[A second attempt to send this, since the first version omitted the
announcements. SGN]
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_August2016 Web ID: MURI
Password: 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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Stephen G. Nash
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Volgenau School of Engineering
George Mason University
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