Will Anderson: will@oursharedimpact.comBrenda Jackson: jackson3@umbc.edu
We will be hosting our Townhall on Thursday, November 11th, 5-6 pm on Webex.
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CAHSS Senators are looking forward to serving the needs of our various departments and hope to receive some feedback through a first Town Hall. In order to get a better understanding of your own experiences, we invite you to fill out this form and attend our first Town Hall meeting.
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Hello GSOs,
Please read the below information in regards to reminders, updates and new changes that will affect event planning and the submission of funding requests.
The Graduate School and GSA want to make it clear that event planning for the entire year still requires significant pre-planning due to the space and safety requirements of COVID.
Reserving space on campus has become extremely limited and there is currently a 14 day hold for reserving space. Please make sure that you are planning ahead of time for both Fall and Spring events
Please refer to the university guidelines on hosting events linkedhere. Specifically, if you are planning on having more than 50 people for an in-person event, you must discuss it with your Vice President or Dean.
The Grants Review Panel is requesting that GSOs submit allocation requests forms at least 2 weeks in advance. The committee needs sufficient time to look over and discuss the request prior to approving it
Effective Spring Semester 2022: All allocation requests must be submitted at least one month in advance in order to be considered for funding. The Executive Council made this decision based on this semester’s requests and the new update can be found here.
If you are requesting food from on campus providers, please make sure you are giving them ample time to prepare an order. Many of the caterers are requesting at least a week notice, but it is always better to request earlier
These are the approved methods currently for on campus food services:
Individually wrapped, pre-packaged snack items
Individually prepared, boxed meal options provided by one of the approved caterers
Sit down catered meal prepared by and served by an approved caterer
Pizza is allowed as long as there are designated servers that are masked and gloved.
If you have any questions or concerns about any of these updates, please reach out to gsa@umbc.edu
Best,
Zane Poffenberger
Community Liaison
NSF Mid-Career Advancement (MCA)
Full Proposal Due Date: February 7, 2022
An academic career often does not provide the uninterrupted stretches of time necessary for acquiring and building new skills to enhance and advance one’s research program. Mid-career scientists in particular are at a critical career stage where they need to advance their research programs to ensure long-term productivity and creativity but are often constrained by service, teaching, or other activities that limit the amount of time devoted to research.
The MCA offers an opportunity for scientists and engineers at the Associate Professor rank (or equivalent) to substantively enhance and advance their research program through synergistic and mutually beneficial partnerships, typically at an institution other than their home institution. Projects that envision new insights on existing problems or identify new but related problems previously inaccessible without new methodology or expertise from other fields are encouraged.
Partners from outside the PI's own subdiscipline or discipline are encouraged, but not required, to enhance interdisciplinary networking and convergence across science and engineering fields.
By (re)-investing in mid-career investigators, NSF aims to enable and grow a more diverse scientific workforce (more women, persons with disabilities, and underrepresented minorities) at high academic ranks, who remain engaged and active in cutting-edge research.
The MCA is the only cross-directorate NSF program specifically aimed at providing protected time and resources to established scientists and engineers targeted at the mid-career (Associate Professor rank or equivalent) stage. Participating programs in the Directorates for Biological Sciences (BIO), Geosciences (GEO), Engineering (ENG), Social, Behavioral and Economic Sciences (SBE), and Education and Human Resources (EHR) will accept MCA proposals. PIs are encouraged to discuss the suitability of their MCA proposal with a program officer from the appropriate directorate (see https://www.nsf.gov/bio/MCA_contacts.jsp).
Google Student Researcher Program 2022APPLY TODAY! |
Applications for the 2022 Student Researcher roles are officially open. This paid Student Researcher position offers students the opportunity to work directly with Google research scientists and engineers on cutting-edge research projects. This program is open to Bachelors, Masters and PhD students currently enrolled in a degree program in the U.S.
The Student Researcher Program’s primary objective is to foster academic collaborations with students through research at Google. The program offers more opportunities for research students to work on critical research projects at Google in a less structured way (allowing flexibility beyond the limitations of our traditional internship program).
You can view full details of the numerous roles HERE
Roles Include:
Student Researcher, PhD, 2022
Student Researcher, BS, 2022
Student Researcher, BS, 2022