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FIU Research News

Federal funding updates during the transition to the new government administration are now available

ORED will post updates and additional agency-specific information on the following federal funding updates page as they become available:

Federal Funding Updates
She made her mark as an undergraduate researcher

Elyna Gonzalez ’26 earned a degree in biomedical engineering last month and found the Honors College the perfect gateway to working in faculty labs. [...]

FIU student startup PolarDoc named global Hult Prize finalist for preterm birth technology

Nominated as a finalist in the 2026 EF Hult Prize, PolarDoc is helping to move FIU’s patented PPRIM imaging device closer to clinical use. [...]

Your smartwatch is lying to you about how many calories  you burned in your last workout

A study found that fitness trackers overestimate calories burned, and accuracy worsens as body fat increases. [...]

FIU Research News

Federal funding updates during the transition to the new government administration are now available

ORED will post updates and additional agency-specific information on the following federal funding updates page as they become available:

Federal Funding Updates
She made her mark as an undergraduate researcher

Elyna Gonzalez ’26 earned a degree in biomedical engineering last month and found the Honors College the perfect gateway to working in faculty labs. [...]

FIU student startup PolarDoc named global Hult Prize finalist for preterm birth technology

Nominated as a finalist in the 2026 EF Hult Prize, PolarDoc is helping to move FIU’s patented PPRIM imaging device closer to clinical use. [...]

Your smartwatch is lying to you about how many calories  you burned in your last workout

A study found that fitness trackers overestimate calories burned, and accuracy worsens as body fat increases. [...]

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She made her mark as an undergraduate researcher

Elyna Gonzalez ’26 earned a degree in biomedical engineering last month and found the Honors College the perfect gateway to working in faculty labs. [...]

FIU student startup PolarDoc named global Hult Prize finalist for preterm birth technology

Nominated as a finalist in the 2026 EF Hult Prize, PolarDoc is helping to move FIU’s patented PPRIM imaging device closer to clinical use. [...]

Your smartwatch is lying to you about how many calories  you burned in your last workout

A study found that fitness trackers overestimate calories burned, and accuracy worsens as body fat increases. [...]

Announcements

  • NIH, DOE and NSF Updates: The federal research compliance landscape continues to evolve, with agencies placing greater emphasis on individual and institutional accountability, review and disclosure of conflicts of interest and commitment, transparency regarding external activities and foreign influence… (August 21, 2026…read more)

  • The National Institutes of Health (NIH) has issued notice NOT-OD-26-084, Reminder – Definition of Foreign Components, available at https://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/notice-files/NOT-OD-26-084.html, regarding foreign components in NIH funded research… (June 5, 2026…read more)

  • The Office of Research and Economic Development would like to advise the university research community of the following Electronic Proposal Routing Approval Form (ePRAF) update… (April 27, 2026…read more)

  • The Office of Research and Economic Development would like to advise the university research community that in accordance with NIH Notice NOT-OD-26-017, effective for applications submitted for due dates on or after May 25, 2026, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) will require…. (February 6, 2026…read more)

  • Please see below and attached for an important notice from NASA regarding mandatory Research Security Training (RST) requirements for all research proposals for a grant or cooperative agreement submitted to NASA effective August 5, 2026…. (February 6, 2026…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)