Research News Roundup - March 2024

Highlights of this month’s newsletter includes announcements, updates, events, tips, and news from Leatherby Libraries. Be sure to read the entire newsletter to be entered into our March raffle!

2024 -2025 FGRSC Application Period Closing Soon

The 2024 -2025 Faculty Grant for Research, Scholarship, and Creative Activity (FGRSC) call for proposals is live. Proposals are due Friday 3/15 by noon. Submit your application for the chance to be awarded funds for your project!

CHOC International Pediatric & Lifespan Data Science Conference

CHOC is now accepting the submission of abstracts for their first ever International Pediatric Lifespan and Data Science Conference which will take place on May 23-24th 2024 in Anaheim. This two-day event will bring together experts in medicine, research, and data science from across the globe to address the most pressing challenges in pediatric and lifespan research.

Abstracts are due March 23rd by 11:59pm PST.

Sponsored Projects Milestone Reminders Launch

Through collaborative efforts between OOR&GE, Financial Services, and IS&T, we have successfully implemented the automation of grant report due date notifications. Automated notifications are being send to PIs and their department staff in intervals of 90, 60, 30, 14, 7, and 2 days prior to the due dates of the required reports (e.g., progress reports, invention reports, and final reports) to the funding agency. This approach ensures that both the PI and Chapman University remain in compliance with the sponsor's reporting requirements.

Kudos to Chapman Faculty Award Recipients

Please join us in congratulating the following faculty who have received a new award in 2024. Keep up the amazing work!

Veronique Olivier for "Transatlantic Mobility Program - From Normandy to California" from The Albertine Foundation for 14,280.00.

Shira Klein for "The Elephant in the Room" from The New Israel Fund for 1,500.00.

Gennady Verkhivker for "Probing real-time conformational dynamics and allosteric cooperativity of the HIV-1 envelope glycoprotein during virus entry" from an NIH subaward for 27,204.00.

Richelle Tanner for "DESIGN: Reforming organizational culture across Biology using a Community of Care framework" from NSF for 494,256.00.

Joshua Fisher for "Communities for a Better Environment: Triangulating NASA Data and Participatory GIS with Local Organizing to Advance Environmental Justice in Los Angeles" from NASA for 22,886.00.

Peter Simi for "National Counterterrorism Innovation, Technology and Education Center (NCITE) - International Academic Partnerships for Science and Security" from The Department of Homeland Security for 74,999.00.

Cassandra Donatelli for “ Collaborative Research: Research Infrastructure: MorphoCloud: A Cloud Powered, Open-Source Platform For Research, Teaching And Collaboration In 3d Digital Morphology And Beyond” from NSF for 56,720.00.

Graduate Student Scholar Symposium

The 2024 Graduate Student Scholar Symposium is approaching fast! Take this opportunity to encourage your graduate students to submit their scholarship and share their work with the Chapman community.

2024 Three Minute Thesis Competition

Encourage your graduate students to take part in the 2024 3MT competition! This is a wonderful opportunity for your students to practice their presentation skills while sharing their work with their peers and faculty.

Three Minute Thesis Online Workshop

Have questions about the 3MT competition? Check out the online workshop that will assist graduate students in preparing and submitting their entries.

Funding Application Tips

Planning on applying for funding? Start early to ensure a successful submission! All proposals for sponsored projects (grants, contracts, etc.) must undergo Institutional Review and Approval prior to submission.

Even if Chapman University is only a subaward site? - Yes!
Even if it’s my trainee (student, postdoc, etc.) who is planning to apply? – Yes!

Refer to our Proposal Submission Workflow webpage for important internal deadlines for review and submission. Our Sponsored Projects Services team is here to help you navigate the complexities of applying for funding. Not sure who to contact? Visit our Support by College/Unit webpage or email us at sps@chapman.edu.

Campus Resource for Faculty

Check out the Office of Faculty Advancement SharePoint site providing resources for all faculty from tips and forms for hiring faculty or postdocs to resources for faculty evaluations or course contract tool

The Library Research & Data Services (LRDS) team has compiled key information about Chapman figshare, the University’s first-ever research data repository, allowing the Chapman community to make their data citable, shareable, and discoverable.

The Leatherby Libraries is pleased to offer access to two new primary source collections. Decolonization: Politics and Independence in Former Colonial and Commonwealth Territories explores decolonization as a historical process. Refugees, Relief, and Resettlement: Forced Migration and World War II includes primary source perspectives chronicling the plight of refugees and displaced people before and after World War II.

Join us on Wednesday, March 27, 2024, at 1:00 p.m. for a Leatherby Libraries Workshop, “Everything You Need to Know About the NIH Data Management and Sharing Policy Update,” presented by Data Services Librarian Andrew Greenman and Office of Research & Graduate Education’s Senior Research Administrator, Megan Faulkner.

SPS Pre Award & Non-Financial Post Award: The first Tuesday of every month from 11:00-12:00pm. Zoom Link.

SPS Post Award: The last Tuesday of every month from 9:30-10:30am. Zoom Link

IRB: The first Tuesday of every month from 3:00-4:00pm. Zoom Link.

IACUC/COI/Export/Import: The fourth Tuesday of every month from 3:00-4:00pm. Zoom Link.

Industry Alliance and Commercialization: The third Thursday of every month from 3:00-4:00pm. Zoom Link.

Graduate Education: The last Thursday of every month from 10:00-11:00am. Zoom Link.

For a full schedule including quarterly and semester specific dates for additional departments and for Zoom information visit our events page.

To be entered into next months drawing submit your proposal for our Faculty Grant for Research, Scholarship, and Creative Activity!

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