FIU Research News

FIU receives $2.45 million federal grant to address disparities related to deaths of Black women from pregnancy-related causes

The U.S. Health Resources and Services Administration-funded study will investigate disparities in morbidity and health outcomes, in addition to finding community-based solutions. [...]

Too often left unsaid: the connection between climate change and health

As part of FIU's Population Health Initiative, the university recently convened experts in the nation's capital on an issue of growing global concern: how climate change is impacting human health. [...]

Doctoral candidate turns teens in poverty into changemakers

His project tasked youth in Colombia to identify problems in their community and make their case to local leaders. [...]

Gnaw more seagrass? Plant-eaters pose threat in climate change struggle

There’s a hidden threat looming among subtropical seagrass meadows — turtles in search of milder temperatures. [...]

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FIU receives $2.45 million federal grant to address disparities related to deaths of Black women from pregnancy-related causes

The U.S. Health Resources and Services Administration-funded study will investigate disparities in morbidity and health outcomes, in addition to finding community-based solutions. [...]

Too often left unsaid: the connection between climate change and health

As part of FIU's Population Health Initiative, the university recently convened experts in the nation's capital on an issue of growing global concern: how climate change is impacting human health. [...]

Doctoral candidate turns teens in poverty into changemakers

His project tasked youth in Colombia to identify problems in their community and make their case to local leaders. [...]

Gnaw more seagrass? Plant-eaters pose threat in climate change struggle

There’s a hidden threat looming among subtropical seagrass meadows — turtles in search of milder temperatures. [...]

Announcements


  • Salary Limitation for NIH Grants, Cooperative Agreements and Contracts…The Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2023, restricts the amount of direct salary to Executive Level II of the Federal Executive pay scale. (February 7, 2024…read more)


  • ORED announces the launch of the PI Work Center Tile in PeopleSoft, which serves as a central focal point for PIs and Co-PIs to easily see critical information related to their proposal and award actions in a centralized location. (December 14, 2023…read more)


  • Reminder of FIU’s policy # 2320.025, Deadlines for Proposal Submissions for Office of Research and Economic Development for Review. (July 31, 2023…read more)


  • Proposals submitted to the NSF on or after July 31, 2023 will require that faculty and other senior personnel supported by NSF awards receive training in the Responsible and Ethical Conduct of Research (RECR). (July 3, 2023…read more)


  • Faculty Success Initiative: Introducing FIU Discovery and Faculty Awards. (March 9, 2023…read more)


  • The Office of Financial Planning has released the fringe benefit rates for the 2023-2024 fiscal year. (March 2, 2023…read more)


  • Salary Limitation for NIH Grants, Cooperative Agreements and Contracts…signed into law on December 29, 2022 restricts the amount of direct salary to Executive Level II of the Federal Executive pay scale.  (February 14, 2023…read more)


  • Updates to the Electronic Proposal Routing Approval Form (ePRAF): Community-Engaged Research – CenR and Requirements for Safe and Inclusive Working Environments for off-campus or off-site research (January 30, 2023…read more)

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Announcements

ORED has updated to the Electronic Proposal Routing Approval Form (ePRAF)…(April 14, 2020 read more)

The Office of Financial Planning has released the fringe benefit rates for the 2020-2021 fiscal year. The revised rates become effective for all proposals being routed via ePRAF on or after April 6, 2020 and will be charged to all active awards as of July 1, 2020. (April 3, 2020… read more)

Guidance to FIU Research Community in the Transition to Remote Work Beginning Monday, March 16, 2020

During this period of remote work, we expect that ORED and the University Graduate School (UGS) will remain fully operational, with the ability to submit, receive and manage research grants. (March 15, 2020… read more)