Many technology and economic programs here in Southwest Missouri have depended on the availability of broadband access to support long-term economic growth and opportunity for the area. Earlier this year when the government’s stimulus funding was announced, one of the programs being addressed was funding for broadband access for underserved and unserved communities that lack [...]
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Office Live Workspace: Research Collaboration and Document Sharing
Over the last three years, both the National Institute of Health (NIH) and the National Science Foundation (NSF) have encouraged collaboration among researchers primarily through the status of co-investigators and/or research collaborators as a way to insure a team-oriented research environment between departments and colleges within a university, as well as between institutions and research [...]
Various Sponsored Program News
NIH AREA Program Announcement Extended:
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) has confirmed that it will extend the parent R15 Academic Research Enhancement Award (AREA) program announcement (which expired in January) until January 8, 2010. A new R15 parent announcement will be published later this year.
Applicants should note three immediate changes: beginning with the October 25, [...]
Six suggestions for developing a budget for your proposal
You have met with the Sponsored Programs Specialist for your college, and agreed on the table of contents of your proposal based on the guidelines within the funding announcement. The proposal has been signed off by your department head and all necessary resources gathered – time to develop your budget! To plan all the needed [...]
Broadband Workshop: Webcast
In the local newspaper, the Springfield Newsleader, (Aug. 12 & 13, 2009), information on the efforts of the Missouri government to go after stimulus funding to deliver broadband access to rural Missourians was highlighted. See
http://www.news-leader.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2009908130370 and http://www.news-leader.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=200990812054
In other news, The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) will hold a National Broadband Plan Education workshop on August 20, 2009 [...]
Lecture Capture and Network Infrastructure:
On Friday, July24, 2009, I met with several West Plains faculty and the Informational Technology (IT) Services staff to present information on various Lecture Capture systems and how it could be best used/implemented within the Missouri State University system.
As always the interest and questions from the West Plains personnel was quite insightful and highlighted the need for deeper analysis and discussion as we look to the future for the possible implementation of such a system.