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, across campus, or with community partners.

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 31, 2023, for groups to begin in Fall 2023.

Click here to download the application form.

Applications should be submitted via email to socialscience@umbc.edu. Questions may be directed to Felipe Filomeno, associate director of the Center for Social Science Scholarship.

June 5, 2023 2:00 PM ET  to 
June 8, 2023 4:00 PM ET

Registration will open on Wednesday, May 10 at 12PM ET.

Join the National Science Foundation for the Spring 2023 NSF Virtual Grants Conference, to be held during the week of June 5, 2023. 

Just like the in-person grants conferences, the NSF Virtual Grants Conference is a must, especially for new faculty, researchers and administrators.

Highlights include:

• New programs and initiatives
• Proposal preparation 
• NSF's merit review process 
• NSF directorate sessions 
• Award management topics 
• Conflict of interest policies 
• NSF systems updates 

The NSF Grants Conference is designed to give new faculty, researchers, and administrators key insights into a wide range of current issues at NSF. NSF staff will provide up-to-date information about policies and procedures, specific funding opportunities and answer attendee questions. 

·         Revising the NIH/AHRQ/NIOSH Post-Submission Material Policy

·         Notice Number: NOT-OD-23-106

·         https://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/notice-files/NOT-OD-23-106.html

In response to the COVID-19 Public Health Emergency, NIH implemented a special exception for post-submission material, allowing a one-page update of preliminary data as post-submission material to specified notices of funding opportunity (NOFOs) (see latest in series of exception notices NOT-OD-23-066). The Public Health Emergency is due to end on May 11, 2023 (see NOT-OD-23-095). For applications submitted for the May 25, 2023 receipt date and beyond, that special exception is ended and is replaced by the following policy.

For applications submitted for the May 25, 2023 receipt date and beyond, NIH, AHRQ, and NIOSH will accept a one-page update with preliminary data as post-submission material for Type 1 R01, R21, or R03 applications, including resubmissions, if the NOFO used for submission allows preliminary data in the application. Because applications for emergency competitive revisions and urgent competitive revisions undergo expedited review, post-submission materials will not be accepted for those applications.

Please refer to full notice for further details. 

Should you have any questions, please contact OSP.

Dr. Taka Yamashita presents a brief introduction to R and R Commander

This session will provide a short introduction to the open-source statistical application, R, and its GUI (graphic user interface) package, R Commander. In addition to the short tutorial, a brief discussion on the potential application of R and R Commander in undergraduate social statistics education will be facilitated. 

Presented by Dr. Taka Yamashita, Professor of Sociology and Gerontology, Department of Sociology, Anthropology, and Public Health.

Click here to visit the event post to register & join.  

On today's episode Dr. Anson speaks with Dr. Laura Antkowiak, Associate Professor in the UMBC Department of Political Science and the Director of the Sondheim Public Affairs Scholars Program at UMBC, as well as Jessica Reynolds Cook, Associate Director of the Sondheim Program. They discuss the Sondheim program, its origins, its current work, and the fantastic students it serves.

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