April 2016 Newsletter

2016 Intellectual Property Workshop

Are you ready to publish your research results? Have you disclosed your inventions to the Office of Commercialization before publication? What if you’ve already published but haven’t yet disclosed? Is there still time to file for patent protection, or is it too late?

The Office of Commercialization invites you to attend our Intellectual Property Workshop, The Perils of Public Disclosure – Navigating the One-Year Grace Period Under the America Invents Act on Tuesday, April 5 at 3 p.m. in MRB 114. Patent attorneys Kevin King and Joshua Aronson from the Sutherland Law Firm in Atlanta will navigate you through the recent changes in patent law to ensure both domestic and international patent rights can be obtained for the results of your research.

This event is free and open to all FSU students, faculty and staff.

Federal Lobbying Activities Report is Due April 5

Federal lobbying regulations require that FSU report to the U.S. House and Senate all time and expenses related to federal lobbying activities conducted by its faculty and staff. To aid us in completing those reports accurately, employees who participate in federal lobbying related to university activities should report those activities to the Office of Federal Relations.

The Federal Lobbying Activities Report covering the period January-March 2016 should be submitted to the Office of Federal Relations no later than April 5, 2016. To access the form and additional information, please visit the Federal Relations website.

Center for Brain Repair Hosting Symposium

The Center for Brain Repair is organizing a symposium on Friday, April 8 at the Turnbull Center. The symposium is organized jointly with Tallahassee Memorial Hospital, and is intended for everyone in the Tallahassee community — scientists, faculty, students, educators, parents, physicians, in fact anyone interested in children’s mental health and development. The event runs from 11:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. and includes lunch. Speakers include Jill Escher, a philanthropist and president of the Autism Society of the San Francisco Bay Area; Amy Wetherby, director of the FSU Autism Institute; state Rep. Loranne Ausley, chair of Whole Child Leon; and Pradeep Bhide, director of the Center for Brain Repair at the FSU College of Medicine. To RSVP, visit http://med.fsu.edu/developingmind .

NSF Science Communication Toolkit

The National Science Foundation has created a science communication toolkit to help principal investigators think about how to share their work with the broader world and further its impact. The toolkit and other resources are available at http://nsf.gov/about/congress/toolkit.jsp.

Federal Statistical Research Data Center Workshop

Florida State University will host representatives of Federal Statistical Research Data Centers. FSRDCs are secure labs where researchers can access restricted-use demographic, economic, public health and other microdata collected by more than 10 federal agencies. FSU and University of Florida are working to bring an FSRDC to the state and invite faculty and students to learn about available data and research opportunities from FSRDC partner agency representatives. Presenters will provide an overview of the FSRDC system and answer questions about data from each agency. The workshop will take place Monday, April 11 from 10 a.m. to noon. Questions? Email Christopher Clapp at cclapp@fsu.edu or David Folch at dfolch@fsu.edu. You can also visit www.census.gov/fsrdc for more information about the data centers.

New Limited Submissions Website Launched

In Limited Submission Programs, the sponsor restricts the number of applications or proposals a campus can submit to the agency. The guidelines for these programs require institutions to screen pre-proposals or nominations to determine which applications will be submitted for competition. Generally, institutions are allowed to submit one or two proposals or nominations to the sponsor.

The Office of Proposal Development (OPD) has launched a new Limited Submission site to provide faculty with a listing of upcoming opportunities, along with the internal and external deadline dates. You can also submit your internal request from this site. If you are viewing a solicitation that allows a limited number of submissions, please visit the limited submission site to determine internal deadline date.

We hope you find this new site easy to navigate and hope that you will not hesitate to contact the OPD staff with any feedback or suggestions.

Library launches Project Enhancement Network & Incubator

FSU Libraries' Office of Digital Research and Scholarship is pleased to issue a call for proposals for the Project Enhancement Network & Incubator (PEN & Inc), a digital research project accelerator. PEN & Inc is a structured 7-week program for members of the FSU community who are looking to take a digitally-inflected research project from idea to implementation. This is a cohort-based program, where participants work together to craft their ideas. In addition to incubating projects, PEN & Inc. is designed to act as a hub, connecting researchers to each other in a trans-disciplinary space, so that they can openly share ideas, resources, and techniques.

Apply here by May 13: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1uKBElt_DoWVIv2DgodVVF6M0d-V-kqGP_pNINE4ygf8/viewform?usp=send_form

Proposals will be reviewed by the Office of Digital Research and Scholarship, and a select group will be accepted and notified in early summer to begin work in the Fall.

New NIH Grants and Funding Website

The NIH has revamped its central source for grants and funding information. Using input from user surveys, usability reviews and discussions with researchers, the NIH has revamped its site to make it more user friendly. The web address is http://grants.nih.gov/grants/oer.htm.

Marine Lab Researcher Honored For Atlantic Canyons Project

Associate Research Faculty Sandra Brooke was honored by the National Oceanographic Partnership Program with its Excellence in Partnering Award. The award recognizes collaborations between academia, federal agencies and others in the scientific community. Brooke’s work explored and documented the deep-water and benthic marine habitats of two mid-Atlantic Canyons located offshore of Virginia and Maryland and brought together scientists from academia, the government and private industry. For more information, visit http://www.nopp.org/excellence-in-partnering-award/

NIH Office of Science Policy Changes

The NIH Office of Science Policy will undergo some organizational restructuring soon and launch several important policy initiatives in the coming months. The office has several ways that interested parties can stay updated on any changes. First, OSP has launched a new listserv that will allow stakeholders to receive timely updates on policy areas including biosafety and biosecurity, clinical research, genomic data sharing, tech transfer, innovation policy, scientific reporting and more. To subscribe to the listserv, please click here and then choose the “subscribe” option. You may also subscribe by sending an email to listserv@list.nih.gov with the message: Subscribe OSP News.

The office also reminds stakeholders about its “Under the Poliscope” blog written by NIH Associate Director for Science Policy Carrie D. Wolinetz. To subscribe to the blog, simply follow this link: http://osp.od.nih.gov/under-the-poliscope . For more information about OSP, please visit our website at: http://osp.od.nih.gov/. Questions may also be sent to SciencePolicy@od.nih.gov.

Council on Research and Creativity Updates

First Year Assistant Professor (FYAP) Grants Workshop

This year’s First Year Assistant Professor grant recipients are required to attend the FYAP Grants Workshop scheduled for Thursday, May 5, 2016 from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the FSU Alumni Center. In addition, last year’s FYAPs will display posters representative of their accomplishments during their first year as assistant professor at FSU.

The following deadlines have passed:

Equipment and Infrastructure Enhancement Grant (EIEG) funding decisions will be made mid-April
Planning Grant (PG) funding decisions will be made mid-April
Small Grant Program (SGP) funding decisions will be made mid-April

For a listing of all Spring CRC grant recipients and awardees, watch for a listing in the May Office of Research Newsletter.

All program submission dates are closed for the 2015 – 2016 academic year. Please look for program updates in mid-August for the 2016 – 2017 academic year.

For more information about our programs visit: http://www.research.fsu.edu/research-offices/opd/crc/

SUS Washington Update

Attached is the April edition of the State University System E-Update Newsletter from Washington. Included are brief articles on the budget, NIH grant applicants and new competitive grant program opportunities. Click here for the update.

FSU Awards Report

A monthly awards report is available online. This report will allow interested faculty, staff and others, to learn more about who has been recently awarded research grants. Access the latest report here.

Funding Opportunities

Please click here to access some of the latest funding opportunities available for the arts, humanities, social sciences, STEM disciplines and medicine.