University Research Council

April 20, 2011

Meeting Summary

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Central Research Development Fund

The deadline for submission of small grant proposals was Friday, March 25. Proposals are being reviewed by one of three Council subcommittees, whose members specialize in the health sciences, the sciences and engineering, and the humanities and the social sciences. Steve Wisniewski, Steve Stern, and Mike Lewis chair the respective committees. Eighteen people applied for grants in the health sciences, twenty-three people applied in the sciences and engineering, and seventeen people applied in the social sciences and the humanities.

Report from the Office of Research

Allen DiPalma, Director of the Office of Research discussed several aspects of the Office’s operations:

• The Office currently is working with several departments to test InfoEd’s proposal development module. This module will help investigators route a proposal electronically and permit them to submit the proposal electronically to the sponsoring agency.

• The Office of Research periodically sponsoring an open forum entitled “Ask the Office of Research.” The next forum will take place on April 26.
• InfoEd hopes to provide the material transfer agreement (MTA) portal to the University soon. It will be rolled out a couple months after it is received.
• The Office is installing an in-house training room, which will enable its staff to train research administrators in various procedures.