ANNOUNCEMENTS
DEADLINE
FOR INTERNAL RESEARCH SUPPORT FUNDS GRANT APPLICATIONS:
The IUPUI Research Support Funds Grant (RSFG)
program is designed to enhance the research mission
of IUPUI by supporting research projects and scholarly
activities that are sustainable through external funding.
The next Research Support Funds Grant application deadline
is Monday, April 2, 2007. Please note
that the guidelines have changed for this program. The
new grant guidelines and application forms are available
at http://research.iupui.edu/spon/rsfg/rsfg_08_guidelines_and_forms.rtf.
Questions can be directed to Etta Ward in the IUPUI
Office of Research and Sponsored Programs emward@iupui.edu
or 317.278.8427.
EXTENDED DEADLINE FOR INTERNAL INTERNATIONAL
DEVELOPMENT FUND GRANT APPLICATIONS:
The IUPUI International Development Fund (IDF)
grant program is designed to enhance the international
research and academic missions of the campus by supporting
international research projects and scholarly activities
that are sustainable through external funding. The next
International Development Fund application deadline
has been extended to Monday, April 2, 2007.
Please note that the guidelines have changed for this
program. The new grant guidelines and application forms
are available at http://research.iupui.edu/spon/idf/idf_spring_2007.rtf.
Questions can be directed to Etta Ward in the IUPUI
Office of Research and Sponsored Programs emward@iupui.edu
or 317.278.8427.
UPDATES
NEW
NIH DIRECTOR’S AWARD
New Innovator Award Program: NIH Director Elias A. Zerhouni,
M.D., announced a special program to fund new investigators
who propose highly innovative research projects that
could have an exceptionally great impact on biomedical
and behavioral science. The NIH Director’s New
Innovator Award offers grants of up to $1.5 million
in direct costs over five years. At least 14 awards
will be made in 2007-2008. This program is open to new
investigators who have not yet received an R01 award
and whose doctoral degree (Ph.D., M.D., D.D.S., D.V.M.,
or equivalent) or medical internship/residency was completed
in 1997 or later. The New Innovator Award addresses
two important NIH goals: stimulating highly innovative
research and supporting promising new investigators.
Many new investigators have exceptionally innovative
research ideas, but not the preliminary data required
to fare well in the traditional NIH peer review system.
The New Innovator award requires at least 30% effort
for an award of $1.5 million (direct costs) over 5 years.
The applicant must select from one of ten categories
(Behavioral and Social Sciences, Clinical and Translational
Research, Instrumentation and Engineering, Molecular
Biology, Cellular Biology, Chemical Biology, Pathogenesis,
Epidemiology, Physiology and Integrative Systems, Quantitative
and Computational Biology). Application deadline is
May 22, 2007. For more information go to http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-RM-07-009.html#SectionIV.
NIH
AND AHRQ CHANGE IN STANDARD RECEIPT DATES FOR AIDS AND
AIDS-RELATED APPLICATIONS
Beginning May 7, 2007 the receipt dates at the National
Institutes of Health (NIH) and Agency for Healthcare
Research and Quality (AHRQ) for AIDS applications will
be May 7, September 7, and January 7. These receipt
date changes apply to both paper and electronic submission
of new, renewal, resubmission, and revised applications.
Note that those applications in response to Funding
Opportunity Announcements with special dates are excluded.
For additional information visit http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/notice-files/NOT-OD-07-053.html.
Questions can also be directed to Amy Arvin in the IUPUI
Office of Research and Sponsored Programs aarvin@iupui.edu
or 317.278.5367.
ROLEX
AWARDS
If you have a groundbreaking idea and the ability and
determination to bring it to successful conclusion in
the fields of Science, Technology, Medicine Exploration,
Environmental Protection or Cultural Conservation this
is your first step toward making it happen. The five
most outstanding candidates will each receive $100,000
toward the completion of their projects. Up to five
other applicants will each receive a substantial cash
award. Deadline May 31, 2007. For more information go
to: http://www.rolexawards.com/awards/focus/index.html.
NEW
NIH ROADMAP INITIATIVES FOR 2008
NIH
Institute and Center Directors have selected the following
five topics to be developed for further consideration
as Major Roadmap Initiatives. For more information go
to http://nihroadmap.nih.gov/2008initiatives.asp
Microbiome
– The Microbiome is the full collection of microbes
(bacteria, fungi, viruses, etc.) that naturally exist
within the human body. Initiatives in this area would
focus on developing a deeper understanding of these
communities of microbes in order to determine how they
affect human health.
Protein
Capture/Proteome Tools – The Proteome is
the complete set of proteins in the body. Efforts in
this area would support developing and making available
to the scientific community high quality probes specific
to every protein in the human and in desired animal
models. This would allow the ability to characterize
protein function in health and disease and to monitor
the markers of a disease in order to deploy early prevention
efforts and to identify potential therapeutic targets.
Phenotyping
services and tools – A human Phenotype is
the total physical appearance and constitution of a
person, often determined by multiple genes and influenced
by environmental interactions. Initiatives in this area
would encourage the development of resources to systematically
catalog human phenotypes in an effort to characterize
complex diseases and disorders.
Inflammation
as a common mechanism of disease – While
significant breakthroughs have occurred in our understanding
of inflammation, research is needed to further understand
inflammatory processes. Because inflammation is broadly
implicated in many diseases and conditions, this initiative
would be valuable in uncovering as-yet-unknown immune
mechanisms and mediators of inflammation as well as
genetic factors, environmental triggers, and the relationship
of inflammation to disease.
Epigenetics
– Epigenetics is the study of stable genetic modifications
that result in changes in gene expression and function
without a corresponding alteration in DNA sequence.
The epigenome is a catalog of the epigenetic modifications
that occur in the genome. Epigenetic changes have been
associated with disease, but further progress requires
the development of better methods to detect the modifications
and a clearer understanding of factors that drive these
changes.
DID YOU KNOW?
CAMPUS
RESEARCH FACTS:
The number of proposals submitted by IUPUI investigators
in January of 2007 was down 5% compared with January
of 2006 but the dollar value of the awards submitted
by IUPUI investigators in January of 2007 was up by
$4.5 million compared with January of 2006.
NSF awards to all campuses of Indiana
University for the federal fiscal year 2005-06 totaled
$28,884,364. IU ranked 62nd among all organizations
getting NSF awards.
The number of invention disclosures
from IUPUI investigators was 200 in fiscal year 2006
which is more than twice the number in fiscal year 2005.
The School of Medicine accounted for 82% of these disclosures.
In
2006, the School of Medicine led all IUPUI schools in
the dollar amount of sponsored programs expenditures
with expenditures of $188 million. The School of Liberal
Arts was second (8.5 million), the School of Nursing
was third ($ 6.7 million) and the School Science was
fourth ($5.6 million).
LOCAL
RESEARCH FACTS:
The number of Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR)
awards in Indiana was 38 in 2005. The majority of these
were funded by the Department of Defense (24) with NIH
a distant second (8). The success rate for Indiana SBIR
proposals submitted to the Department of Defense and
NIH was about 19.5%.
The dollar amount of NIH awards to all organizations
in Indiana increased by 37.4% in the period from 2001
to 2005. Indiana ranked 25th among all the states.
IDENTIFYING FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES
Several 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
access federal, local, corporate, foundation, nonprofit
and other funding opportunities using key terms and
save the results of up to 20 searches and have them
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.
Federal
Business Opportunities “FedBizOpps”:
FedBizOpps is the single government point-of-entry for
Federal government procurement opportunities over $25,000.
To take advantage of this search tool, visit http://vsearch1.fbo.gov/servlet/SearchServlet.
Opportunities found at this site include, but are not
limited to, presolicitations and special notices for
research and service contracts for specific projects
and some national centers and surveys that would not
be found in Grants.gov and may not be found in the Community
of Science.
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, as well as
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.
FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES
Funding
opportunities in this section include selected current
grant announcements from federal agencies for new initiatives
and changes to existing programs. Announcements with
limited scope are not listed here but are, instead,
sent directly to IUPUI School Deans. For comprehensive
coverage of funding opportunities please use the on-line
search tools listed above.
NATIONAL
INSTITUTES OF HEALTH
Academic-Industrial Partnerships for Development
and Validation of In Vivo Imaging Systems and Methods
for Cancer Investigations (R01)
Focus is on research partnerships formed by
academic and industrial investigators to accelerate
the translation of in vivo spectroscopic and imaging
systems and methods into cancer research, clinical trials,
and/or clinical practice. Standard deadline dates apply.
http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-07-214.html
Agency
for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) Health Services
Research (R01) Focus is on understanding and
improving decision-making at all levels of the health
care system, the outcomes of health care, and, in particular,
what works, for whom, when, and at what cost; strengthening
quality measurement; and identifying strategies to improve
access, foster appropriate use, and reduce unnecessary
expenditures. Standard deadline dates apply.
http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-07-243.html
Indo-US
Program on Maternal and Child Health and Human Development
Research (R03)
Focus is on collaborative research projects involving
U.S. and Indian investigators to enhance maternal and
child health, disease prevention, product development
and/or technology transfer. Application deadline is
April 18.
http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-07-216.html
Indo-US
Program on Contraceptive and Reproductive Health Research
(R03)
Focus is on collaborative research projects involving
U.S. and Indian investigators to expand contraceptive
options and improve reproductive health. Emphasis is
on the need for more "translational" research
intended to move beyond basic science and discovery
to product development and delivery. Application deadline
is April 18. http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-07-217.html
Lung
Cancer and Inflammation (R01)
Focus is on elucidating the role of the microenvironment
and inflammation in lung carcinogenesis, as well as
studies on the influence of these factors on the cell
of origin and putative lung tumor cells. Application
deadline is April 24. http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-CA-07-046.html
Molecular
Probes for Microscopy of Cells (R01)
Focus is on feasibility studies for new classes of high-signal
output molecular imaging probes; evaluation of general
purpose methods for the delivery and specific targeting
of externally administered imaging probes without disturbing
cellular physiology, and basic research on underlying
fundamental photophysical phenomena relevant to improving
the spectral properties of fluorescent probes. Application
deadline is May 25. http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-07-234.html
National
Library of Medicine (NLM) Knowledge Management &
Applied Informatics Grants (G08)
Focus is on the use information technology to optimize
the utility of clinical and research information. Standard
deadline dates apply.
http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-07-236.html
Scholarly
Works in Biomedicine and Health (G13)
Focus is on the preparation of book-length manuscripts
and other scholarly works of value to U.S. health professionals,
public health officials, biomedical researchers and
historians of the health sciences. Standard deadline
dates apply. http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-07-237.html
NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION
Course,
Curriculum, and Laboratory Improvement Focus is on improving
the quality of science, technology, engineering, and
mathematics (STEM) education for all undergraduate students.
Application deadline is May 9. http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_
id=5741&org=NSF&sel_org=NSF&from=fund
DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
State
Victim Assistance Academy (SVAA) Focus is on establishing
State Victim Assistance Academies (SVAAs) to provide
academic education and training for victim assistance
providers, victim advocates, criminal justice personnel,
and allied professionals who routinely deal with crime
victims. Application deadline is April 9. http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/ovc/fund/dakit.htm
