IRIS Annual Meeting, March 18, 2021 

We weren't able to host the IRIS Summit this year, but IRIS has been busy nevertheless. Please join us for a virtual Annual Meeting scheduled for 1 - 3 p.m. ET on Thursday, March 18, 2021. We will review the past year, and discuss how to move IRIS forward into the future.

Agenda:
1 p.m. 
State of the Institute, IRIS Executive Director Jason Owen-Smith
A look at what IRIS was able to accomplish during the pandemic, including creation of a new report on the impacts of COVID on the American research enterprise and an update on membership.

1:40 p.m.
The Evolution of IRIS Reports, Kevin Bjorne, IRIS Technical Director
A review of pilot projects and possible new reports using IRIS data.

2 p.m.
Communicating the Impact of Research, Dan Meisler, IRIS Communications Specialist
Examples of recent government relations efforts, and opportunities to participate in leveraging IRIS data for maximum impact.

2:30 p.m.
Roundup and Q&A session

IRIS Board elections set for spring 

There are four vacancies on the IRIS Board of Directors that will be filled in an election scheduled for late April and early May.

Members serve two- or three-year terms; there are typically two scheduled meetings of the board each year.

Please send nominations, including self-nominations, to Nancy Calvin-Naylor at nbirk@umich.edu. Nominations should include a short bio and statement of vision for IRIS, not to exceed 1 page combined.

Applications open for IRIS online summer workshop — Joining the Data Revolution: Big Data in Education and Social Science Research, June 1-11, 2021

This will be the second year that IRIS has offered this NSF-supported workshop, aimed at helping researchers in education and social science gain the tools and skills needed to secure grant funding for data-driven research.

Offered through the ICPSR Summer Program, the workshop will run from June 1-11, from 1 - 5 p.m. ET. The hands-on workshop will give participants training in using large-scale restricted-use data. No prior experience in quantitative data analysis is required.

The application deadline is March 22.