Division of Research
Archived News Topics
OSP announces improvements to website
The Office of Sponsored Programs is pleased to announce that we have improved our Funding Opportunities web page.
Faculty interested in securing external funding for research and creative activities are encouraged to visit Funding Opportunities http://www.boisestate.edu/research/osp/funding.shtml and explore the following InfoEd Tools and Federal funding links:
Info Ed Tools
http://www.boisestate.edu/research/osp/funding-smarts.shtml
InfoEd SPIN allows you to perform customized searches for funding opportunities at government, corporate agencies and foundations around the world and provides links to programs.
InfoEd SMARTS is the link between your InfoEd profile, keywords, and filtering criteria, and SPIN funding opportunities. You receive automatically generated SMARTS e-mails on a daily basis as funding opportunities become available which match your criteria. Each funding opportunity alert includes links to InfoEd's detailed program summary and the sponsor's website.
InfoEd GENIUS gives you the options to make your profile available to potential collaborators worldwide. Also, a GENIUS/CV database search feature allows you to locate potential collaborators from profiles at other institutions, as well as right here at Boise State University.
Federal Funding
http://www.boisestate.edu/research/osp/funding-federal.shtml
This site provides links to major federal agencies and the grants.gov website, the central federal storehouse for information for over 1,000 grant programs.
We hope that our website http://www.boisestate.edu/research/osp/
provides you with the information you need. If there is additional information we can provide, please don't hesitate to contact our office.
Call issued for FY10 appropriations requests
The Division of Research is pleased to announce a call to the campus community for FY10 appropriations requests. Those interested in responding to this call are encouraged to submit a one-page white paper describing their proposed project electronically through their dean and/or supervisor to Robyn Williams of the Division of Research. Please click here for more information and deadline dates.
Research Block Grant Program goes into effect July 1
The Division of Research will replace the existing Faculty Research Associates Program (FRAP) and Faculty Research Grant (FRG) internal grant programs with a Research Block Grant Program, effective July 1, 2008.
Essentially, this initiative will involve the Division of Research administering Research Block Grants in the amount of $20,000 to each of the following five colleges/academic units on campus. Please click here for more information.
May - June 2008
Office of Sponsored Programs posts new forms on website
The Office of Sponsored Programs has updated the OSP Transmittal Form which is used for internal review and approval of all proposed sponsored programs. Click here to access this form (.doc)
In addition, a new OSP Cost Share Form is now required for those proposals which include institutional or third party cost share and/or in-kind, in order to document these commitments at the proposal stage. This form eliminates the need for individual departments and colleges to create their own forms and enables the institution to collect the necessary information in a consistent manner. Click here to access this form (.xls)
Upcoming teleconference focuses on Complex Agreements
The Office of Sponsored Programs will host a teleconference on Tuesday, June 10, from 9:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. in the Simplot Micron Technology Center, Room 210. Faculty of the National Council of University Research Administrators will present information on Complex Agreements.
We are hearing more and more about the term “translational research” -- how research results are translated into products or public use. Getting research results from the bench to the public can take several paths and involve several types of agreements outside of the initial supporting research award. These may include non-disclosure agreements, teaming agreements, material transfer agreements, clinical trial agreements, and license agreements with start-up companies. The negotiation and management of these agreements usually involves some unique challenges for research administrators.
This program will focus on these agreements and areas of risk, accounting issues, institutional and individual conflict of interest, protection of human subjects, effort certification for investigators, publications, and the special challenges you face in administering all these issues in collaborations with multiple parties and a multi-site clinical trial program. Whether you are involved as the prime institution or as the sub-awardee we all need to understand and work through the wide range of issues.
The faculty for this program are seasoned pros who will share their experiences in successfully managing these unique and often challenging agreements.
To register for the workshop e-mail Debbie DeNinno at osp@boisestate.edu by Friday, June 6.
April 2008
Research Block Grant Program goes into effect July 1
The Division of Research will replace the existing Faculty Research Associates Program (FRAP) and Faculty Research Grant (FRG) internal grant programs with a Research Block Grant Program, effective July 1, 2008.
Essentially, this initiative will involve the Division of Research administering Research Block Grants in the amount of $20,000 to each of the following five colleges/academic units on campus:
- College of Arts and Sciences (limited to the following departments: Art, English, Modern Languages and Literatures, Music, Philosophy, and Theatre Arts)
- College of Business and Economics
- College of Education
- College of Health Sciences
- College of Social Sciences and Public Affairs
The purpose of this new program is to provide each of the above colleges with financial resources to make strategic investments that advance research in their respective areas. Examples of activities that could be supported from these funds include, but are not limited to, summer salaries, faculty course buyouts, graduate assistantships, equipment purchases, or seed grants.
How these funds are spent will be at the discretion of the college. However, each college is asked to develop a description of the process that will be used to allocate these funds by 6/30/08. Please submit the information to Vice President for Research Mark Rudin by either memo or e-mail. Once information is received, arrangements will be made to transfer the funds to college accounts after July 1, 2008.
Additional conditions/requirements associated with these funds include:
- All of the funds must be expended by June 30, 2009.
- Publications, presentations, etc. resulting from the use of these funds must acknowledge that the work was supported by the Boise State University Division of Research.
- Participating colleges must submit an annual report by the end of FY09, which describes how the funding was used during the fiscal year and what deliverables (publications, presentations, performances, grant applications, etc.) were completed as a result of the funding. The Division of Research will develop a template for this annual report during FY09.
- The FY10 installment of these funds will be released only after the annual report is received by the Division of Research.
March 2008
Office of Sponsored Programs hosts March 11 teleconference on effective proposal development
The Office of Sponsored Programs will host a teleconference on Tuesday, March 11, at 9:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. in the Simplot Micron Technology Center, Room 210. Faculty of the National Council of University Research Administrators will be presenting information on effective proposal development.
This program will provide a number of best practices in proposal development functions. Continual pressure to connect faculty with funding, to facilitate collaborations and manage limited submissions are among the few of the challenging tasks before you. Some institutions have a separate office to handle this function, others have a person within and still others are responsible for this area along with a host of other pre-award functions. Our seasoned faculty represent both large and small institutions, representing different successful approaches.
Topics include:
• Identifying funding sources (internal /external)
• Coordinating limited submissions
• Facilitating research collaboration (inter- and intra-institutional /international)
• NIH Roadmap
• Bridge funding
• Center development
To register for the workshop e-mail Debbie DeNinno at osp@boisestate.edu by Friday, March 7.
January 2008
OSP Offers New Listserv To Announce Funding Opportunities
The Office of Sponsored Programs is pleased to offer a new listserv, fundingopp-l, as a means to announce select state, federal and private grant and contract funding opportunities for a wide range of disciplines.
Sponsored program-related information such as upcoming proposal deadlines, limited proposal submission opportunities, and updates on issues affecting sponsored program administration will also be disseminated using this listserv.
If you are interested in subscribing, or have any questions, please contact Debbie DeNinno at osp@boisestate.edu.
Division of Research Announces Human Subjects Workshop Jan. 25
As part of the ongoing effort to expand familiarity and understanding of human subjects research, the Division of Research is providing a free workshop. We especially encourage the participation of graduate and undergraduate students who may want to participate in human subject research in the future. The workshop will be followed by an open forum for your questions.
Boise State , Saint Alphonsus and St. Luke's Departments of Research Administration are hosting a workshop by the Northwest Association for Biomedical Research (NWABR).
HUMAN SUBJECTS WORKSHOP
DATE: January 25, 2008
TIME: 1:30 PM - 5:30 PM
LOCATION: Boise State University, Student Union Building, Hatch B
Recommended attendees: research methods faculty, faculty involved with human subjects research, potential masters and Ph.D. students, and anyone who would like additional information regarding human subjects research.
AGENDA:
1:30 - 1:40 Introductions
Dr. Ronald Pfeiffer, BSU, Department of Kinesiology,
Director, Center for Musculoskeletal Research,
Co-Director, Center for Orthopaedic & Biomechanics Research (COBR)
1:40 - 2:10 NWABR: History, Services and New Opportunities
Susan Adler, Executive Director of NWABR
2:10 - 3:30 Conflict of Interest
Charlotte Shupert, PhD, Associate Director of Oregon Health & Science University,
Research Integrity Office
3:30 - 3:45 Break
3:45 - 4:45 Defining Research
Charlotte Shupert, PhD, Associate Director of Oregon Health & Science University,
Research Integrity Office
4:45 - 5:30 Open forum Q & A session with Susan Adler & Charlotte Shupert
There is no fee to attend, but seating is limited. Please RSVP to Judie Mayne, Interim Director, Office of Research Compliance at HumanSubjects@boisestate.edu
New Requirements for Investigators Announced
The Institutional Review Board at Boise State now requires all principal investigators and co-investigators conducting human subjects research to successfully complete the CITI online training prior to submitting a protocol for review.
To register for the training, click here.
In addition the IRB will not permit students to serve as principal investigators on human subject protocols except in the cases of thesis and dissertation research activities. Students working on their thesis or dissertation may be designated as the project principal investigator as long as their advisor is identified as the co-investigator. In all other circumstances, a faculty member and/or course instructor must be designated as the principal investigator and the student as the co-investigator on all human subject research protocols.
CGISS director featured on New Horizons in Education
John Bradford, director of the Center for Geophysical Investigation of the Shallow Subsurface at Boise State, was recently the featured guest on New Horizons in Education, a weekly radio show hosted by President Bob Kustra on NPR News 91.
Bradford, an assistant professor in the Department of Geosciences, discussed geophysical research at Boise State and several of his projects, including glacier studies in Alaska and sea ice studies in Norway. To listen to the interview online or download a podcast, go to http://radio.boisestate.edu/NewHorizons.html
Bradford is one of a number of Boise State professors interviewed during 2007 on the radio show. Other recent guests include political science professors Scott Yenor, John Freemuth and Nick Miller, history professor Jill Gill and English professor Carol Martin.
New Horizons in Education was launched in fall 2003, shortly after Kustra became president of Boise State. Since then, more than 170 programs have aired featuring guests from a broad range of backgrounds.
The radio show can be heard weekly throughout southwestern and central Idaho on NPR News 91. It airs at 5:30 p.m. Friday and again at 11 a.m. Sunday. The 30-minute program format allows for an extended and in-depth conversation each week between Kustra and his guest. The focus is on ideas, and the show seeks to feature guests that can offer an informed and articulate perspective on topics and issues of interest to the public.
New Horizons actively seeks suggestions for guests for upcoming programs. Suggestions can be sent to Janelle Brown, producer of New Horizons in Education, at jbrown2@boisestate.edu.