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Upcoming Events & Deadlines

Science, Economic Development Focus of UMSL Symposium

The St. Louis Institute of Nanoscience & Nanomedicine will host a symposium from 8:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Saturday, May 4, in the Century Rooms of the Millennium Student Center at UMSL. The overall theme of the symposium is “Translating Science into Economic Development.” SLINN 2013 is a joint venture sponsored by UMSL, Saint Louis University and Washington University in St. Louis.

The symposium is free and open to the public, but registration is required.

Register online | Agenda and additional information

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(Posted 01/16/2013) The new Pivot interface will be released Saturday, January 19, around 7 p.m. Central time. Pivot will not be available during the interface update, which should take less than one hour. The look and feel of Pivot has been improved (based on customer feedback) making it easier to navigate and use Pivot. The new interface also paves the way for improved profile updating and other enhancements coming later this year. Free webinars will be offered during the last two weeks of January to take you through the new interface. View the webinar schedule. A You Tube video also is available.

UMSL Technology Transfer and Innovation Marketplace LinkedIn Group Launched

(Posted 01/04/2013, ORA) This group highlights and features technology developments and licensing opportunities for discoveries and inventions developed at the University of Missouri-St. Louis. Hosted by the UMSL Technology Transfer Office, this group provides an opportunity for early access to leading edge technologies available for licensing and commercialization. Members are able to comment and discuss these developments and offer guidance to the University regarding commercialization ideas. → Join the Group

Time to Take Another Look at Bayh-Dole

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Projects Planned for Benton-Stadler Science Complex

(Posted 12/10/2012, UMSL Daily) The fate of the University of Missouri–St. Louis science complex (pictured) is back in the hands of university administrators, who seek funding to construct a building and renovate existing space. → Read More

NIH Considers Anonymity for Grant Applicants

(Posted 12/10/2012, Chronicle of Higher Education, by Paul Basken) The National Institutes of Health, the largest provider of basic research money for universities in the United States, has long struggled with both the reality and the perception of bias in its grant awards. The agency said on Friday that it was considering a pilot program that would force its reviewers to evaluate grant applications without knowing who had submitted them. → Read More

Plagiarism in Grant Proposals

(Posted 12/10/2012, Chronicle of Higher Education, by Karen M. Markin) "It's not news that software exists to check undergraduate papers for plagiarism. What is less well known is that some federal grant agencies are using technology to detect plagiarism in grant proposals." → Read More

FLARES: Reducing the Impact of Traumatic Stress in Kids

Jerry Dunn and colleagues receive SAMHSA grant to increase access to high-quality mental health services for Missouri children and families. → Read More

Electronic Signature Page Approvals Coming Soon

(Posted 11/01/2012) The University of Missouri sponsored projects offices (including the ORA) are developing the workflow for electronic signature page approvals (EA), which will significantly streamline the process and eliminate the need to carry printouts of the signature page from office to office to get approvals. In the next few weeks, the ORA will ask PIs and others who help with signature pages to test the electronic process to make certain routing has been correctly set up. More details coming soon.

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