Research Notes

Working with CLPS professor Dima Amso, postdoctoral fellow Kristen Tummeltshammer has been studying the ability of infants to learn, remember, and find context. Read more

Office of Industry Engagement and Commercial Venturing 

14 UK Companies Visit Brown School of Engineering
Fourteen UK companies visited Brown to learn about research and the commercial potential of graphene, a one-atom thick sheet of carbon. It was hosted by RI Commerce Corporation, Innovate UK, School of Engineering and IECV. Read more

Danish Renewable Energy Company Visits Brown
Ørsted, a Danish renewable energy company, visited Brown to learn about our research capacities related to wind energy. With its Deepwater Wind in 2018 acquisition, Ørsted has an RI presence. Read more

RIHub: A New Home for Innovation
At 225 Dyer, Brown and its partners have opened RIHub, a “workspace where startups, experts and everyone in between...can think, collaborate and execute--creating innovations that will benefit our community and change the world.” 

RIHub and Brown Launch Innovations in Urban Living Accelerator
RIHub is launching a new accelerator in partnership with Brown and the CoWrks Foundry. Called “Innovations for Urban Living,” the program is for early-stage startups with solutions to make cities more intelligent, livable, and sustainable. Read more

Welcome New IECV Staff Member
Jennifer Vieira, our new Administrative Manager, will support government compliance management, patent database management, and all billing and collections functions for the IECV division. She joins us from MIT's Technology Licensing Office.

Research Administration Information Systems

Grants.gov Forms-F Coeus to InfoEd Transition Timeline
On May 25, 2020, Grants.gov will transition its form sets over to Forms-F series. There is important information to be aware of regarding Coeus for the transitional period between this forms set change and when InfoEd Grants goes live. Read more

Subscribe to the RAIS Newsletter (eRAF)
This newsletter offers the opportunity to receive updates focusing on electronic research administration systems, updates from external agencies on research administration, Workday Grants & Effort, and sponsored reporting. Subscribe here.

Office of Research Development

Learn more about the Brown University Research Achievement Awards program and the 2019 winners here. 

Submit Brown Research Achievement Award Nominations by Jan. 6th
Brown is pleased to recognize outstanding research and scholarship through the annual Research Achievement Awards program. Distinguished & Early Career awards are given. Full guidelines available here, submit nominations via UFunds.

Limited Submission Funding Opportunities
Limited Submissions require institutional nomination or endorsement from Brown. Interested? See the database of searchable limited submission opportunities here. 

Office of Research Integrity

New Research Data Email Address
ORI has a new email address for all inquiries concerning research data use, access, retention, and management. Please email the Research Data Team at ResearchData@brown.edu.

Change in eRA Commons Signing Official (SO) for dbGaP
ORI now has signatory authority for NIH data repositories (e.g., dbGaP), and other data or material repositories that require an institutional official to sign. Jennifer Welch should be listed as SO on all dbGaP requests.

Data Use Agreements (DUAs)
ORI centrally manages the administrative procedures for DUAs that involve research data, including negotiation and signature. Please review the DUA Guidance for Researchers for more information.

Data Access Statements
Journals are increasingly requesting data access and sharing statements from PIs. Please contact ResearchData@brown.edu for template data access statements and to address any data access or sharing concerns.

New University policy for Data Protection Standards
Brown defines data risk levels and maintains security standards for servers. University policy next calendar year will require adherence to the standards. Please email CCV for training, staffing & hosting services to help with compliance.

Feb. 2020: Inaugural Love Data Week
Mark your calendars for Brown’s First Annual Love Data Week. Love Data Week is co-sponsored by Office of the Vice President for Research and the Library. Attend sessions and participate by hosting your own data-related event. Read More
 

Office of Sponsored Projects

Deadlines and due dates impacted by Winter Break
We appreciate your extra effort to return signed financial “rough draft” reports to OSP Post Award well in advance of Winter Break. Many reports are due at calendar year end. You can find our proposal submission schedule and more details here.  

White Paper, LOI, Pre-Proposal and full Proposal
See this chart for help distinguishing the different categories of funding requests and their applicable submission requirements.

2020 Effort Reporting Schedule
The 2020 effort reporting schedule is now available. Please access the schedule here. Contact Robin Eubank at effort-reporting@brown.edu with any questions.

Funding & Awards

Featured Funding Opportunities

Limited | DoE Building EPSCoR-State/National Laboratory Partnerships
*Rush* Partnerships to advance fundamental, early-stage energy research collaborations that partner researchers in EPSCoR jurisdictions and research staff at DOE national laboratories. See the full limited submission database here.

Unlimited | Practice-Based Research for Implementing Scalable Evidence-Based Prevention Interventions in Primary Care Settings
This announcement solicits practice-based research aimed at testing the effectiveness of interventions in pediatric-serving primary care settings which may impact mental health outcomes.

NIH Federal Updates

NIH Draft Policy for Data Management & Sharing
NIH released a Draft NIH Policy for Data Management and Sharing for public comment along with supplemental draft guidance. Let NIH know your thoughts by submitting comments through the web-portal no later than January 10, 2020.

Notice of NIH's Interest in Diversity
Notice to Clarify Eligibility Requirements of Institutions, Program Directors/Principal Investigators (PDs/PIs), and Research Project Leaders in PAR-19-313 "Centers of Biomedical Research Excellence (COBRE) Phase 1 (P20 Clinical Trial Optional)" here.

New NIH "FORMS-F" Grant Application Forms and Instructions
This notice informs the biomedical and health services research communities of changes to grant application form and application guide instructions for due dates on or after May 25, 2020. Read the full notice here. 

NSF Federal Updates

Become a Rotator at the National Science Foundation
Take advantage of a rare opportunity to have an impact on science research and funding in a 1-4 year rotator position at NSF. Read more 

Jill Pipher Delivers Briefing on Capitol Hill

Photo courtesy of Allison O'Brien

On December 5, Jill Pipher, Brown Vice President for Research and mathematics professor, gave a Congressional briefing: "No Longer Secure: Cryptography in the Quantum Era." Pipher spoke on Capitol Hill to an audience of 100 members of Congress, congressional staff and government agency officials. Read more