DER Weekly Newsletter, November 13th, 2020


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November 13th, 2020

		DER Funding Database

		Weekly In Progress Report

DER’s “Did You Know?” Spotlight

This week in DER’s “Did You Know?” Spotlight, we are focusing on changes in faculty and how to help them transfer awards from one institution to another. The information posted to DER web page provides information for new faculty coming to MSU and faculty that plan to depart from MSU. Information for new faculty includes the flow of information and communication, steps to submit a proposal at MSU, how to start on your transfers, and who you can contact for help. This is a new tool at DER and will be updating it as needed. Information for departing faculty includes steps to take to prepare your awards for transfer, how to prepare MSU for your departure, and who to contact for help. DER is here to help provide instruction and additional resources to help make the transfer process as seamless as possible. Learn more by visiting https://www.egr.msu.edu/der/proposal-overview-and-development.

Engineering Research Reactivation SharePoint

The Engineering Research Reactivation all-inclusive SharePoint page has helpful reopening resources, important processes, and documents that need to be completed and approved to "return to research". Please request access if prompted.

Important Announcement:

Where is my "LABORATORY PLAN FOR A SAFE RETURN" in the approval process?

You can see what step of the approval process your plan is on by looking under the “Engineering Research Reactivation” folders on the SharePoint site.

If the plan has been approved by the Department Chair, you can see if it has been sent to VPRI by clicking on “EGR ADR Review” > “At VPRI for Review”. If the plan is in the “At VPRI for Review” folder then it is currently being reviewed by VPRI.
To check to see if your plan has been completely approved by all required departments (DC, EGR Dean's Office, and VPRI), you can click on the “VPRI Final Approved Plans” folder. If your plan is in the “VPRI Final Approved Plans” folder then you approved to return to research. Monique Blackmer (monique@msu.edu) will reach out to you.

SharePoint Page

MSU Science Festival: Submit your proposal to present

PROPOSALS ACCEPTED OCTOBER 21 – DECEMBER 1, 2020

The MSU Science Festival, now in its 9th year, is an amazing multi-day series of events for people of all ages to experience science, technology, engineering, arts, and mathematics (STEAM) through live presentations.

Because of the uncertainty due to the coronavirus, the 2021 Festival will be online with synchronous events and some asynchronous experiences.

Learn more Here.

Agilent Early Career Professor Award 2021 focus - immunological responses to infection, autoimmunity or cancer

Promote and encourage excellent research enabling measurements of importance to Agilent Technologies and the world
Establish strong collaborative relationships between Agilent researchers and leading professors early in their career
Build the prominence of Agilent as a sponsor of university research

2021 Focus: Contributions to the development of breakthrough solutions to understand or manage immunological responses to infection, autoimmunity or cancer. Learn more Here.

		Burroughs Wellcome Fund
		BWF identified Innovation in Regulatory Science as an important, underfunded area. This initiative is designed to provide financial support to stimulate research efforts in this area. The program's focus is on providing support for academic researchers developing new methodologies or innovative approaches in regulatory science that will ultimately inform the regulatory decisions the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and others make. This would necessarily draw upon the talents of individuals trained in mathematics, computer science, applied physics, medicine, engineering, toxicology, epidemiology, biostatistics, systems pharmacology, and food safety and nutrition to name a few. Candidates must hold an M.D., Ph.D., D.V.M., D.D.S., or M.D.-Ph.D. degree. Learn more Here.

DER's Proposal Volume

The chart above shows DER's Proposal Volume from 2016 to 2021 as of (11/13/2020).

Take a closer look

DER Seminars

Miss the Last Seminar? Watch it Here!

The Project Summary is one of the most important parts of every NSF grant proposal. A clear and concise Project Summary will make a positive first impression on reviewers and succinctly convey the key points of your project. However, writing a strong Project Summary can be deceptively hard. With only a single page to work with, it can be difficult to decide which information to include and how to best frame that information for impact. During this seminar, Dr. Sara Steenrod (Grant Consultant with OSVPRI) will walk you through best practices for writing a compelling Project Summary for your next NSF proposal.