08/14/12

Free Webinars

The Office of Research and Sponsored Programs is offering several free Webinars:

Monday, August 20, 2012

*2:10-3:00pm – NSF Science of Broadening Participation: This session will provide details and strategies for developing proposals using cognitive, social and economic approaches and strengthening U.S. STEM capabilities.

*3:15-4:10pm – NIH Support for Non-Research Intensive Institutions: Supporting small scale faculty projects involving undergraduate and graduate students.

*4:15-5:10pm – NEA: Research Grants and Interdisciplinary Work: This session will involve health and economics, and include an update on NEA-led Arts and Human Development Task Force.

Tuesday, August 21, 2012

*1:00-1:50pm – NSF Discovery Research K-12: This session will provide a program update and give details on framing competitive proposals to solve STEM education challenges.

*2:00-2:50pm – HRSA’s Grants Technical Outreach Program: Writing a strong proposal, understand the review process and overview of the new resource.

Wednesday, August 22, 2012

*10:00-11:00am – NSF Undergraduate Education Funding: Provide advice for members preparing proposals for any of the division’s three dozen competitions.

**Each webinar will take place in the ORSP conference room, 530 French Hall

08/14/12

Departmental Name Change

Effective August 1, 2012, the Office of Research is now called the Office of Research and Sponsored Programs.  We continue all of our functions, but the name has been changed to accurately reflect the full range of services we provide.

05/24/12

Tips for Successful Applications to External Funding Sources

When submitting grants, each proposal needs a Primary Research Administrator and a Primary Post-Award Contact, which are assigned roles for representatives of the Flint Office of Research. These roles are assigned in the Proposal Approval Form (PAF), immediately following the Administrative Personnel section. It is important to assign these roles to representatives in the Office of Research for Pre-Award and Post-Award Administration. This establishes a single point of contact on our campus, and enhances communication with the Office of Research and Sponsored Programs in Ann Arbor. The assigned representatives in the Flint Office of Research will keep the PI and Unit Administrator fully informed of all Pre-Award and Post-Award operations.

Keep in mind, the PI and Unit Administrator, as well the representatives from the Office of Research, should all be given ‘Edit’ access in the PAF. This allows for interactivity between the Office of Research and PI and Unit Administrator, and it allows for timely additions and corrections, decreasing the likelihood of last-minute proposal submission errors. Also, this facilitates all Pre-and-Post-Award Administration operations.

04/26/12

Winter RCAC winners

Congratulations to the following faculty who received awards from the Research and Creative Activity Committee:

*Amelia Biehl (Economics) – $8,446 for her project entitled Did the First-Time Homebuyer Tax Incentives Increase Housing Demand?

*Danielle De La Mare (Communications & Visual Arts) – $8,835 for her project entitled Interracial Communication Competence Among White Pre-Service Teachers

*Ami Pflugrad-Jackisch (History) – $11,103 for her project entitled Remembering Gender: Women, Politics, and Memory of the American Revolution in the Nineteenth Century

*Rajib Ganguly and Michele Stark (Computer Science, Engineering, and Physics) – $14,974 for their project entitled X-Raying Mass Outflows from Quasars

04/16/12

2nd annual Student Research Conference a Success

We’re happy to announce that the 2nd annual Student Research Conference was a huge success! In total, close to 100 undergraduate and graduate students (double the amount of the first year) came together for a day of oral and poster presentations. It was truly a celebration of the many contributions students make to research.

There were many hands involved in making today so special. First, thanks to Mary Deibis for all of her hard work.

Special thanks to the following individuals and departments for making today’s event possible:

Dr. Ruth Person
Dr. Gerard Voland
Dr. Vahid Lofti
Dr. Terry Van Allen and the Office of Research staff
Dr. Mary Jo Sekelsky
Associate Provost Chris Waters
Brad Maki and the Office of Graduate Programs staff
Maureen Thum and Laura Staudacher of the Honors Program
The Riverfront Event Center Staff
Epoch Catering
Marilyn Christensen and the Printing Services staff
Melissa Storch and the Mediated Classroom Service staff
Jan Worth and Sandy Alberto of the Thompson Center for Learning & Teaching
Jennifer Hogan and the University Relations staff

Additional thanks to today’s volunteers:

Erin Kingsley
Nina Chaney
Sue Montenegro
Endia Santee
Patty Tracy
Dr. Amy Gresock
Kathy Bloink
Tracy Wacker
Sandy Alberto
Dr. Heather Roebuck
Dr. Denise Dedman
Dr. Monique Wilhelm
Jameel Amoudi
Andrea Yinger
The many departments who loaned out easels

Finally, thanks to all the students and faculty for all of your hard work and efforts.

Join us again next year!

02/11/12

New Statistical Consultant

The Office of Research is pleased to announce that Mr. Dave Childers will be on the U of M Flint campus to provide statistics support to faculty, staff, and students working on research projects.  Dave is a part of the Center for Statistical Consultation and Research (CSCAR) team in Ann Arbor, and will be available for appointments on our campus the SECOND WEDNESDAY of each month.  To schedule an appointment to see Dave, please contact our office at 810.762.3383 or at [email protected]

12/8/11

Research and Creative Activity Recipients

Congratulations to the following faculty who received awards from the Research and Creative Activity Committee:

*Jie Song (Chemistry & Biochemistry) – $12,634 Theoretical Investigations of the Adsorption during the Gasification of the Biomass

*Jessica Kelts (Chemistry & Biochemistry) – $3,000 Effect of Vitamin D on Breast Cancer Cells

*Frank Miskevick (Biology) – $19,699 Molecular Analysis of Hydrocephalus using Zebrafish as a Model System

*Kevin Tang (Biology) – $19,709 Phylogeny of the Surfperch’s (family Embiotocidae)

*Stephanie Carpenter (English) – $2,345 Many and Wide Separations: Research toward a Novella about One of Margaret Fuller’s former students at the Green Street School, 1837

*Erica Britt (English) – $4,706 Vehicle City Voices: An Oral History and Linguistic Survey of Flint, MI

*Suleyman Luda (CSEP) – $7,800 Target Tracking in 3D Wireless Sensor Networks

*Dana Dyson (Political Science) – $19,733 Transformation of School Governance: the influence of School Leadership Characteristics on Organizational Change in Michigan School Districts

Congratulations to Jessica Kelts (Chemistry & Biochemistry) for receiving an additional $7000 from the Bryer Award.

11/28/11

Major Funding Announcement

The Office of Research is pleased to announce that the office has surpassed $5 million in grant awards for FY 2012, which is the highest level of sponsored funding in the history of UM-Flint. This is a remarkable achievement of success in the times of federal and state budget cuts. We wish to express our sincere appreciation to all faculty and staff who have been awarded sponsored grants and contracts for FY 2012. We wish to say “congratulations” to our wonderful faculty and staff. We wish to thank the university’s leadership and senior officials for their outstanding support of academic affairs, research, and sponsored programs.

10/10/11

Introduction to SPSS Workshop

Dear UM-Flint faculty, staff, and students:

The Office of Research invites you to sign up for the Introduction to SPSS workshop. Join us as Colin Lewis-Beck, Statistical Consultant, will lead a five-session workshop designed to introduce users to SPSS, a powerful software package used for statistical analysis. This workshop comes highly-recommended for anybody interested in learning how to input and analyze data through SPSS or to brush up on your previous knowledge of the program.

The workshop runs for five consecutive Thursdays: October 20th and 27th and November 3rd, 10th, and 17th. Each session is from 2:30 – 4:30 pm in the Office of Research Seminar Room (530 French Hall). Participation in all five sessions is strongly recommended.

Seating will be limited in this workshop, so sign up today. Please register by visiting: http://www.umflint.edu/research/workshop_schedule.htm