Dear Campus Community, I want to provide guidance for researchers as a follow up to President Struppa’s announcement that Chapman will be fully remote for all non-essential personnel starting March 19th. Thank you for what you have done over the past weeks in this ever-changing environment, and for what has been asked of you
RESEARCH WITH HUMAN SUBJECTS What is the current status of human subjects research at Chapman? Given the directives from the Orange County Health Department, it has been determined that research activities involving in-person interactions with subjects are suspended until further notice. The only exceptions are if canceling or postponing the activities would either (A) increase the risk to the subject’s safety or well-being or (B)
The Office of Research is pleased to announce the 2nd annual Chapman Grant Writers’ Bootcamp which is designed to assist faculty in learning about all phases of the grant cycle through a simulation process (proposal to award). Faculty will respond to a Request for Proposals (RFP), learn about the details of grant preparation at Chapman,
Save the Date! Join us on May 18-19, 2020 in Minneapolis, Minnesota for the National Science Foundation’s (NSF) Grants Conference! The Spring 2020 NSF Grants Conference will be held at the Minneapolis Marriott City Center. These events are designed to give new faculty, researchers and administrators key insights into a wide range of current issues at NSF.
Tom Piechota, Vice President for Research and Rennolds Ostrom, Faculty Fellow in the Office of Research, will be holding two open meetings to promote dialogue on various activities that support faculty in research and creative activity. Topics include, but not limited to: Important update on Payment to Research Participants (Human Subjects) Updates on grant development
National Academy of Inventors Annual Meeting in Phoenix (April 8-9): The Next Generation Inventors Session that focuses on student teams who want to present their ideas of innovation through patenting, licensing or commercialization. Innovations must be relevant to the annual meeting theme: Sustainable Futures: Propelling Innovative Futures. The deadline for submission is February 14, 2020 and
The National Science Foundation limits the number of proposals that an institution may submit to the Major Research Instrumentation program to a total of three (3) proposals: two (2) instrument acquisition proposals and one (1) instrument development proposal. Depending on the number of interested faculty, Chapman may need to run this as an internal competition
National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) Grants for Arts Projects and Challenge America Although two distinct grant programs, the university may submit only one (1) application for either the Grants for Arts Project or the Challenge America program each year. Due to these proposal limitations, Chapman will run a limited, internal competition to select which
Inspired by his child’s participation in a middle school school science competition, Lance Clifner after observing the negative influence of parental bias in team formation, recognized the significance of generating performance-based, objectively selected teams to maximize students’ potential. As a result, Lance developed a revolutionary algorithm that minimizes parental bias. The algorithm that he generated has not only been used to create Science Olympiad teams, but also has
In collaboration with Provost Glenn Pfeiffer and Faculty Fellow Rennolds Ostrom, I would like to announce the 3rd year of the Faculty Opportunity Fund program that provides competitive merit-based support for short-term non-renewable projects as described below. These projects are intended to support Chapman University faculty in the development of new and innovative research, scholarship