FEDERAL RESEARCH AGENDA- RO TOWN HALL 12/9, 1PM

OSU’s Research Office invites you to a town-hall discussion on the federal research landscape under the Trump Administration and 115th Congress. The town-hall discussion will be a forum for discussing what we know, sharing informed expectations, and providing an opportunity for us to start an ongoing dialogue to track and help keep you informed. The town hall will bring together OSU’s Vice President of Research Cynthia Sagers, NOAA’s Chief Scientist Rick Spinrad (and former OSU VPR), NIFA’s director Sonny Ramaswamy (and former OSU Dean of the College of Agricultural Sciences), and OSU’s Director of Federal Government Affairs Gabrielle Serra. WHEN: Friday, December 9 from 1-2:30pm. WHERE: Kidder 202. LIVE STREAM will be available at live.oregonstate.edu. Seating is limited. Please RSVP to attend in person here.  If seating is full, please join on the web. For questions contact Roy Haggerty.

UPDATE ON INCENTIVE PROGRAMS IN THE RESEARCH OFFICE

Two faculty research seed grant programs are being replaced with new, expanded programs.  The Faculty Release Time and the General Research Fund are being replaced by a Small Grants program and a Large Program Development fund.  In collaboration with the Division of International Programs, the Research Office is nearly doubling the budget for these expanded programs, with the goal of helping more faculty get new, overheaded grants to support research.  The SG grants will assist individual PI’s launch new projects.  The LPD grants will assist groups of PIs from multiple colleges launch new interdisciplinary projects. Some of the funds will be used to expand our international research profile.  The Request for Proposals will be released to the faculty late next week, with SG proposals due on Jan. 27, and LPD proposals due on Mar. 17.  For more information, contact Roy Haggerty.

RO DEPARTMENTAL PARKING PASS- AVAILABLE TO CHECK OUT

Please make note that we have purchased (for a fairly nominal fee) a departmental parking pass hang tag for the Research office. If you are escorting a candidate around campus via car or have a business obligation that requires parking in another commuter lot on campus, this pass, along with your standard parking sticker, will allow you to park in any of the commuter lots for up to 3 hours. If you would like to rent this pass  please contact Jane Cigarran.

MONTHLY EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS TOPIC- FLOOD

Please click here: monthly-topic-2016-12-flood for more details on what to do in case of flooding in our community.

 
REMINDER: RO HOLIDAY PARTY NEXT FRIDAY, 5pm

Last chance to RSVP here! Come celebrate the holiday season with your colleagues and families!

 
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HAILS!

Shane Melton will be joining OSRAA as an Award Set-up Coordinator on December 1, 2016.  Shane comes to OSRAA from the UABC, and will work with Proposal and Award Management Team C.   Shane has been at OSU for more than 5 years, and worked in Business Affairs before moving to the UABC.   Welcome Shane!

FAREWELLS/ eRA UPDATE

The electronic Research Administration (eRA) project is undergoing some changes. When complete, the eRA system will provide essential back-office electronic data management, compliance office and committee support and management for COI, IACUC, and IRB/HRPP.  We are doing an internal and external review of the project to ensure that we are able to deliver a good product that is useful both to the research community and within the Research Office.  On a related note, the eRA project manager, Vern Wrobleski, is pursuing a consulting opportunity off-campus and will no longer be part of the eRA team. We wish him good success.  In the interim, Stephen Hotard has been appointed project manager for the eRA – thanks, Stephen!

NEW OSU START-UP! AGILITY ROBOTICS

Start-up company Agility Robotics, Inc. has exclusively licensed OSU technology patents.  Agility Robotic’s legged locomotion expertise is built on a history of academic research in mechanical design, including the bipedal walking and running robots. Agility Robotics is leveraging this work to create products that address the real world needs of rugged, efficient, and highly capable mobility platforms.  Company founders are Jonathan Hurst, Mikhail Jones, Damion Shelton.

HAPPY NOVEMBER BIRTHDAY TO….

Jane Cigarran- Nov 8

Rebecca Henry- Nov. 23

Autumn Helenihi- Nov. 30

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A MESSAGE FROM CINDY: NEW FACULTY ORIENTATION FOLLOW-UP

Bravo, RO!  Yesterday’s new faculty orientation (NFO) was simply great. We delivered with energy and polish the message of who we are and what we do. Thank you for your time, for preparing so carefully, and for your commitment to excellence in serving the research community. We are now only 12 months from the 2017 NFO. If you would, send your suggestions for improving the session to Jane.cigarran@oregonstate.edu. Thanks again!

HAILS! OSRAA UPDATE

FROM SANDY COBB: I am very pleased to announce that we have hired two new Accountant 2s for the Cash and Financial Management Unit.  We received confirmation of both hires this morning and were able to share the happy news at the OSRAA Education and Outreach session. Rhonda Holcomb will be joining us on November 7 from Sea Grant, where she is currently working as a Grants and Contracts Technician. She was formerly in the UABC as an Accountant 1. Rhonda has extensive experience in grants and operations administration at Blue Mountain Community College and at the Corvallis School District. She has experience working with granting agencies and PIs, managing awards through all stages of the award, including writing, reviewing, applying, contracting, budgeting, spending, billing, reconciling, reporting, and closing grants.  Rhonda’s extensive experience in all facets of award administration will be a tremendous asset to us as Rhonda joins CFM Team O. Autumn Helenihi will be starting on November 1 in this new role, after providing support to OSRAA as a student employee while working on her degree in Accountancy at OSU. She has an extensive history in project, operations, and program management at Hewlett-Packard, Yahoo, and Kinko’s where she was responsible for short and long-term forecasts of product quality rates and costs for projects in excess. In addition to her exposure to OSRAA systems and processes over the last six months, her strong customer service focus, contract compliance, and practical accounting experience and training will be assets as she joins CFM Team O. Please join us in welcoming both Rhonda and Autumn to the OSRAA/ Research Office family!

SAVE THE DATE!- RO HOLIDAY PARTY

Friday, December 9 from 5p-730p, MU Main Lounge. More information and formal invite to follow sometime in November.

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RO SPACE POLICY UPDATE

Research Office space is controlled by the VPR or her designee.  “Space” is defined as all offices, cubicles, all space designated as employee work stations, all network and telephone connections, and all associated locks and keys.  For the good of all Research Office employees, only the VPR or her designee may authorize use of space or changes in use of space.  For the same reason, only the VPR or her designee may make arrangements for changes in space (arranging key requisitions, lock changes, network/phone connections).    Designees: The Associate VPR is the VPR’s designee for authorization of space, and the VPR’s Executive Assistant is the designee for making arrangements for changes in space. Please work with your Assistant VP to communicate requests to the Associate VPR.  We are working on an electronic form for requests. For questions please contact Roy Haggerty.

CHANGES TO THE URISC, FRT , AND GENERAL RESEARCH FUND PROGRAMS

The URISC, Faculty Release Time, and General Research Fund programs are under review in the Research Office.  We are looking at changing each of these programs somewhat.  Look for a request for proposals for revised programs sometime in late fall 2016 or early winter 2017.  If you have questions, please contact the Associate Vice President for Research, Roy Haggerty, roy.haggerty@oregonstate.edu

HRPP ONLINE MEETING REQUEST FORM

The Human Research Protection Program (formerly known as the IRB Office) has held over 430 advising and study review appointments so far this year. Because Tiffany Andrews is scheduling these meetings while working from Utah, Stephen helped us create an online meeting request form to streamline the process. If this type of process is useful to anyone else in the Research Office, the form can be found at:  http://oregonstate.qualtrics.com/SE/?SID=SV_5bfKMZmdCWZBoMd

LPI DIRECTOR CANDIDATE A-OPEN FORUM 10/24, 11am- LPSC 402

Open Forum for Director, Linus Pauling Institute-Monday, October 24^th, from 11am-12pm in Linus Pauling Science Center (LPSC) 402. Candidate A will give a 20min presentation addressing the following question: Based on what you know about LPI today, what do you see as the opportunities to leverage further to ensure our position as a top, internationally recognized research institute? The presentation will be followed by Q&A for the remainder of the hour. The forum is open to all OSU students, staff and faculty. Position information and the candidate’s bio will be available at the session. For questions, please contact: jane.cigarran@oregonstate.edu.

JOY DRIVE PARTICIPATION

Each year Childcare and Family Resources leads a Joy Drive to provide student families in need with gifts for the winter holiday season. They invite departments on campus to participate by sponsoring a family. The Research Office has participated in the Joy Drive for the past few years. Jillian Coleman has offered to help coordinate the Research Office’s participation in the Joy Drive this year. In the past, we have asked people who are interested in participating to donate to a fund which will then be used to purchase gifts for the families. If you are interested in participating, please let Jillian know by November 7^th. Participation involves making a donation in any amount you choose to help purchase presents. If you’d like to help with coordinating our participation or shopping, you can do that too. They are also accepting donations of wrapping paper, ribbons, tape, etc. Please feel free to contact Jillian with any questions. (jillian.coleman@oregonstate.edu)

MUSIC IN THE MU TODAY AT LUNCH

OSU Music Faculty in Recital is the Music a la Carte theme for today’s concert in the MU Lounge at Noon.  One of the performances will be by Julie Meier’s brother, Dr. Robert Brudvig, Associate Professor, Percussion, who will perform “Fabian Theory” a six-minute percussion solo on the Malletkat – An electronic delay system is employed throughout the piece serving to reproduce the “live” signal 566 milliseconds (about half a second) after it has been played, thereby building a multi-marimba illusion & creating rhythmic counterpoint against a live performance.

DIVE CENTER VIDEO

From Kevin Buch…Here is a link to a short video highlighting the new dive center from our friends at OSU Interactive Communications. And thanks to everyone who stopped by the open house on Friday!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vG7WZ5_DDKQ

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DIVE CENTER EVENT- OCT. 13, 3-5pm

The Research Office and the College of Public Health and Human Sciences invite you to dive into a new era with us! Scientific and recreational diving just got a boost, and we’re excited to share it with you. More details here: dive-center-flier

PLEASE RSVP: RESEARCH OFFICE NEW FACULTY ORIENTATION

Please note that this year’s NFO will have a new format, starting with an introduction from Cindy followed by a 1-hour panel discussion with OSU faculty who have served as program officers. After that there will be booths set up around the Horizon Room for each RO unit. We will use a  “speed dating” format to allow new faculty to choose which areas they would like to learn more about. We’ll wrap at 5pm (no reception but refreshments will be provided throughout the event). Please RSVP here.

MONTHLY EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS TOPIC- EARTHQUAKES/ DRILL 10/20/16

Please click here: monthly-topic-2016-10-earthquakes for more information. Also please note there will be an earthquake drill on Oct 20 at 10:20am. More details here: earthquake-drill

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BREAKFAST WITH CINDY AND ROY
STILL A FEW SPOTS LEFT! You are invited to an informal chat over breakfast with Cindy Sagers and our new Associate VP for Research, Roy Haggerty, on Thursday Oct.13th from 7:30-8:30 (location tbd). This will be an opportunity for you to bring items to our attention that you feel should be addressed, or just a chance to get to know each other better. It will be a fairly intimate gathering, as only the first 10 people to respond will get a space at the table!
We will plan to do these breakfasts throughout the year…so if this timing doesn’t work for you, perhaps another one down the road will.
Please email jane.cigarran@oregonstate.edu ASAP if you’d like to attend. Hope to see you there!

NEW BOX SERVICE NOW AVAILBLE AT OSU

Box is a cloud based service like Google Drive and Office365. It provides unlimited storage for everyone at OSU and is tied into our directory service for single sign-on and sharing resources across campus. If you are interested in having a training session for this tool or are currently using Google Drive or Office365 and are interesting in migrating your projects to Box, please contact Stephen Hotard at stephen.hotard@oregonstate.edu for more information. To get started, go here: http://box.oregonstate.edu/

More information here: http://box.oregonstate.edu/support-box-faqs

JULIE BRANDIS JOINS THE COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING

Julie Brandis has been appointed executive director of strategic partnerships for the College of Engineering by Dean Scott Ashford. Julie has worked closely with Advantage Partnerships over the past several years and we all wish her the best of luck in her new role. For more information click here!

EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS TOPIC- WASTE IN DISASTERS

The mid-month Emergency Preparedness Topic focuses on preparedness issues that you should consider when planning for a disaster. More info here: Waste and here: Prepare Out Loud Flyer Corvallis.  All Hazard and Topic bulletins can be found at: http://emergency.oregonstate.edu/preparedness-topics

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BREAKFAST WITH CINDY AND ROY
You are invited to an informal chat over breakfast with Cindy Sagers and our new Associate VP for Research, Roy Haggerty, on Thursday Oct.13th from 7:30-8:30 (location tbd). This will be an opportunity for you to bring items to our attention that you feel should be addressed, or just a chance to get to know each other better. It will be a fairly intimate gathering, as only the first 10 people to respond will get a space at the table!
We will plan to do these breakfasts throughout the year…so if this timing doesn’t work for you, perhaps another one down the road will.
Please email jane.cigarran@oregonstate.edu ASAP if you’d like to attend. Hope to see you there!

END OF SUMMER BBQ- THIS THURSDAY, 9/15

Friendly reminder that our annual End of Summer BBQ will be taking place this coming Thursday at 5pm in McAlexander Fieldhouse. RSVPs are now closed but if you haven’t RSVP’d online and want to come please send an email to jane.cigarran@oregonstate.edu…it shouldn’t be a problem. We look forward to seeing you and your families there…Pig Out BBQ will be on site grilling for us and we will have belalyers on site for the climbing wall (bring comfy shoes!) other fun activities for kids (small, big and adult-sized).  Hope to see you all at McAlexander Fieldhouse at 5pm on Thursday!

UNIVERSITY DAY REMINDER- SEPT 19

ALL UNITS- please bring any handouts, schwag, etc. to Mimi such that you’d like to be on the University Day table for the RO (it’s on Sept. 19, 12-2, Alumni Center). Thanks again to our volunteers  (Ben, Mark, Jillian, Rachel, Jianbo and Lesley!!) and a reminder set up should be done by 10:30am/ break down must be completed by 3:30pm.

TRY HOT YOGA FOR FREE!

It’s September and that means it’s Bring A Friend (or Enemy) For Free Month at Corvallis Bikram Yoga. You don’t need to be fit or good at yoga to do this…there are people of all ages, sizes and fitness levels in these classes. I’d love for you to try it…please send jane.cigarran@oregonstate.edu a message if you’d like to try it for FREE sometime this month. More details about the studio, schedule and benefits of hot yoga here.

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WELCOME KAY WHITE, EA FOR RESEARCH OFFICE OPERATIONS
Pat, Mark, Cindy and Jane are very pleased to announce that Kay White, currently special assistant for Finance & Administration and former executive assistant to the VP for F&A, will be joining the Research office as an Executive Assistant starting on Sept. 15th. Kay will be supporting OSRAA and ORI operations and will be located in Kerr B308. Her executive level support expertise has developed with seven years as an assistant to the VP for Finance & Administration at OSU and Linfield College along with fourteen years’ in a variety of technology support, training and development positions. Kay’s strong organizational and prioritization skills were shaped by her prior career as a lead respiratory therapist. In that role Kay was a member of the neonatal ICU and transport teams, as well as trauma and “code” teams at Sacred Heart General Hospital in Eugene. Please join us in welcoming Kay in to her new and important role in the Research office.

UNIVERSITY DAY VOLUNTEERS STILL NEEDED!

Thanks Gillian, Rachel and Ben for offering to volunteer at University Day on Mon., Sept. 19 from noon-2 p.m. at the CH2M Hill Alumni Center. It would be great if we could have someone from each dept. on hand at some point during the day so OCCD and IACUC, if anyone is available for a portion of time on the 19th please let Mimi know. Thanks!!

KERR LOST AND FOUND

Items held 7 Days with Kerr, located in Kerr 5oo
Central Lost and Found message line: (541) 737-7240, Dept of Public Safety (phones, wallets, computers, State ID): (541) 737-3010

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NAME CHANGE! IRB IS NOW HRPP

For those of you not already aware, the Institutional Review Board (IRB) Office has been renamed the Human Research Protection Program (HRPP). The new name better reflects all of the components of our program which, in addition to the IRB, includes administration, researchers, and HRPP staff. We will promote the name change through outreach activities that will occur during Fall term.

BBQ MANIA!

All, please don’t forget to RSVP for our End of Summer BBQ on Sept. 15th at 5pm in McAlexander. This year we have not only invited all RO staff but also many friends of the the RO including various external board members and collaborators with our offices. RSVP here!

Additionally, the Grad School (one of our RO friends!) has generously extended an invitation to our staff for their BBQ on Sept. 12th at 5:30pm at the Student Experience Center Plaza. Please RSVP to: karen.hanson@oregonstate.edu if you’d like to attend. A full listing of Grad Welcome Week events can be found here.

CHEMISTRY PROFESSOR RECEIVES NATIONAL RESEARCH AWARD
Distinguished Professor of Chemistry Douglas Keszler is an American Chemical Society (ACS) 2017 national award winner in the Chemistry of Materials. The ACS national awards program encourages the advancement of chemistry in all its branches, supports research in chemical science and industry and promotes the careers of chemists. The ACS Award in the Chemistry of Materials is sponsored by DuPont, one of the world’s leading chemical companies. Read all about this wonderful accomplishment here.

HMSC FILM FESTIVAL- SEPT 22nd!

Save the Date for the first-ever HMSC Film Festival! September 22 @HMSC, in the evening. Details to follow. Enjoy films created by and/or highlighting HMSC researchers and educators.
Also, next Science on Tap will be September 28, 6pm @Rogue, “Sea Turtles, Conservation and a Little Math” with Selina Heppell, Chair of the OSU Dept. of Fisheries and Wildlife. For more details contact: maryann.bozza@oregonstate.edu

CN ALERT

You may receive a mail from Box.Support@oregonstate.edu about “migrating your personal account into an Enterprise Account”. This is a valid email. Box is a secure cloud service (like Office 365, Google Drive, Dropbox) for online file sharing, collaboration and storage coming to OSU in the fall. If you receive the mail about migrating your account, you do not need to take any action. More information is here: http://oregonstate.edu/helpdocs/osu-applications/box. If you have any questions about this mail or how this tool may be used, please contact Stephen Hotard at Stephen.Hotard@oregonstate.edu

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A MESSAGE FROM BECKY JOHNSON, VP for OSU CASCADES:

We are really looking forward to seeing the Provost’s Council in Bend for the PC retreat and grand opening of Tykeson Hall on our new campus! Everything is going really well, and on schedule, but things are pretty hectic with the move and making sure everything is operational. In an ordinary year, this period of time before classes start would be a time when we would have facilities available for Corvallis colleagues to schedule meetings over here. Unfortunately, we are unable to do that this year as we are literally moving in furniture and people, and testing technology.

Our Fall term is also going to be very tight for space, because four classrooms and additional meeting space in our Dining Hall will not be finished until December. We are getting lots of requests from our Corvallis colleagues to use rooms at OSU-Cascades for meetings in Bend, and unfortunately, we will not be able to accommodate them this Fall.  In January we would be happy to entertain requests for meeting space, depending on classroom and meeting room availability. And, of course, if you’re just in Bend for some other reason and want to visit, you’re always welcome.

OSRAA CH CH CH CH CHANGES!

FROM PAT HAWK AND SANDY COBB: Today’s a great day for congratulations! Not only can we celebrate Jim Nightengale’s new position in BEBC as an Accountant 2 (his last day with us will be August 30),  I’m very pleased to announce our two Grant and Contract Officer positions have been filled. Our two newest Grant and Contract Officers are Cleo Klepzig and Dawn Wagner, and you should know both of them! Both have start date in their new positions of August 22. Please join me in congratulating Jim, Cleo and Dawn!

 UNIVERSITY DAY VOLUNTEERS NEEDED!

The 2016 University Day Expo will be on Mon., Sept. 19 from noon-2 p.m. at the CH2M Hill Alumni Center. The expo is designed to showcase the work and opportunities provided by units at OSU, to fellow staff and faculty. We are looking for volunteers for the Research Office booth. If you would like to volunteer please contact Mimi in the front office. University Day is a fun and relaxed event…we hope you can volunteer a bit of your time or stop by and say hi!

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