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Brian Cullum elected SPIE Fellow

January 17, 2014 Professor Brian Cullum, Professor in the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, has been selected as a Fellow of SPIE, the International Society for Optics and Photonics. SPIE...

Posted: July 23, 2014, 11:42 AM

UMBC Enters Partnership with U.S. Army Research Lab

January 14, 2014 UMBC signed an Educational Partnership Agreement (EPA) with the U.S. Army Research Lab (ARL), the Army’s premier laboratory for basic and applied research and analysis. The...

Posted: July 22, 2014, 10:45 PM

OHRP WEBINAR - Guidance on Reporting Incidents to OHRP

July 24, 2014 from 2:00 to 3:00 pm - Eastern Time This webinar will be presented by Kristina Borror, PhD, Director, Division of Compliance Oversight, OHRP. This webinar will address the HHS...

Posted: July 16, 2014, 2:55 PM

Use of Gmail and export control

 Did you know that Gmail is not a good primary data transmission method for transmitting or receiving sensitive or highly-regulated information or subject matter? Keep this in mind if your...

Posted: June 23, 2014, 4:47 PM

International Travel and Export Controls

Planning to travel outside of the U.S. for research or collaborations? You'll want to be aware that there are certain export control federal regulations in place if you plan to take items, such as...

Posted: June 17, 2014, 4:42 PM

Interested in serving as a member of the IRB?

The Institutional Review Board (IRB), the formally designated UMBC committee to approve, monitor, and review research involving humans, is actively seeking faculty to serve on the IRB as members. ...

Posted: April 7, 2014, 1:15 PM

Research administration education opportunities

Interested in an opportunity to take part in sessions and workshops that will expand your knowledge on research administration?  The Society of Research Administrators International (SRA) is...

Posted: March 12, 2014, 2:25 PM

New staff in ORPC

I am pleased to announce a new member of our compliance group in the Office for Research Protections and Compliance.  Sara Parton joined OPRC on Feb 3 as a compliance specialist. Sara comes...

Posted: February 5, 2014, 10:22 AM

Additional training resource for export control

ORPC has added another resource to the export control training page. Please visit http://www.umbc.edu/research/ORPC/export_training.html#PNNL to view a series of short videos that describe the...

Posted: November 13, 2013, 3:28 PM

Can faculty be a PI on research funded by their own company?

NCURA Youtube Tuesday

Take a look at this video for a discussion on potential conflicts of interest. A recent National Council of University Research Administrators (NCURA) YouTube Tuesday video, “Can a Faculty...

Posted: November 4, 2013, 10:06 AM