9:38 a.m.
Dear Colleagues with active research projects,
I want to make sure you know that the due dates for internal research competitions have
changed (been extended, see below) and also make sure you all are aware of research
procedures to be followed presently.
GRANT DEADLINES EXTENDED: REDKE has extended the
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for the GREAT and Connect seed grant programs:
* GREAT forms are now due April 7
* Connect forms are now due April 14
Human Subjects Contact Request Process. If you have reason to petition to continue your
contact with human subjects or continued work on lab-based research at UTSA, you can
petition to do so. Read more below.
* RESEARCH: Only essential and critical research operations will continue, with
designated research facilities accessible, as outlined in an
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from Bernard Arulanandam, vice president for research, economic development and knowledge
enterprise. Researchers may contact Associate Vice President for Research Integrity
Michelle Stevenson at 210-668-3313 or
michelle.stevenson@utsa.edu<mailto:michelle.stevenson@utsa.edu> with any
questions.
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The Office of Research, Economic Development and Knowledge Enterprise is regularly posting
notices from federal
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on conducting research. Additionally, the office has a FAQ
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to assist with continuity and management of research operations.
Access to Research Labs/Spaces
To reduce health risk for all researchers in the Roadrunner community during the ongoing
COVID-19 crisis, each principal investigator (PI) or group leader of a laboratory research
program (experimental, computational or otherwise) is being asked to discontinue campus
laboratory research activities, with the expectation that suspended lab access will likely
last at least six to eight weeks. However, PIs may request a shut-down exemption for
essential research activities only. To be designated as essential, the research activities
must meet one or more specific criteria. These criteria and the Exemption Request
submission portal are available here:
http://research.utsa.edu/exemption-from-laboratory-research-shutdown/
Thinking Ahead and Planning for Fall
Dr. Bonner and I will be reaching out to individual faculty about their projects as we
learn more about accommodations specific funders are allowing. One suggestion I have is
for faculty with sponsored projects, who are wondering what they can do to extend their
studies (using just existing, planned funds) to complete the work they planned for this
spring during next Fall, (now that data collection this semester may be shut down for
those doing in vivo and face-to-face data collection). You may want to look at the
balances on your fringe accounts and see whether there will be remaining funds that would
support extensions of research projects in terms of paying for time needed to finish their
work for PI Course Buyouts of GRA stipends. Other options may be suggested by specific
funders in the coming weeks, including support or extension options provided by funders;
and as we learn about these we will make that information available to those affected.
Michael
Michael J. Karcher, Ed.D., Ph.D., Associate Dean for Research
Professor of Educational Psychology
College of Education and Human Development
University of Texas at San Antonio
501 Cesar Chavez Blvd., Suite DB 4.337 (DT); MB 3.304D (Main Campus, COEHD Dean’s Suite)
San Antonio, TX 78207
(210) 458-2032; 458-2650 (department)
michael.karcher@utsa.edu<mailto:michael.karcher@utsa.edu>