full COS Funding Opportunities

record returned from your COS Funding Alert.

Advanced Search

Advanced Search: Use this option for creating custom searches with a variety of search fields from which to

choose.

• Make a list of keywords before you begin to search• Start with a broad term (“environment”)• Limit with additional terms (“education”)• Limit by country or region if relevant• Search for the type of funding you need• Remember: Non-scientist editors often compose the

database entries• Using a very specific keyword may not produce results

Searching the Databases

• Repeated negative results mean your search is probably too narrow

• Review/Evaluate your “hits” – these are the sources that look the most promising– Good match between project and the funder?– Restrictions? (geographic; eligibility)– $$ amount available (+ or – what you need?)– Note deadline

Searching the Databases

This search will look for records that contain the terms “art history” or “art

appreciation” in any field, records with a deadline on or after 4/28/2010, and

for which research conducted in Florida is eligible.

Advanced SearchAdvanced Search

Advanced SearchAdvanced Search

Click the hyperlinked

keyword name of the keyword to add it to your search.

Choosing the “explode” option will include all terms in

the hierarchy underneath your keyword.

Browse the COS Keyword hierarchy or search for a

specific term

Advanced SearchAdvanced Search

You can also select which requirements you meet, your citizenship, and the

type of funding for which you’re looking.

Advanced SearchAdvanced Search

You can add and subtract search fields necessary to your search.

You can also limit your search results by using the Exclusion Fields. You can filter out information in

which you are not interested.

Search ResultsSearch Results

This search returned 146 results.

Search ResultsSearch Results

From your results list, you can see at a glance how they fall under various funding types (e.g. opportunities for “Training or Scholarship or Fellowship”). You can then click on any of these funding types to see opportunities

with those criteria only.

Save a SearchSave a Search

The Save Search option will allow you to save searches that you have created to your COS Workbench.

Save a SearchSave a Search

You will be asked to choose a name for your search. You will also be asked if you would like to receive e-mail about this alert.

You may have saved funding searches sent to you by a weekly email and the

results can be shared.

Other Email Funding AlertsOther Email Funding Alerts

NSF (Daily or Weekly)◦ http://www.nsf.gov/publications/obtain.jsp

NIH Guide (Weekly)◦ http://grants1.nih.gov/grants/guide/listserv.htm

Grants.gov (Daily) http://www.grants.gov/applicants/email_subscription.jsp

Foundation Center RFP Bulletin (weekly) – and Foundation Center

Funding Watches (choose arts, health, or education)

◦ Available at http://www.foundationcenter.org/ under “Newsletters”

◦ See http://www.research.ufl.edu/researchsupport/external_funding.html for email funding alert options.

www.foundationcenter.org

Other Web-Based ResourcesOther Web-Based Resources

Illinois Researcher Information Service (IRIS) – available on the UF Libraries website http://iris.library.uiuc.edu/~iris/search.html

www.GrantsNet.org – focuses on biomedical, life, physical, social sciences, mathematics and engineering research funding

www.Grants.gov (single Federal portal) Links to Federal Agencies - http://www07.grants.gov/search/agency.do Links to Private Foundations – www.foundationcenter.org FYI Funding Newsletter Search Function

www.research.ufl.edu/fyi

Office of ResearchInternal Support Programs

Research Opportunity Fund• New interdisciplinary ideas or research partnerships• $100,000 maximum award• Proposals per college based on amount of external funding

received• Generally announced in September in FYI Funding Newsletter• Mid-January deadline (earlier college deadlines)

Office of ResearchInternal Support Programs

Matching Funds for New Training Grants• Institutional Match on a case by case basis• Letter of support from VP for Research• NIH Institutional National Research Service Awards • NSF Integrative Graduate Education and Research

Traineeship Program (IGERT)

Office of ResearchInternal Support Programs

Graduate Student Travel• Presentation @ national meeting OR unique

off-site research experience• $300 max; 1:1 match• Apply minimum 1 month before travel• Priority to doctoral-level students

Office of ResearchInternal Support Programs

Support for National Meetings, Workshops and Conferences

• $1,000 to $3,000• Honoraria, student registration fees, speaker

travel, handout materials, etc.• No deadline

Other UF Internal Funding Programswww.research.ufl.edu/researchsupport/internal_support.html

• Clinical and Translational Science Institute (CTSI) Awards• McKnight Brain Institute Brain and Spinal Cord Injury Research Trust (BSCIRT)

Program• International Center - Internationalizing the Curriculum Awards • Center for Latin American Studies - Field Research Grants for Graduate Students

• Center for European Studies Funding Opportunities (e.g. course development, travel grants)

• UF Shands Cancer Center Junior Investigator Pilot Project Grants• UF Water Institute Program Initiation Fund• Emerging Pathogens Institute (EPI) Seed Funding and Resubmission Support• The Florida High Tech Corridor Council Matching Funds Research Program at the

University of Florida• UF Center for the Humanities and the Public Sphere Grant and Fellowship

Opportunities