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40 @ 4 Webinar Series

UMBC’s Erickson School of Aging invites you to its first of two webinars in the Longevity Economy. The 40 @ 4 is designed for busy individuals by packing a 40-minute webinar with innovative material designed to expand your awareness of growing opportunities in the competitive longevity economy market.

March 31st, 4 p.m. ET

40 @ 4 Webinar Series

The Global Longevity Economy: In 2021 Creativity Counts

An international take discussion on the expanding longevity economy. In this 40 @ 4 webinar, our speakers will discuss the opportunities, innovations, and entertain solutions for healthy longevity in our aging global world.

Speakers:  

Jon Warner, Ph.D., CEO, Silver Moonshots

Joo Hyung Han, Ph.D., CEO, 50 + Korea

Moderated by: 

Brittany Weinberg, MBA, MSG, Founder & CEO, BW Global Consulting, LLC

Questions for our panelists? Submit them today. You will also have the opportunity to ask questions during the webinar on March 31st.

Mark your calendars for the second installment of the Spring 2021 40 @ 4 Webinar Series, May 5th, at 4p.m. focusing on entrepreneurship in the longevity economy and older adults.

The Erickson School is thankful to the American Institute of Financial Gerontology (AIFG) for its sponsorship of the Spring 2021 40 @ 4 Webinar Series. For nearly two decades, AIFG has provided innovative curriculum to financial and non-financial professionals. 

NSF has announced 3 more proposal types that are available in research.gov per Jean Feldmans' letter below:

Dear Collegues:

Effective March 22, the National Science Foundation (NSF) enabled three new proposal types in the Research.gov Proposal Submission System and in the recently launched Research.gov Proposal Preparation Demo Site. These are the Facilitation Awards for Scientists and Engineers with Disabilities (FASED), Equipment, and Travel proposal types. New automated compliance checks and associated error and warning messages for these proposal types were also implemented. In addition, proposal withdrawal functionality was added for both single submission (with or without subawards) and separately submitted collaborative proposals from multiple organizations. New training resources have also been added to the Research.gov About Proposal Preparation and Submission page.

 

FASED, Equipment, and Travel Proposals

• Proposers can now select a FASED, Equipment, or Travel proposal type in the Research.gov Proposal Submission System proposal setup wizard, in addition to the existing Research.gov proposal type options:

• Research
• Rapid Response Research (RAPID)
• EArly-concept Grants for Exploratory Research (EAGER)
• Research Advanced by Interdisciplinary Science and Engineering (RAISE)

• All supported proposal types are available in the Research.gov Proposal Preparation Demo Site.
• New automated compliance checks for FASED, Equipment, and Travel proposal types have been added to Research.gov and are listed on the Research.gov Automated Proposal Compliance Checks for Proposals dated March 22, 2021 on the Automated Compliance Checking of NSF Proposals page.

• A reminder: Error messages prohibit proposal submission to NSF, whereas warning messages still permit proposal submission.  

• Refer to the Proposal & Award Policies & Procedures Guide (PAPPG) (NSF 20-1) for FASED, Equipment, and Travel proposal requirements.

 

Proposal Withdrawal Functionality

• Proposing organizations can now withdraw both single submission (with or without subawards) and separately submitted collaborative proposals from multiple organizations in Research.gov.
• Organizations no longer need to contact the NSF Help Desk to initiate Research.gov proposal withdrawal actions.
• A new Proposal Withdrawal section has been added to the Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) on the Research.gov About Proposal Preparation and Submission page left navigation menu.
• Refer to PAPPG Chapter IV.A. for proposal withdrawal requirements.

 

Training Resources

• New and updated system-related FAQs by topic are available on the Research.gov About Proposal Preparation and Submission page left navigation menu.
• A new 16-minute Research.gov proposal demo video has been added to the Research.gov About Proposal Preparation and Submission page Video Tutorials section.
• The video highlights key proposal preparation steps including:

• Setting up a proposal
• Uploading a document and compliance messaging
• Preparing Proposal File Update/Budget Revisions

• A new How-to Guides section has been added to the Research.gov About Proposal Preparation and Submission page left navigation menu. The initial topic-specific guide is posted, and new guides will be added to this section going forward.

 

What's Ahead?

Research.gov is being developed incrementally, and features are expanding to support the transition of all proposal preparation and submission functionality from FastLane to Research.gov in accordance with NSF Important Notice 147: Research.gov Implementation Update issued September 22, 2020. Please refer to the Research.gov Proposal Submission Capabilities to see what is in development.

Questions? If you have IT system-related questions, please contact the NSF Help Desk at 1-800-381-1532 (7:00 AM - 9:00 PM ET; Monday - Friday except federal holidays) or via rgov@nsf.gov. Policy-related questions should be directed to policy@nsf.gov.

We look forward to receiving your Research.gov FASED, Equipment, and Travel proposals and seeing you on the demo site.

 

Regards,

Jean

 

Jean Feldman

Head, Policy Office

Division of Institution and Award Support

Office of Budget, Finance & Award Management

email: policy@nsf.gov

A new framework for articulating broader impacts in research proposals is now available from the U.S. National Science Foundation’s Directorate for Social, Behavioral and Economic Sciences.

NSF's existing criteria for evaluating research proposals through both intellectual merit and broader impacts remain unchanged. The new framework offers guidance on how researchers can better articulate the potential impacts of their proposed research and how those impacts can lead to benefits for society, including improved quality of life. The framework includes questions for researchers to consider when developing the broader impacts of their research and suggestions on how to explain them.

“By effectively describing a project's potential broader impacts, researchers can help others understand the relevance of that research to their lives,” says Arthur Lupia, head of NSF’s Directorate for Social, Behavioral and Economic Sciences. “As more researchers do this, more people in the U.S. will understand the tremendous and irreplaceable public value of fundamental research in the social, behavioral and economic sciences.”

To read the framework, see Dear Colleague Letter: A Broader Impacts Framework for Proposals Submitted to NSF's Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences Directorate.

The AERA-NSF Grants Program is currently accepting proposals for both its Dissertation and Research Grants. With support from the National Science Foundation (NSF), the Program provides dissertation grants to graduate students and small research grants to doctoral level scholars using large-scale data sets in their research.

The AERA-NSF Grants Program emphasizes the advanced statistical analysis of data sets from the U.S. Department of Education’s National Center for Education Statistics, NSF, and other federal agencies. The program also supports studies using large-scale international data systems (e.g., PISA, PIRLS, or TIMMS) that benefit from U.S. federal government support. In addition, statewide longitudinal administrative data systems enhanced through federal grants are also eligible for consideration. Proposals are encouraged from a variety of disciplines, such as, but not limited to, education, sociology, economics, psychology, demography, statistics, and psychometrics.

AERA Dissertation Grants. AERA provides dissertation support for advanced doctoral students to undertake doctoral dissertations using data from large-scale data sets. The award provides professional development, training, and networking opportunities for students. The selection process is competitive. AERA-NSF Dissertation Grants are awarded for one-year for an amount of up to $25,000.

AERA Research Grants. AERA provides small grants for faculty members, postdoctoral researchers, and other doctoral-level scholars to undertake quantitative research using data from large-scale data sets. The selection process is competitive. AERA-NSF Research Grants are awarded for one or two years, for an amount of up to $35,000.

The next proposal deadline is Wednesday, May 12, 2021 (11:59PM PT). Please the AERA-NSF Grants Program via email (grantsprogram@aera.net) or phone (202-238-3200) if you have any questions regarding the program.