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Engineering Research Administration Winter Newsletter
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Issue No. III - December-
January-Winter
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Pictured Above: The OERA Pre-Award and Post Award Team.
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OERA Open House!
You are invited to the Office of Research Administration Open House.
When: Wednesday, January 23, 2019 from 11:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. EST
Where: Kunkle Lounge, Hammond Building
Light lunch and refreshments will be provided!
The following offices will also be there to answer any questions you may have regarding your research:
- Office of Sponsored Programs
- Office of Technology Management
- Office of Research Protections
- Strategic Interdisciplinary Research Office
- Industry, Innovation, and Development
- Industry Consortia & Technology Transfer
- Penn State Libraries
Don't miss out on this great opportunity!
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DE-FOA-0002019
Early Career Research Program
Preapplications are mandatory and are due on Wednesday, February 6, 2019. Full proposals will be due on Monday, April 29, 2019. Only those applicants that receive notification from DOE encouraging a formal proposal may submit full proposals.
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National Energy Technology Laboratory
UCFER-RFP044-2018
University Coalition for Fossil Energy Research
Proposals are being solicited from the UCFER members in the following research areas:
* Carbon Storage
* Coal Beneficiation
* Crosscutting Research
* Fuel Cell Technology/Natural Gas Conversion to Hydrogen and Solid Carbon Products
Submission Deadline:
February 6, 2019 at 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time
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Additional Funding Opportunities:
As Penn State faculty, Funding Institutional is available to you to help find active, accurate funding opportunities in a timely manner. Funding Institutional draws from nearly 3,000 government and private funding organizations and can offer insight into research that has been previously funded in your areas of interest.
For foundation and industry opportunities, always check
https://psu.infoready4.com first to see if it is a limited submission. Limited submissions are not just foundation and industry, they are government also.
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Government shutdown: How does it impact you?
Three of Penn State's largest sponsors - NSF, NASA, and USDA - are impacted by the shutdown. Other sponsors impacted by the shutdown include Commerce, Homeland Security, Housing and Urban Development, Interior (including the National Park Service), Justice, State (including USAID), Transportation, and Treasury. Agencies not impacted by the shutdown include Defense, Education, Energy, most of DHHS (including NIH), and Labor.
Proposal Submissions: NSF Fastlane, Research.gov and Grants.gov remain operational, but some are without helpdesk or technical support. Most proposal deadlines remain in effect. However, NSF and other closed agencies will not review submitted proposals.
New Awards: We should not expect to receive any new awards, funding increments, modifications, or other approvals from agencies affected by the shutdown.
Active Awards: Payments will not be made by affected agencies during the shutdown. Investigators with active NSF awards, or active awards from other agencies affected by the partial shutdown, should continue to operate projects but be aware that non-vital expenditure should be held. If you receive any notices of termination, suspension, or "stop work" orders, please forward them to osp@psu.edu immediately.
Penn State must continue to comply with all federal terms and conditions, including reporting requirements, regardless of the duration of the shutdown.
OMB has aggregated FAQs and shutdown plans for all the agencies affected by the recent shutdown.
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NSF 2019 CAREER Proposal Writing Workshop:
The application process for the 2019 CAREER Proposal Writing Workshop is now open. Applications are due on January 21, and the workshop will be held April 1-2 in (the Amazon-famous) Crystal City, Virginia. The workshop is limited to 300 participants and is now open to all ENG divisions, so it is important for interested PIs to meet the deadline to register as early as possible.
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Federal Appropriations News:
The Department of Defense and Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education Appropriations Act, 2019 (
Public Law 115-245
), signed into law on September 28, 2018. With the passage of the Act, NIH received a 5.6 percent increase over the FY 2018 final funding level, for a total of $39.3 billion in program level funding, including $711,000,000 authorized under the 21st Century Cures Act and specific increases for Alzheimer's disease, the All of Us Research Program, and the BRAIN Initiative.
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Sponsor Guidelines Update
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National Science Foundation - NSF issued the new Proposal and Award Policies and Procedures Guide (PAPPG) 19-1 that will is effective January 28, 2019. The significant changes and clarifications to the PAPPG 19-1 are highlighted below for your reference.
Click Here to Download the PDF -> NSF Updates Summary
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| NIH & AHRQ Announce Upcoming Updates to Application Instructions and Review Criteria for Research Grant Applications - The purpose of this Notice is to inform the biomedical and health services research communities of planned updates to application instructions and review criteria language for research grant applications submitted for due dates on or after January 25, 2019, and for research and development contract proposals submitted in response to solicitations posted on or after January 25, 2019.
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Upcoming Events
Wednesday, January 23, 2019 from 11:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. EST
Meet the Research Administration Team! Representatives from several different University offices will be available to answer your questions regarding research administration.
Kunkle Lounge, Hammond Building
Upcoming Training Sessions for Faculty
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Date/Time
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Location
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Presenter
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Notes
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The Revised Common Rule: What Human Subjects Researchers Need to Know
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COE Faculty
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125 Reber
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Jodi Mathieu, Senior IRB Program Leader, The Office for Research Protections
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Common Rule
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SIMS Budget Training
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COE Faculty/Staff
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*3/14/19 10:00 a.m. - noon |
315 Hammond
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Jessica Hoyt
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Focus on generating a SIMS Budget
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*Click on the Date/Time to sign up for the training session.
Common Rule Course Description:
Wondering what the Revised Common Rule means for your IRB submission? Curious about the new exempt categories? This overview will look at how the Revised Common Rule impacts researchers, including changes to consent and continuing review changes. We'll leave plenty of time for questions and answers.
SIMS Budget Training Description: With SIMS Budget, faculty and staff will have the option to build a draft budget for estimation of project costs. Please note draft budgets should be submitted to OERA for review and approval.
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About OERA Training Opportunities
OERA offers quarterly SIMS budget trainings and upcoming funding opportunity trainings. Our next newsletter will provide exact dates. If you have any questions please let us know, we will gladly consider offering more trainings based on your needs. Please email jxa266@psu.edu with suggestions.
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The Office of the Director of Industry, Innovation and Development
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industryXchange:
S
AVE THE DATE for industryXchange 2019 - May 30 at The Nittany Lion Inn.
Building on the success from previous industryXchange events, and positive feedback received from industry partners and friends, we are excited to announce that industryXchange 2019 will focus on Sensors. More details to follow.
To make industryXchange even better, please provide below
feedback to Priya Baboo,
pzb104@psu.edu, by
Friday, January 25.
a. List any research projects that resulted from industryXchange 2017:
a. Project name:
b. Company working with:
c. $ Amount:
b. Should you be interested in follow up conversations with any company that attended industryXchange 2018, please provide information on:
a. Topic of initial conversation:
b. Next steps agreed upon:
c. Name of the company representative with whom you had the discussion:
c. List any research projects that resulted from industryXchange 2018:
a. Project name:
b. Company working with:
c. $ Amount:
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Engineering Connect Industry Newsletter:
Engineering Connect, with distribution to 70,000+ College of Engineering alumni in the industry, is scheduled for publication in February. If you are interested in creating awareness for your research and/or highlighting successful industry partnerships, please provide a description of your research/partnership, company and a list of other faculty involved, and send to Priya Baboo,
pzb104@psu.edu, by
Friday, February 1.
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Jing Nie - Coordinator
(Pre-Award)
Jing Nie is a member of our pre-award team. She joined our office in March 2017. Jing has a master's degree in political science, and an associates degree in accounting. Prior to starting her position, Jing was a newspaper editor, freelance writer and Chinese instructor. Jing enjoys living in a college town and assisting PIs to submit proposals. She views our role as a combination of "editor, instructor, gatekeeper, and customer service representative." Jing enjoys reading novels, singing and dancing in her spare time.
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Betsy Grgurich, Proposal and Award Generalist (Post Award)
Betsy joined CoE's Office of Research Administration in January 2016 as a subcontract coordinator. She previously worked in the Strategic Interdisciplinary Research Office (SIRO) and the Penn State Institutes of Energy and the Environment (PSIEE). Betsy is a Penn State alumna and lives with her husband, Gary, in State College. When she is not at work, you will find her on the tennis courts, knitting or visiting her two grown children.
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Pictured above: Curtis Rhymer is ready to work on your next proposal request!
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OERA Services
If you have further questions about preparing your proposal or have any problems with the new system, please contact us at
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Just a friendly reminder to please follow the below timelines:
- You should allow 10 business days to process a proposal.
- Add an additional five (5) business days if your proposal contains subcontracts, cost-share or ARL
- We need to have your budget in final form five (5) business days (Monday-Friday, excluding weekends and holidays) prior to the deadline.
- All other remaining files need to be received in final form three (3) business days prior to the deadline.
The above timeline is for your reference. During major and heavy deadline periods, additional processing time will be required. These internal deadlines will be clearly communicated to you by the assigned coordinator.
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MyResearch Portal
Don't forget to utilize MyResearch Portal! It provides Principal Investigators with real-time, web-based access to administrative data associated with their sponsored research.
SIMS Budgets
If you would like to create your own SIMS budget draft please click here.
Please email
OERAproposals@psu.edu if you would like to request a quick reference guide to create a SIMS budget yourself.
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