Amy Bhatt, gender and women's studies, discusses her most recent book "High-Tech Housewives: Indian IT Workers, Gendered Labor, and Transmigration." XQs XVII – A Conversation with Amy Bhatt (Chapati Mystery)
David Di Maria, associate vice provost of international education services, explains how UMBC has avoided a decline in international enrollment. University of Baltimore hit by trend of falling foreign enrollments (Baltimore Business Journal) (PDF attached)
Mariano R. Sto. Domingo, psychology, discusses increasing diversity in STEM, and UMBC's Meyerhoff Scholars Program.
Here’s how to increase diversity in STEM at the college level and beyond (The Conversation)
Here’s how to increase diversity in STEM at the college level and beyond (WTOP)
Erle Ellis, geography and environmental systems, comments on the decision to have children or not in a world facing climate change.
For some millennials, climate change clock ticks louder than biological one (NBC News)
Emily Escobedo ‘17, psychology, says she chose UMBC over better-known swimming schools because of the powerful camaraderie and support within the swimming program.
33 Meters: Emily Escobedo’s unconventional path to the top (Swim Swam)
Felipe Filomeno, Political Science, published his article “Expanding Hearts and Minds? Evaluation of an #Ecumenical Educational Program on #Immigration”. doi.org/10.1177/193672…
William Honablew '95, political science, elected to a new post in Baltimore City government.
Baltimore City Chamber of Commerce Names William Honablew, Jr. as Executive Director (Yahoo News)
Julia Iannaccone, Psychology, recently published her @UMBC capstone in Behavior Analysis in Practice from @SpringerPsych. Rules and a statement of reinforcer loss enhance the effectiveness of a reinforcement procedure. link.springer.com/article/10.100…
J. Lee Jenkins, Emergency Health Services, has been elected to the Board of Directors for the World Association of Disaster and Emergency Medicine, which helps serve disaster and EMS providers across the globe.
Adrienne Jones '76, psychology, becomes first African-American and first woman to be next Speaker of the Maryland House ‘Like everyone’s favorite aunt’: Meet Maryland House Speaker Adrienne Jones (Washington Post)
Jennifer Mendez ‘20, biology and psychology, writes about how the uncertainty around temporary protected status for Salvadorans is affecting her, and what her family and the United States overall stand to lose if some immigrants’ temporary protected status is retracted. Trump administration threatens to end temporary protected status for endangered immigrants (Baltimore Sun)
Don Noris, public policy, addresses Mayor Pugh's dilemma of book deal with the University of Maryland Medical System.
Baltimore mayor’s $500K book deal draws intense criticism (Associated Press) (KTSA.com) (The Inquirer) (ABC News) (The Grio) (The Public's Radio)
Baltimore Mayor’s $500K Book Deal Draws Criticism, Comptroller Calls for Audit (Atlanta Black Star
Constantine Vaporis, History, has been offering commentary on the abdication of Japan’s emperor https://twitter.com/abcnews/status/1123213110196756488.
The Center for Social Science Scholarship invites applications for Faculty Working Groups to promote intellectual exchange in the social sciences and across campus. These collaborative scholarly learning communities will meet regularly to engage in such activities as: working on research projects, reading key literature, exploring new methodological approaches, and/or engaging in matters of public interest related to the social sciences.
Up to four Faculty Working Groups will be selected by the center director and advisory board members. Groups should be faculty-led and must include at least one faculty member from a social science department at UMBC. Additional priority will be given to groups whose members and/or areas of interest are multi- or interdisciplinary. Advanced graduate students may participate as Faculty Working Group members but may not serve as leaders.
Faculty Working Groups can apply for up to $1,000 in annual support ($500 per semester); groups will also be able to apply for continuation funding. Groups may use funds for such items as: supporting regular group meetings; purchasing software, books, or other materials; hosting external speakers; creating scholarly resources; traveling to external sites for research or public engagement purposes; and other similar activities. A brief report of the group’s activities will be due at the end of the funding period.
Apply by May 30, 2019, for groups to begin in Fall 2019.
Click on the attached file to download the application form.
Applications should be submitted via email to socialscience@umbc.edu. Questions may be directed to Christine Mallinson, Director of the Center for Social Science Scholarship.
]]>Guidance on Salary Limitation for Grants and Cooperative Agreements FY 2019
Notice Number: NOT-OD-19-099
Release Date: April 17, 2019
Since 1990, Congress has legislatively mandated a limitation on direct salary for individuals under NIH grant and cooperative agreement awards (referred to here as a grant). The mandate appears in The Department of Defense and Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education Appropriations Act, 2019 (Public Law 115-245), signed into law on September 28, 2018, which provides authority for NIH to incur obligations for FY 19.
The Department of Defense and Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education Appropriations Act, 2019, restricts the amount of direct salary to Executive Level II of the Federal Executive pay scale. The Office of Personnel Management has recently released new salary levels for the Executive Pay Scale. Effective January 6, 2019, the salary limitation for Executive Level II is $192,300.
For awards issued in those years that were restricted to Executive Level II (see historical record of salary cap link below), including competing awards already issued in FY2019, if adequate funds are available in active awards, and if the salary cap increase is consistent with the institutional base salary, grantees may rebudget funds to accommodate the current Executive Level II salary level. However, no additional funds will be provided to these grant awards.
For a historical record of the salary cap, including effective dates, see: https://grants.nih.gov/grants/policy/salcap_summary.htm
Dear Research Community,
Wrong determination between Subrecipient, Vendor, or Consultant can lead to an unbudgeted cost that may reduce available research funds. More importantly, a wrong determination is a potential audit finding that can have a negative impact on UMBC's Single Audit. To strengthen UMBC's Subrecipient Monitoring process, effective 05/01/2019 OSP will require, for each proposal that includes subawards, to attach filled-out and signed Subrecipient vs. Vendor vs. Consultant Determination Checklist. The form is available on the OSP website: https://research.umbc.edu/forms-for-grants-contracts/ . Please do not hesitate to contact the subaward team or your OSP manager if you have any questions or need additional information.
Thank you,
Subaward Team