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<p class="MsoNormal">Hello to all, <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">The Council of Grants and Research is planning a virtual Spring 2025 meeting.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">A draft agenda is attached, along with meeting minutes from the last meeting. If you have any items you would like to add to the agenda, please email Christine Fisher at
<a href="mailto:cfisher@osrhe.edu">cfisher@osrhe.edu</a>. <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>The meeting will be held on a Friday in February from 10-12am via zoom.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Please let Christine Fisher know your preferred Friday to decide on a final date:<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<ul style="margin-top:0in" type="disc">
<li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3"><b>Feb 7<o:p></o:p></b></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3"><b>Feb 14<o:p></o:p></b></li><li class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:0in;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo3"><b>Feb 21<o:p></o:p></b></li></ul>
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<p class="MsoNormal">We are also conducting a survey and would like your feedback about your preferences to help shape a professional development workshop this summer.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Please submit answers at this link: <a href="https://forms.gle/8RkEh49DNa16KprS7">
https://forms.gle/8RkEh49DNa16KprS7</a> <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Thank you,<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Adobe Garamond Pro"">Christine Fisher<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Adobe Garamond Pro"">Coordinator of Grant Writing and External Funding Assistance<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Adobe Garamond Pro"">Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Adobe Garamond Pro"">655 Research Parkway Suite 200<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Adobe Garamond Pro"">Oklahoma City, OK 73104<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Adobe Garamond Pro"">cfisher@osrhe.edu<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Adobe Garamond Pro"">T: 405-225-9265<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Other announcements:<o:p></o:p></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><u>Oklahoma Research Day<o:p></o:p></u></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Northeastern State University will be hosting Oklahoma Research Day on March 7th, 2025, at our Tahlequah, OK campus, and we wanted to be sure your faculty, staff, and students were aware of this event. This is a FREE event, and lunch is
provided to those who register. The deadline for presenters is February 1st, 2025, with a deadline of February 21st, 2025, for non-presenters. <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">The website to register as a presenter or non-presenter is: <a href="https://www.oklahomaresearchday.com/" target="_blank">https://www.oklahomaresearchday.com/</a><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">There are also many sponsorship opportunities available!<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Please reach out with any questions and we are excited to see you all!<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i>Dr. Jessica R. Secratt, M.B.A, CRA</i><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i>Director</i><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Research and Sponsored Programs<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">(918) 822-0509 -Cell<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">(918) 444-2243 - Office<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="mailto:secratjr@nsuok.edu" target="_blank">secratjr@nsuok.edu</a><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><u>Job Announcement<o:p></o:p></u></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Associate Vice President for Research<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center: Provost Office: Office of the Vice President for Research<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#275317"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#275317"><a href="https://hr.ou.edu/Jobs/Executive-and-Senior-Leadership-Positions/Associate-Vice-President-for-Research">https://hr.ou.edu/Jobs/Executive-and-Senior-Leadership-Positions/Associate-Vice-President-for-Research</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><u>Free Conference!<o:p></o:p></u></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">All, sharing this information with you on the University of Minnesota’s Annual Research Ethics Day on The Ethical Use of Artificial Intelligence in Research: Challenges & Emerging Guidance:
<a href="https://consortium.umn.edu/conference/annual-research-ethics-day-conference-ethical-use-artificial-intelligence-research-challenges">
<span style="color:#0563C1">https://consortium.umn.edu/conference/annual-research-ethics-day-conference-ethical-use-artificial-intelligence-research-challenges</span></a>:
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:#333333">Webinar: Wednesday, March 5, 2025; 9am-3pm Central Time</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#333333">Online -- Zoom</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#333333"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#333333">Researchers across many disciplines are <b>increasingly utilizing artificial intelligence</b> (AI), including large language models (LLMs) such as ChatGPT to <b>support empirical research and data analysis, academic
writing, peer review, and development of new tools</b>. The broad reach of AI in research<b> raises pressing ethical questions</b> about scientific integrity, authorship, data privacy, bias, and equity. Related issues include how trainees and students should
be instructed to use and acknowledge the use of AI tools in their research. <b>Ethical guidance from research institutions, professional organizations, journals, and governmental oversight authorities</b> is only beginning to emerge, and ethical oversight
of AI in research also remains in flux.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#333333">This conference will bring together <b>leading experts from a range of disciplines</b>, from biomedical sciences to the humanities, to confront the challenge of ethical use of AI in research. National leaders
will discuss <b>how AI is being used in research, the challenges to research ethics and integrity,</b> <b>current guidance on using AI in research and publication</b>, including how to address concerns that training sets for LLMs may not be sufficiently representative,
leading to biased models. Speakers will also debate how LLMs should be used in academic writing and peer review, and <b>how students should use these tools</b>. The conference will consider when and how researchers should seek informed consent to use of AI
in research protocols, and how IRBs can effectively provide oversight for research with AI tools. The conference will <b>offer recommendations</b> for researchers, students, administrators, and IRB professionals on how to ensure ethical use of AI in research.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#333333"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><u>Applications open for OG&E Positive Energy Scholarship
</u></b><span style="color:#333333"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Each year, the program supports three students pursuing majors in STEM fields by awarding $15,000 per year, renewable annually for up to four consecutive years, for a total of up to $60,000 in scholarship funds to cover tuition, books,
fees and on-campus room and board.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Administered by the Oklahoma City Community Foundation on behalf of the OGE Energy Corp. Foundation, the scholarship is open to graduating seniors in OG&E’s service area pursuing STEM majors at colleges in Oklahoma or Arkansas. Eligible
fields include engineering, biology, computer science, cybersecurity and more. Applicants must have a GPA of at least 3.25 and meet ACT or SAT score requirements.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Applications are open through Feb. 15. For more information and to apply, visit
<a href="OGE.com/education">OGE.com/education</a>.<o:p></o:p></p>
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