I received the announcements below from Kerry Bolognese,
Mason's Director of Federal Relations.
The first announcement is for a MURI networking event. Registration
is required, and these events often fill up quickly, so register now
if you are interested.
The other two announcements may also be of interest to VSE faculty.
Stephen
Muri Program Review
- DOD’s Basic Research Office
circulated an announcement for the 2016 Multidisciplinary
University Research
Initiative (MURI) program review, August 22-23. The offices says
that
this will likely be a good networking event as well as learning
experience for
faculty who want to know what kind of proposals end up winning
MURI awards. The event will be in
Arlington, at the Executive
Conference room near the Ballston Metro station, DARPA, and ONR.The review will
include MURI
projects initiated as a result of the 2014 MURI FOA. You and
your colleagues
are welcome to attend and welcome to share the information with
anyone you
think would be interested. Prospective attendees are asked to
register at the
website: http://www.sa-meetings.com/MURI_August2016Web ID: MURIPassword: Arlington NSF FAQ on Overtime Rule
- The National Science
Foundation released an FAQ document on its implementation of Dept.
of Labor’s
overtime rule.Among the
questions it
addresses are the following: What
does the
FLSA final overtime rule mean for postdoctoral researchers on
NSF-funded
projects? I am a postdoctoral researcher on a standard NSF
research grant. Will
NSF increase my salary? I am a grantee - can I re-budget an
existing award in
order to comply with the final overtime rule? The new rule goes
into effect on
December 1, 2016 - when can an NSF grantee re-budget as a result
of the FLSA
final overtime rule? Would re-budgeting from another budget
category, e.g.,
materials and supplies, to cover the increased cost of a
postdoctoral
researcher violate NSF’s cost sharing policy? What if there is not
enough money
left in the budget to comply with the final overtime rule? For the
FAQ see http://www.nsf.gov/bfa/dias/policy/faqs/flsa_faqs.pdf
Advanced Wireless Research
- On July 15, the White House
announced a new initiative for Advanced Wireless Research.The Initiative is intended to
result in
super-fast, ultra-low latency, high-capacity networks which are up
to 100 times
faster than what is available today. The announcement cited a
lead role
by the NSF in investing up to $400 million over the next 7 years
in academic
research that can utilize advanced wireless testing platforms
developed by
private-public partnerships. The NSF has
announced the
establishment of a Platforms for Advanced Wireless Research
(PAWR) Project
Office to manage the development of these platforms and
carry out
fundamental research on communications technologies, networking
architectures
and new applications.
For
more information on the White House Initiative: https://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2016/07/15/fact-sheet-administration-announces-advanced-wireless-research
For
the NSF Announcement: http://nsf.gov/cise/advancedwireless/
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Volgenau School of Engineering
George Mason University
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