ANNOUNCEMENTS
APPLICATIONS
FOR IUPUI CENTER/INSTITUTE STATUS
A new process for reviewing applications for IUPUI center/institute
status has been established. Instructions for submission
of applications are available at http://research.iupui.edu/resg/iupui-center-request.htm.
Applications will be reviewed within 6 weeks of receipt
date.
IUPUI
REGISTRATION OF HUMAN AND PRIMATE CELL LINES
Per OSHA and CDC regulation, all human and primate cell
lines, primary or established, must be handled at Biosafety
Level 2. As a result, any research involving these cell
cultures at IUPUI must be registered one time with the
Research Compliance Administration office. Laboratories
will be subject to a single inspection by the Biosafety
Manager. To aid in this registration, the Committee
has developed a short Registration Form which can be
found on the Research and Sponsored Programs webpage
at the following link:
http://research.iupui.edu/spon/biohazard_application.rtf.
IUPUI
IRB POLICY REGARDING CHILD ASSENT
The IUPUI IRB Executive Committee agreed upon a policy
with regard to obtaining assent from children to enter
a clinical trial. The policy specifies that assent documents
must be offered to children aged 7 to 17 and hence all
children age 7 or older will be asked to provide assent.
If Principal Investigators believe this is unreasonable
the PI must prospectively request a waiver of assent.
When a waiver is granted by the IRB, the IRB will require
an age-appropriate information sheet to be provided
to the child subject. This policy applies to all new
study submissions. Existing studies shall be updated
at the time of continuing review. Forms are available
on the IUPUI Research Compliance Administration (RCA)
website. http://research.iupui.edu/spon/rescompcontent2.htm
For detailed information or questions contact any IUPUI
RCA staff member at 274-8289 or resrisk@iupui.edu.
VA
INFORMED CONSENT STATEMENT NOW MANDATORY AT IUPUI
In an effort to comply with VA regulations, the IUPUI
IRB will now require all investigators with active enrollment
of subjects at the VA to submit the VA-specific informed
consent form 10-1086. This applies to both new and existing
studies with open enrollment at the VA hospital. Forms
are available on the IUPUI Research Compliance Administration
(RCA) website http://research.iupui.edu/spon/va_forms.htm.
Questions may be directed to any RCA staff member at
274-8289 or resrisk@iupui.edu.
NIH
REQUIRES ELECTRONIC SUBMISSION OF RO1 GRANTS
Beginning February 5, 2007 NIH is requiring that Research
Project Grants (RO1s) be submitted electronically via
Grants.gov. All RO1 applications with a receipt date
of February 5, 2007and beyond must be submitted electronically
and paper copies will not be accepted by NIH after this
date. For electronic submission go to http://www.grants.gov.
This website contains a link entitled “apply for
grants”. When you access this site you will be
able to choose grant application packages for a variety
of grant mechanisms. All electronic grant application
packages use the same standard form 424. For additional
information on the R01 submission transition, visit
http://era.nih.gov/ElectronicReceipt/news_11-3-06.htm.
Questions can also be directed to Amy Arvin in the IUPUI
Office of Research and Sponsored Programs aarvin@iupui.edu
or 317.278.5367.
NIH:
CHANGES IN STANDARD SUBMISSION RECEIPT DATES
Grant submission receipt dates have changed for applications
submitted to NIH, Agency for Healthcare Research and
Quality (AHRQ), and National Institute for Occupational
Safety and Health (NIOSH). The new dates are effective
as of January 2007 and will apply to both paper and
electronic applications. For additional information,
see http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/notice-files/NOT-OD-07-001.html.
Questions can be directed to Michelle Artmeier in the
IUPUI Office of Research and Sponsored Programs at martmeie@iupui.edu
or 317.278.8644.
NIH
FISCAL POLICIES CHANGE
Inflationary adjustments for existing non-competing
renewal awards will not be made in FY2007. NIH Institutes
and centers (ICs) will maintain the flexibility to supplement
non-competing awards on a case by-case basis according
to scientific and programmatic imperatives. For more
information go to http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/notice-files/NOT-OD-07-030.html.
UPDATES
IDENTIFYING
FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES: On-line search tools
are available to IUPUI investigators who are interested
in identifying funding opportunities in their areas
of interest. Several are listed below:
Community
of Science (COS): COS is a primary on-line
search tool for identifying funding opportunities. To
take advantage of this powerful tool, register at http://www.cos.com/login/join.shtml.
Once you have completed the short registration process,
you can personalize your search by selecting the option
entitled “launch your workbench”. You can
search for funding opportunities using key terms and
save the results of up to 20 searches and have them
directly delivered to you weekly via email.
National
Institutes of Health (NIH) “NIH Guide”:
To take advantage of this search tool, register at http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/listserv.htm.
It allows you to receive discipline specific funding
opportunities that are delivered to you weekly via email.
National
Science Foundation (NSF) “MyNSF”:
To take advantage of this search tool register at http://www.nsf.gov/mynsf/.
It allows you to receive discipline specific funding
opportunities that are delivered to you weekly via email.
Limited
Submission Funding Opportunities : Occasionally
a funding agency places a limitation on the number of
proposals that can be submitted from a campus or university
system. For a description of the upcoming “limited
submission” funding opportunities, guidelines
and application forms, go to: http://www.srs.indiana.edu/LimSub/LimSub.asp.
Questions can be directed to Etta Ward at emward@iupui.edu
or 317.278.8427.
DID
YOU KNOW?
RESEARCH
FACTS:
Number of research dollars awarded to
IUPUI for November increased by 9.3% over the previous
November. For the same period, number of research dollars
awarded to Indiana University at Bloomington decreased
by 13.6%.
For the year to date, awards to the
Indianapolis campus are down 4.2 % compared to a year
ago.
Full-time
academic life scientists reported a mean salary of $78,000,
an increase of 5.4% since last year. Academic post doctoral
fellows received an average increase of 8.1%, giving
them a mean salary of $40,000. Older scientists tended
to find their work more satisfying than younger scientists.
Many younger scientists listed mentoring and guidance
among the most important factors in their job satisfaction.
(American Association for the Advancement of Science,
2006).
http://sciencecareers.sciencemag.org/career_development/previous
_issues/articles/2006_11_03/life_scientists_report_rising
_salaries_and_high_job_satisfaction
FUNDING
OPPORTUNITIES
NATIONAL
INSTITUTES OF HEALTH
Ambulatory
Safety and Quality Program: Improving Quality through
Clinician Use of Health IT (R18)
Focus is on development of health information technology
(health IT) that assists clinicians, practices and systems
in improving the quality and safety of care delivery
and medication management in ambulatory care settings.
Application deadline is February 14, 2007. http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-HS-07-006.html
Ancillary
Studies in Clinical Trials (R01)
Focus is on conducting time-sensitive ancillary studies
in conjunction with on-going clinical trials (NIH or
non-NIH supported) related to heart, lung and blood
diseases and sleep disorders. Application deadline is
February 13, 2007.
http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-HL-07-009.html
Collaborative
R01s for Clinical and Services Studies of Mental Disorders,
AIDS and Alcohol Use Disorders (R01)
Focus is collaborative intervention trials in the treatment,
prevention or rehabilitation of those with mental disorders
and alcohol use disorders and comorbid mental disorders.
http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-07-092.html
Collaborative
Interdisciplinary Research Program in Diabetes, Endocrinology
and Metabolic Diseases (R24)
Focus is on providing resources for problems where multiple
levels of expertise are needed to focus on a single
large problem in biomedical research relevant to the
mission of the Division of Diabetes, Endocrinology and
Metabolic Diseases at NIDDK. Application deadline is
February 23, 2007.
http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-07-188.html
Co-Occurring
Mental Illness, Alcohol and/or Drug Abuse & Medical
Conditions (R01)
Focus is the organization, management, integration,
dissemination and implementation, and financing of services
for co-occurring mental illness, alcohol and/or drug
abuse, and commonly co-occurring medical conditions,
as well as the impact of these factors on the quality,
cost, access, utilization, outcomes, and cost and cost
effectiveness of care. http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-07-104.html
Correlative
Studies with Specimens from Multi-Site Trials (R01)
Focus is on providing investigators with support for
correlative studies using trial-related tumor specimens.
http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-07-177.html
Cross-Disciplinary
Translational Research at NIH (R01, R02, R21)
Focus is on research that furthers the translation of
existing knowledge into treatment and treatment practice,
or research that, in and of itself, will readily translate
to clinical research or practice.
http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-07-109.html
Decision
Making in Health: Behavior Maintenance (R01)
Focus is on the basic decision-making processes underlying
initiation and long-term maintenance of healthy lifestyle
behaviors that may reduce one's risk of cancer and other
chronic diseases, such as cardiovascular disease, diabetes,
and addiction. http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-07-204.html
Diet,
Epigenetic Events, and Cancer Prevention (R01)
Focus is on clinical and preclinical research to determine
how diet and dietary factors, including dietary supplements,
impact DNA methylation, histone posttranslational modification,
and other epigenetic processes involved in cancer prevention
and development.
http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-07-175.html
Drug
Abuse Prevention Intervention Research (R01)
Focus is on cognitive, behavioral, and social processes
as they relate to the development of novel drug abuse
prevention approaches; the efficacy and effectiveness
of newly developed and/or modified prevention programs;
the processes associated with the selection, adoption,
adaptation, implementation, sustainability, and financing
of empirically validated interventions; and methodologies
appropriate for studying complex aspects of prevention
science.
http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-07-110.html
Economics
of Diet, Activity, and Energy Balance (R01)
Focus is on causes of obesity and research strategies
that nest economic analysis within a broader interdisciplinary
context of other social and behavioral sciences as well
as the epidemiological, biostatistical, medical, and
biological disciplines relevant to public health policy.
http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-07-205.html
Effects
of Emerging Cellular, Molecular, and Genomic (CMG) Technologies
on Cancer Health Care Delivery (R01)
Focus is on assessing CMG technologies in relation to:
quality of care; organizational barriers and change
factors in utilization; cost and cost-effectiveness;
disparities in access and efficacy; monitoring of cross-sectional
patterns of care and time trends; impact on existing
standards of care; and influence on cancer outcomes
such as incidence, progression, mortality, survival,
and quality of life.
http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-07-260.html
Emergency
Medical Services for Children (R01)
Focus is on prevention research to reduce the need for
emergency care; clinical research to ensure that children
receive high-quality and appropriate medical, nursing
and mental health care in an emergency; health systems
research, from pre-hospital care, to the emergency department,
to in-patient care and return to the community; cost-effectiveness
analyses; and methodological studies to improve the
quality of research conducted. http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-07-269.html
Innovative
Technologies for Molecular Analysis of Cancer (IMAT)
Program
http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/notice-files/NOT-CA-07-005.html
In
Utero Exposure to Bioactive Food Components and Mammary
Cancer Risk (R01)
Focus is on understanding of the relationship between
exposures to bioactive food components and/or environmental
chemicals in utero, hormonal and growth-factor response,
gene expression or epigenetic changes, and subsequent
mammary cancer risk in preclinical models.
http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-07-178.html
Malignancies
in AIDS and Acquired Immune Suppression (R01)
Focus is on biological basis of development and progression
of cancer in the context of HIV infection and AIDS or
acquired immune suppression not associated with HIV
infection such as organ transplantation.
http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-07-173.html
Mechanism
for Time-Sensitive Research Opportunities (R01)
Focus is on public mental health and/or substance abuse
services research in rapidly evolving areas (e.g., changes
in service systems, health care financing, policy, etc)
where opportunities for empirical study are, by their
very natures, only available through expedited award
of support. Application deadline is the 9th of each
month. http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-07-157.html
Metals
in Medicine (R01)
Focus is on mechanisms by which organisms control transition
metal ions and the roles of these metals in cellular
regulation and signaling in health and disease. Much
of the work is expected to involve collaborations including
chemists, biologists, and medical researchers.
http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-07-276.html
Nanoscience
and Nanotechnology in Biology and Medicine (R01, R21)
Focus is on engineering of bioactive nanoscale structures,
processes and systems based on the advancement of our
understanding of biology at the nanoscale. Application
deadline is February 20.
http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-07-270.html
National
Cooperative Drug Discovery Groups for the Treatment
of Mental Disorders, Drug or Alcohol Addiction (U19)
Focus is on creating multidisciplinary research groups
or partnerships for the discovery of pharmacological
agents to treat and to study mental illness, drug or
alcohol addiction. Application deadline is February
22.
http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-07-159.html
National
Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders
Translational Research Grants (R01)
Focus is on translational research in hearing, balance,
smell, taste, voice, speech, and language conducted
jointly by basic scientists and clinicians or clinical
scientists. Application deadline is February 22.
http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-07-128.html
Proteomics
in Auditory Developmental and Disease Processes (R01)
Focus is on proteomics in auditory developmental and
disease processes. http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-07-252.html
Shared
Instrumentation Grant Program (S10)
The NCRR Shared Instrument Grant program solicits applications
from groups of NIH-supported investigators to purchase
or upgrade commercially available instruments that cost
at least $100,000. The maximum award is $500,000. Application
deadline is March 21.
http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-07-105.html
Testing
Tobacco Products Promoted to Reduce Harm (R01)
Focus is on multidisciplinary research on potential
reduced-exposure tobacco products, both smoked and smokeless,
through the interplay of basic, biological, and behavioral
research, surveillance, and epidemiology.
http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-07-174.html
Therapies
and Clinical Studies for Screenable Disorders (R01)
Focus is on the basic understanding and development
of therapeutic interventions for currently screened
conditions and high priority genetic conditions for
which screening could be possible in the near future.
http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-07-184.html
NATIONAL
SCIENCE FOUNDATION
Mathematical
Sciences: Innovations at the Interface with Computer
Sciences
Focus is on collaborative research in fundamental mathematics
and statistics, and computer science with a focus primarily
on mathematical and statistical challenges posed by
large data sets, managing and modeling uncertainty,
and modeling complex nonlinear systems. Application
deadline is March 12. http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2007/nsf07534/nsf07534.htm
DEPARTMENT
OF DEFENSE
Defense
Advanced Research Projects Agency’s (DARPA) Strategic
Technology Office BAA
Focus is on Space and Near-Space Sensors and Systems;
Strategic and Tactical Networks; Information Assurance;
Counter Underground Facilities; Weapons of Mass Destruction
(WMD) Defense; Small Unit Operations; Maritime Operations;
and Core Strategic Technologies. http://www.grants.gov/search/search.do?mode=VIEW&oppId=11810\
NATIONAL
ENDOWMENT FOR THE HUMANITIES
Advancing
Knowledge: The IMLS/NEH Digital Partnership
Focus is on projects that explore new ways to share,
examine, and interpret humanities collections in a digital
environment and to develop new uses and audiences for
existing digital resources. Application deadline is
March 27. http://www.neh.gov/grants/guidelines/Digital_Partnership.html
