ANNOUNCEMENTS
NEW
INTERNAL FUNDING PROGRAM AT IUPUI
IUPUI and Purdue University have developed, and are
co-sponsoring, a new internal funding program called
the “INTERCAMPUS APPLIED RESEARCH PROGRAM”
or “IARP”. This joint initiative
is designed to foster new, applied, translational research
projects and creative activities and to accelerate discoveries
that have the potential to change people’s lives.
The IARP will support collaborative projects that involve
roughly equal participation (effort and budget) of faculty
from the two universities. The IARP will provide funding
in the amount of $50,000 per project for one year and
approximately five projects will be funded per year.
The IARP application deadline is Monday, December
3, 2007 at 5:00 p.m. Grant guidelines and application
forms are available under “internal funding opportunities”
at the Research website on the IUPUI homepage (www.iupui.edu/research/).
Questions can be directed to Etta Ward at emward@iupui.edu
or 317.278.8427.
NEW
INTERNAL FUNDING PROGRAM AT IUPUI
The IUPUI Office of Research and Sponsored Programs
has developed a new internal funding program called
“RELEASE TIME FOR RESEARCH” or “RTR”
to provide IUPUI faculty with released time from teaching
in order to prepare grants and contracts for submission
to external funding agencies. The RTR program will provide
up to $10,000 per investigator to be used to “buy
out” of up to 6 credit hours in a given semester,
3 credits hours in each of 2 consecutive semesters,
or summer salary. The application deadline is January
15, 2008. Grant guidelines and application forms
are available under “internal funding opportunities”
at the Research website on the IUPUI homepage (www.iupui.edu/research/).
Questions can be directed to Etta Ward at emward@iupui.edu
or 317.278.8427.
COLLABORATION
IN BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH (CBR) GRANT
The overall objective of this pilot grant program is
to foster and encourage collaboration between Purdue
University and Indiana University School of Medicine
faculty to initiate biomedical research projects that
have the potential to develop into larger, continuing,
externally funded research programs. The application
deadline is November 12, 2007. For more information,
go to https://adminfinance.iusm.iu.edu/operations/cbr.htm.
IU
SCHOOL OF MEDICINE ANNUAL GRANT WRITING WORKSHOP
The annual GRANT WRITING WORKSHOP, sponsored by the
Indiana University School of Medicine and the IUPUI
Office of Research and Sponsored Programs, will be held
on November 16, 2007 on the IUPUI campus. This workshop
addresses both conceptual and practical aspects of grant
writing. Rather than offer what is typically presented,
little more than how to fill out forms and conform to
instructions, this grant writing workshop emphasizes
idea development, how to write for reviewers, and tips
and strategies for great grantsmanship. This workshop
is appropriate for all faculty members who are contemplating
a competitive GRANT application to federal or state
agencies or foundations. For more information, go to:
http://cme.medicine.iu.edu/2/scripts/prodView.asp?id=28256.
CAREER
DEVELOPMENT RESEARCH AWARD MEETING
An informational meeting will be held for any individuals
interested in applying for a NIH sponsored K award (K08,
K23, K01) and/or the NIH Loan Repayment Program and/or
VA career development award. The purpose of this meeting
is to help young investigators identify the steps needed
to be successful when submitting these applications.
The meeting is also appropriate for fellows interested
in a career in academics. The meeting will be held on
Friday, October 19th from 10:30 -12:00 in Daly Center,
Room 185. Please RSVP to Michelle Murray at mimurray@iupui.edu
or 278-2868.
UPDATES
IUPUI/CLARIAN
STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES REVISED
IUPUI/Clarian Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) govern
the policies and procedures for all human subjects research
subject to review and approval by the IUPUI/Clarian
Institutional Review Boards (IRBs). These SOPs are considered
the minimum required standards for conducting human
subjects research and are the framework against which
IUPUI/Clarian human subjects research is evaluated and
audited. Recently, many of the IUPUI/Clarian SOPs were
revised as a result of a Human Research Protection Program
reassessment. For more information on these revisions
go to the research website on the IUPUI homepage (www.iupui.edu/research/)
and click on “compliance” and then click
on “human subjects research”.
NSF
PROPOSAL AND AWARD POLICIES AND PROCEDURES GUIDE REVISED
A revision of the NSF Proposal & Award Policies
& Procedures Guide (PAPPG) will be effective for
proposals received on or after January 5, 2008. Revisions
were only made to the Grant Proposal Guide (GPG), all
other parts of the PAPPG remain unchanged. The significant
changes made to the GPG include a revision of the intellectual
merit review criterion, updated guidance on the designated
fonts to be used when preparing an NSF proposal, and
a requirement that organizations must be registered
in the Central Contractor Registration (CCR) prior to
submitting a proposal to NSF. For complete details go
to http://www.nsf.gov/publications/pub_summ.jsp?ods_key=papp.
Questions can be directed to Amy Harrity at aarvin@iupui.edu
or 278-5367.
NATIONAL
SCIENCE FOUNDATION (NSF) TRANSFORMATIVE RESEARCH REVIEW
CRITERION
On September 24, 2007, the NSF issued a notice which
changes the intellectual merit review criteria for proposals
in order to incorporate the support of transformative
research. Effective October 1, 2007, new funding opportunities
will incorporate this new criterion into proposal reviews.
All proposals received after January 5, 2008 will be
reviewed using the new criterion. For complete details
go to http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2007/in130/in130.pdf.
Questions can be directed to Amy Harrity at aarvin@iupui.edu
or 278-5367.
NATIONAL
INSTITUTES OF HEALTH (NIH) NON-COMPETING GRANT AWARDS
UNDER THE CURRENT CONTINUING RESOLUTION
Congress has yet to clear the fiscal year 2008 appropriation
bills, and federal agencies have been working under
a continuing resolution (CR) since October 1, 2007.
The current CR is set to expire on November 16th. The
NIH published a notice describing how non-competing
grants will be treated under the current CR. As was
done in FY 2006 and 2007, NIH will fund most non-competing
awards at 80 percent of previously committed levels
while it operates under the CR. When NIH receives its
appropriation for fiscal year 2008, these awards will
be adjusted. For additional information go to http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/notice-files/NOT-OD-08-001.html.
Questions can be directed to Amy Harrity at aarvin@iupui.edu
or 278-5367.
DID
YOU KNOW?
CAMPUS
FACTS:
For the year-to-date, IUPUI awards are up 22%.
The number of proposals submitted is up10.5% and the
dollars requested are up 67%.
Since
October 2005, 70 IUPUI investigators have received awards
from the internal grant program called the “Research
Support Funds Grant”, or “RSFG”, administered
by the IUPUI Office of the Vice Chancellor for Research.
Of these 70 investigators, 53 of them, or 73%, have
submitted proposals for external funding based on the
support they received through their RSFG award. The
success rate of these RSFG-supported proposals was 26.7%
which is better than the NIH success rate for all new
and competing grants in 2006 (20.7%).
The
National Science Foundation (NSF) grant workshop held
at Butler University on October 5, 2007, was attended
by more than 40 faculty and staff from IUPUI.
In
2005-2006, the National Science Foundation (NSF) granted
13 awards to IUPUI investigators, one of which was from
the School of Medicine.
NATIONAL
FACTS
The
overall success rate for proposals submitted to NSF
was 25% for fiscal year 2006 which is better than the
NIH success rate of 21% for all new and competing grants
in the same year.
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.
CURRENT
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
International
Research Collaboration on Alcohol and Alcoholism:
Focus is on fostering international collaborations between
alcohol research investigators within the United States
and investigators located at non-United States laboratories
and performance sites. Standard application deadlines
apply. http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-08-004.html
Collaborative
Interdisciplinary Research Program in Diabetes, Endocrinology
and Metabolic Diseases: The following steps need
to be followed prior to the submission of a full-length
application: 1) contact NIDDK program staff at least
6 weeks prior to submitting the application to discuss
the content of the proposal and to obtain information
on the requirements for submitting a pre-approval package,
2) obtain written agreement from NIDDK staff that the
NIDDK will accept your application, and 3) include a
cover letter with the application that identifies the
staff member who agreed to accept assignment of the
application. R24 applications are appropriate for projects
with annual budgets exceeding $500,000 in annual direct
costs. The $750,000 budget cap has been eliminated.
For more information go to: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/notice-files/NOT-DK-08-002.html
Science
Education Awards: Focus is on innovative research
education programs that will increase the public’s
understanding of biomedical research and/or encourage
K-12 students to enter areas in biomedical science.
It is expected that these education programs will provide
outreach to a large number of students, directly or
through their teachers, using approaches whose success
can be measured. Standard application dates apply. For
more information go to: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-08-003.html
Genes,
Environment, and Health Initiative: Designed to
support investigative groups conducting genome-wide
association (GWA) genotyping and/or replication studies,
using data and specimens from human subjects on whom
information is available for conditions/traits of public
health importance and relevant environmental exposures.
Application deadline is October 18. For more information
go to: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-HG-07-012.html
NATIONAL
SCIENCE FOUNDATION
Cognitive
Neuroscience: Focus is on highly innovative and
interdisciplinary proposals aimed at advancing a rigorous
understanding of how the human brain supports thought,
perception, affect, action, social processes, and other
aspects of cognition and behavior, including how such
processes develop and change in the brain through time.
Application deadline is January 14. For more information
go to: http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2006/nsf06557/nsf06557.htm
DEPARTMENT
OF DEFENSE
Department
of US Army Medical Research and Material Command: Focus
is on infectious diseases, combat casualty care, operational
medicine, biological defense, chemical defense, telemedicine
and advanced technology and special programs. For more
information go to: http://www.usamraa.army.mil/pages/baa_paa/baa_07_1.cfm
