ORA Newsletter - Week ending 10/26/01

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Section 1 - What's New 

Section 2 - New Funding Opportunities

Section 3 - Reminders

Section 4 - Closing Information and Unsubscribe Instructions

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WHAT'S NEW

http://www.med.ufl.edu/research/

1) NIH Notice: Revised policy on the acceptance for review of unsolicited applications that request $500,000 or more in direct costs.To view the notice go to http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/notice-files/NOT-OD-02-004.html(Posted 10/26/01)

2) Announcement Regarding November 1, 2001 Deadline. DSR will be helping out the Health Science Center for the upcoming November 1 deadline. This service will provide proposal-processing services to faculty and staff of the Health Science Center as well as Authorized Institutional Signature. As a reminder, proposals still have to obtain signature at Department and College level before receiving this service. It is requested that a file copy be provided for DSR at the time the proposal is received for processing.Reminder, overnight courier service will not be provided by DSR for these proposals. (Posted 10/26/01)

Dates and Times

October 29 (all day); October 30 (9am - 3pm); October 31 (12pm - 4pm)

Location: Hugh Hill Conference Room (R1-106), located in the Founders Gallery of the Academic Research Building

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NEW FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES

http://www.med.ufl.edu/research/fundopps.html

1) Internal Pre-proposals Sought for NSF Major Research Instrumentation (MRI) Program.Pre-proposals should be submitted VIA EMAIL to the Office of the VP/Research, ATTN: Carole Oglesby (caroleo@ufl.edu) no later than 5 p.m. Monday, November 26, 2001. For more information go to http://rgp.ufl.edu/fyi/article.html?id=2589 (Posted 10/26/01)

2) The American College of Gastroenterology is offering awards for the following: Clinical Scholar Award, Clinical Research Awards, and a Junior Faculty Development Award.Proposals are due December 3, 2001.For more information go to http://www.acg.gi.org/acg-dev/physicianforum/frame_grants.html (Posted 10/26/01)

3) The International Union Against Cancer (UICC) is accepting applications for Fellowships.Deadlines vary.For more information go to http://fellows.uicc.org/fellsyno.shtml (Posted 10/26/01)

4) The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation is accepting applications for the Clinical Scholars Program.Applications are due February 15, 2002.For more information go to http://www.rwjf.org/app/rw_applying_for_a_grant/rw_app_cfp_abstract.jsp?cfpCode=CSP (Posted 10/26/01)

5) The McKnight Endowment Fund for Neuroscience invites applications for the 2002 McKnight Scholar Awards. Applications are due January 2, 2002.For more information go to http://www.mcknight.org/neuroscience/ANN-Sch02.htm (Posted 10/26/01)

6) The National Foundation for Infectious Diseases is accepting applications for Fellowships and a New Investigator Matching Grant.Applications are due January 7, 2002 and February 15, 2002, respectively.For more information go to http://www.nfid.org/fellow/grantsfellow.pdf (Posted 10/26/01)

7) The National Hemophilia Foundation is accepting applications for the Judith Graham Pool Postdoctoral Research Fellowship.Applications are due December 1, 2001. For more information go to http://www.hemophilia.org/research/fellowshipapp.htm (Posted 10/26/01)

8) The National Kidney Foundation is accepting applications for the Enuresis Research Grant.Applications are due January 2, 2002.For more information go to http://www.kidney.org/professionals/research/enuresis_grant.pdf (Posted 10/26/01)

9) Partnership for Pediatric Epilepsy Research is accepting applications for the Research Grants Program. Applications are due November 30, 2001.For more information go to http://www.epilepsyfoundation.org/research/grants.html#partnership (Posted 10/26/01)

10) Pfizer Pharmaceuticals is accepting applications for the Postdoctoral Fellowship Program in Biological Psychiatry. Pfizer will accept only 1 application from each school. Interested applicants are asked to contact Dr. Kirsten Madsen, Director of Grants Program Development, UF College of Medicine, 392-5398, for internal coordination by DECEMBER 20, 2001. For more information go to http://www.physicianscientist.com/postdoctorate_fellowships/bio_psych.html (Posted 10/26/01)

Funding opportunities courtesy of Research and Graduate Programs FYI Digest http://www.rgp.ufl.edu/fyi

New NIH notices, request for application and program announcements can be found at http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/2001/01.10.26/index.html(Posted 10/26/01)

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REMINDERS! (For Internal Competitions only)

Contact ORA or Dr. Kirsten Madsen (madsekm@dean.med.ufl.edu)a.s.a.p. to apply for any of these grants.

There are no reminders this week.

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CLOSING INFORMATION

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