UCR Research and Economic Development
Newsletter: March 21, 2015
Michael Pazzani
Vice Chancellor for Research and Economic Development
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How to Write a
Winning NSF CAREER Proposal – March 24th at 11:00am
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Material Transfer
Agreement (MTA)
“Election as a Fellow of AAAS
is an honor bestowed upon members by their peers. Fellows are recognized for
meritorious efforts to advance science or its applications.”
Applications for American Association for the Advancement of Science Fellows are due April 22, 2015. UCR has at more 60 fellows. If you are a fellow, consider nominating a colleague. Some additional details are below:
Requirements for Sponsors:
Requirement for Nominees:
Details at http://www.aaas.org/current-nomination-cycle
As
part of its strengthening program, USDA has an equipment grant program.
It can be used to purchase growth chambers for new faculty or to
replace aging growth chambers. UCR received one such award last year
(Congratulations to Linda Walling), but I understand that additional growth
chambers are desired.
•Equipment
Grants: 50% of cost or $50,000 (whichever is less) for one piece of equipment
($10,000-250,000). Requires Non-federal matching
My office
will provide 100% of the match for growth chambers. For other equipment, we’ll
match others sources such as start-up funds, or funds from your college,
department, or ag board.
LETTER OF INTENT DEADLINE:
April 02, 2015
APPLICATION DEADLINE: June 04, 2015:
USDA requires a letter of eligibility for strengthening. Below is one example.
Statement of UC Riverside eligibility for USDA FASE Foundational, Strengthening grants
UCR submits this application based on eligibility, briefly being among “minority-serving degree-granting institutions that previously had limited institutional success for receiving Federal funds.” p. 39 of NIFA AFRI FY 2014 Foundational Program RFA for Strengthening Grant Eligibility (http://www.nifa.usda.gov/funding/rfas/afri.html).
Specifically, UCR
1) is a degree-granting “minority-serving institution” defined per Part VIII H. an institution whose enrollment of a “combination of minorities exceeds fifty percent of the total enrollment,” with “minority” defined as “Alaskan Native, American Indian, Asian-American, African-American, Hispanic-American, Native Hawaiian, or Pacific Islander,” Part VIII H. p. 69. Combined total minority enrollment is 6.6% African American, 35.7 Asian American, 31.5% Chicano and Latino, and .5% Native American or 74.3 total. http://www.ucr.edu/about/facts.html
and
2) has “limited institutional success” per Part VIII H. as “not among the most successful universities and colleges for receiving Federal funds for science and engineering research.” UCR is not on the list of successful institutions provided in the RFA, Table 1, p. 71.
UCR has
set an internal deadline for the limited submission process of March 26 for
applicants to this HSI program. Realistically, we expect fewer applicants
than allowed, so if you are interested in applying, simply send email to Randy
Black Randall.Black@ucr.edu
Hispanic-Serving
Institutions Education Grants Program (HSI)
http://www.nifa.usda.gov/funding-opportunity/hispanic-serving-institutions-education-grants-program-hsi
USDA has released USDA-NIFA-HSI-004977,
Hispanic-Serving Institutions (HSI) Education Grants. The program supports the
following education/capacity building activities:
(a) Curricula Design, Materials Development,
and Library Resources (including development of courses of study and degree
programs).
(b) Faculty Preparation and Enhancement for
Teaching.
(c) Instruction Delivery Systems.
(d) Scientific Instrumentation for Teaching.
(e) Student Experiential Learning.
(f) Student Recruitment and Retention.
These activities should be relevant to the
following disciplinary areas only:
1. Plant Health and Production and Plant
Products – Plant systems
2. Animal Health and Production and Animal
Products - Animal systems
3. Food Safety, Nutrition, and Health -
Nutrition, food safety and quality, and health
4. Renewable Energy, Natural Resources, and
Environment – Natural resources and environment
5. Agriculture Systems and Technology -
Engineering products and processes
6. Agriculture Economics and Rural Communities –
Markets, trade and policy
LIMITED SUBMISSION: For the FY 2015 program, an
applicant may not submit as a lead institution more than four Strengthening
applications, two Standard applications, and two Collaboration application.
Only two awards will be made to an institution as a lead. Only one Standard and
Collaboration application will be funded per institution.
The classes of proposals are:
a. Strengthening Projects will be fully funded
for durations of 48 months. Proposals due April 16.
b. Standard Projects will be funded for 12
months and up to $250,000 per year with the opportunity for renewal for three
additional years at a similar level, for a maximum of four years or $1,000,000,
based on the availability of funds for this purpose and the projects’ previous performance.
Proposals due April 21.
c. Collaboration Projects will be funded for 12
months and up to $500,000 per year, including indirect costs, with the
opportunity for renewal for three additional years at a similar level, for a
total of four years and $2,000,000, based on availability of funds and previous
performance. Proposals due April 23.
UCR IS EXEMPT FROM COST SHARING ON
THESE PROGRAMS
USDA’s
Specialty Crop Initiative: http://nifa.usda.gov/funding-opportunity/specialty-crop-research-initiative-scri
Funds
research on Citrus (but not citrus greening), Avocadoes, etc. Complete,
pre-applications must be received by 5:00 pm Eastern Time on March 30,
2015. NOTE: UCR IS NOT REQUIRED TO MATCH USDA FUNDS for this program.
AFRI
also has Seed Grants ($150,000/2 years):
–Collect
preliminary data for future AFRI funding
–Single
function research, education or extension
LETTER OF INTENT DEADLINE:
April 02, 2015
APPLICATION DEADLINE: June 04, 2015:
Webinar: How to Write a Winning NSF CAREER Proposal
Date: March 24, 2015
Time: 11:00 am – 1:00 pm PDT
Location: Orbach Science Library, Rm. 240
Webinar for faculty on how to
write a successful proposal to NSF’s Faculty Early Career Development Program (CAREER).
Lunch
will be served. Please RSVP to VCREDadmin@ucr.edu
A
package will be also provided to participants that includes annotated excerpts
from successful proposals and helpful resources. Here’s one such
slide with the success rate of CAREER proposals. (The peak in 2009 was due to
recovery act funding).
Material Transfer Agreements (MTA)
The UCR
MTA On-Line Material Transfer System is now available to all researchers in the
UCR campus community. In order to enhance campus research and increase
research collaboration with industry, non-profit, and other academic
institutions, UCR encourages the transfer of materials to and from our campus.
Examples of the type of material requested for transfer include, but are not
limited to, biological (from DNA to live animals), non-biological, chemical
compounds, data contained in databases, and software codes.
Should
you desire to obtain materials for use in your research or desire to provide
your materials to a colleague at another institution, please utilize the MTA
On-Line Material Transfer System. This new electronic
application can be accessed by clicking 'Material Transfer Request System' via
the PAMIS (Proposal and Award Management Information System) Portal from the
Authorized Applications section in R'Space. For
additional information regarding the on-line system, please visit http://cnc.ucr.edu/mta/announcements.html.
Note:
The paper MTA Request Form (pdf) will be completely phased out as of July 1,
2015 and, therefore, your comments as to any improvement to the on-line system
are encouraged at this time. Comments should be directed to mta@ucr.edu.
Blue-Gray Tanager
Here’s a photo I took in Belize of
a blue-gray tanager eating a papaya. I almost talked my wife into
planting a papaya tree for the birds, but Norm Ellstrand
suggested I just hang up a papaya.
(click to
enlarge)
Michael Pazzani
Vice Chancellor for Research and
Economic Development
Professor, Computer Science &
Engineering
University of California,
Riverside
200 University Office Building
Riverside, CA 92521
Assistant: Linda Bejenaru
Email: VCREDadmin@ucr.edu
Michael Pazzani
Vice Chancellor for Research and Economic Development
Professor, Computer Science & Engineering
University of California, Riverside
200 University Office Building
Riverside, CA 92521
Assistant: Linda Bejenaru
951-827-4800