Date: May 16, 2013

To: All UF Graduate Students, Coordinators and Staff

From: UF Graduate School

Subject: UF Graduate Student Grants and Fellowships Conference May 17^th Registration and Breakfast Begins at 7:30 am

The UF Graduate Student Grants and Fellowship Conference is scheduled to be held on May 17th in the HPNP Building located behind Shands on Center Drive. Students who did not pre-register are still able to attend and can register onsite. However, this is subject to space availability in a given session. Below you will find the agenda for the day. All attendees must check-in at the registration desk before they will be permitted admittance to a session.

For students driving to the event, please contact UF Transportation and Parking Services to obtain information about parking. For parking information please visit www.parking.ufl.edu or call 352-392-7275. In the meantime, should you have questions concerning the conference please email us at ogmp@ufl.edu.

REMINDER

Date: May 6, 2013

To: All UF Graduate Students, Coordinators and Staff

From: UF Graduate School

RE: May 6: Deadline to Register for Free for the 2013 Graduate Student Grants and Fellowships Conference

We are pleased to announce the 2013 Graduate Student Grants and Fellowships Conference will be held on Friday, May 17, 2013 in Health Professions, Nursing, and Pharmacy Building (HPNP). The conference is free for all UF graduate students. This year’s conference will have more speakers and offer more sessions that detail funding opportunities for fellowships, international students, and dissertation awards. Breakfast and lunch will be provided for free! This will be the largest conference of its kind in Florida. The registration deadline is May 6, 2013. To register, follow the instructions below.

General Sessions

• Effective Writing for Fellowship Applications

• Introduction to Grant Writing Process

• Student Fellows: The Secrets to Their Success

Breakout Sessions

• Broadening Impacts

• Fellowships and Grants for the Arts

• Fellowships and Grants for the Humanities

• Fellowships and Grants for the Social Sciences

• Ford Foundation Fellowships

• Fulbright and Other Funding for Domestic Students

• Funding Opportunities for International Students

• NIH Fellowships

• NSF Doctoral Dissertation Improvement Grants

• NSF Graduate Research Fellowships

To register:

1. Go to GIMS (Graduate Information Management System) by clicking on this link: http://gradschool.ufl.edu/gimsportal/gatorlink/portal.asp.

2. Log on to GIMS with your Gatorlink username and password.

3. On the top of the screen you will see a tab titled “Conferences”. Click the “Conferences” tab.

4. Follow the prompts on the webpage that appear: they will guide you through the registration process.

APPCI is a two-year mentored training program for faculty and senior trainees in the health sciences. APPCI requirements are designed to provide sufficient research experience, didactic knowledge and publishable research outcomes to be competitive for a K-level or equivalent mentored research award.

See below for program benefits, application and program requirements, and contact for questions.

Applications are due by 5 p.m. on Tuesday, May 28, 2013.

PROGRAM BENEFITS

APPCI Scholars receive:

* Tuition for up to 30 credit hours total (including core courses) toward a master’s degree in clinical/ translational science;

* Oversight of course and research progress by the APPCI Advisory Committee;

* Review of grant applications;

* Initial consultation with CTSI-affiliated statisticians;

* Opportunities for collaboration with other research scholars.

APPLICATION REQUIREMENTS

Applicants must propose a research project (limit of three pages); identify a mentor; secure verification of salary support for duration of the program and guaranteed protection of at least 20 hours per week for participation in the program; and demonstrate related qualifications and career goals.

* Application Deadline: 5 p.m. on Tuesday, May 28, 2013

* Program Requirements and Application Instructions: http://www.ctsi.ufl.edu/education/programs/junior-faculty/advanced-postgraduate-program-in-clinical-investigation-appci/

CONTACT FOR QUESTIONS

Interested applicants are encouraged to contact the program coordinator with any questions:

Eve Johnson, M.A., Program Coordinator

eve11@ufl.edu, 273-9307

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Eve Johnson, MA
Coordinator

UF Clinical and Translational Science Institute

Training and Professional Development Program
PO Box 100277, Rm. M-409
352-273-9307 (Training and Professional Development)

352-273-9308 (cardiology calls)

F: 352-846-1217
eve11@ufl.edu

When publishing your work or registering your clinical trial, we ask that you acknowledge the support of the UF CTSI by including language like: “Supported in part by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and National Center for Research Resources (NCRR) CTSA grant UL1 TR000064 [and KL2TR000065 or TL1TR000066 if applicable].”

The NIH Public Access Policy requires scientists to submit final peer-reviewed manuscripts that result from direct costs funded by NIH, and that are accepted for publication on or after April 7, 2008, to the digital archive PubMed Central. Compliance with the NIH Public Access Policy is a legal requirement (Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2008, Pub. L. No. 110-161, Division G, Title II, Section 218).

Information on how to submit manuscripts can be found at: http://publicaccess.nih.gov/submit_process.htm

Date:   April 15, 2013

To:     All UF Graduate Students, Coordinators and Staff

From:   UF Graduate Student Council

RE:     April 30: Deadline for Next UF GSC Travel Grant Applications

The UF Graduate Student Council is now accepting travel grant applications for:

(1) Domestic travel beginning June 15, 2013 through July 14, 2013.
(2) International travel beginning August 1, 2013 through September 30, 2013.

The application is now available on the GSC Grants website at ufgsc.org under the Grants page: http://ufgsc.org/index.html.

The deadline is April 30th.

PLEASE remember the following when applying for travel grants:

(1) A representative of your department must attend all GSC general body meetings, the dates of which may be found here: http://gsc.sg.ufl.edu.

2) NO purchase made on a department PCard may be reimbursed by a GSC travel grant.

3) Funding is not guaranteed, and awards are made on a competitive basis.

Please e-mail questions to gscgrants@gmail.com.

Date:    April 9, 2013

To:      All UF Graduate Students, Coordinators and Staff

From:    UF International Center

RE:      April 17: UF’s 4th Annual Fulbright Day Events

The University of Florida International Center will be hosting Fulbright Day on Wednesday, April 17, 2013, in collaboration with UF Honors Program and George A. Smathers Libraries.

Scheduled to take place from 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. at Marston Science Library, Room L107, the day will be devoted to discussing ways to continue and increase awareness about Fulbright programs across campus, learning about the program’s application process, and listening to the experiences of past Fulbright scholars and students.

Institute of International Education (IIE) Fulbright representatives, Walter Jackson and Dylan Gipson, will be participating in all the day’s discussions and workshops. Last, to celebrate the stories of all of UF’s past Fulbright scholars and students, President Bernie Machen will be hosting a by-invitation-only reception at the UF President’s House following all of the day’s activities.

Workshops:

9 a.m. – 10 a.m.           Info Session for Undergraduate Advisors and Graduate Coordinators
10:15 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.    Faculty Workshop
1:55 p.m. – 3 p.m.         Students Workshop

This event is free and open to the public. Registration is not necessary, but RSVPs are encouraged by contacting Mabel Cardec at mcardec@ufic.ufl.edu. To learn more about specific Fulbright Programs on UF campus, please contact:

Dr. John Denny, jdenny@ufl.edu, U.S Student Program Advisor
Debbie Anderson, danderson@ufic.ufl.edu, Visiting Student Program Advisor
Sandra Russo, srusso@ufic.ufl.edu, U.S. Scholar Program Advisor
Adam Greenfield, agreen@ufic.ufl.edu, Visiting Scholar Program Advisor

We look forward to having you join us for Fulbright Day!

MEMORANDUM

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To: Spring 2013 Degree Candidates

Cc: Graduate Coordinators, Graduate Staff

RE: The deadline for submitting Final Examination Data in GIMS is Monday, April 15, 2013, by 5:00 p.m.

In accordance with Graduate Council policy, all graduate degree programs require a final culminating experience.

For some degree candidates, this is the final defense of your thesis or dissertation. For others, this may be the completion of a project, a capstone course, a traditional examination, or other mechanism determined by your academic unit.

Regardless of the format, all degree candidates must satisfy this milestone.

Not all programs use the term “Final Examination”, so check with your academic unit as to how/when this information gets submitted to GIMS.

Graduating students are responsible for verifying final examination data in GIMS (Graduate Information Management System).

1. Log in to ISIS: http://www.isis.ufl.edu

2. Select **Graduate Student Info** from the “My Resources” menu on the right

3. Select **Grad School Info Systems (GIMS) ** from the menu on the right

4. Log in to GIMS, by clicking on the “Continue to Gatorlink authentication” link using your Gatorlink ID and password.

5. Find/select the degree program for which you have applied to graduate this semester

6. Scroll down to the “Final Exam” field; make sure the date (mm/dd/yyyy) is in the Final Exam

Field. To be valid, the date must fall within the Fall 2012 or Spring 2013 term. (If your dates are not in this range, contact your Academic unit/Department for assistance.)

7. If your final exam will take place between now and April 15, 2013, it is vital that the data is entered before 5:00 p.m. on April 15, 2013.

IF THE FINAL EXAM DATE IS MISSING, INCORRECT OR OUTSIDE THE DATE RANGE, CONTACT YOUR ACADEMIC UNIT/DEPARTMENT FOR ASSISTANCE IMMEDIATELY!!!

If you are not able to meet the April 15, 2013 deadline, please plan on enrolling and applying for a degree award in a future term.

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UF Graduate Student Records

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