UPDATES
IUPUI
IMPROVES THE IRB REVIEW PROCESS: A new procedure
will be implemented in May of 2007 that is designed
to enhance the efficiency of the IRB review process
and reduce the number of proposals that are tabled or
provisionally approved for reasons not clearly related
to subject safety. All investigators will be informed
of the date and time that their proposal will be reviewed
by the convened IRB and will be encouraged to be available,
via telephone, to answer questions from the IRB reviewers
that may arise during the review of their proposal.
This enhancement of the IRB review process will improve
service to the IUPUI/Clarian clinical research community.
DID
YOU KNOW?
CAMPUS
RESEARCH FACTS:
The IU School of Nursing in Indianapolis
is now ranked 8th among all nursing schools in the country
with regard to NIH funding.
A year-to-date comparison (July 1- April
30) of research activity on the IUPUI campus for 2006
and 2007 reveals that the average dollar amount of each
award, and the average dollar amount per funded investigator,
have risen in 2007.
A-year-to-date
comparison (July 1 – April 30) of research activity
on the IUPUI and IUB campuses reveals that the total
grant and contact dollars awarded to the IUPUI campus
($189.4 million) is more than twice those awarded to
the IUB campus ($87.5 million).
NATIONAL
RESEARCH FACTS:
Cancer is the second leading cause of
death in the United States. This year, for the second
year in a row, the number of cancer deaths has declined
despite the growth and aging of the population.
Nearly
21 million Americans have diabetes. The NIH-funded Diabetes
Control and Complications Trial recently revealed that
individuals with diabetes can cut their risk for nerve
disease by 60%, eye disease by 75%, and kidney and cardiovascular
disease by 50%, by carefully controlling their blood
sugar levels.
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 in the IUPUI Office of
Research and Sponsored Programs 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
Advancing
System Improvements to Support Targets for Healthy People
2010 (ASIST2010): Focus is on using a public
health systems approach to improve performance on objectives
of the Healthy People 2010 (HP 2010) initiative. Application
deadline is June 18.
https://www.grantsolutions.gov/gs/servlet/
document.DownloadPdfPublicServlet?document_id=40998
Career
Enhancement Award for Stem Cell Research (K18): Focus
is on encouraging investigators to obtain the training
they need to appropriately use stem cells in their research.
Standard deadline dates apply.
http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-07-359.html
Improving
Heart Failure Disease Management (R01): Focus
is on innovative research to address inadequately answered
questions regarding management of chronic heart failure.
Standard deadline dates apply.
http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-07-355.html
Molecular
Mechanisms of Development and Reversal of Alcohol-Induced
Liver Fibrosis (R01, R21): Focus is on the
molecular mechanisms underlying the development and
reversal of alcohol-induced liver fibrosis. Standard
deadline dates apply. http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-07-360.html
National
Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering (NIBIB)
Research Supplements to Promote Clinical Resident Research
Experiences (Supplements to Currently Active NIBIB R01,
R37, P01, P41, P50, U01, U54 Grants): Focus
is on providing a 1-2 year period of research experience
for physicians in a residency program by revising existing
NIBIB grant awards. Application deadline is June 13.
http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-07-363.html
NATIONAL
SCIENCE FOUNDATION
Biological
Databases and Informatics (BD&I): Focus
is on encouraging 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/pubs/2005/nsf05577/nsf05577.htm
OTHER
FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES
American
Chemical Society Petroleum Research Foundation (ACS
PRF): The focus is on petroleum or energy related
topics. Grants are available in several categories.
Application deadline is August 3, 2007. http://www.chemistry.org/portal/a/c/s/1/acsdisplay.html?DOC=prf\prfgrant.html
The
McKnight Endowment Fund: These awards support
scientists working on new and unusual approaches to
understanding brain function. The program seeks to advance
and enlarge the range of technologies available in the
neurosciences. http://www.mcknight.org/neuroscience/technology/index.aspx
