ANNOUNCEMENTS
Several American Heart Association (AHA) funding programs
have July deadlines. Applications to the Greater Midwest
Affiliate Program are due on July 12, 2007 for the following
grant types: Predoctoral Fellowship, Postdoctoral Fellowship,
Scientist Development Grant, and Grant-in-Aid. In addition
to the Midwest Affiliate awards, applications for the
following two national awards are due on July 11, 2007:
The Established Investigator Award and The Scientist
Development Grant. For AHA program descriptions, application
guidelines, and deadlines, go to http://www.americanheart.org/presenter.jhtml?identifier=9215.
Questions can also be directed to Amy Arvin in the IUPUI
Office of Research and Sponsored Programs aarvin@iupui.edu
or 317.278.5367.
UPDATES
SHORTENED
REVIEW CYCLE FOR AMENDED GRANT RO1 APPLICATIONS:
The Center for Scientific Review and the National Institutes
of Health (NIH) have come together to develop a process
that shortens the referral and review cycle of R01 applications.
This enables a new investigator to resubmit an amended
application for the next review meeting, rather than
waiting a cycle, thereby shortening the wait time by
four months. This is a pilot study which will be evaluated
to determine if it should be extended to all new investigators
submitting R01 applications. For application conditions,
participating study sections, and submission schedule,
go to http://grants1.nih.gov/grants/guide/notice-files/NOT-OD-06-013.html
or http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/notice-files/NOT-OD-06-060.html.
Questions can be directed to Amy Arvin in the IUPUI
Office of Research and Sponsored Programs aarvin@iupui.edu
or 317.278.5367.
SALARY
LIMITATION ON GRANTS, COOPERATIVE AGREEMENTS AND CONTRACTS:
On January 1, 2007 the NIH set a limit of $186,500 on
an investigator’s institutional base salary which
is linked to Executive Level I of the Federal pay Scale.
NIH grants, cooperative agreements, and contracts that
request salary in excess of the salary cap will be adjusted
in accordance with the legislative salary limitation.
Additional information on the salary limitation can
be found at http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/notice-files/NOT-OD-07-051.html.
Questions can also be directed to Amy Arvin in the IUPUI
Office of Research and Sponsored Programs aarvin@iupui.ed
or 317.278.5367.
DID
YOU KNOW?
CAMPUS
RESEARCH FACTS:
Grant and contract awards to the IUPUI
campus totaled $261 million in FY 2006 which is more
than twice the amount awarded to the IU Bloomington
campus ($124 million) during the same time period.
Grant and contract awards to the IUPUI
campus for February were $21.1 million, bringing the
total to $168.7 million at this point in the current
fiscal year, which is slightly ahead of the total for
the IUPUI campus at this time last year.
Grant and contract awards to the IUPUI
campus for February increased more than 40% compared
to February of last year.
Grant and contract submissions from
the IUPUI campus were up 12.6% for February compared
to February of last year.
NATIONAL
RESEARCH FACTS:
In
the U.S. News & World Report latest national rankings
of graduate schools, the IU School of Nursing in Indianapolis
was ranked 15tth in the country and had two clinical
nursing specialties ranked in the top 10 in the country.
The Adult Surgery Program in the School of Nursing ranked
3rd and the Psychiatric Nursing Program ranked 6th.
Primary
care programs at the IU School of Medicine in Indianapolis
saw a significant improvement in the U.S. News ranking,
moving from 33rd a year ago to 16th.
The
Health Law Program at the IU School of Law in Indianapolis
ranked 8th in the country.
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
Genome-Wide
Studies in Biorepositories with Electronic Medical Record
Data (U01)
Focus is on providing support for investigative groups
affiliated with existing biorepositories to develop
necessary methods and procedures and to perform genome-wide
studies using electronic medical records. Application
deadline is May 18. http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-HG-07-005.html
Medications
Development for the Treatment of Amphetamine and Amphetamine-Like
Related Disorders (R01. R21): Focus is on preclinical
and clinical research directed towards the identification,
evaluation and development of safe and effective medications
for the treatment of Amphetamine and Amphetamine-like
Related Disorders (ARDs).
http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-07-333.html
National
Standard for Normal Fetal Growth: The National
Institute on Child Health and Human Development (NICHD)
intends to solicit proposals from qualified organizations
to conduct a multicenter prospective, observational
study: (1) to establish a U.S. national standard for
normal fetal growth (velocity) and size for gestational
age; (2) to create an individualized standard for optimal
fetal growth; and (3) to improve accuracy of fetal weight
estimation. Application deadline is May 18. RFP- NIH-NICHD-DESPR-2007-06
will be available electronically on or about April 3,
2007. You can access the RFP through the FedBizOpps
(URL: http://www.fedbizopps.gov).
Psychosocial/Behavioral
Interventions and Services Research in Autism Spectrum
Disorders (R34): Focus is on the development
and/or pilot testing of new or adapted interventions
or instruments, pilot testing interventions in larger
clinical trials, or innovative services research.
http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-07-343.html
Treatment
of Anorexia Nervosa in Late Adolescence and Adulthood
(R01): Focus is on small-scale, innovative
intervention development studies directed toward the
treatment of Anorexia Nervosa in older adolescents and
adults. Application deadline is May 24.
http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-MH-07-090.html
NATIONAL
SCIENCE FOUNDATION
Behavioral
Neuroscience
Focus is on the development, function and evolution
of neural mechanisms underlying complex behavior in
animals. Application deadline is July 12. http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims
_id=501089&org=NSF&sel_org=NSF&from=fund
Behavioral
Systems
Focus is on how combinations of neural, hormonal, physiological,
and developmental mechanisms act synergistically as
a system from which behavior emerges. Application deadline
is July 12.
http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims
_id=501086&org=NSF&sel_org=NSF&from=fund
Biological
Databases and Informatics
Focus is on new approaches to the management, analysis,
and dissemination of biological knowledge for the benefit
of both the scientific community and the broader public.
Application deadline is July 9.
http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims
_id=5444&org=NSF&sel_org=NSF&from=fund
Cellular
and Developmental Neuroscience
Focus is on the interactions among neurons and glia
during development, regeneration, and aging. Application
deadline is July 12. http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims
_id=501089&org=NSF&sel_org=NSF&from=fund
Computational
Neuroscience
Focus is on the computational functions of neurons,
neural circuits and nervous systems. Application deadline
is July 12.
http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims
_id=501089&org=NSF&sel_org=NSF&from=fund
Departmental
Multi-User Instrumentation
Focus is on the purchase of multi-user instruments.
Application deadline is June 25. http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims
_id=13579&org=NSF&sel_org=NSF&from=fund
Neuroendocrinology
Focus is on the neuroendocrine regulation and evolution
of brain/behavior relationships, and the reciprocal
relationships between environmental and behavioral impacts
on the nervous system. Application deadline is July
12. http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims
_id=501089&org=NSF&sel_org=NSF&from=fund
HOMELAND
SECURITY
University
Research in Homeland Security Science & Technology
(S&T) Mission Areas: Focus is on evaluation
of novel tools or approaches to confronting homeland
security challenges; basic research to provide data,
understandings, or models that support S&T or policy
decisions by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS);
and S&T and operations research evaluations to support
revolutionary improvements in DHS’s mission and
its component agencies’ operations.
Application deadline is May 21. http://www.grants.gov/search/search.do?mode=VIEW&oppId=13125
HEALTH RESOURCES AND SERVICES ADMINISTRATION
National
Training and Technical Assistance Cooperative Agreements
(NCA): Applicants must currently work with
health centers or other community-based providers with
missions and governance structures similar to that of
health centers. Application deadline is April 25.
https://grants.hrsa.gov/webExternal/FundingOppDetails.
asp?FundingCycleId=5AFD092E-E5B6-4822-A75F-818377B9B73E&ViewMode=EU&GoBack=&PrintMode=
&OnlineAvailabilityFlag=&pageNumber=&version=&NC=&Popup=
