Statistics Colloquium

"Bioinformatics funding at the National Science Foundation: the Advances in Biological Informatics program"

by Jennifer Weller

NSF program officer, BIO Directorate, Division of Biological Infrastructure

1:10 - 2:00 pm, Genomics Auditorium

Thursday January 18, 2018

Abstract

The Division of Biological Infrastructure in the BIO Directorate at NSF funds innovative research and provisioning of infrastructure for the biological sciences. This includes the acquisition and development of new sensors and instrumentation, creation and digitization of collections, human infrastructure development in the form of training fellowships for undergraduates, graduates, post-docs and early career scientists, and computational infrastructure development and deployment to effectively serve a research community. The Advances in Biological Informatics program has 3 tracks, that focus on: 1) the creation of innovative computational biology tools and methods 2) the provisioning of a research community with successful informatics resources and 3) sustaining essential computational resources for research communities. In this seminar I will explain how the ABI tracks are distinct and what a successful application should include for each track. I will also discuss how the Broader Impacts requirement came about, what a proposal should include and some ideas for how to be as creative with these activities as those in the Intellectual Merits section.

Statistics Colloquium

"Bioinformatics funding at the National Science Foundation: the Advances in Biological Informatics program"

by Jennifer Weller

NSF program officer, BIO Directorate, Division of Biological Infrastructure

1:10 - 2:00 pm, Genomics Auditorium

Thursday January 18, 2018

Abstract

The Division of Biological Infrastructure in the BIO Directorate at NSF funds innovative research and provisioning of infrastructure for the biological sciences. This includes the acquisition and development of new sensors and instrumentation, creation and digitization of collections, human infrastructure development in the form of training fellowships for undergraduates, graduates, post-docs and early career scientists, and computational infrastructure development and deployment to effectively serve a research community. The Advances in Biological Informatics program has 3 tracks, that focus on: 1) the creation of innovative computational biology tools and methods 2) the provisioning of a research community with successful informatics resources and 3) sustaining essential computational resources for research communities. In this seminar I will explain how the ABI tracks are distinct and what a successful application should include for each track. I will also discuss how the Broader Impacts requirement came about, what a proposal should include and some ideas for how to be as creative with these activities as those in the Intellectual Merits section.

Full Proposal Deadline: January 16, 2018

The Law & Social Sciences Program considers proposals that address social scientific studies of law and law-like systems of rules. The Program is inherently interdisciplinary and multi-methodological. Successful proposals describe research that advances scientific theory and understanding of the connections between law or legal processes and human behavior. Social scientific studies of law often approach law as dynamic, made in multiple arenas, with the participation of multiple actors. Fields of study include many disciplines, and often address problems including though not limited to:

LSS provides the following modes of support:

LSS also participates in a number of specialized funding opportunities through NSF’s crosscutting and cross-directorate activities, including, for example:

Solicitation: https://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2015/nsf15514/nsf15514.htm

Full Proposal Deadline: January 16, 2018

The National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics (NCSES) of the National Science Foundation (NSF) is one of the thirteen principal federal statistical agencies within the United States. It is responsible for the collection, acquisition, analysis, reporting and dissemination of objective, statistical data related to the science and engineering enterprise in the United States and other nations that is relevant and useful to practitioners, researchers, policymakers and the public. NCSES uses this information to prepare a number of statistical data reports as well as analytical reports including the National Science Board's biennial report, Science and Engineering (S&E) Indicators, andWomen, Minorities and Persons with Disabilities in Science and Engineering.

The Center would like to enhance its efforts to support analytic and methodological research in support of its surveys, and to engage in the education and training of researchers in the use of large-scale nationally representative datasets. NCSES welcomes efforts by the research community to use NCSES data for research on the science and technology enterprise, to develop improved survey methodologies for NCSES surveys, to create and improve indicators of S&T activities and resources, and strengthen methodologies to analyze and disseminate S&T statistical data. To that end, NCSES invites proposals for individual or multi-investigator research projects, doctoral dissertation improvement awards, workshops, experimental research, survey research and data collection and dissemination projects under its program for Research on the Science and Technology Enterprise: Statistics and Surveys.

Solicitation: https://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2015/nsf15521/nsf15521.htm

The links below will take you to presentation slides from a recent meeting with Mr. Craig Hughes, Deputy Director of Research for the Office of Naval Research. Note that UCR login credentials are required to access them and further distribution is prohibited.

ONR OVERVIEW

http://research.ucr.edu/OrApps/RED/ViewDoc.aspx?p=i+1rjNYJ4aikrR1rYRJQNg3SC/5XmVhSXPBngsz30EUHx98iXEqmNg==

RESEARCH AT UCR

http://research.ucr.edu/OrApps/RED/ViewDoc.aspx?p=i+1rjNYJ4aikrR1rYRJQNm10jRYQlPGQMvgwYIT3ST6ccMkhOD86Cw==

Here's a recipe for a holidays from Sandra Lee

Sugar Plum Fairy

2 parts Champagne

1 part plum wine

Splash cranberry juice

Gumdrops, for garnish

In a champagne glass combine Champagne, plum wine and cranberry juice.Garnish with a gumdrop.