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National Endowment for the Humanities Sponsor Visit
You are invited to Harvard University's Lamont Library for a program on the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH)
that will include presentations by Marc Ruppel, PhD, Senior Program Officer for the NEH Division of Public Programs and Pleun Bouricius, PhD, Assistant Director of Mass Humanities.
These presentations will be followed by a panel discussion with recent NEH award recipients and reviewers. Opportunities
for questions and answers will be available throughout the program. Coffee and refreshments will be provided.
This event is
free and open to the public but seating is limited and registration is required.
To attend, register by April 15, 2013 by
clicking
here.
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NSF Roundtable Discussion for the National Science Board Task Force on Administrative Burdens
Jeremy A. Leffler, Outreach Specialist in the Office of Budget, Finance, and Award Management at NSF, has assured us that
both research administrators and researchers are welcome to attend the following Roundtable Discussion:
Date and Time: April 30th at 11:30 AM
Location: Winthrop Street Function Hall, 51 Winthrop Street,
Tufts Medford Campus, Medford, MA 02155
Please register by sending an email to
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Over the past decade two Federal Demonstration Partnership (FDP) Faculty Workload Surveys indicate that administrative burdens associated with Federal research
funding consume roughly 42% of an awardee’s available research time. The National Science Board (NSB), which establishes the policies of the National Science Foundation (NSF) and recommends and encourages the pursuit of national policies for the promotion
of research and education in science and engineering, recently established a Task Force on Administrative Burdens that is charged with examining faculty administrative workload as it relates to federally sponsored research. The Task Force is also interested
in identifying opportunities to reduce burden while maintaining accountability and oversight. The NSB Task Force has released a
Request for Information (RFI) seeking recommendations from principal investigators for reducing the administrative workload associated with their Federal awards. Responses to the RFI will be considered as the Board develops
recommendations to ensure investigators’ administrative workload is at an appropriate level. We encourage you and your faculty to provide the NSB with your valuable insight. The RFI is available through May 24th at:
http://www.nsf.gov/nsb/committees/ab/tskforce_ab_rfi.jsp
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