January Newsletter

The Office of Research wishes you a happy, healthy, and successful 2023.

Our January newsletter has some important announcements about changes in NIH requirements, the upcoming annual disclosure of outside activities, and our reporting requirements as well as information about funding opportunities, upcoming events, and IRB tips. Over the next months we will also highlight the services that the different units within the Office of Research provide starting this month with the Industry Alliances and Commercialization.

Let us know what else you would like to see in our monthly newsletter by email: officeofresearch@chapman.edu

Industry Alliances and Commercialization is a subunit within the Office or Research providing in collaboration with the Office of Legal Affairs a variety of services for Chapman University faculty and research staff such as:

Guidance on how to effectively engage industry
Setup and negotiation of agreements
Assessment of technology
Marketing of inventions to potential licensees
Intellectual property protection

Contact Lawrence Lau, Director of Industry Alliances and Commercialization at lalau@chapman.edu or (714) 628-2875.

Reminder: Upcoming deadlines for NIH

All NIH applications with due dates on/after January 25^th, 2023, should be prepared in accordance with NIH Application Instructions Forms Version H: https://grants.nih.gov/grants/how-to-apply-application-guide/forms-h/general-forms-h.pdf
*NEW REQUIRED DOCUMENT ALERT* - All applications with due dates on/after January 25, 2023, must include a new document called
the “Data Management and Sharing Plan”. Instructions (and a template!) for preparing the new document are available here:
https://sharing.nih.gov/data-management-and-sharing-policy/planning-and-budgeting-for-data-management-and-sharing

Upcoming: Annual Disclosure of Outside Professional Activities for Investigators and Directors

Be on the lookout for an email with a link to a short Qualtrics survey to disclose outside activities and commitments related to your Chapman responsibilities (e.g., research, teaching, administrative, and responsibilities).
Who must disclose? All Investigators with active awards or pending proposals and all Directors.
Investigators include all researchers, regardless of title, independently responsible for designing, conducting, negotiating, contracting, or reporting externally sponsored projects. Directors are employees in administrative leadership positions or direction of recognized university research centers or institutes, where a regular job requirement is to make institutional decisions regarding externally sponsored activities on behalf of the University.
See Chapman’s Financial Disclosure Policy for more details. Contact Michelle Christy (mich15571@chapman.edu) with questions.

Reporting Bullying and Sexual Misconduct to Sponsors

Several sponsors have developed or are currently developing policies to promote a research workplace free of sexual harassment and bullying. These policies call for institutions to notify sponsors of allegations, investigations, or when a person is removed from an award due. NSF and NIH have also implemented policies around off-campus sponsored activities, such as conferences of field research.
Information about reporting harassment can be found at:https://www.chapman.edu/students/health-and-safety/title-ix/title-ix-reporting-options.aspx. A listing of the Chapman policies regarding discrimination and Title IX, sexual misconduct, and gender bias can be found on the Legal Affairs website.

Upcoming Events

Join a panel discussion of experts on Friday, January 20th, 2023, on The Future of Cities -Views from the Left Coast.
Free Crash Course in NHI Funding. Are you new to NIH grants and looking to better understand the processes and policies behind NIH funding? Or are you experienced and want to brush up on the latest policies and information? Consider this your personal invitation to the 2023 NIH Grants Conference, a free and virtual event on February 1-2, 2023. During this 2-day live event, NIH and HHS experts will share policies, resources, guidance, and case studies in informative and engaging sessions.

Funding Opportunities

Future of Work at the Human-Technology Frontier: Core Research (FW-HTF) – an NSF program solicitation (NSF 23-543) stressing inter-disciplinary or convergent research that addresses technological, human, and societal dimensions of future work.Full proposal deadline: March 30, 2023. Contact Sponsored Project Services as soon as possible for proposal development support: sps@chapman.edu
The NIH High-Risk, High-Reward Research program provides unique opportunities for exceptionally creative scientists to pursue highly innovative approaches to address major challenges in biomedical or behavioral research. Any research topic relevant to the broad mission of NIH is welcome.
Find further external funding opportunities for your research, scholarship, and creative activities on Pivot – an online, searchable database that includes federal, state, local, international, and private funding opportunities. Watch the video on how to setting up anaccount and profile, or do a basic search for funding opportunities.

Do I need Institutional Review Board (IRB) approval for my research? How do I submit a study for IRB? What is CITI training? Find answers to these questions and other questions on the IRB Quick Start pages.

What else you would like to see in the newsletter? What are we missing? Send your feedback to officeofresearch@chapman.edu
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