Office for Research Affairs (ORA) Newsletter
Week ending 06/21/02
Section 1 Whats New
Section 2 New Funding
Opportunities
Section 3 Conferences
Section 4 Reminders
Section
5 Closing Information and Unsubscribe Instructions UF
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DSR
Proposal Processing Services - Proposal
processing services will be provided on site at the UF Health Science Center
by DSR for the July 1 NIH deadline.DSR staff will be available in Room
R1-106 (Hugh Hill Conference Room) on the following days and times:
Thursday,
June 27 1:00-4:30 p.m
Friday,
June 28 1:00-4:30 p.m.
Complete
proposal review service will be provided, including the authorized institutional
signature. Please bring the original proposal plus one (1) complete copy
for DSR records. Without this record copy, the authorized signature may
not be provided on site. Proposals will be released back to the Principal
Investigator or his/her representative for mailing.
The
central Proposal Processing Office, 2nd Floor Grinter Hall, will be staffed
and open for business as usual -- 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. -- on these days.Questions
may be directed to the Proposal Processing Office at 392-9267.
The
American Heart Association Research Committeehas
recently modified documentation requirements for the Established Investigator
Award.This is effective immediately.Please note that all applicants will
be required to submit institutional committee approvals by September 20
for the following items checked Yes under Project Endorsements (Administrative
Information form page) on the AHA application:
*Recombinant
DNA (1 copy of appropriate committee approval)
*Biohazards
(other than recombinant DNA) (1 copy of appropriate committee approval)
*Cloning
(3 copies of appropriate committee approval)
*Animal
subjects (1 copy of appropriate committee approval)
Originally
the EIA Instructions stated (page 18, item 27): "Due to the emphasis on
an innovative, conceptual proposal for this Established Investigator Award,
the AHA will require just-in-time Institutional Committee approvals for
all usage.Check the appropriate blanks related to anticipated experimentation."The
Committee has rescinded this portion of the Instructions and documentation
requirements.For additional information http://www.americanheart.org/presenter.jhtml?identifier=3001361
U.S.
Army Medical Research and Material Command (USAMRMC). DOD
Chronic
Myelogenous
Leukemia Research Program - September 4, 2002 (Letter of Intent); September
18, 2002 (Applications)
U.S.
Army Medical Research and Material Command (USAMRMC).Research
Program in Technologies for Metabolic Monitoring (TMM) - July 2, 2002.
Arthritis
Foundation
Grants and Awards September 1, 2002
The
Cure Autism Now Foundation
Young Investigator and Pilot Research Awards August 1, 2002(letter of
Intent); November 1, 2002 (Invited Applications).
Cystic
Fibrosis Foundation Post
Doctoral Research Fellowships September 2, 2002
Epilepsy
FoundationShire
Targeted Investigations:Quality of Life August 1, 2002 (Letter of Intent),
October 1, 2002 (Invited Proposals).
Foundation
for Anesthesia Education and Research
August 15, 2002; and February 15, 2003
The
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
Substance Abuse Policy Research Program Special Solicitation August
22, 2002 (Letter of Intent).December 5, 2002 (Invited Proposals)
Juvenile
Diabetes Research Foundation International=
Research Grants August 15, 2002 (First two pages of Application);September
1, 2002 (Full Applications).
Philip
Morris, Inc. Phillip
Morris External Research Program July 15, 2002 (Letter of Intent);August
31, 2002 (Applications)
Scleroderma
Foundation
Research Grants September 15, 2002
For
additional funding opportunities: Research and Graduate Programs FYI http://rgp.ufl.edu/fyi/
New
Funding Opportunities are posted athttp://www.med.ufl.edu/research/fundopps.html.
New
NIH notices,
requests for applications and program announcements can be found atNIH
Notice
None
REMINDERS! Deadline
for the American Heart Association proposals
July
15 Scientist Development Grant
July
15 Established Investigator Award
July
16 Grant-in-Aid
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