Vol. 7, No. 7; October 26, 2007
Published
by the Office of the Vice President for Research
Editor: Amy Danielson
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Grants.gov Adobe Updates
Grants.gov announced this week that they will support the
latest version of Adobe Reader 8.1.1 along with 7.0.9. Their download
software page has both versions: http://www.grants.gov/resources/download_software.jsp.
Users will only need to select one of the two versions to have on
their computer when submitting grant applications. Other Adobe Reader
versions are not supported.
The Adobe proposal package will be phased in by the Grants.gov agencies
when posting their new funding opportunities, so check your Adobe
reader package and make sure you have one of the supported packages
on your computer. When the application is launched, it will open
in an Adobe window instead of the Pure Edge viewer.
Help with these or any other Grants.gov issues is available via
the Electronic Grants Applications Helpline: 612.624.8989 or grantgov@umn.edu;
or the EGMS Helpline: 612.624.1600 or help@egms.umn.edu.
2.
VP Mulcahy Appointed IO for Research Subjects’ Protection
Programs
On October 19, President Bruininks designated Vice President Tim
Mulcahy as the Institutional Official (IO) for the University's
Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee (IACUC), Institutional
Review Board (IRB), and Institutional Biosafety Committee (IBC).
Duties as IO include ensuring compliance with ethical standards,
laws, regulatory requirements, institutional policies, and standards
of excellence for each committee. If you need to interact with the
IO regarding any of these related matters, please contact the Vice
President for Research office.
3.
University Forum on Research and Professional
Ethics
Join Melissa S. Anderson, Ph.D., Director of the Postsecondary Education
Research Institute, Coordinator of the Graduate Program in Higher
Education, and Associate Professor of Higher Education, for a presentation
and discussion about “Trying to Maintain Integrity in a Contrary
Research Environment.” This OVPR-sponsored event will be held
on Wednesday, November 14, 2007, 4 - 5:30 p.m., in the President's
Room at Coffman Memorial Union. For more information go to http://www.research.umn.edu/events/research_ethics.html.
4.
$1 Million Commercialization Challenge Event
The University's Office for Technology Commercialization (OTC) is
kicking off its $1 Million Commercialization Challenge with an event
for University researchers. Join OTC on November 5, 2007 from 12:30–2
p.m. in the Ski U Mah room at the McNamara Alumni Center to learn
more about this unique opportunity to help turn "green"
technologies and other University innovations into real-world products
or services.
For more information about the Challenge or the event visit http://www.research.umn.edu/techcomm.
5.
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: NIMH. Other information includes:
Request
for Information (RFI): To Solicit Input and Ideas on Priorities
in Basic Behavioral and Social Sciences Research.
6.
Funding Opportunities and Program Announcements
- Faculty Summer Research and McKnight Summer Fellowships
for the Arts and Humanities
For details, go to http://www.grad.umn.edu/faculty-staff/funding/dean/fsr/index.html.
Deadline: November 5, 2007
- The American Cancer Society Mary Hendrickson-Johnson
Melanoma Professorship is intended for an outstanding
mid-career investigator who has made a seminal contribution that
has changed the direction of cancer research and who continues
to provide leadership in this research area. Applications from
distinguished investigators in the area of melanoma research,
including research in the areas of etiology, genetics, pathogenesis,
diagnosis or treatment of melanoma, are requested. For details,
go to http://www.cancer.org/docroot/RES/RES_5.asp?sitearea=RES&level=1.
Letter of Intent: December 15, 2007
Application Deadline: April 1, 2008
- The Minority Biomedical Research Support (MBRS)
program was created in response to a legislative mandate to "increase
the numbers of underrepresented minority faculty, investigators,
and students engaged in biomedical and behavioral research, and
to broaden the opportunities for underrepresented minority faculty
and students for participation in biomedical and behavioral research."
To accomplish this goal, the Initiative for Maximizing Student
Diversity (IMSD) program seeks to facilitate and promote, at research
institutions with significant number of mentors with National
Institutes of Health (NIH) or other extramural research support,
the entry into biomedical or behavioral research fields of undergraduate
and graduate students from groups underrepresented in these fields.
The program provides institutional support for existing or innovative
student development activities, including research internships,
that will increase students' knowledge, skills, and information
as they move to more advanced levels and ultimately attain the
Ph.D. degree in biomedical or behavioral research fields. This
opportunity limits the number of applications from an institution.
To register interest with the University, go to http://www.research.umn.edu/opportunities/limited_applications/.
For details, go to http://grants1.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-06-553.html.
U of M Internal Review Deadline: January 8, 2008
Sponsor's Application Deadline: February 21, 2008
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