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Reminder about Federal grant purchases near the end of an award

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The Division of Research & Economic Development would like to remind faculty and staff who have been awarded a Federal grant to support their creative activities, that by Federal law and policy, the funds awarded must be spent, and the items which have been purchased used, before the end date of the award. Once an […]

Research & Economic Development provides update on government shutdown impact

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We would like to inform you there have been no official updates regarding the Government Shutdown since our previous email of December 26, 2018. The Division of Research & Economic Development is continuing to closely monitor the Government Shutdown and the potential impacts on our students, faculty and staff and research programs. We have updated our […]

Nominations due Jan. 11 for Founders Day Interdisciplinary Collaboration in Research or Creative Work Award

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Nominations are invited for The UND Award for Interdisciplinary Collaboration in Research or Creative Work.  This award will recognize outstanding interdisciplinary, collaborative work in the past three years by two or more UND faculty investigators.  There are no limitations on disciplines that may be recognized.  Scholarly creative work can be demonstrated in many forms:  peer-reviewed […]

Nominations due Jan. 11 for Founders Day Departmental Research Award

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Nominations are invited for The UND Award for Departmental Excellence in Research recognizing research, scholarly, and creative productivity.  The winning department will receive a monetary award at the Founders Day Banquet on Thursday, February 28, 2019.  Nominations should include information that will allow the selection committee to judge the quantity and quality of the research, […]

Nominations due Jan. 11 for Founders Day Faculty Research Award

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Nominations are invited for The UND Foundation/McDermott Achievement Award for Excellence in Research.  The recipient will receive a monetary award at the Founders Day Banquet on Thursday, February 28, 2019.  Tenured faculty who have been at UND for at least five years are eligible to receive this award. The following information should be provided: A […]

New NSF account management system is in place

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The National Science Foundation (NSF) is making major changes to the way the research community registers for NSF accounts and maintains account and user profile information in FastLane and Research.gov. Effective March 26, NSF is introducing a new centralized and streamlined account registration process in Research.gov for the research community that will provide each new […]

ND NASA EPSCoR research and travel proposals due Aug. 10

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The North Dakota NASA Established Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (EPSCoR) is soliciting both research proposals and travel proposals from faculty at UND and NDSU to conduct NASA relevant research in one or more RFAs that are designed to promote and expand particular NASA research sub disciplines in North Dakota. Travel awards will be made […]

Pre-proposals due Aug. 10 for STEM faculty

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The North Dakota NASA Established Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (EPSCoR) is soliciting pre-proposals from North Dakota faculty in STEM fields to fulfill the following solicitation. Eligible proposers include faculty members at a ND NASA EPSCoR affiliate institution. The NASA EPSCoR (Established Program to Simulate Competitive Research) FY18 Cooperative Agreement Notice (CAN) R3 Solicitation limits […]

Research North Dakota proposal deadline is May 18; please use updated application form

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The Division of Research & Economic Development is pleased to announce to research faculty that the North Dakota Department of Commerce Research North Dakota (RND) program has funding remaining (approximately $900K) and is again accepting applications for regular Research ND projects ($300K ceiling) and Phase II Venture Grants ($100K ceiling).  Due to the limited funds […]

June 18: Grant writing workshop

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On Monday, June 18, the Great Plains IDeA Clinical and Translational Research Network will offer area researchers a Grant Writing Workshop. The workshop will be held in the School of Medicine & Health Sciences room W202 from 8 a.m. to 12:20 p.m. and will cover writing for publication, writing grant applications, and speaking for success. The workshop will be facilitated by […]

April 2: Public Health Service financial conflict of interest education

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Public Health Service (PHS) has revised its policy for requiring all PHS grantees or those considering submitting to PHS complete a mandatory education class. According to the policy, all grantees must be trained in Conflict of Interest every four years. The Division of Research & Economic Development will conduct sessions on the following dates: Tuesday, […]

Applications for specialty crop grants due March 15

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Agriculture Commissioner Doug Goehring has announced that applications are now being accepted for 2018 Specialty Crop Grants.“Projects that solely enhance the competitiveness of specialty crops in North Dakota are eligible for these grants,” Goehring said. “We encourage organizations, institutions and individuals to submit proposals on their own or in partnerships.” North Dakota has not yet […]

NSF seeks entries for the Vizzies Challenge

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The National Science Foundation’s Vizzies Challenge, now in its 16th year, invites researchers and members of the general public to submit their best science or engineering visualization. In partnership with PopSci.com, this year’s Vizzies closes on April 15, and we need your help to get the word out about the Challenge. Entries may be submitted […]

National Science Foundation will make changes to FastLane and research.gov

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Effective January 29, 2018, NSF will implement changes in FastLane and Research.gov to support the following policy updates in the Proposal & Award Policies & Procedures Guide (PAPPG) (NSF 18-1) and to run updated Budget Justification page limit automated compliance checks in FastLane: Standard Collaborators and Other Affiliations Template Implementation: The revised PAPPG (NSF 18-1) […]

Applications due Feb. 15 for host-pathogen interaction research proposals

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In anticipation of the third year funding, the Center for Host-Pathogen Interactions at the University of North Dakota School of Medicine and Health Sciences invites applications for pilot studies to support research that fits well within the scientific theme of this NIH funded Center For Biomedical Research Excellence (COBRE) (http://med.und.edu/orgs/host-pathogen-interactions/). This competition is open to […]