ONR Future Force Science and Technology Expo Workshop
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2015 Microbiology Symposium
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Feb. 13
RDI2 Distinguished Speaker: Ed Lazowska, University of Washington
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A list of key contacts, including staff in ORED and in other units, is posted here. Send suggestions to
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You Can Contribute Content, Addresses
We invite you to submit news or events that are related to research for this newsletter, which is sent to all faculty and our list of >500 research staff. Please send email addresses of any Rutgers staff who should receive our newsletter to
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Your Participation is Requested
Faculty and research staff across Rutgers received an email recently from Michael Gower, senior VP for finance, and Christopher Molloy, senior VP for research and economic development, about an internal survey. "As we review the Rutgers research administration organizations, business processes and systems, we recognize the importance of learning from Rutgers faculty and staff about your firsthand experience and views on these topics," Molloy and Gower wrote. To that end, with support from Huron Consulting, Rutgers is conducting a survey to gather feedback about current research administration operations. The deadline for the survey, which takes 12-15 minutes, is January 31. All responses will remain confidential. Read more here.
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Progress Report on RAPSS
Phase one of the new Research Administration and Proposal Submission System (RAPSS) currently is being implemented and user testing is underway. Training sessions are being scheduled for later this month in New Brunswick, Newark and Camden. Based on the Huron Consulting's Click Portal Solution, RAPSS will be rolled out in phases beginning this spring. A team from the Office of Research and Sponsored Programs and the Office of Information Technology is working hard to ensure that RAPSS will be up and running as planned to bring its functionality to all of Rutgers (more here). Questions: contact your grant specialist, Christopher Stastny or Steve Schipper.
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New Site for Posting Your Scholarly Work
Scholarly Open Access at Rutgers (SOAR) is a new online service for faculty, doctoral students and post-docs that has been developed in support of the Rutgers Open Access Policy, which becomes effective September 1. SOAR allows users to post their scholarly work on a university-run site that is crawled by Google and other search engines, making the documents freely accessible to researchers and other readers worldwide. The SOAR website has an extensive FAQ section, custom search function and easy-to-use system for Rutgers researchers to deposit their journal articles and other scholarly works. Read more here.
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Inside the Beltway: Some Positive News
Rutgers' Office of Federal Relations reports some positive news about research funding contained in the spending deal approved by the U.S. Senate last month. The National Institutes of Health will receive a $150 million increase over FY2014 to $30.08 billion. The National Science Foundation will get $172 million more, or $7.3 billion. The Department of Defense basic research program is being increased by 5.2%, contrary to a reduction proposed by the White House.
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New Human Subjects Training Requirement
To standardize human subjects research education, as well as to facilitate collaborative relationships with other major research institutions, effective July 1 all Rutgers faculty, students and others involved in human subjects research will be required to complete the Collaborative IRB Training Initiative (CITI) program. Read more here.
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RDI2 February 25 Open House
RDI2 will hold an Open House February 25 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. in the Fiber Optics Auditorium. The goal is to introduce the Rutgers community to RDI2, its resources, expertise and research programs. You can find the agenda and register here.
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Scarlet Startups Meeting January 22
Croix Sather, "The Marathon Man," is a well-known author and inspirational speaker in personal and business consulting and the psychology of success. He has written four books, hosted a radio show and has been featured in hundreds of TV, radio and newspaper stories. Sather will share his experiences at the January 22 meeting of a new Rutgers group, Scarlet Startups. Read more here.
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Honors & Accomplishments
Deborah Perez Fernandez and Shan Wan, licensing managers in Rutgers' Office of Technology Commercialization, and Rick Smith, the office's director of physical sciences and engineering licensing, recently passed the Certified Licensing Professionals (CLP) exam. Read more here.
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