Research Over Easy
The Vice Provost for Research and Innovation would like to invite
university faculty to have breakfast with members of VPRI leadership
team. Research Over Easy gives you an opportunity to discuss various
topics related to the research enterprise at the University of
Arkansas. The Vice Provost and VPRI leadership team in attendance
can provide specific information related to their areas. These
breakfast sessions are limited to 25 faculty members. Due to limited
seating, we encourage you to provide opportunity to the new
participants if you have previously attended a session.
Export Control Training
U.S. Export Controls are a framework of laws that can impact
various university activities. Restrictions may apply to
international collaborations, travel, transactions, shipments and
even the sharing of technical information with foreign nationals.
The one hour workshop will benefit all staff and faculty interested
in learning how U.S. Export Controls relate to university
activities.
RazorGrant: IRB Submission
Training
The Office of Research and Innovation has rolled out a new
RazorGrant module. This module changes the Institutional Review
Board (IRB) protocol submission process by utilizing the online
RazorGrant system. The IRB is the body that ensures researchers use
safe, ethical practices when engaging in research involving human
subjects. Bring your laptop to the training.
IACUC Protocol
The IACUC is charged with monitoring adherence the university's Policy
on Animal Care and Use and federal and state statutes and
regulations. All research or teaching using live vertebrate animals
must have prior, written approval of a Vertebrate Animals Protocol
(download
Word document).
The IACUC meets on the first Friday of each month. Investigators
are not expected to attend the meeting unless specifically requested
to do so. Protocols must be received at least seven working
days prior to the meeting. See
the Research Website for more information on IACUC.
Vice Provost for Research and
Innovation Search
The University of Arkansas invites nominations and applications
for the position
of Vice Provost for Research and Innovation, who will serve as
the chief research officer on all matters related to the
institution's research mission. The university seeks a dynamic and
progressive leader who will provide leadership, give strategic
vision and foster innovation and excellence to advance the research
enterprise.
Grants.gov Proposal
Submission Changes
Grants.gov phased out the Legacy Application Package effective
January 1, 2018. This means that applicants will no longer be able
to apply using the older, single PDF package of forms. Applicants
will apply for grants using the new, web-based Grants.gov platform
called Workspace. For more information on Workspace and a list of
resources, see the Research
Website.
Budget Workbook Template
Updates
The RSSP Budget Template Workbook has been updated. You can find
the most recent version in the Investigator’s
Toolbox section of the RSSP website, under “Proposal
Preparation/Pre-Award.” Several items on the template have been
updated to reflect changes that will go into effect in July 2018,
including changes to F&A, fringe benefits and tuition, so be
sure you are using the current version of the template.
Share or Embargo?
Considerations for Graduate Students
Should your graduate students place their theses or dissertations
under embargo? While recognizing differences across disciplines, the
U of A Graduate School requires students to submit their theses and
dissertations to ProQuest
and the University Libraries, then makes them available in the
digital repository ScholarWorks@UARK, where
they are directly accessible to anyone, anywhere with an internet
connection, unless they are under embargo. (For an explanation of
the ProQuest publishing settings and how they translate into levels
of accessibility in ScholarWorks@UARK, see
these guidelines.)
Making a thesis or dissertation openly accessible in this way
benefits the student, the faculty mentor, and the U of A. The
student can share the link with family and friends, or highlight it
on job and postgraduate fellowship applications. The thesis or
dissertation demonstrates your talent as an advisor, and when your
best students make their work accessible, you can refer your next
cohort of advisees to these models for inspiration. At the same
time, the impressive display of theses and dissertations in
ScholarWorks@UARK assists in attracting the most promising
prospective students to the U of A.
In some cases, however, an embargo is necessary to safeguard
research which should not yet become public. The following list of
questions, addressed to students, can help them determine if they
should apply an embargo and, if so, how long should it last.
- Patents: Do you, your advisor, or any other
member of your research team intend to apply for a patent based on
your research? If you answer "yes," ask your advisor if
releasing your thesis or dissertation in ProQuest or in
ScholarWorks@UARK would count as public disclosure, which would
impede the patent application.
- Research Funding: Has your research been
funded, either directly or indirectly, by a government agency, a
funding organization, or a corporation? If you answer "yes,"
consult your advisor and check the terms of the grant for
restrictions or obligations regarding research outputs (e.g.,
public access requirements, nondisclosure agreements, proprietary
data).
- Future Publications: When you sign the
ProQuest agreement, make sure that you retain copyright as well as
the right to use your thesis or dissertation for professional
purposes and in future publications. That is, you should grant
ProQuest nonexclusive permission to publish your work.
- Journal articles: Will journals in your
discipline publish an article based on a publicly available
graduate thesis or dissertation? If so, an embargo may not be
necessary. But be prepared to do a great deal of effort to
transform your work into a viable article. Also, in a footnote or
in the acknowledgments section, you will need to mention that the
article originated from your thesis or dissertation. If
journals will not accept an article based on a publicly available
graduate thesis or dissertation, you should consider an
embargo.
- Books: Will reputable presses in your
discipline accept a manuscript based on a publicly available
graduate thesis or dissertation? If so, an embargo may not be
necessary. But you should expect to expand and revise the
manuscript quite extensively as you convert it into a book. In the
acknowledgments section, you should mention that the book
originated from your thesis or dissertation. If your
top-choice presses will not accept a manuscript based on a
publicly available graduate thesis or dissertation, you should
consider an embargo.
- Your Discipline: If you're in the arts, you
may not want to make your drawings, stories, architectural
designs, musical compositions, documentary videos, or dramatic
scripts openly available until you've had an opportunity to
capitalize on them yourself. Also, the humanities, social
sciences, and sciences have differing expectations regarding a
graduate thesis/dissertation as a source of publications. Consult
your advisor and talk with junior faculty at both the U of A and
other institutions about the options for publishing your work and
the desirability of an embargo.
Melody Herr, PhD Head,
Office of Scholarly Communications 29 March 2018
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Research Award
Highlights
$715,996
from the National Institute of Justice to Brent Smith,
director of the Terrorism Research Center, for study on
innovative methodologies for assessing radicalization
risk.
$510,000
from the Arkansas Natural & Cultural Resources Council to
Mike Johnson, associate vice chancellor, for repair and
restoration of a historic Arkansas sandstone wall.
$410,630
from the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences to Jamie
Baum, assistant professor of nutrition, for study on
breakfast, energy metabolism, protein turnover and skeletal
muscle health in obese children.
$187,444
from Ozark Integrated Circuits, Inc., to Simon Ang, electrical
engineering professor, for study on LTCC as the assembly
solution for reliable, low-cost, high-temperature electronic
controls.
$115,454
from the Institute of International Education to Michael
Miller, Dean of Education, for an Egypt junior faculty
development program.
See
all awards for February 
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