Research News Roundup - June 2024

This month’s newsletter highlights include announcements, new faculty highlight stories, updates, events, and news from Leatherby Libraries. Be sure to read the entire newsletter to be entered into our June raffle!

If you have any questions related to grants, compliance, industry partnerships, or graduate education, join the monthly office hours – see below for time and Zoom links.

Amazing Opportunity

To enhance your expertise in research and scholarship. Sign up for free Nature Masterclasses, on-demand online training courses addressing a variety of topics related to research and scholarship. The user guide information can be found on our resource page. Use your Chapman credentials to register and then explore topics from how to find funding, creating successful posters, and communicate your research and scholarship effectively to writing and publishing your research and scholarship or effective research collaboration.

NSF Interactive Institution Factsheet

NSF created a new tool: the NSF Interactive Institution Factsheet. Use this tool to pull a report with summary information about Chapman’s research funded by NSF, including institutional funding rate trends, number of PIs and Co-PIs on awards, awards by NSF managing directorate, most recent new awards, largest currently active awards, and more.

National Science Foundation System Updates

Changes to the (NSF) Proposal & Award Policies & Procedures Guide (PAPPG) (NSF 24-1) are in effect as of May 20, 2024.

See the summary of changes to the PAPPG (NSF 24-1) or view the NSF Proposal & Award Policy Updates (NSF 24-1) webinar.

Important NSF changes include:

Mentoring Plan: Each proposal that requests funding to support postdoctoral scholars or graduate students must upload a mentoring plan describing the mentor activities that will be provided for such individuals in the supplementary documentation section of Research.gov. You can view additional information at NSF 101: The Mentoring plan.
The NSTC-approved Common Forms for the Biographical Sketch and Current and Pending (Other) Support are now available in SciENcv. These revised formats will be required for proposals submitted or due on or after May 20, 2024.
Synergistic Activities has been removed from the biosketch. Information will now be submitted as a separate document under senior/key personnel documents in research.gov.
The three-page limit for biographical sketches has been removed. Each senior/key person must now use SciENcv to create their biosketch and include certifications regarding foreign involvement. For further information on biosketch requirements, please visit NSF.gov.

Campus File Storage Options

IS&T’s Research Computing department has several options available for file storage. Newly added, IS&T is now offering a bulk storage solution for $50 per TB per year for Chapman users. Contact researchcomputing@chapman.edu with questions or requests.

Faculty Highlight! Faculty Story

Professor Tom W. Bell researches an area of law that even most law professors aren’t familiar with. Read the article about how he "Creates Niche in Special Jurisdictions".

Faculty Highlight! 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!

Dr. Laura Glynn for "Parental predictability as a protective social factor for children's stress physiology and mental health" from the Mental Research Institute for $25,000.00.

Dr. Justin de Leon for "Strong Heart Study (SHS) - Creative Sovereignty Lab" from the National Institute of Health (through a subaward from Missouri Breaks Industries Research) for $30,000.

Dr. Thuy Xuan Uyen Phan for "Enhancing Research Capabilities in Sensory Lab through Advanced Technologies" from Southern California Institute Food Technologist section SCIFTS for $23,001.

Dr. Lilian Were Senger for "Acquisition of an Exhaust collector DT20 for a Kjeldahl unit and consumables for Food Chemistry Research" from Southern California Institute Food Technologist section SCIFTS for $15,000.

Dr. Rosalee Hellberg for "Purchase of Laboratory Supplies to Advance Food Authentication Research and Provide Students with Experiential Learning Opportunities" from Southern California Institute Food Technologist section SCIFTS for $10,000.

Dr. Patricia C. Lopes for "Ecology of disgust" from The Company of Biologists for $2,540.

Douglas Dechow for "SCELC Research Incentive Award: Building Coordinating Data Support Services" from Statewide California Electronic Library Consortium (SCELC) for $5,000.

Dr. Elaine Schwartz for "Chapman Beckman Scholars Program" from Beckman Foundation for $156,000.

Dr. Moom Roosan for “Feasibility to diagnose Alzheimer's disease and mild cognitive impairment from blood monocyte gene expression” from Chapmans Faculty Grant for Research Scholarship and Creativity for $15,000.00.

Dr. Vincent Berardi for “Pilot Study for TRAQ-to-Quit” from Chapmans Faculty Grant for Research Scholarship and Creativity for $15,000.00.

Dr. Jillian Warren for “Story of Things 1.0: From Concept to Wearable Design Specifications - Igniting Curiosity for Sustainable Futures” from Chapmans Faculty Grant for Research Scholarship and Creativity for $15,000.00.

Dr. Minju Kwon for “Blacklisted Rebels: Commitment to Child Rights in Armed Conflict in the Philippines” from Chapmans Faculty Grant for Research Scholarship and Creativity for $15,000.00.

Dr. Gary Fong for “Identifying epidemiological trends, treatment patterns, clinical outcomes, and opportunities to improve care for patients with candidemia in a vulnerable, resource-limited population” from Chapmans Faculty Grant for Research Scholarship and Creativity for $14,960.00.

Departing PI Checklist

Researchers who will be leaving Chapman should refer to the “Departing PI Checklist” located on the Office of Research and Graduate Education’s website. The checklist is a comprehensive resource that covers the broad areas of transitioning staff/students/equipment, human or animal subject research, intellectual property, export control, proposal and award management, Environmental Health & Safety, Human Resource actions, Conflicts of Interest, as well as data and record retention.

IRB Updates

The IRB updated its recruitment guidelines (now has more information on use of social media), and its guidelines on use of social media to conduct research. Copies of the updated guidelines are posted on the IRB page https://www.chapman.edu/research/integrity/irb/policies.aspx.

When an external IRB (not Chapman’s) is the IRB of Record, the Chapman PI must include the external IRB-approved recruitment materials in the “request to rely” application within Cayuse. That way, the Chapman IRB is aware of externally approved recruitment materials (e.g., flyers) before they are seen by the Chapman community.

IACUC Facility Inspection

The next IACUC facility inspection is anticipated to be held on November 15, 2024.

IS&T Research Computing

Monthly Hands-on Workshops! Monday, June 17th. 2024 from 2:30 pm - 3:30 pm in DeMille Hall 150. Topics may include connecting to the Keck Cluster for the first time (and associated software installations), use of the various queues available, how to tell if your job is running, and more. Bring your laptop for one-on-one support, or feel free to drop in to discuss topics of your choice. For more information, please contact researchcomputing@chapman.edu.

A cloud-based, secure research environment in compliance with NIST 800-171 requirements is now available. If your research requires such compliance, contact researchcomputing@chapman.edu for a consultation and additional details.

Recognizing the Inaugural Recipients of the SOARS (Supporting Open Access Research and Scholarship) Faculty Research Awards

The Leatherby Libraries is pleased to announce the first-ever recipients of the Supporting Open Access Research and Scholarship (SOARS) Faculty Research Award. This award is a collaboration between the Leatherby Libraries, the Office of the Provost, the Office of Research and Graduate Education, and the IS&T Department that aims to support publishing in Open Access journals, which allows research to be freely accessible to everyone, fostering interdisciplinary collaboration and increasing research impact.

Congratulating the Inaugural Eric M. Scandrett Graduate Research Prize 2024 Winners

We are thrilled to announce the first-ever recipients of the Eric M. Scandrett Graduate Research Prize, which was created to promote and acknowledge exceptional research and practical usage of library resources by Chapman graduate students. Eric Scandrett, the benefactor of this inaugural prize, has been deeply integrated into the fabric of Chapman University for years, and we sincerely thank Eric for contributing to the establishment of this research prize and his continued support of our graduate students.

Announcing the 2024 Kevin and Tam Ross Undergraduate Research Prize Winners

The Leatherby Libraries is proud to announce the winners of the 2024 Kevin and Tam Ross Undergraduate Research Prize, which recognizes excellent research and effective use of library resources by Chapman University undergraduate students.

Chapman Researchers Now Have Access to the Asian Life in America Database

The Leatherby Libraries is pleased to now offer access to the Asian Life in America database from Newsbank and Readex. This database documents the experience and impact of Asian Americans as recorded by the news media from 1704 to 2017 through a collection of primary sources that offer a glimpse into centuries of Asian American history and daily life.

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.

Congratulations to David Moore from the Office of Legacy Planning and Lauren Fillet from Crean College of Health and Behavioral Sciences for being our June giveaway winners!

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