NIH Late Application Policy for Institutional Training Grants to PA-20-142 and PA-20-162 Due to Public Health Emergency for United States Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19)

Notice Number:  NOT-OD-20-105

https://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/notice-files/NOT-OD-20-105.html

Training grant applications submitted to the Parent Funding Opportunity Announcements PA-20-142 and PA-20-162 with a due date of May 25 will be accepted through June 30, 2020.

Institutions need not request advance permission to submit late due to this declared emergency and a cover letter providing a justification is not required.

Please review full notice to additional details.

Congratulations to the 2020
Center for Social Science Scholarship
Summer Fellows!

Keisha McIntosh Allen

Assistant Professor, Department of Education

“The Souls of Black Teachers: Theorizing Black Teachers’ Spiritually Grounded Professional Lives”

While Black teachers’ spirituality has historically been the backbone of Black education rooted in both why and how teachers teach, it is missing from current conversations about Black K-12 teachers’ engagement with pedagogies rooted in social justice as well as how they engage spirituality to navigate racially mediated experiences. We position Black teacher spirituality as a justice-focused literacy that not only guides Black teachers’ practice but also how they navigate racism within the profession. This study utilizes semi-structured interviews, focus group interviews, and document analysis to theorize how Black social justice-oriented teachers engage spirituality in their professional lives. Findings from this research can be used to develop relevant professional development opportunities and supports for Black teachers to retain them in the profession.

Irina V. Golubeva

Associate Professor, Modern Languages, Linguistics and Intercultural Communication

“Intercultural Competence for College and University Students: Towards Social Change and Better Employability”

The overall goal of this project is two-fold: to pilot the methodology offered in the book which I am currently co-authoring, and to finalize the book manuscript based on the collected feedback data in collaboration with my colleague who is based in Europe. Focused on intercultural competence, this book addresses and links together three topics that we believe to be extremely important yet treated relatively separately in the current literature. First, how intercultural competence increases the potential for peace and positive relationships between people from different cultures. Second, how intercultural competence links to communicating effectively across cultures as well as to addressing issues of equality, diversity and inclusion – both domestically and worldwide. Third, how intercultural competence can also support them in terms of employability and career success.

Zoë McLaren

Associate Professor, School of Public Policy

“Data Visualization Approaches to Communicate Clearly, Inspire Policy Action and Achieve A More Inclusive Policy Environment”

This project seeks to determine the formats in which data visualization communicates information about equity most efficiently (i.e. with the least complexity or extraneous information) and most effectively (i.e. the most intuitive for end users to understand and in a way that is actionable).  This proposal has three specific aims: (1) develop and validate a set of measures of health equity; (2) produce a portfolio of data visualizations using Stata, R and Tableau Public; (3) perform semi-structured interview testing of visualizations to generate guidelines for inclusive engagement in data visualization. The project will produce six specific outcomes: (1) a set of validated health equity measures; (2) an electronic portfolio of data visualizations; (3) one policy brief about inclusive data visualization for policy communication; (4) at least one external funding application; (5) at least one peer-reviewed publication; and (6) instructional materials for an “inclusive engagement in data visualization” workshop for UMBC colleagues.  Producing data visualizations that are accessible to a broad audience of underserved populations is a critical step in creating a more inclusive policy environment.

Starting on June 1, 2020 the new Proposal and Award Policies and Procedures Guide (PAPPG) (NSF 20-1) goes into effect.   One significant impact of this is the new requirement that the Biographical Sketch and Current and Pending Support be generated using an NSF supported tool.

How to Log-In To Foundation Directory Online

Foundation Directory is a database that is available to faculty, staff, and graduate students who have a working, valid UMBC login name and password. 

Foundation Directory can be accessed on campus through the Office of Sponsored Programs’ website as well as off-campus through UMBC’s Global Protect VPN Portal. I

nstructions for using the Global Protect VPN can be found on the UMBC VPN Wiki link: https://wiki.umbc.edu/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=36766377

Instructions for FDO access are provided below.

On-Campus Access:

·        FDO can be accessed through the OSP Website https://research.umbc.edu/office-of-sponsored-programs/.

·        From the main OSP page, please use the Navigation pane on the left to click on “Proposal Information” and to then scroll down that page and click on “Funding Opportunities.” As an alternative, you can access the direct link to OSP’s “Funding Opportunities” Page as well: https://research.umbc.edu/external-funding-opportunities/

·        Click on the hyperlink to Foundation Directory and the link (https://my.umbc.edu/go/143) will immediately direct you to FDO.

Off-Campus Access:

·        Navigate to https://gpvpn.umbc.edu

·        If you are not already authenticated, enter your myUMBC credentials and complete the two Factor authentication (i.e. DUO).

·        Click "Browse without Client Software" and enter https://my.umbc.edu/go/143.

·        You will arrive at the Home Page of FDO for UMBC. You will see that it says “Hi University Maryland Baltimore County” at the top of the screen. Now you can begin to search for funding.

Additional Information is available on the Attachment "Getting To Know- Foundation Directory Fact Sheet" which has been attached to this Post!