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Controlled Substance Training
The Office of Regulatory Affairs is offering controlled substance
training for anyone new to using controlled substances for research.
Training sessions are scheduled for September 19 and October 22,
2007. For full details and to pre-register for a session, go to
https://onestop2.umn.edu/training/courseDetail.jsp?course=RA0001.
For more information, contact Cathy Marquardt at marqu005@umn.edu
or 612.625.9624.
2.
New Master Cooperative
Agreement Between U and Hennepin County
To address bureaucratic
and legal hassles associated with contracting, a Master Cooperative
Agreement between Hennepin County and the University of Minnesota
has been developed to streamline the process by which the two organizations
initiate joint research projects.
The Master Cooperative Agreement will save University and Hennepin
staff weeks or months of work by eliminating the need to renegotiate
contract terms for every collaborative project. Rather, work will
be outlined and approved with a simple “work order.”
The work order template will be accessible online, along with clear
instructions on how to prepare the paperwork.
For more information about the agreement please contact Steve Louie
at 612.348.2591 or steve.louie@co.hennepin.mn.us.
If you would like more information about the Hennepin-University
Partnership or recent Hennepin-University collaborations, visit
www.umn.edu/hup
or contact Kathie Doty, Hennepin-University Liaison, at 612.625.4383
or kdoty@umn.edu.
3.
Grants.gov Form Filler Software Training and
User Labs
The Grants.gov form filler software Training and User labs has begun.
Check the SPA Web page for the dates, times, locations, and registration
information: http://www.ospa.umn.edu/GrantGov/Schedules%20and%20Calendars/trainingschedule.html.
4.
EGMS Proposal Prep Work Groups
A note of caution: when work groups are deleted it removes access
to all work group users. There is no policy on how long work groups
should be retained or what members should be part of the group;
this remains at the discretion of the initiator and their unit.
5.
Office for Technology Commercialization Restructuring
The Office for Technology Commercialization (OTC) is nearing completion
of its restructuring begun several months ago. The most recent changes
are designed to reinvigorate and refocus OTC to better align with
the new value-based approach to technology commercialization at
the University of Minnesota. The reorganization enables OTC to better
support researchers throughout the commercialization process, and
more efficiently move University-based discoveries and innovations
into the public marketplace while providing a fair financial return
to the University. For more information, go to http://www.research.umn.edu/communications/news/restructuring_otc.html.
6.
NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts
The NIH Guide is
the official publication for NIH medical and behavioral research
grant policies, guidelines and funding opportunities for the National
Institutes of Health. To subscribe to the Guide’s
weekly listserv or to read it online, go to http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/.
The following institute(s)/center(s) have grant opportunities in
the current Guide: NIDCR, NIEHS, and NHGRI. Other information
includes: Notice
of Intent to Publish a Request for Applications for Research on
HIV/AIDS and Drug Use in the Multicenter AIDS Cohort Study (MACS)
(R03).
7.
Funding Opportunities and Program Announcements
- American Cancer Society Institutional Research Grants
are available for assistant professors who have no independent
national funding and are engaged in cancer-related research. Cancer-related
research includes genetic mechanisms of cancer, molecular mechanisms
of cancer progression and metastasis, development of novel cancer
therapeutic models and translational research, cancer immunology
and immunotherapy. Funding is available up to $30,000. Applications
may be obtained by calling 612.626.1926 or sending an e-mail to
micek003@tc.unn.edu.
Deadline: October 15, 2007
- RCR Continuing Education Awareness/Discussion Small
Grants Program
The OVPR has an intramural funding opportunity for the development
of Responsible Conduct of Research (RCR) continuing education
activities. Small grants of up to $3500 are available to encourage
active engagement of research/professional ethics topics. Proposals
should fulfill the criteria for Awareness and Discussion activities
required of University of Minnesota faculty and PIs every three
years. For details go to http://www.research.umn.edu/opportunities/intramural/RCR_grantsprogram.html.
Deadlines: October 15, 2007; January 30, 2008; and April 30, 2008
- The NIH's Collaborative Research on Tinnitus Grant
supports collaborative research teams to investigate
tinnitus. Tinnitus is the perception of sound in the absence of
an environmental acoustic stimulus. Though tinnitus is a symptom
often associated with many forms of hearing loss, it may occur
in the absence of hearing loss. Tinnitus can also be a symptom
of other health problems. For details, go to http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-DC-08-002.html.
Deadline for letters of intent: September 22, 2007
Submission deadline: October 22, 2007
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