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Updates to the Animal Research Protocol Form Submission

The IACUC has revised its submission deadline for investigators to follow in order the committee to sufficiently review protocol applications. Effective immediately, all new or renewal protocol...

Posted: October 13, 2014, 1:40 PM

UMBC Dining Hall Serves Seafood Grown Sustainably by IMET

The UMBC dining hall recently served sustainably grown seafood from the Institute of Marine and Environmental Technology (IMET).  The scientists at IMET conduct marine and environmental research...

Posted: October 9, 2014, 10:27 PM

UMBC Partners in Creation of National Lab for Cybersecurity

Center will bridge government, industry and higher education

UMBC will play an exciting role in strengthening our nation’s cybersecurity infrastructure through a new Federally Funded Research and Development Center (FFRDC) announced this week. The National...

Posted: October 9, 2014, 11:15 AM

Grants Awarded by the Hrabowski Fund for Innovation

The spring 2014 projects selected to receive funding from the Hrabowski Fund for Innovation are: IMPLEMENTATION AND RESEARCH GRANT Re-playing the Past: Building a Digital Game for the History...

Posted: October 7, 2014, 10:43 PM

Research at Facebook

Facebook now has a formal review process for pre-approving research on its users. Please contact the ORPC if there are any questions....

Posted: October 3, 2014, 9:00 AM

OVPR Hosts New Faculty Luncheon

The Office of the Vice President for Research hosted a Lunch & Learn Session to welcome new faculty members from across the campus to learn about how the Research Office can support the...

Posted: October 2, 2014, 2:29 PM

International Astrophysics Meeting Held at UMBC

About 18 members of an international astrophysics research collaboration met at the UMBC's South Campus Research and Technology Park and at the Visitor Center of NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center...

Posted: September 28, 2014, 9:11 PM

Presenters/speakers for research administrators meeting

The Society of Research Administrators International / Chesapeake Chapter is soliciting presenters and session proposal ideas for the 2015 Chapter meeting to be held in Baltimore, Maryland at the...

Posted: September 25, 2014, 3:24 PM

Updates to the OPRC website

Over the next several weeks, ORPC will be transitioning compliance information from our myUMBC to the research.umbc.edu/ website. All the details and information investigators require for research...

Posted: September 24, 2014, 3:26 PM