The College of Medicine Annual Research Day will be held on
Friday, April 11, 2003.

A highlight of this event is the presentation of Research Posters by
the Faculty. Traditionally, this has served to showcase the ongoing
research in the College of Medicine and foster interaction among faculty, fellows and students.

We invite you to participate by presenting your research in a
poster-session between 12:00 p.m. - 2: 30 p.m. on April 11, 2003.
In anticipation of an impressive attendance, we will hold the poster displays in the Shands Hospital Atrium, the Founder's Gallery and the new Health Professions, Nursing and Pharmacy Building. Lunch will be served.

Please send information on your presentation(s)
by Friday, March 7, 2003.

1. Name(s) of the Author(s)
2. Department Afiiliation
3. Title of the Abstract
4. Full Abstract sent as an attachment

This information should be sent to:
Sandra Smith
Office for Research Affairs
snsmith@dean.med.ufl.edu
Tel: 392-5398
Fax: 392-7427 (Posted 01/24/03)

Questions may be directed to the Proposal Processing Office at 392-9267. (Posted 01/24/03)


ASSOCIATE VP/RESEARCH IAN PHILLIPS TAKES USF VP POSITION

Dr. M. Ian Phillips, RGP's Associate Vice President for Research, will become the Vice President for Research at the University of South Florida, effective January 31. After serving as chairman of UF's Department of Physiology and Functional Genomics from 1980-2001, Dr. Phillips joined RGP in July 2001. RGP congratulates Dr. Phillips on his new position and thanks him for his contributions to and support of UF research both as a researcher and administrator. (Posted 01/24/03)

Due to a diligent purchasing agent in IFAS who was monitoring Fisher contract pricing, many pricing errors have been uncovered. The pricing now has been corrected, but the University has overpaid about $110,000. HSC's share is estimated be around $65,000.

Fisher will detail the overcharges by Fisher account# showing department, PO#, etc. In addition to the pricing overcharges, there is freight, ice charges, and storeroom price overcharges.

Fisher will do whatever we want to make it easy on our end, but feedback is needed from departments on number of checks, detail needed to deposit those checks, or information needed from Fisher before they can decide what they want to do.

Please contact:
Tom Olmsted, C.P.M.
Associate Director (Interim)
Health Center Purchasing
University of Florida
Ph: 352-392-2814
Fax: 352-392-6716

The new HIPAA rule effective 4/14/03 will change the way investigators gain access to protected health information or PHI (private, identifiable information about an individuals physical/mental health). For the most part, compliance with the new HIPAA rule means that investigators will be required to obtain an Authorization, Waiver, or a Certificate to gain legal access to PHI.

It is very important that the research community understands that accessing, reviewing, creating or disclosing research subjects PHI without Authorization, Waiver, or Certificate after 4/13/03 may result in civil fines and criminal imprisonment. Mandatory training for investigators and their key study personnel begins this month. Please review the schedule of training sessions. This training will facilitate investigator compliance with the new HIPAA rule. (Posted 01/24/03)


For the full version of this annoucement, go to the January 2003 issue of the Health Center IRB Investigator. (Posted 01/24/03)

RESUBMISSION OF UNPAID RFA APPLICATIONS AND RESUBMISSION OF APPLICATIONS WITH A CHANGED GRANT ACTIVITY MECHANISM

The majority of grant applications submitted to NIH each year are investigator-initiated. However, the Institutes and Centers of NIH also solicit grant applications on specific topics through the use of Requests for Applications (RFAs). With this notice the NIH is changing its practice regarding resubmissions of three categories of grant applications.

Those categories include:

1. Applications that were originally submitted in response to an RFA and then resubmitted as an investigator-initiated application.

2. Applications that were originally submitted as investigator- initiated applications and subsequently resubmitted in response to an RFA.

3. Applications that were originally submitted using one grant mechanism and subsequently resubmitted using a different grant mechanism (for example, an application that was originally an R01 and then is resubmitted as an R21).

POLICY CHANGE: This general policy on application resubmission, stated below, applies to all grant mechanisms that might be solicited via an RFA and to instances where there is a change in mechanism. There may, however, be exceptions to this policy, which will be clearly identified in the original RFA or in a follow-up RFA.

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1. When an application that was submitted in response to an RFA is not funded and the investigator wishes to resubmit an application on this topic as an investigator-initiated application, it is to be submitted as a NEW application, unless provisions for submission of a revised application are clearly delineated in the RFA. In addition, if a subsequent RFA specifically solicits revisions of unfunded applications from a previous RFA, the instructions in the second RFA should be followed. In all other cases, applications submitted in response to an RFA and then resubmitted as an investigator-initiated application must be submitted as a NEW application.

2. When a previously unfunded application, originally submitted as an investigator-initiated application is to be submitted in response to an RFA, it is to be prepared as a NEW application.

3. When an unfunded application that was reviewed for a particular research grant mechanism (for example, R01) is to be submitted for a different grant mechanism (for example, R03), it is to be
prepared as a NEW application.

This change in policy is effective for applications submitted on or after May 10, 2003 so it includes all applications going to January 2004 councils.

For the full version of this annoucement, go to NOTICE: NOT-OD-03-019 of the January 17, 2003 issue of the NIH Guide. (Posted 01/24/03)

The American Society for Engineering Education is accepting proposals for the NASA Faculty Fellowship Program. Applications are due by February 1 , 2003.(Posted 01/24/03)


Pfizer is accepting proposals for the 2003 Pfizer/American Urological Association Visiting Professorship Program in Urology. Applications are due to ORA for an internal competition by February 7, 2003.. Only one application from each institution will be accepted. (Posted 01/24/03)

The Philanthropic Collaborative for Integrative Medicine is accepting nominations for the Bravewell Leadership Award. Nominations are due by February 28, 2003. (Posted 01/24/03)


The Alcoholic Beverage Medical Research Program (ABMRF) is accepting proposals for their Grants in Alcohol Research. Applications are due by February 15, 2003. (Posted 01/24/03)

The Childrens Hospital Los Angeles is accepting proposals for the CHLA/USC Summer Oncology Fellowship Program -2003. Applications are due by March 3, 2003. Applications are available on line by Clicking here .(Posted 01/24/03)


Pfizer is accepting proposals for the International HDL Research Awards Program. Applications are due by March 14 , 2003. Applications are available on line by Clicking here. (Posted 01/24/03)


The Association of American Medical Colleges is accepting applications for the 2003/2004 COD Fellowship Program. Applications are due by March 31, 2003. (Posted 01/24/03)

The American College of Neuropsychopharmacology is accepting applications for the ACNP Pfizer Award. Applications are due by April 1, 2003. For application procedures, contact ORA. (Posted 01/24/03)

The American College of Neuropsychopharmacology is accepting applications for the ACNP Bristol-Myers Squibb Travel Fellowship. Applications are due to ORA for an internal competition by April 25, 2003. Only one application from each department will be accepted. For an application, contact ORA. (Posted 01/24/03)

The American College of Neuropsychopharmacology is accepting applications for the ACNP/ NIMH Travel Award. Applications are due by May 16, 2003. For an application, contact ORA. (Posted 01/24/03)

The American College of Neuropsychopharmacology is accepting applications for the ACNP 2003 Memorial Travel Awards. Applications are due by May 16, 2003. For an application, contact ORA. (Posted 01/24/03)

The American College of Neuropsychopharmacology is accepting applications for the ACNP/GlaxoSmithKline Fellowship in Clinical Neuropsychopharmacology. Applications are due by May 16, 2003. For an application, contact ORA. (Posted 01/24/03)

For funding opportunities annouced by Research and Graduate Programs FYI http://rgp.ufl.edu/fyi/

New NIH notices, requests for applications and program announcements can be found at NIH Notice

Certain agencies announce Requests for Applications that limit the number of proposals that can be submitted by the University. In these instances, the Office for Research Affairs will post an internal deadline for interested faculty to submit a Letter of Intent to the Office for Research Affairs.

If there are more applicants interested in submitting a proposal than the agency's guidelines allow for, an internal review process will be coordinated by ORA. ORA will only coordinate the requests that are specifically for health related projects. RGP will coordinate all other requests. There is not always a candidate who applies for an award. If you are interested in a funding opportunity and the internal deadline has passed, check with ORA to see if this opportunity is still available.



Upcoming Internal Deadline

The Ellison Medical Foundation is accepting proposals for the Ellison Medical Foundation New Scholars Program in Global Infectious Disease for 2003. Applications are due to ORA for an internal competition by January 31, 2003. Only one application from each institution will be accepted. (Posted 01/24/03)

Pfizer is accepting proposals for the2003 Postdoctoral Fellowship Grants in Infectious Diseases. Applications are due to ORA for an internal competition by January 31, 2003. Only one application from each medical school will be accepted. (Posted 01/24/03)

The Damon Runyon Cancer Research Foundation is accepting nominations for the Damon Runyon~Lilly Clinical Investigator Award. Applications are due to ORA for an internal competition by February 1, 2003. Only one two nomininations from each institution will be accepted. (Posted 01/24/03)


Mary Kay Ash Charitable Foundation is accepting proposals for the Innovative/Translational Cancer Research program. Applications are due to ORA for an internal competition by February 14, 2003. Only one application from each institution will be accepted. (Posted 01/24/03)

The American Geriatrics Society is accepting proposals for the 2003 Geriatrics Education for Specialty Residents (GESR) program. Applications are due to ORA for an internal competition by February 28, 2003. Only one application from a department will be accepted. (Posted 01/24/03)


Contact Dr. Madsen with questions related to funding opporunities or internal competitions.

SBIR SEMINAR - NSF

Dr. Juan E. Figueroa, Program Manager for SBIR Programs at the National Science Foundation will conduct a seminar, January 24, 2003. The seminar will be held in JWRU (Reitz Union) Room 282 from 9:00 am to 10:00 am.

Dr. Figueroa will provide an overview of the NSF SBIR/STTR programs to the University of Florida faculty and students.

A more detailed Q&A session and individual meetings will be held from 10-11:30 am. Contact Erik Sander for more information.

"IACUC 101 FOR SCIENTISTS" OFFERED AT THE 2003 EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY MEETING

The Office of Laboratory Animal Welfare/NIH (OLAW) and Experimental Biology (EB) 2003 will co-sponsor a half-day symposium for scientists on the workings of the IACUC. "IACUC 101 for Scientists" will be presented on Friday, April 11, 2003 in the San Diego Convention Center as part of EB 2003.

REGISTRATION FOR EB 2003 IS REQUIRED TO ATTEND THIS SESSION. This special version of "IACUC 101" is intended to address the concerns of research scientists and will provide information useful both to IACUC members and to those whose protocols require IACUC review.

Additional information is posted at
http://grants.nih.gov/grants/olaw/EB2003.htm.

For questions or further information, contact:
Margaret C. Quinlan,
Animal Welfare Program Specialist
301/402-4325 (phone) 301-402-2803 (fax)
e-mail: quinlanm@od.nih.gov (Posted 01/24/03)

GRANTS FOR CONFERENCE FUNDING

The Gainesville/Alachua County Tourist Development Council offers grants for conferences being planned for the period March 1, 2003, until December 2005. Funds can be used for marketing materials, audio-visual equipment, spouse tours, transportation, and other conference expenses. Award amounts will be based on the number of guestrooms generated by the conference. The deadline for applications is FEBRUARY 10, 2003.

Grant applications will be available from January 10

through February 10, 2003, at the Visitors and Convention Bureau, 30 East University Avenue, and on the website http://www.VisitGainesville.net

For more information, contact Nancy Fischer at 372-5260 or nfischer@visitgainesville.net (Posted 01/24/03)

MARCH IACUC 2003 WORKSHOP

The Office of Laboratory Animal Welfare/NIH (OLAW) will co-sponsor with the Washington Association for Biomedical Research an IACUC 2003 workshop, "Building an Effective IACUC: The Basics and Beyond," in Washington State on March 10, 2003. The session will focus on topics of interest to IACUCs, their functions and responsibilities, and ways to effectively discharge their responsibilities under the PHS Policy and related GUIDE FOR THE CARE AND USE OF LABORATORY ANIMALS. There will be sessions designed for novices and
sessions for more experienced participants.

Conference agenda and registration information are available at: http://www.wabr.org/takepart/membernews.html.

For questions or further information, contact:
Margaret C. Quinlan,
Animal Welfare Program Specialist
301/402-4325 (phone) 301-402-2803 (fax)
e-mail: quinlanm@od.nih.gov (Posted 01/24/03)

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