Congratulations to the Research Computing Group at USD for receiving $499,920 from the National Science Foundation for Research Infrastructure: Avancing Multi-Disciplinary Research and Education in South Dakota! See more about the award here: NSF Award Search: Award # 2346643 - Research Infrastructure: CC* Campus Compute: Lawrence 2.0: Advancing Multi-Disciplinary Research and Education in South Dakota.
RCG website: https://rcg.usd.edu/
The University of South Dakota is now a participating institution with the DMPTool. Simply log in with your USD credentials. For more information, please email dsrs@usd.edu.
There are new guidelines for all researchers applying for NIH funds in 2023. With the goal of fostering data stewardship and creating a cultural change for sharing practices, researchers must submit a Data Management and Sharing Plan beginning January 25, 2023. Compliance will influence future funding decisions. Additional information can be found here:
The U.S. Repository Network (USRN) Steering Group approved Desirable Characteristics for Digital Publication Repositories, Version 1.0 on March 31, 2023. The document was drafted by a USRN working group and is intended to align and work in parallel with the Desirable Characteristics of Data Repositories for Federally Funded Research already issued by the National Science and Technology Council. This work is an output of the USRN Action Plan 2022-2023, and will be followed by additional guidance and best practices for repositories as well as advocacy for adoption of the desirable characteristics in the context of OSTP’s public access guidance.
NSF has partnered with the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to use SciENcv: Science Experts Network Curriculum Vitae as an NSF-approved format for use in preparation of the biographical sketch section of an NSF proposal. Adoption of a single, common researcher profile system for Federal grants reduces administrative burden for researchers. SciENcv will produce an NSF-compliant PDF version of the biographical sketch. Proposers must save these documents and submit them as part of their proposals via Research.gov or Grants.gov.
The mandate to use SciENcv only for preparation of the biographical sketch will go into effect for new proposals submitted or due on or after October 23, 2023. In the interim, proposers may continue to prepare and submit this document via use of SciENcv or the NSF fillable PDF. NSF, however, encourages the community to use SciENcv prior to the October 2023 implementation.
NSF requires a biographical sketch for each individual identified as senior personnel.