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The Center for Social Science Scholarship stands with the University System of Maryland and UMBC leadership against structural racism and for racial justice, equity, democracy, and social action in our communities. We stand in solidarity with and support of Black faculty, staff, students, and alumni. Black Lives Matter, every day.

In partnership with the Dresher Center for the Humanities, we invite faculty to attend an online faculty drop-in session on Friday June 12 at 10 AM to consider how can we use our roles as faculty, teachers, chairs/directors, or mentors to work towards racial justice, social change, civic action, community action, and pedagogical engagement. Registration and details are forthcoming.

To read more about the Black Lives Matter movement, to access statements from across the social sciences against police violence and anti-Black racism, and to access anti-racism resources from UMBC, please go here for our ongoing list of resources. 

Photo credit: Black Lives Matter https://blacklivesmatter.com/social-media-graphics/

The Dresher Center for the Humanities stands in solidarity with members of our Black community and other communities suffering across the nation. We mourn and condemn the murder of George Floyd, Ahmaud Arbery, Breonna Taylor, and so many others. We recognize the injustice of a system of mass incarceration rooted in white supremacy under which Black and Brown women and men, including queer and trans people, are unduly subject to violence. We rededicate ourselves at this time to calling out and taking action to oppose white supremacy and the powerful systems of racial injustice that remain at work in the United States, including in institutions of higher education. We will use our platform, programming, and voices to bring the tools of the humanities to work against racism and for social justice.

To start, we offer the following list of resources for work against anti-Black racism. While not definitive, it is our hope that this list provides articles, books, podcasts, films, and other media that will be stepping stones towards a wider conversation.

Anti-Black Racism Resources

Also, in partnership with the Center for Social Science Scholarship, we invite you to attend an online Faculty Drop-in Session on Friday June 12 at 10:00 A.M. to consider how can we use our roles as faculty, teachers, chairs/directors, or mentors to work towards racial justice, social change, civic action, community action, and pedagogical engagement. Registration and details are forthcoming.

In solidarity,

The Dresher Center for the Humanities

Kuali COI Module Updates

Starts Saturday, June 13, 2020!

Dear PI’s & Faculty,

The ORPC wants to inform you we have been working with Kuali to update UMBC’s conflict of interest disclosure form and processes. This next stage in the COI disclosure process makes the form easier to read, removes Master Contract duplicate reporting, provides more complete disclosures of projects (awards and proposals), and improves financial entity data capture to ensure COI management plans capture potential conflicts. Subsequently, an upgrade to the existing Kuali module is scheduled for June 12, 2020.

We ask that you do not log into Kuali COI beginning 12:00 am Friday, June 12, 2020 through 12:00 am June 13, 2020. This will allow the system to correctly transfer your disclosure records in the COI upgrade.

What this means for you

In general, the processes of COI disclosure for proposals and awards (projects) have not changed. Kuali COI will continue to send you emails requesting you to update annual disclosure when you are identified in project(s) as a “key person, such as the Principal Investigator.  Beginning with the upgrade, as you log into Kuali COI,  a new reporting format with an updated list of your disclosed projects(s) will appear.  Kuali COI will highlight any new projects that require action from you, including relationships to financial entities.  Nothing is required from "negative disclosures" of COI or for projects previously disclosed.   

Next Steps

Again, as a reminder, do not login Kuali COI anytime on June 12, 2020. Starting June 13, 2020 log into your Kuali COI dashboard to become familiar with the changes and to review your disclosure record. Then, update as requested.  The OPRC will update the COI User Guide with screenshots to assist with your disclosures. Of course, if there are any questions, please do not hesitate to contact us at compliance@umbc.edu.

Unfunded Agreements

Our COI and OSP teams have been working with Kuali to create a one-stop reporting portal for your entire Research and Creative Achievement (RCA) portfolio. This involves transitioning unfunded agreements into Kuali.  We started with Data Use Agreements and CRADA’s and will be transitioning to others such as Material Transfer Agreements (MTA’s), Non-Disclosure Agreements (NDA’s), etc. as well.  Please review our Kuali implementation schedule for more information.

Dear PI’s & Faculty,

The ORPC wants to inform you we have been working with Kuali to update UMBC’s conflict of interest disclosure form and processes. This next stage in the COI disclosure process makes the form easier to read, removes Master Contract duplicate reporting, provides more complete disclosures of projects (awards and proposals), and improves financial entity data capture to ensure COI management plans capture potential conflicts. Subsequently, an upgrade to the existing Kuali module is scheduled for June 12, 2020.

We ask that you do not log into Kuali COI beginning 12:00 am Friday, June 12, 2020 through 12:00 am June 13, 2020. This will allow the system to correctly transfer your disclosure records in the COI upgrade.

What this means for you

In general, the processes of COI disclosure for proposals and awards (projects) have not changed. Kuali COI will continue to send you emails requesting you to update annual disclosure when you are identified in project(s) as a “key person, such as the Principal Investigator.  Beginning with the upgrade, as you log into Kuali COI,  a new reporting format with an updated list of your disclosed projects(s) will appear.  Kuali COI will highlight any new projects that require action from you, including relationships to financial entities.  Nothing is required from "negative disclosures" of COI or for projects previously disclosed.   

Next Steps

Again, as a reminder, do not login Kuali COI anytime on June 12, 2020. Starting June 13, 2020 log into your Kuali COI dashboard to become familiar with the changes and to review your disclosure record. Then, update as requested.  The OPRC will update the COI User Guide with screenshots to assist with your disclosures. Of course, if there are any questions, please do not hesitate to contact us at compliance@umbc.edu.

Unfunded Agreements

Our COI and OSP teams have been working with Kuali to create a one-stop reporting portal for your entire Research and Creative Achievement (RCA) portfolio. This involves transitioning unfunded agreements into Kuali.  We started with Data Use Agreements and CRADA’s and will be transitioning to others such as Material Transfer Agreements (MTA’s), Non-Disclosure Agreements (NDA’s), etc. as well.  Please review our Kuali implementation schedule for more information.