School of Information Research and Innovation Office
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[edit] Research and Innovation Office
THIS SITE IS NO LONGER BEING MAINTAINED (MARCH 2011).
Please visit our new website at researchoffice.si.umich.edu.
The Office of Research and Innovation (ORI) is led by Doug van Houweling, Associate Dean for Research and Innovation. Our goal is to create an environment where faculty research: flourishes; is engaged in cutting edge technology; and contributes to the mission of the School of Information (SI) by creating new knowledge and serving the local and global communities. This involves working with faculty in a broad spectrum of activities, from directing their ideas to appropriate funding sources to ensuring their work is published and results disseminated. ORI activities can be described as follows:
- Seek research funding
- Facilitate implementation of research projects
- Create appropriate infrastructure at SI for research
- Interact with the University of Michigan research world
- Track emerging opportunities, in industry, government and foundations
- Promote the sponsored activities of SI and manage relationships with partners in research and innovation of the School
ORI is led by Doug van Houweling who is the Associate Dean for Research and Innovation.
We have four staff associated with the Office and they are:
- Becky O'Brien - Assistant Director for Research Administration
- Erik Hofer - Project Director -VISIT and Research Investigator
- Jocelyn Webber - Research Administrative Assistant
- Karen Woollams - Student Affairs Program Manager-[STIET ], Open Data, and ICD REU Site
- Lai Tutt - Program Coordinator - [STIET ], Open Data, and ICD REU Site
[edit] Research Administration: Frequently Asked Questions
[edit] Current Funding Opportunities
This section has a list of current funding opportunities that we are aware of. If you would like us to post other opportunities that you've come across please contact us at siresearchwiki@umich.edu
[edit] Current Active Awards at the School of Information
For a list of all current active awards at the School of Information please go to the Research section at SIs Website. If you follow the link to the Current Active Awards at SI section of this wiki it will bring you to additional awards associated with the School of Information.
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[edit] Important News, Notices and Events
[edit] News
[edit] News Archive
[edit] Health Research Funding
- Posted 2/15/2011
Do you have a promising biomedical research proposal that made its way through peer review but did not receive funding? Here is a new pathway for you that may lead to potential funding and help you bring your project to fruition.
Health Research Funding is designed to bring researchers with peer-reviewed, worthwhile, unfunded projects together with patient advocacy organizations and other funding sources. Working together, we hope to foster the funding of new research that will provide hope to millions of people in this country with chronic diseases and disabilities.
- We invite researchers with promising projects that have been scored but not funded by the NIH to submit their abstracts.
- Researchers with proposals that have been peer-reviewed but not funded by a NHC member patient advocacy organization may also register.
[edit] NEH Funding Workshop - March 28, 2011 at UMD
On March 28, 2011, the University of Detroit Mercy (UDM) will host Elizabeth Arndt, senior program officer in the Division of Research Programs of the National Endowment for the Humanities, for a morning, half-day workshop on NEH funding opportunities. Ms. Arndt will also be available during the afternoon for one-on-one meetings to discuss individual projects.
See the UMD Website for full details.
[edit] NSF News: Science, Engineering and Education for Sustainability (SEES) NSF-Wide Investment - Released 2/4/11
This letter is to call your attention to an upcoming opportunity that is anticipated to span the FY2011-FY2012 fiscal years. The Partnerships for International Research and Education (PIRE) Program, a National Science Foundation program since 2005, will focus its next competition exclusively on the NSF-wide investment area of Science, Engineering, and Education for Sustainability (SEES). Through SEES, NSF seeks to enable the discoveries needed to inform actions that lead to environmental, energy and societal sustainability while creating the necessary workforce to address these challenges.
The PIRE program will ask that proposals address sustainability research by making interdisciplinary linkages across natural, social and/or built environments. More information about NSF's SEES investment area can be found on the SEES webpage. Of particular interest is the recent SEES Dear Colleague letter NSF 11-022 Dear Colleague Letter for the Science, Engineering and Education for Sustainability (SEES) NSF-Wide Investment Area.
[edit] NSF Science, Engineering and Education for Sustainability Investment - Released 1/4/2011
NSF 11-022
Achieving a sustainable human future in the face of both gradual and abrupt environmental change is one of the most significant challenges facing humanity. NSF will contribute to addressing this challenge by supporting the science and engineering research needed to understand and overcome the barriers to sustainable human well-being. In response to this global challenge, all eleven NSF Directorates and Offices have joined together to support Science, Engineering, and Education for Sustainability (SEES). The purpose of this DCL is to explain the scope of the SEES investment area, alert the community to activities that are being planned for the near term, and point to sources of additional information about future SEES plans. continue reading
Note: The SEES Portfolio will support research and education projects that span all eleven NSF Directorates and Offices.
[edit] NSF Stimulating Research Related to the Science of Broadening Participation - Released 12/30/2010
The Division of Behavioral and Cognitive Sciences (BCS) and the Division of Social and Economic Sciences (SES) within the Social, Behavioral and Economic Sciences Directorate (SBE) wish to bring to your attention our goal of stimulating research related to the Science of Broadening Participation (SBP). A Science of Broadening Participation will employ the cognitive, behavioral, social and economic sciences to inform approaches to broadening participation and will strengthen our national science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) capabilities and competitive advantage. Ultimately, the SBP can provide policy makers with the evidence needed for informed decisions. continue reading NSF 11-023
[edit] President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology Report - Released Dec 2010
The President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST) just released its report on networking and information technology research and development (NITRD) programs. The report entitled, “Designing a Digital Future: Federally Funded Research and Development in Networking and Information Technology,” is a blueprint for significant investment increase and long-term strategic planning in this field of research. The acronym NITRD may be a bit misleading. This document is potentially relevant to most of us who are involved in research and education in computer science, information science, or computer engineering.
David Shaw and Ed Lazowska co-chaired the working group that developed the report, and a number of academics from across the country including Sue Graham contributed to its contents. The PCAST Report
[edit] NSF Significant Changes to the Grant Proposal Guide Effective January 18, 2011
- Effective for proposals submitted on or after January 18, 2011.
Cover Sheet, has been revised for consistency with the requirements of the Federal Funding & Accountability Act, to replace the Performing/Research Organization information with Project/Performance Site Primary Location information. This change already has been made on a government-wide basis in the SF 424 family of forms. If the project will be performed at a location other than the awardee, additional geographic information must be provided
Special Information and Supplementary Documentation, contains a clarification of NSF’s long standing data policy. All proposals must describe plans for data management and sharing of the products of research, or assert the absence of the need for such plans. Fastlane will not permit submission of a proposal that is missing a Data Management Plan. Cross-references are included in the Project Description section (II.C.2.d), the Results from Prior NSF Support (II.C.2.d(iii)), Proposals for Conferences, Symposia and Workshops (II.D.8), and the Proposal Preparation Checklist (Exhibit II-1). The Data Management Plan will be reviewed as part of the intellectual merit or broader impacts of the proposal or both.
Cost Sharing, has been revised to implement the National Science Board’s recommendations regarding cost sharing. Inclusion of voluntary committed cost sharing is prohibited, Awardees are informed, however, that they remain subject to the OMB A-21 Clarification memo regarding committing and tracking faculty effort (see footnote 22). In order to assess the scope of the project, all organizational resources necessary for the project must be described in the Facilities, Equipment and Other Resources section (II.C.2.i). The description should be narrative in nature and must not include any quantifiable financial information. ---Mandatory cost sharing will only be required when explicitly authorized by the NSF Director.
Project Summary, has been updated to encourage use of separate headings for the merit review criteria in the one page Project Summary.“proposers are encouraged to include separate headings within the one page document for both “Intellectual Merit” and “Broader Impacts”.
Special Information and Supplementary Documentation, has been clarified via a footnote to show that a mentoring plan is not required for postdoctoral researchers who are listed as Senior Personnel on the NSF Budget.
Collaborative Proposals, has been supplemented to reinforce that all components of a collaborative proposal must meet any established deadline or risk being returned without review. Proposal File Updates, has been revised to explain that the Proposal File Update Module can no longer be used to submit revised budgets. They must now be submitted via the FastLane Revised Proposal Budget Module.
[edit] National Science Board Call for Nominations - Deadline for Nominations: November 3, 2010 (Posted 9/30/10)
2011 VANNEVAR BUSH AWARD - Honoring Exceptional Service to the Nation in Science and Technology
The Vannevar Bush Award is awarded annually to truly exceptional lifelong leaders in science and technology who have made substantial contributions to the welfare of the Nation through public service activities in science, technology, and public policy. Recent recipients include: Bruce Alberts, Editor-in-Chief, Science Magazine; Mildred Dresselhaus, Institute Professor, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; and Norman Augustine, former Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board, Lockheed Martin Corporation.
To nominate, visit www.nsf.gov/nsb/awards/bush.jsp.
2011 NATIONAL SCIENCE BOARD PUBLIC SERVICE AWARD- Honoring Service in Public Understanding of Science and Engineering
The National Science Board (NSB) Public Service Award honors individuals who and groups that have made substantial contributions to increasing public understanding of science and engineering in the United States. These contributions may be in a wide variety of areas that have the potential of contributing to public understanding of and appreciation for science and engineering - including mass media, education and/or training programs, entertainment, etc. Recipients of the NSB Public Service Award include NUMB3RS, the CBS television drama series; Ira Flatow, Host and Executive Producer of NPR's "Science Friday"; Alfred P. Sloan Foundation; Bill Nye The Science Guy; and NOVA, the PBS television series.
To nominate, visit http://www.nsf.gov/nsb/awards/public.jsp.
Please contact Jennifer Richards at jlrichar@nsf.gov with any questions.
About the National Science Board:
The National Science Board is the 25-member policymaking body for the National Science Foundation (NSF) and advisory body to the President and Congress on science and engineering issues.
[edit] DRDA Data Sharing Resource Center (Posted 7/12/10)
Dear Colleagues
Over the last few years NIH and other research sponsors have developed guidelines encouraging investigators to share data resulting from their research with other researchers. NSF has announced plans to join these sponsors beginning this fall.
Data, though not uniformly defined, generally refers to the tangible results of research, including specimens and models. DRDA will assist investigators with sharing data through the establishment the Division of Research Development & Administration’s (DRDA) Data Sharing Resource Center. The Center will support University investigators and research administrators with questions about data sharing generally and provide guidance in drafting data sharing plans for proposals, data use agreements, and data management plans particularly for data consortia in which UM is a member or coordinating center. Services will include:
- Assisting faculty, units and UM administrators with review and development of data sharing plans in proposals, projects
- Assisting faculty, units and UM administrators with review and development of data sharing agreements, predominantly for outgoing data.
- Monitoring current trends in technology usage, e.g., uses of cloud computing for research data.
- Monitoring federal and state regulatory and policy changes affecting research data sharing.
- Reviewing and advising about data sharing considerations in IRB applications.
- Assisting with cross-unit data sharing policies, procedures and agreements.
- Educating about and promoting best practices for data sharing.
As the Center develops, a web site (http://www.drda.umich.edu/datasharing/) will contain a repository of model documents, template agreements, and best practices and monitor and provide updates on regulatory and policy updates that impact data stewardship and dissemination. DRDA will coordinate its efforts with the UMHS Compliance office, Information and Technology Services, and the Office of Technology (who will continue to assist investigators with the transfer of non-human specimens, data and animals, and data that is being licensed in exchange for royalties.)
Regards, Elaine
Elaine L. Brock, M.H.S.A., J.D. Senior Associate Director Research Administration ebrock@umich.edu
[edit] Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program 2010-2011
Would you like help getting a new project started or expediting a project currently in progress? Do you have a project you put on hold because you needed a research assistant to do some background research? Would you like to introduce and recruit new students to your field?
We would like to invite you to join the Undergraduate Research Opportunity Program (UROP) as a research partner for bright and enthusiastic undergraduate students. We are now recruiting research partners for the 2009-2010 academic years. Research sponsors can be faculty, research scientists and postdoctoral scholars. To date, we have received over 1400 applications from students interested in working on a research project. If you are interested in involving a student in your research project, scholarship, or creative activities, we encourage you to read more about the program and complete our on-line one page application which can be found at:
http://www.lsa.umich.edu/urop/sponsors/newsponsor/listing
Our application asks you to provide a brief description of the overall project, (goals and objectives and methodology), what tasks you want the student to do, minimum qualifications, number of hours per week, and contact information for setting up interviews in the fall.
[edit] Upcoming Events
[edit] Just for PhD Students
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[edit] Links of Interest
- Computing Community Consortium www.cra.org/ccc
One of the main activities is to sponsor workshops on cutting edge topics in computing and information that can help develop research questions and inform CISE about areas in need of funding. The summit on Cyber-Physical Systems is one example, but they're open to a broad range of ideas.
