EVENTS
GRANT
WRITING WORKSHOP
The
annual GRANT WRITING WORKSHOP will be held on November
13, 2006 on the IUPUI campus. This workshop has previously
been sponsored exclusively by the IU School of Medicine.
This year, for the first time, the workshop is co-sponsored
by the IUPUI Research and Sponsored Programs Office
in order to encourage investigators from all over
the IUPUI campus to take advantage of this outstanding
opportunity. This workshop is appropriate for all
investigators who are contemplating a competitive
application to federal or state agencies or foundations.
The workshop emphasizes idea development, how to write
for grant reviewers and tips and strategies for proposal
preparation. For a detailed description of the workshop
and registration instructions please go to: http://cme.medicine.iu.edu/?id=24177
.
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 personalized 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 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 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?
CAMPUS
RESEARCH FACTS:
The
success rate of IUPUI investigators in obtaining NIH
funding for new grant proposals (23.5%) was greater
than the NIH average success rate for all new proposals
(20.6%) in 2005-2006
64%
of the external funding on the IUPUI campus was awarded
for research (vs teaching or service) in 2005-2006
56%
of the external funding on the IUPUI campus came from
federal grants, the majority from the NIH) in 2005-2006
58%
of faculty on the IUPUI campus chose research as their
area of excellence for promotion and tenure in 2005-2006
NATIONAL
RESEARCH FACTS:
The
worldwide S&E publications output captured in Science
Citation Index and Social Sciences Citation Index
grew from approximately 466,000 articles in 1988 to
nearly 700,000 in 2003.
The number of U.S. scientific publications remained
essentially flat between 1992 and 2003, causing the
U.S. share of world article output to decline from 38%
to 30% between 1988 and 2003.
The income to U.S. academic institutions from licensing
was more than $850 million in FY 2003, more than double
the amount in FY 1997, and new licenses and options
increased by more than 40% during this period.
FUNDING
OPPORTUNITIES
NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH
Biological
Response Indicators of Environmental Stress (U01)
and Stress Centers (U54)
Designed to develop and refine panels of biomarkers
of biological response to environmental stressors
and development, confirmation, and application of
innovative biomarkers and biosensors. Application
deadline is December 23, 2006.
(U01) http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-ES-06-013.html
(U54) http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-ES-06-012.html
Business
Innovation Research
NIH, CDC, and FDA Small Business Innovation Research
Grant applications are solicited. Application deadline
is December 1, 2006.
http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-06-120.html
Centers
for Education and Research on Therapeutics (U18)
Designed to increase awareness of: (1) new uses of
drugs, biological products, and devices; (2) ways
to improve the effective use of drugs, biological
products, and devices; and (3) risks of new uses and
risks of combinations of drugs and biological products.
Application deadline is December 14, 2006.
http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-HS-07-004.html
Centers
of Research Translation (CORTs) (P50)
The National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal
and Skin Diseases (NIAMS) invites applications for
Centers of Research Translation (CORTs) (P50). Application
deadline is December 22, 2006.
http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-AR-06-003.html
Consumer
Assessment of Healthcare Providers and Systems (CAHPS)
III (U18)
Develop and test ways that organizations can use CAHPS
data for quality improvement purposes; conduct research
on strategies for reporting CAHPS results to consumers,
patients, and other audiences. Application deadline
is December 18, 2006.
http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-HS-07-001.html
Culturally
Appropriate Research to Prevent HIV Transmission and
Infection in Young People (R01, R03)
Designed to support research that incorporates an
in-depth understanding of cultural appropriateness
to HIV prevention research among young people in the
United States or abroad. Application deadline is December
21, 2006.
http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-NR-07-003.html
Engineering
Approaches to Energy Balance
The National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and
Kidney Diseases (NIDDK) and the Office of Behavioral
and Social Sciences Research (OBSSR) seek applications
to develop new engineering approaches to clinical
problems related to energy balance, intake, and expenditure.
Application deadline is December 22, 2006. http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-06-358.html
Genome-wide
Association Studies in the Genes and Environment Initiative
- Genotyping Facilities (U01), Study Investigators
(U01), Coordinating Center (U01)
Designed
to support Genotyping Facilities, investigative groups
conducting genome-wide association (GWA) genotyping
and/or replication studies, and Centers serving as
a
centralized resource for genome-wide association studies.
Genotyping Facilities (U01) http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-HG-06-014.html
Study Investigators (U01) http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-HG-06-033.html
Coordinating Center (U01) http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-HG-06-032.html
Lung
Complications associated with HIV (R01)
Designed to accelerate research on lung complications
associated with HIV-infection. Application deadline
is December 19, 2006.
http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-HL-07-008.html
Manufactured
Nanomaterials: Physico-chemical Principles of Biocompatibility
and Toxicity (R01)
Designed to encourage research on the physico-chemical
interaction of manufactured nanoscale materials with
mammalian systems. Application deadline is January
12, 2007.
http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-ES-06-008.html
Near-Term
Technology Development for Genome Sequencing (R01,
R03, R21/33)
Designed to encourage development of novel technologies
that will substantially reduce the cost of genomic
DNA sequencing. Application deadline is November 24,
2007.
http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-HG-06-015.html
Revolutionary
Genome Sequencing Technologies – The $1000 Genome
(R01, R03, R21/33)
Designed to develop novel technologies that will enable
extremely low-cost DNA sequencing.
Application deadline is November 24, 2006
http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-HG-06-020.html
Science
Education Partnership Awards (SEPA)
The National Center for Research Resources (NCRR)
invites applications for Science Education Partnership
Awards (SEPA) that foster the development of novel
programs to improve K-12 and the general public's
understanding of the clinical trial process as well
as the health science advances. Application deadline
is November 29, 2006.
http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-06-549.html
The National Institute of Environmental Health
Sciences (NIEHS) Superfund Basic Research and Training
Program (SBRP) (P42)
Designed to support coordinated, multi-project, multi-
and interdisciplinary research programs for the development
of 1) methods and technologies to detect hazardous
substances in the environment; (2) advanced techniques
for the detection, assessment, and evaluation of the
effect on human health of hazardous substances; (3)
methods to assess the risks to human health presented
by hazardous substances; and (4) basic biological,
chemical, and physical methods to reduce the amount
and toxicity of hazardous substances. Application
deadline is March 22, 2007.
http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-ES-06-003.html
NATIONAL
SCIENCE FOUNDATION
Computational
Mathematics
Designed to support mathematical research in areas
of science where computing plays a central and essential
role, emphasizing algorithms, numerical methods, and
symbolic methods. Application deadline is December
7, 2006.
http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?pims_id=5390
Environmental
Genomics
Designed to support investigations that use genomic
information and tools to further
our understanding of how organisms of all types (plants,
animals, and
microbes) interact with their environments. Application
deadline is January 29, 2007.
http://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm_summ.jsp?
pims_id=13680&org=NSF&sel_org=NSF&from=fund
Human
and Social Dynamics
Designed to increase understanding the dynamics of
human action and development, as well as knowledge
about organizational, cultural, and societal adaptation
and change. Application deadline is January 23, 2007.
http://www.nsf.gov/publications/pub_summ.jsp?ods_key=nsf06604
Thermal
Transport and Thermal Processing
Designed to increase understanding of thermal phenomena
underlying the production of energy, the synthesis
and processing of materials, the cooling and heating
in equipment and devices, the interaction of industrial
processes with the environment, and the thermal phenomena
in biological systems. No deadline. http://www.grants.gov/search/search.do?mode=VIEW&oppId=10670
DEPARTMENT
OF AGRICULTURE
National
Research Initiative (NRI) Competitive Grants
Designed to support high priority fundamental and
mission-linked research of importance in the biological,
environmental, physical, and social sciences relevant
to agriculture, food, the environment, and rural communities.
Application deadlines are set for each program area.
http://www.csrees.usda.gov/fo/fundview.cfm?fonum=1606
DEPARTMENT
OF ENERGY
US
Department of Energy
Applications are sought for the Annual Phase I Small
Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Small Business
Technology Transfer (STTR) Funding Opportunity Announcement
Grant. Application deadline is November 17, 2006.
http://www.grants.gov/search/search.do?mode=VIEW&oppId=10660
ENVIRONMENTAL
PROTECTION AGENCY
Environmental
Indicators
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) seeks
applications proposing research that uses existing
databases of environmental (ambient), biological and/or
health-related data to develop indicators that reliably
signal the impact of changes in environmental conditions,
management approaches or policies on human health.
Application deadline is December 6, 2006.
http://es.epa.gov/ncer/rfa/2006/2006_star_ephi.html
