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Join this three-part series that the UMaine Gateway in Portland is hosting in partnership with the Portland Regional Chamber of Commerce and UMaine OIED. You can find the Please share this through your social media channels – we would love to have a good audience. Food for Thought Series Workshop 1: Embracing Innovation

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Hello PARS User, PARS will be unavailable on Sunday, October 4, 2020 between the hours of 6-10 p.m.   We will be performing necessary system updates and will send out a notification as soon as PARS is back online. Please note: during this maintenance window all routing and approvals will be temporarily paused. Routing will […]

NSF will be requiring the NSF-approved formats for the biographical sketch and current and pending support form as of October 5, 2020. Inclusion of outdated forms in proposals due on or after October 5 will prohibit submission.  Please visit our NSF page for the full details.

A new Proposal & Award Policies & Procedure Guide (PAPPG) has been issued and will be effective for all proposals submitted or due on or after June 1, 2020. Significant changes that will affect all proposals submitted include: Required use of an NSF-approved format biographical sketch and current and pending support. PIs can use SciENcv: […]

Please join us for the March RAN workshop. Staff from the Office of Research Administration will present the basics of cost share throughout the life cycle of a sponsored project, from the proposal stage, through the post award and closeout stages.  You can register here.

FY20/21 Federal Benefit Rates have changed. Tuition figures and GA assistantships have also changed. Please visit our Rates page for updated information.

Office of Research Administration (ORA) Reports Have Moved! As of June 1, 2019 all ORA reports have moved to the Research Reporting Dashboard. Reports Are Always Up To Date The Research Reporting Dashboard is a new way to distribute information regarding proposal submissions and grants awarded at UMaine. Instead of static reports posted once a […]

Presenters:  Charles T. Bartunek, Director of Collaborative and Corporate Research Contracts, Division of Research,  Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia Jill A. Frankenfield, Associate Director, Office of Research Administration, University of Maryland, College Park Presentation materials will be available 24 hours prior to the live webinar. Overview: During the life-cycle of a sponsored project, other documents besides […]