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SPARKS: ARO Challenge

“How can new scientific research and technology breakthroughs address non-kinetic threats to global sociopolitical stabilities?”

Dr. Lisa Troyer, social science program manager at the Army Research Office, will visit campus on April 22 to present this question to UT researchers.

To explore this question and potential funding for related research projects, the Office of Research and Engagement will host a special edition of the SPARKS (Seeking Partnerships for Research and Knowledge) event.

The event will include targeted discussion on four facets of this challenge:

Identifying sources of influence
Characterizing influence using social data
Descriptive modeling of relationships between influence and social action
Predictive modeling for countering influence and reducing effects on society

Please see the full ARO Challenge Question for more details.

Who: Researchers from throughout the University of Tennessee

What: SPARKS collaboration event

When: April 22, 2019, 1pm-3pm

Where: A004 Blount Hall

Why: This will be an opportunity for you to hear from Dr. Troyer, contribute to the brainstorming, and connect with potential collaborators. During the event, you will be asked to introduce yourself and your research interests.

SPARKS: ARO Challenge

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Virtual NSF Grants Conference, November 13-14

For the first time, the National Science Foundation is offering a live webcast of their biannual Grants Conference from Phoenix, AZ on November 13-14. The Office of Research and Engagement will be streaming selected presentations in Blount Hall Room A004. UT faculty, staff and students are invited to join ORE staff to view the following sessions:

Monday, November 13

10:45-11:15 Types of NSF Funding Opportunities

11:35-1:45 Proposal Preparation

3:00-4:40 Merit Review Process

Tuesday, November 14

4:30-6:00 Faculty Early Career Development (CAREER) Program

More information on these sessions and the complete program is available here. If you would like to view the webcast on your own, please click here to register. The sessions will be recorded and will be posted on the NSF Grants Conference website after the conference has concluded.

For more information, contact Diana Moyer at dmoyer@utk.edu

NSF CAREER Proposal Writing Institute (PWI) Track

Registration Deadline: Wednesday, February 22

Please note: Participation in the 2017 NSF CAREER PWI Track is restricted to those CAREER-eligible faculty members who are preparing to submit a proposal to the July 2017 deadlines.

The NSF CAREER PWI Track will comprise five monthly sessions of three hours each, starting in late February. All sessions will be held in Blount Hall A004. The tentative schedule is listed below. Each session will include a presentation by UT faculty and/or staff with experience in the NSF CAREER program and small group critiques. Participants will be assigned a proposal advisor from the Faculty Development Team, with whom they will work through the iterative writing process up until the submission deadlines.

Session 1: Monday, February 27, 1:00-4:00

Session 2: Monday, March 27, 1:00-4:00

Session 3: Monday, April 24, 1:00-4:00

Session 4: Tuesday, May 30, 1:00-4:00

Session 5: Monday, June 26, 1:00-4:00

Participants will be required to submit a draft proposal title along with a 1-page Background and Significance statement by noon, Friday, February 24, to Alan Rutenberg. Writing assignments will be due every month, prior to each subsequent session.

Appalachia After Dark: Emerging Opportunities in Night Sky Conservation and Development

The Appalachia Community of Scholars will be hosting a research presentation by Tim Ezzell discussing UT’s recent efforts to help develop a dark skies destination in Calhoun County, West Virginia and emerging efforts to create a regional conservation and development strategy.
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Fall RCR Lunch & Learn Series Concludes with a Session on Responsibilities

David Smelser, Assistant Director of Sponsored Programs, and Carol Malkemus, director of Sponsored Projects Accounting, spoke to an audience at the Office of Research and Engagement last week, giving a presentation they had collaborated on with Lynn Hardy, associate dean for research in the College of Nursing. The topic was “PI, Graduate Student, and Staff Responsibilities” and discussed various research participants’ roles and obligations pertaining to research grants and contracts. The speakers also addressed policies specific to the University of Tennessee, Knoxville and relevant procedures for grant proposal submissions, particularly federal funders, and the execution and management of awarded projects.
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Workshop

SPARKS: ARO Challenge

The University of Tennessee, Knoxville

Office of Research & Engagement

Workshop

SPARKS: ARO Challenge

Virtual NSF Grants Conference, November 13-14

NSF CAREER Proposal Writing Institute (PWI) Track

Appalachia After Dark: Emerging Opportunities in Night Sky Conservation and Development

Fall RCR Lunch & Learn Series Concludes with a Session on Responsibilities