Research News Roundup - September 2023

The Office of Research and the Office of Graduate Education have merged. As the Office of Research & Graduate Education (OOR & GE) our services to the campus community will continue, the people you know are still here, but we are now working under one roof in Von Neumann Hall. A warm welcome to our new colleagues of the Office of Graduate Education!

Highlights of this month’s newsletter include a brief bio of our newest OOR & GE team member, OOR announcements, updates, events, and news from Leatherby Libraries. Be sure to read the entire newsletter to be entered into our September raffle!

Kris Edmonds, Pre and Post Award Research Administrator, comes to us from The University of Arizona where she served as a Grant and Contract Analyst for the Pre-Award Sponsored Projects. She enjoys spending time in the Sonoran Desert hiking with her daughter and their dogs, exploring new restaurants, and going to the movies.

NSF Major Research Instrumentation (MRI) Program

The NSF Major Research Instrumentation (MRI) Program has an upcoming due date of October 16, 2023 – November 15, 2023.

No Cost-Match needed! Due to the CHIPS and Science ACT the cost-match that is usually required has been waived for the next 5 years.

This is a limited institutional submission – no more than two (2) for Track 1, no more than one (1) for Track 2, and no more than one (1) for Track 3. Chapman could potentially submit four proposals in total.

Limited institutional submission requires prior review and approval from the Office of Research and Graduate Education. Send a Letter of Intent including MRI Track number, team members and general description of project to sps@chapman.edu by September 22^nd.

For more information, join one of NSF’s MRI virtual townhall webinars on September 14th or 15^th. Prior registration is required.

New NSF Biographical Sketch Requirement

Effective October 2023, the National Science Foundation (NSF) will require that grant applicants use SciENcv to generate their biographical sketch and current and pending files. More information can be found on NSF's website.

Student Human Subjects Research

With the start of the new semester and the need for instructors to plan ahead for their students’ research, the IRB wants to remind you of our Guidelines for Student Classroom Projects and Research Involving Human Subjects.

Research Resources

Reminder that the Office of Research and Graduate Education has a general resources and a sponsored projects resources page available on our website for faculty looking for research support.

Office of Research & Graduate Education Open House Save the Dates

Mark your calendars, the Office of Research and Graduate Education is holding two open house sessions this fall semester. A faculty open house on the Orange campus will take place on October 11th in Von Neumann Hall. An open house at the Rinker campus for faculty, staff, and administrators will be held on November 8th. More details to come!

The open house's will include 15-20 minute research related info sessions lead by our staff. Send in your suggestions for info session topics to officeofresearch@chapman.edu.

Kudos to Chapman Faculty Award Recipients

Please join us in congratulating the following faculty who have received a new award in 2023. Keep up the amazing work!

Dr. Zed Sehyr for "Quantifying sign reduction in American Sign Language using human pose estimation"
Dr. Rennolds Ostrom for "Compartmentalized signaling and crosstalk in airway myocytes"
Dr. Brooke Jenkins for "Positive Affect and Pediatric Asthma: An Innovative Positive Psychology Model to Improve Asthma Management and Health"
Dr. Warren De Bruyn for "Collaborative Research: RUI: Cycling of dissolved organic matter in blue carbon ecosystems"
Dr. Armen Gulian for "Development of discrete elements for superconducting electronics (including SQUIDs) for room-temperature operation enabled by LK99 thin films"
Dr. Hesham El-Askary for "Promoting the integration of Earth Observations for Sustainable Development Goals"

Export Control Updates

New documents for export control for Russia and Iran have been added to our website.

The Basics of APA Style - A Leatherby Libraries Workshop
Friday, September 29, 2023, from 11:00 am - 11:45 am PST https://events.chapman.edu/91772

Meet our First Ever Copyright Librarian: Katherine Roth!

SPIE Digital Library Read-and-Publish Deal Provides Journal Access and Free Open Access Publishing

Education Week Website: Connect to Knowledge: Education Week - Reap the Rewards with these Resources - Leatherby Libraries (chapman.edu)

Congratulations to our August giveaway winner, Talent Acquisition Assistant, Dylan French!

Thank you for reading this far in our newsletter!

To be entered into next months drawing, be sure to email us your suggestions for info session topics for our faculty open house.

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