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About The Series

Retrieving the Social Sciences is a production of the UMBC Center for Social Science Scholarship.  Our podcast host is Dr. Ian Anson, our director is Dr. Christine Mallinson, our associate director is Dr. Felipe Filomeno and our production intern is Jefferson Rivas. Our theme music was composed and recorded by D’Juan Moreland.  Special thanks to Amy Barnes and Myriam Ralston for production assistance. Make sure to follow us on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, and YouTube, where you can find full video recordings of recent UMBC events.

Upcoming Application Deadlines for 2022 Summer Institutes

In Summer 2022, RSF will sponsor several intensive one or two-week summer institutes for doctoral students and early career scholars. 

Applications for the Biological Approaches in the Social Sciences Summer Institute will be due January 15, 2022. 

Applications for the Proposal Development Summer Institute and the Computational Social Science Summer Institute will be due February 11, 2022. 

Applications for the Migration Research Methods Summer Institute will be due March 1, 2022. 

The application deadline for the Behavioral Economics Summer Institute is to be announced.

Read more and view application guidelines and deadlines.

Request for Articles:

“What if we could imagine an accessible world?”  On Thursday, December 2nd, from 12-1:30pm, join QPOC in a discussion of race, disability, and building an accessible future!  Before the event, we invite you to listen to an episode of the podcast POWER NOT PITY, hosted and produced by Bri. M, to spark the conversation.  Episode 3: What If? feat. Rivers Solomon asks:  

“What if we could imagine an accessible world? In this episode, Rivers Solomon, author of an Unkindness of Ghosts, discusses what an accessible future could look like.  Rivers Solomon is a dyke, a Trekkie, a wannabe cyborg queen, a trash princex, a communist, a butch, a femme, a feminist, a she-beast, a rootworker, a mother, a daughter, a diabetic, and a refugee of the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade. Rivers' debut novel, AN UNKINDNESS OF GHOSTS—pitched as ‘a science fiction meditation on trans-generational trauma, race, and identity’. It has been described as ‘a breathtaking science fiction debut from a worthy successor to Octavia Butler.’”   

This event is open to everyone, however, we ask that you respect that this space will be prioritizing the voices and needs of disabled people of color.  

Like in the podcast, we ask you to reflect on: “What is your disabled power?” and/or, “How can I work to dismantle ableism in myself and in the people and world around me?” 

*For more information or to request accommodations, please email us at womenscenter@umbc.edu or call us at 410-455-2714*

If you would like to attend this event virtually, please fill out our "What If" Virtual Attendance Option Form! 

Google Meet joining info Video call link: https://meet.google.com/rib-temu-wpv Or dial: (US) +1 530-453-9093 PIN: 721 474 703#

Click here to visit the Women's Center's original event post.  

MEMORANDUM

DATE:              11/18/2021

TO:                  Business Managers/Department Chairs/Center Directors/Faculty

FROM:            Michael T. Walsh, Director, Office of Sponsored Programs

RE:                  OSP Winter Break Deadlines: Dec. 24, 2021 – Jan. 2, 2022

________________________________________________________________

This is a special announcement concerning the OSP schedule for reviewing/approving proposals with deadlines to federal, state, and other agencies that occur during UMBC’s Winter Break this year. 

Please note the following:

1. All proposals with submission deadlines occurring between Friday December 24, 2021 and Monday January 2, 2022 must be fully routed, ready for submission, and released to the OSP office for final review and submission by the close of business on  Friday December 17, 2021; and
2. All proposals with submission deadlines occurring between Monday January 3rd and Wednesday January 5th, 2022 (the first 3 business days after the break) will be due to OSP by 9 AM on December 20, 2021.

This schedule is consistent with our current policy, which requires the submission of complete proposals to OSP at least three (3) business days before the agency submission deadline. Since UMBC is closed during the Winter Break, OSP will also be closed. 

The campus closure during Winter Break will cause a heavy workload on OSP staff, so we will enforce our current policy more consistently.  Proposals received after the OSP deadlines specified above will be reviewed on a first-come/first-serve basis and will be submitted only if time permits.  In keeping with the deadline enforcement policy of OVPR, any proposal not fully routed and ready for submission by 9:00 a.m. of the deadline date will not be submitted to the agency.  If the deadline occurs over Winter Break, this deadline is the last working day before the break (12/23/21).

Thank you for your understanding.

Best Regards,

Dr. Michael T. Walsh
Director
Office of Sponsored Programs
mwalsh3@umbc.edu

MEMORANDUM

DATE:              11/18/2021

TO:                  Business Managers/Department Chairs/Center Directors/Faculty

FROM:            Michael T. Walsh, Director, Office of Sponsored Programs

RE:                  OSP Winter Break Deadlines: Dec. 24, 2021 – Jan. 2, 2022

________________________________________________________________

This is a special announcement concerning the OSP schedule for reviewing/approving proposals with deadlines to federal, state, and other agencies that occur during UMBC’s Winter Break this year. 

Please note the following:

1. All proposals with submission deadlines occurring between Friday December 24, 2021 and Monday January 2, 2022 must be fully routed, ready for submission, and released to the OSP office for final review and submission by the close of business on  Friday December 17, 2021; and

1. All proposals with submission deadlines occurring between Monday January 3rd and Wednesday January 5th, 2022 (the first 3 business days after the break) will be due to OSP by 9 AM on December 20, 2021.

This schedule is consistent with our current policy, which requires the submission of complete proposals to OSP at least three (3) business days before the agency submission deadline. Since UMBC is closed during the Winter Break, OSP will also be closed. 

The campus closure during Winter Break will cause a heavy workload on OSP staff, so we will enforce our current policy more consistently.  Proposals received after the OSP deadlines specified above will be reviewed on a first-come/first-serve basis and will be submitted only if time permits.  In keeping with the deadline enforcement policy of OVPR, any proposal not fully routed and ready for submission by 9:00 a.m. of the deadline date will not be submitted to the agency.  If the deadline occurs over Winter Break, this deadline is the last working day before the break (12/23/21).

Thank you for your understanding.

Best Regards,

Dr. Michael T. Walsh

Director

Office of Sponsored Programs

mwalsh3@umbc.edu

Hi everyone

Come to community day. Kuali refreshed the sharing format, introducing neighborhoods. The neighborhoods format increases awareness of business processes and Kuali functionality via collaboration with your colleagues. 

Come meet me, your Kuali Post Award Neighborhood Ambassador and the other Neighborhood Ambassadors for Pre Award and Compliance.  

The speakers and ambassadors are so amazing, their wealth of knowledge and experience is unmatched.  Hope to see you there.

Full announcement with agenda can be found here :

https://kuali-research.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/4408997623963

The ORPC is please to announce that effective 11/15/21 Webnet Training Online Safety Training (https://www.webnettraining.com/) will no longer be required for laboratory safety training for faculty and student participation in biosafety/biohazardous materials (IBC) and animal care and use (IACUC) protocols. We have worked with UMBC Environmental Safety and Health (ESH) to create a single training platform under CITI (https://citiprogram.org/) for all of your research laboratory safety training needs.

 This means that PI’s, students, or laboratory staff will no longer be required log into and maintain two separate training modules. CITI provides education modules in laboratory safety, hazard communications, NIH Recombinant DNA Guidelines as well other biosafety related training. The supplemental Hazard Communication module was created to meet ESH’s training requirement. Animal care, research and ethical consideration training is also provided under CITI.  . Note that ESH will continue to use Webnet for other non-research safety training requirements.

Personnel whose Webnet Training is still current can maintain this training certification until the expiration date stated in their Webnet Training account. Renewal or refresher training must then be completed via CITI. PIs who are adding individuals research projects after 11/15/21 are reminded to provide CITI registration information (not Webnet Training) when submitting amendments to current IBC or IACUC protocols. For more information about these modules and training registration details, click on the ORPC Research Education and Training page. 

Please contact us at compliance@umbc.edu with questions.

OLAW December Webinar: “Best Practices for Conducting a Search for Alternatives and Finding Animal Model/Model Organism Information”
December 9, 2021, from 1:00 – 2:00 PM ET

In this webinar, experts from the NIH Library and USDA Animal Welfare Information Center will discuss how to find 3Rs methods (replacement, reduction, and refinement) and animal use alternative information in bibliographic databases. Participants will also learn how to find journal articles, patents, NIH-funded research projects, and genetic information related to animal models and model organisms, as well as requirements and resources for the NIH Model Organism Sharing Policy.

If you have any questions in advance of the webinar, please submit them to olawdpe@mail.nih.gov.

Registration is now open.