ORA Newsletter - Week ending 02/15/02
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Section 1 – What’s New
Section 2 – New Funding Opportunities
Section 3 – Conferences
Section 4 – Reminders
Section 5 – Closing Information and Unsubscribe Instructions
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1) Don’t Forget!!! 2002
UFRF Professorships:
Vice President Phillips has announced the selection criteria for 2002 UFRF Professorships. The College of Medicine will be able to select 5 professorships to be awarded. Our timeline for nomination and selection is tight so please give this immediate attention. Nominations should come to the Office for Research Affairs, M-134, by 5pm on February 22, 2002. As you know this is a three-year term award that is accompanied by a $5,000 annual supplement and a one-time $3,000 grant to support research.
Associate and Full Professors who are tenured and have been on the UF faculty for at least 5 years are eligible. Faculty are eligible for nomination following a two-year hiatus after holding a previous UFRF Professorship. (Anyone funded in 1997 or before will become eligible again.)
Candidates must be nominated by their Department Chair.
Department chairs are nominated by the Dean.
Deans are not eligible.
Candidates must have a distinguished CURRENT research program that places them among the leaders in their discipline. This is measured over the last five years. The work must also indicate that the program is likely to lead to continuing distinction in his/her field.
Examples of objective criteria include:
Publication in leading scholarly journals in the field
Monographs or other scholarly works
Citation analysis, where appropriate
Awards in field, like best paper, etc
Evidence of consistent external funding
Evidence of development of intellectual property, where appropriate
All Nominations MUST include (at minimum):
(1) A supporting letter from the Department Chair that documents the candidate's standing in his/her field.
(2) A one page personal statement by the candidate of his/her recent accomplishments and current research agenda.
(3) A Curriculum Vitae.
For more information please contact:
Sandra N. Smith
Grants Assistant
College of Medicine
Office for Research Affairs
Phone 392-5398
Fax 392-7427
snsmith@dean.med.ufl.edu (Posted 02/15/02)
(2) From the NIH Guide: SALARY CAP GUIDE NOTICE (NOT-HS-02-003)
This announcement provides information to applicants and grantees of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) regarding the salary cap limitations imposed for Fiscal Year 2002. In accordance with AHRQ policy, awarded salary levels will be determined using information provided in the application. Applicants for AHRQ grants and applicable contracts are reminded to reflect in their proposals the actual institutional base salary of all individuals for which support is requested. In lieu of actual base salary, however, applicants/offerors may select to provide an explanation indicating that actual institutional base salary exceeds the current salary limitation. When this information is provided, AHRQ staff will make necessary adjustments to requested salaries prior to award.
No adjustments will be made to awards from prior fiscal years. However, if funds are available, and, if the FY02 salary cap increase is consistent with the institutional base salary, grantees may rebudget to accommodate the FY02 salary cap and contractors may bill at the higher level.
The salary limitation applies to all subawards and subcontracts; it does NOT apply to consultants.
For individuals whose salary rates are in excess of Executive Level I, the grantee/contractor may pay the excess from non-federal funds.
Inquiries regarding this notice should be directed to the Division of Grants Management,
AHRQ (301) 594-1845 or the Division of Contract Management (301) 594-7191. (Posted 02/15/02)
3) From the FYI
Digest: DSR Will Provide Proposal Processing Services at HSC for March
1 NIH Deadline
The Division of Sponsored Research will again offer on-site proposal processing
services in the Health Science Center for the upcoming March 1
NIH deadline.
Proposal Processing staff will be available as follows:
** Tuesday, February 26 - 1:00-4:30 p.m. - Room M-521
** Wednesday, February 27 - 8:30 a.m. to 12:00 Noon & 1:00-4:30 p.m. – Room
M-521.
Complete proposal review service will be provided, including the authorized
institutional signature. Proposals will be released back to the Principal
Investigator or his/her representative for mailing. Please bring the original
proposal plus one (1) complete copy for the DSR records. Without this record
copy, the authorized signature may not be provided on site.
Questions may be directed to the Proposal Processing Office at 392-9267.
The Proposal Processing Office, 2nd Floor, Grinter Hall, will be staffed and
open for business as usual -- 8 AM to 5 PM Monday through Friday – on these
days.
(Posted 02/15/02)
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1) The Childhood Brain Tumor Foundation (CBTF) is accepting grant applications for the calendar year 2002. Applications are due by April 15, 2002. For an application, go to 2002 CBTF Grant Application. (Posted 02/15/02)
2) The Institute of Medicine is accepting nominations for “ The
Rhoda and Bernard Sarnat Prize to Recognize Achievements in Mental Health”. Nominations should be e-mailed to Catherine A.
Paige by April 30, 2002.
For additional information
please contact, Ms. Paige by telephone (202-334-3387), fax (202-334-1317) or
email (cpaige@nas.edu). (Posted 02/15/02)
3) Ittleson Foundation is accepting applications for the “AIDS and Mental Health
Grants”. Applications are due
by April 1, 2002. For more information, go to Guidelines. (Posted 02/15/02)
4) The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation is accepting applications for “Minority Medical Faculty Development
Program Postdoctoral Research
Fellowships”. Applications are due by March 15, 2002.
For more information, go to Application
& Instructions. (Posted
02/15/02)
5) The Jerome Lejeune Foundation is accepting applications for grants in
“Intelligence Disabilities Research”.
Applications are due by March 31, 2002. Application forms may be acquired via e-mail or through
RGP's Program Information office.
(Posted 02/15/02)
6) March of Dimes is accepting nominations for the “Basil O'Connor
Starter Scholar Research Award”.
Nominations are due by March 15, 2002. For more information or to apply,
go to Nomination
Form. (Posted 02/15/02)
7) March of Dimes is accepting applications for “Research Programs”. Letters of Intent are due by April 30,
2002. For more information or to apply, go to Letters of Intent.
(Posted 02/15/02)
8) The National Organization for Rare Disorders (NORD) is
accepting applications for “Research
Grants for Hallervorden-Spatz Syndrome”. Letters of Intent are due by April 15, 2002. For more information contact L. Cataldo at (203) 746-6518 or
(800) 999-6673. (Posted
02/15/02)
9) Ara Parseghian Medical Research Foundation is accepting applications for the
“ Niemann-P.ick
Type C (NPC) Disease Research”. Applications are due by April 1, 2002. For more information, go to Application
Instructions. (Posted
02/15/02)
10) Von Hippel-Lindau Family Alliance is accepting applications for the “ VHL Disease Research Grants”
– Applications are due by April 1, 2002 by invitation only. For more information, go to Application form.
New NIH notices, requests for applications and program announcements can be found at NIH Notice (Posted 02/15/02)
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1) From the FYI Digest: Small Business
Innovation Research (SBIR) Workshop March 22
On Friday, March 22, the Gainesville Area Innovation Network (GAIN), the
Southern Technology Applications Center (STAC) and other local organizations
will sponsor a one-day workshop on the federal Small Business Innovation
Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) programs.
Presenters will include Jim and Gail Greenwood, Greenwood Consulting, who are
nationally renowned instructors on effective proposal writing and project
management for the programs.
The workshop will begin at 7:30 a.m. with coffee and registration. The program
will run from 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. at the Gainesville Sheraton Hotel. Lunch
will be provided. Cost is $25 for GAIN members and $50 for others.
For further information or registration, contact Kurt Baumgartner at kurt@devinecorp.com or 352-378-3713. For
information on the SBIR and STTR programs, visit www.zyn.com/sbir and http://www.sba.gov/sbir. (Posted
02/15/02)
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REMINDERS! (For Internal Competition Only)
There are no new reminders for this week.
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