Faculty

Take charge of how you hear about funding opportunities which align with your research priorities!   

THREE DATES OFFERED - PLEASE ONLY SIGN UP FOR ONE!!

Webinar Workshop dates: 

• Tuesday 4/6 11am – 12pm EST
• Tuesday 4/13 1:30 – 2:30pm EST
• Thursday 4/22 1:30 – 2:30pm EST

Where:    Online – at your desk

With:        Bill DeCocco, InfoEd

RSVP to: https://vprwebtool.wufoo.com/forms/spin-webinars-spring-2021/

                (150 spots per session)

Harness the power of SPINPlus – the funding search database available to all UMD faculty, staff and students, free of charge.  The system provides a modern full-text search which is run against the company’s proprietary database. 

Highlights include:

·        Public (government – Federal and State) and private (foundations) funding opportunities

·        Results are returned to the user in relevancy ranked format, and can be further sorted, grouped, or filtered

·        Searches/funding profiles can be saved for future use

·        Search results can be set up to send daily or weekly notification alerts

·        Basic training video tutorials are available on the site

This webinar will cover basic login, searches, and notifications from the system. There is a limit of 150 individual log-ins to the webinar on each date, therefore RSVPs to https://vprwebtool.wufoo.com/forms/spin-webinars-spring-2021/ will be taken on a first-come, first-served basis.

Don’t wait for the webinar!  Login today and try out your own searches.  See the SPIN Quick Guide attached! 

Login here:  https://spin.infoedglobal.com/Authorize/Login; then click on, “Need to create a new profile?” You will need to create one to follow along with the webinar so please do so (if you do not already have one!) !! You must have a profile to participate in the webinars.

If you need to reset your password/profile, please send me a message.  

Let me know if you have any questions!! Best,Hana Hana Kabashi, MA, CRAResearch Development OfficeOffice of the Vice President for ResearchUniversity of Maryland, College Parkhkabashi@umd.edu301-405-4178

Dear Research Colleagues,

On April 5, 2021, we will transition to the next phase for on-campus research other than human subjects research. Researchers will be allowed to increase occupancy of all research spaces up to 75% occupancy provided they observe the following 4 Maryland guidelines within that space:

1. Wear a properly fitting mask over your nose and mouth around others at all times, both indoors and outdoors
2. Wash your hands often and clean and disinfect frequently used surfaces
3. Practice physical distancing as per campus guidance (Current guidance: 6 ft)
4. Stay home if you are sick

These restrictions apply for all researchers regardless of vaccination status.

As previously, human subjects research will be reviewed on a case-by-case basis through the UMD IRB process.

We have been operating in Phase 2 -- intermediate presence -- since August 2020. Over the past seven months, researchers have adhered to the 4 Maryland guidelines and demonstrated the ability to maintain safe practices in our research settings in order to prevent community transmission of the disease. This has informed our decision to move to increased occupancy at this time.

However, the pandemic is not over. We will continue to carefully monitor the situation, and may need to impose additional safety practices if we see any evidence of community transmission in our research spaces. The health and safety of our entire campus community is most important as we resume our critical research activities. As a reminder, all faculty, staff and students physically on campus must be tested for COVID-19 every two weeks throughout the spring semester.

We will continue to monitor researchers' health and safety and if all progresses well in this phase, we hope to be able to move to full occupancy of research spaces by summer 2021.

Thank you for all of your hard work to keep our research enterprise going throughout this difficult year. We appreciate everything that you do to make the University of Maryland a powerhouse of research and an economic engine for the state of Maryland.

Laurie E. Locascio
Vice President for Research