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OLAW and NSF Funded Research

OLAW now to oversee vertebrate animal research funded by NSF

The NIH Office of Laboratory Animal Welfare (OLAW) announced this month that effective October 1, 2015, OLAW will extend its oversight of animal research and teaching activities funded by the...

Posted: August 24, 2015, 3:52 PM

Grad Students: Free Lunch Seminar on Life/Work Balance

August 21, 2015, 1 pm - 2 pm, Sherman Hall 003

Dr. Deluty joins us again! It is our great pleasure to announce that Dr. Robert Deluty has accepted an invitation to talk with graduate students about "Life/Work Balance." Dr. Deluty has a...

Posted: August 20, 2015, 11:47 AM

RCR Training Reminder for Students and Trainees

Important for investigators to know if funded by NSF or NIH

The National Science Foundation (NSF) and National Institutes of Health (NIH) have established training requirements in Responsible Conduct of Research (RCR) for programs supporting...

Posted: August 18, 2015, 4:25 PM

Prof. Daniel receives grant on anti-cancer nanoparticles

Marie-Christine Daniel, associate professor of chemistry, has received a three-year $390,000 NSF grant, starting August 1, to develop multifunctional nanoparticles, which have shown promising...

Posted: August 11, 2015, 11:38 AM

Ivan Erill publishes cover article, Journal of Bacteriology

Research maps genes of unique Betaproteobacteria

The latest issue of the Journal of Bacteriology features on its cover new research co-authored by Ivan Erill, biological sciences, that maps the genes involved in DNA repair of a recently...

Posted: August 11, 2015, 11:35 AM

Jane Turner Named Director, Ctr for Space Science Technology

Dr. Turner will also serve as Associate Director of CRESST

TO: UMBC Community FROM: Karl Steiner, Vice President for Research and William LaCourse, Dean, College of Natural and Mathematical Sciences We are delighted to announce the appointment of physics...

Posted: August 11, 2015, 11:32 AM

Updates to ORPC forms and documents

To continue our outreach and providing the most up to date templates for our investigators to use, please click on the ORPC Documents and Forms page to download the most current versions. These...

Posted: August 6, 2015, 12:05 PM