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The Institutional Review Board often updates forms on its web site to maintain compliance with federal and state regulations and to ensure ease of use for faculty, staff, and students who submit proposals. Researchers submitting proposals to the IRB are reminded to obtain the most current forms from the forms section of the IRB web […]

The fourth deadline for submission of applications to the Senate Scholarly Activities Committee (SSAC) is Friday, Feb. 17. Research/Creative Activity and Publication grant applications as well as applications for New Faculty Scholar Awards will be considered at that time. No travel applications will be considered during the fourth (Feb. 17) awards cycle. Late applications will […]

Nanotechnology Undergraduate Education in Engineering (NUE): Program Solicitation #12-534; www.nsf.gov/pubs/2012/nsf12534/nsf12534.htm?WT.mc_id=USNSF_25&WT.mc_ev=click The National Science Foundation has issued the following program announcement for Nanotechnology Undergraduate Education in Engineering (NUE). This solicitation aims at introducing nanoscale science, engineering, and technology through a variety of interdisciplinary approaches into undergraduate engineering education. The focus of this year’s competition is on […]

Kim Keeley, Grants and Contracts Administration, has successfully completed the Certification Examination for Research Administrators. She may now use the Certified Research Administrator (CRA) designation as part of her signature and professional activities. The certification examination covers four broad areas of knowledge, project development and administration, legal requirements and sponsor interface, financial management and general management. […]

The Federal Demonstration Partnership (FDP; thefdp.org), a cooperative initiative hosted by the National Academies, is conducting a national survey of federally-funded principal investigators (PIs) to explore the impact of federal regulations on the time faculty spend pursuing active research. The University is an active member of FDP, and we have provided them with a list […]

As part of the effort to further undergraduate research opportunities at UND, a meeting has been scheduled for interested faculty from all colleges and departments who have worked or wish to work with undergraduates in research. Faculty who have been identified by their chairs or deans in response to my earlier e-mail are particularly encouraged […]

North Dakota NASA Experimental Program to Stimulate Competitive Research is currently soliciting travel proposals from science and engineering faculty at UND as a result of augmentation funds recently received from NASA. Current NASA CAN PIs and their team members will visit NASA centers for direct on-site interactions with their technical monitors and to network with […]

The Division of Research and Economic Development is pleased to announce funding for three  Collaborative Research Seed Grants for 2012.  The projects funded are: 1)      An Interdisciplinary Exploration of Culture, Material Culture, Social Concerns, and Community Resilience in North Dakota’s Oil Field.   Investigators are Carenlee Barkdull and Bret Weber, Social Work; William Caraher, History; Ann […]

The North Dakota Experimental Program to Stimulate Competitive Research provides competitive funding designed to increase graduate school opportunities for students from Dickinson State University, Mayville State University, Minot State University, Valley City State University and the state’s tribal colleges. The Graduate Student Research Assistantship program supports master’s or doctoral degree applicants in science, engineering and […]

Applications are invited from faculty for research fellowships ($1,000 each) to facilitate writing proposals for external funding of their research and scholarly activities. Offered through Research Development and Compliance (RD&C) and the University Writing Program, a limited number of faculty in teams of two (faculty proposal writer and mentor) will engage in a 10-session (one-hour […]

The Division of Research and Economic Development would like to invite you to participate in a research luncheon from noon to 1 p.m. Friday, Dec. 9, in the Memorial Union Medora Room. The session is titled “Building a Budget for Grants and Contracts.” David Schmidt, assistant vice president for Research and Economic Development, Grants and Contracts Administration […]

Faculty who are planning community-based research or student projects that need modest financial support may be eligible for funding from the Stone Soup Fund of the Center for Community Engagement. The Stone Soup Fund, initiated in 2009 by the Center’s Community Advisory Board, is supported by the Office of the Provost and various community sponsors. […]

The National Institutes of Health (NIH) will host a webinar from 1 to 2:30 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 30.  The webinar will cover what grantees need to know about the new financial conflict of interest regulations. Please click http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/notice-files/NOT-OD-12-012.html for more information. — Barry Milavetz, associate vice president for Research and Economic Development, 777-4280, barry.milavetz@email.und.edu.

Charlene Schramm, a program officer from the National Institute of Health (NIH), will visit UND Monday, Nov. 28. Schramm works at the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute. She will be presenting on NIH funding and applications. All faculty are invited to attend any of the following three session: 11 a.m., Northern Plains Center for […]

The National Science Foundation has issued the following program announcement which allow UND to submit only a limited number of submissions. Thus, if you are interested in submitting a proposal to NSF for the program, please let us know as soon as possible (barry.milavetz@email.und.edu or 777-4280). Major Research Instrumentation Program (MRI), Program Solicitation #11-503 Website: www.nsf.gov/od/oia/programs/mri The […]