October 2020

Upcoming Training Opportunities

Dear Research Administrators,

We wanted to take a moment to remind you about the upcoming training opportunities. Please see below for session details and how to register.

ECRT Basics Training

Date/Time:

Thursday, October 29th, 2020, 9:30am - 11:00am. Live webinar/systems demo via Zoom 

Description: This course will introduce department administrators to effort reporting and the electronic effort reporting and certification system (ecrt), which allows Principal Investigators and Faculty to certify their effort on...

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NSF ERA Forum Webinar on November 5, 2020

The next National Science Foundation (NSF) Electronic Research Administration (ERA) Forum Webinar will be on November 5, 2020 from 2:30 to 4:00 PM ET.

From the NSF ERA Forum webpage:

The topics for this Forum webinar will tentatively cover the Research.gov Proposal Preparation and Submission: New Proposal Preparation Demonstration Site and Upcoming Features in Research.gov, Decommissioning Font Size and Font...

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Upcoming Training Opportunities

Dear Research Administrators,

We wanted to take a moment to tell you about the upcoming training opportunities coming up in October. Please see below for session details and how to register.

SciENcv Info Session

Date/Time/Location: October 13th, 2020 / 11:00am-12:00pm / Live Virtual Training

Description: SciENcv is our best tool to help manage and generate your biosketch. It provides quick formatting of a researcher's biosketch using the required templates for NIH, NSF and other federal agencies. A user’s publication information,...

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NSF Virtual Grants Conference

National Science Foundation (NSF) recently announced their first NSF Virtual Grants Conference. Registration is free. Please see below for details from the NSF Fall 2020 Virtual Grants Conference website [link inactive; removed 2/14/2022]:

This virtual conference is designed to give new faculty, researchers and administrators key insights into a wide range of current issues at NSF. NSF program officers will be providing up-to-date information about specific funding opportunities and answering attendee questions.

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