A series of networking events to bring government, industry, faculty, and students together to learn about opportunities for cybersecurity research. Light refreshments will be served. National Security Collaboration Center (NSCC) Research Pitch Day: Government and industry partners, faculty and graduate students: register to present a 5-minute “elevator pitch” describing your research area(s). We will provide one slide template to facilitate your presentation. Research areas include, but are not limited to: Network Security Cyber-Physical Systems/Embedded Security Attack/Threat Modeling Economics of…

While often solicited through very brief notices for concise proposals, pursuing corporate and foundation grant opportunities can be a mystery. Private funding opportunities differ in significant ways from those offered through traditional public agencies. This session will provide guidance on who to work with when pursuing private funding at UTSA as well as some key insights into strategic planning and positioning to improve your competitiveness. Instructor:  Shawn Farrell, UTSA Assistant Vice President for Corporate & Foundation Engagement Location:  Main Campus,  JPL…

The Research Computing Support group of OIT will continue the UTSA High Performance Computing (HPC) training series,  offering the following trainings workshops in Fall semester.  All trainings will be from 10:00am to 12:00pm. Those trainings are essential for faculty and students who would like to utilize the HPC resources at UTSA. Faculty, staff and students with UTSA appointment can register online at https://mytraining.utsa.edu/classroom. Students without UTSA appointment can simple email to rcsg@utsa.edu for registration.

This workshop will show participants how to access data from the US Census Bureau directly from within R. The workshop will illustrate how to obtain socioeconomic and demographic data using the tidycensus package for places. Basic mapping of Census data will also be shown. The workshop will also illustrate how to use the IPUMS microdata from within R. This illustration will focus on recoding of variables and using the IPUMS microdata to address social science research questions using these data.…

The Research Computing Support group of OIT will continue the UTSA High Performance Computing (HPC) training series,  offering the following trainings workshops in Fall semester.  All trainings will be from 10:00am to 12:00pm. Those trainings are essential for faculty and students who would like to utilize the HPC resources at UTSA. Faculty, staff and students with UTSA appointment can register online at https://mytraining.utsa.edu/classroom. Students without UTSA appointment can simple email to rcsg@utsa.edu for registration.

      This session will focus on pursuing funding from the Department of Education as well as on pursuing funding for STEM education research from NSF. Other funders of education research, including the Spencer Foundation, will also be discussed. We will talk about types of grants, the roles of program officers and how to approach them, how proposals are reviewed, and what reviewers are looking for. Location:   Travis Room, HSU 2.202 | UTSA Main Campus >> To register >>…

This session will cover the key steps to writing a competitive research proposal. We will step through proposal narrative sections and discuss what each section needs to accomplish, common characteristics of winning proposals, and common mistakes to avoid. Location:  UTSA Main Campus, Faculty Center Small Conference Room  | JPL 4.04.12D >> To register Presented By: Lucy Deckard is the President of Academic Research Funding Strategies, LLC, a consulting firm she founded in 2010 that provides services to help academic institutions,…