MINUTES Florida Research Development Network

MINUTES – Florida Research Development Network January 9, 2017; 9am

Participants:

Maddy Chokshi, UCF Sharon Collins, Mayo Tristan Fiedler, FIT Michael Hickey, ERAU Beth Hodges, FSU Sobha Jaishankar, UF Maureen Pelham, FIU Mark Roltsch, UWF Joshua Roney, UCF Karin Scarpinato, UM Rick Tysor, Stetson

I. First In-Person Meeting:

A. Registration

 To date, 20 people have registered, nine of whom are affiliated with UCF. Group on call was encouraged to prompt their colleagues to register ASAP, as food costs were calculated based on 30 participants and may need to be adjusted.

Action Items re: Registration:

1. Individuals in need of link to online registration should contact Karin directly at her new email address ([email protected]) 2. Maddy will distribute list of registrants to date via email to group.

B. Agenda for Meeting:

 Latest agenda on shared drive.  No significant changes made to draft agenda.  Facilitators identified. Tristan volunteered to lead break-out session on metrics; he suggested a colleague to lead session on Uniform Guidance.

Action Items: re: Draft Agenda:

1. Tristan to contact colleague to determine if she is able to lead breakout session on Uniform Guidance and will inform group via email distribution list. 2. Any issues or questions that surface between today and February 10 meeting should be sent to group via email distribution list. II. Core Facilities:

 Karin asked group for input re: presentation that she was invited to give for I-Lab user meeting. Focus of meeting is methods for encouraging shared use of core facilities across region/state. Sobha recommended that Karin contact Connie Nicklin at UF. Tristan noted that Florida Energy Systems Consortium shares RFP’s as a way of promoting collaboration. Life Sciences South Florida (LSSF) has been working for years to develop resource portal, but not yet operational. Group discussion ensued, with general agreement that a register containing descriptions of universities’ core facilities and contact information would be very helpful in jump-starting collaboration and strengthening grant applications.

Action Items re: Core Facilities:

1. Karin to inquire about status of resource portal at next LSSF meeting. 2. Time permitting, group will discuss core facilities at February meeting in Orlando.

MEETING: FEBRUARY 10, 2017 AT UCF

NEXT CONFERENCE CALL: MONDAY, MARCH 13, 2017; 9:00 AM EST