NOMINATIONS
SOUGHT FOR ALUMNI ENTREPRENEUR OF THE YEAR AWARDS
The
UF Warrington College of Business Center for Entrepreneurship
and Innovation is soliciting nominations for
its annual Alumni Entrepreneur of the Year awards. Three
awards are given: Distinguished Alumnus Entrepreneur of
the Year - To recognize the lifetime career accomplishments
of a UF alumnus who has brought distinction to him/herself
and to UF through a successful entrepreneurial venture.
Clark
Butler Entrepreneur of the Year - To be presented
to the outstanding UF alumnus under the age of 45 who
has created a successful entrepreneurial venture and has
brought recognition to the University of Florida.
Gainesville
Entrepreneur of the Year - To recognize the individual
who during the previous year has done he most to support
entrepreneurship in Gainesville and among University of
Florida students and faculty.
Nominations
must be submitted by February 14, 2003.
Winners will be announced at a luncheon held on March
21. A nomination packet is available online at www.ufventure.com
or by calling (352) 392-2610. (Posted
01/31/03)
UNIVERSITY
SCHOLARS PROGRAM, 2003-2004
The Office of the Provost is pleased to announce that
the University Scholars Program will be seeking undergraduate
participants for 2003-2004. As the annual deadline of
March 1 falls on a Saturday this year, the deadline for
applications will be March 3, 2003 in
all departments. Departments should not change this deadline.
Applications should be submitted to the college or department
in which the mentor is employed, under the guidance of
the regulations of that particular college. Applications
and further details are available at the University Scholars
Program website, at http://www.scholars.ufl.edu.
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College of Medicine Eligibility and Selection of Scholars
Undergraduate
students from any College who wish to conduct research with
a faculty member in the College of Medicine are eligible
to compete for this award as long as they have maintained
an overall GPA of 3.0 or better. Students should contact
a faculty member with whom they would like to conduct research
and then complete the University Scholars Program application
form.
This application form will be available online in a printable
HTML format or a downloadable PDF format at the University
Scholars web page
http://www.scholars.ufl.edu/. The form should be completed
by the student and signed by the faculty supervisor and
the Chair of the Department in which the student will be
located. Students may complete the research description
in the space provided on the application form, but are encouraged
to use up to 2 continuation pages to describe their proposed
research project.
Nomination
packets should be submitted by the student or faculty supervisor
to Dr. Colin Sumners (Room L4-185, McKnight Brain Institute).
These packets must include:
Completed University Scholars application form with required
signatures. A supporting letter from the faculty supervisor.
A copy of the student¹s undergraduate transcripts,
including cumulative GPA. The deadline for receipt of nomination
packets is no later than Monday, March 3, 2003.
The
awardees will be chosen by a College selection committee.
Each University Scholars award will consist of a $2500 stipend
for supervised research, and up to $500 for research related
expenses such as travel to a conference for students to
present their work.
Click here for
additional program details
(Posted 01/31/03)
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REVISED
NHLBI SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION FOR THE NIH MENTORED CLINICAL
SCIENTIST DEVELOPMENT AWARD (K08)
This notice contains updated eligibility requirements, a
link to special leave guidelines, and contact information
for NHLBI staff to whom one copy of the application is to
be sent and to contact for answers to questions related
to programmatic issues. Other information in the original
NHLBI supplemental instructions remains unchanged.
Eligibility: Candidates must have a health
professional doctoral degree, such as the M.D., D.O., D.V.M.,
or equivalent degree, and a professional license to practice
in the United States. Documentation of active licensure
should be included in the application.
Guidelines
for Special Leave: K08 Award recipients may take
leave to train at another institution, take a leave of absence
during the award period, or train at a lower level of effort
for a longer period of time. K08 Award recipients should
review a document describing the Special Leave Guidelines
for Recipients of Mentored Career Awards at : http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/funding/training/redbook/sl_guide.htm,
which summarizes NIH and NHLBI policies for these situations.
One
copy of the application should be sent to:
Anne
Clark, Ph.D.
Chief, Review Branch
Division of Extramural Affairs
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute
6701 Rockledge Dr., Room 7214 (MSC 7924)
Bethesda, MD 20892-7924 (20817 for express/courier service)
Telephone: (301) 435-0270
FAX: (301) 480-0730
Email: clarka@nhlbi.nih.gov
For the full version of this annoucement, go to NOTICE:
NOT-HL-03-006 of the January
31, 2003 issue of the NIH
Guide.
(Posted 01/31/03)
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NSF
REVISES COST SHARING POLICY
NSF has reissued its Cost Sharing Policy with the following
change (as approved by the National Science Board in November
2002):
The third paragraph of the Budget Negotiations section
of the policy is deleted and replaced with
the following: ''''In budget negotiations,
any reduction of 10% or more from the amount proposed should
be accompanied by a corresponding reduction in the scope
of the project.''''
All
other aspects of the policy remain unchanged.
The previous language in the policy (which has now been
deleted) stated that:
''''In
budget negotiations, any reduction of 10% or more from the
amount proposed should be accompanied by a corresponding
reduction in the scope of the project, unless the program
officer, principal investigator, and institution clearly
agree that the project as proposed can be carried out at
a lesser level of support from NSF with no expectation of
any uncompensated institutional contribution beyond that
formally reflected as cost sharing.''''
The National Science Board agreed that the previous language
left too much discretion in the hands of the NSF program
officers to collaborate and/or pressure Principal Investigators
and institutions to accept reductions without revising the
scope of work.
In
order to retain the concept of cost sharing being an eligibility
criterion rather than a review criterion, NSF will modify
FastLane to mask the cost sharing line item in the budget
from peer reviewers during the review process.
The
revised policy is effective for
budget negotiations occurring on or after April 1, 2003.
Full
text of the revised policy plus an FAQ can be found at:
http://www.nsf.gov/bfa/dga/policy/start.htm
(Posted 01/31/03)
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McGill
University is accepting nominations for The
Louis and Artur Lucian Award For Research in Circulatory
Diseases. Nominations are due
by April 1, 2003.
Nominiation forms are available on
line by Clicking
here.(Posted 01/31/03)
The
RobertWood Johnson Foundation
is accepting proposals for their Investigator
Awards in Health Policy Research.
Letters of Intent are due by April 2, 2003.
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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
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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.
Contact
Dr. Madsen
with questions related to funding opporunities or internal
competitions.
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Upcoming
Internal Deadline
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
01/31/03)
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
01/31/03)
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