UMMC - Office of Research

Mission Statement

The mission of the Office of Research is to promote excellence in scholarship and research at UMMC
and to facilitate translation of research discoveries to improved human health.

Extramural Funding Opportunities

NIH Loan Repayment Programs( New)

The application cycle for the
NIH extramural Loan Repayment Programs (LRPs) is underway and ends on December 1, 2009, at 8:00 p.m. Eastern time. Please visit www.lrp.nih.gov to learn more about the programs and apply.

Recovery Act Funding:

Please visit the NIH Institute & Center (IC) websites for deadlines for supplements and revisions to active NIH Grants with Recovery Act Funds & More Recovery Act funding opportunities

Funding Opportunities at UMMC

UMMC American Cancer Society-Institutional Research Grant Program:

This is a final call for applications for individual ACS-IRG awards under the
UMMC-American Cancer Society Institutional Research Grant Program. These awards are typically up to $25,000 ($50,000 maximum for extraordinary applications) and are available to full-time faculty of the UMMC, as well as to faculty with joint UMMC/VA appointments, at the Instructor or Assistant Professor rank. Click here for eligibility requirements and details.

Applications are due to the Committee by Tuesday, December 1, 2009.
Applications must be routed through the UMMC Office of Research with an accompanying completed transmittal form, in accordance with the Policy on Routing and Approval of Intramural Research Proposals.
All compliance certifications must be verified before funds can be disbursed, and all funds must be disbursed before December 31, 2009. For further questions, please contact
Dr. Roy Duhe, Professor of Pharmacology and Toxicology at
601-984-1625 or email to rduhe@pharmacology.umsmed.edu

The UMMC Study Center for the National Children's Study (NCS) announces some important research opportunities from NCS. Read more

Further information about NCS funding opportunities is available at www.nationalchildrensstudy.gov.

The UMMC Center for Psychiatric Neuroscience (CPN) announces the 2010-12 Small Grants Program. Pre-proposals are due Monday, October 19, 2009. Visit the CPN website for more information.

Funding Highlights

Health and Medical
NIH Guide
COS

Electronic Applications

Grant applications to American Heart Association

American Heart Association has launched its new electronic application, Read more in newsletter.

More information about electronic submissions at Americanheart.org...

National Institutes of Health - The Information Source

New NIH Policy on Resubmission (Amended) Applications

Beginning with applications intended for the January 25, 2009 due date, all original new applications (i.e., never submitted) and competing renewal applications will be permitted only a single amendment (A1). Applicants who fail to receive funding after two submissions may resubmit but only if the application is fundamentally revised to qualify as new. Note that there is no time limit for the submission of the original and subsequent A1.
Visit for more information...

NIH Information for New Grantees

As the recipient of a grant or cooperative agreement from the National Institutes of Health (NIH), there is a great deal of information that your organization will need in order to be successful. Please visit the NIH newsletter which provides referrals to important sources of information related to NIH & Department of Health & Human Services (HHS).

The Office of Extramural Research has a list of NIH Parent announcements for unsolicited or Investigator-initiated applications. More information about OER funding opportunities (RFA).

More on Electronic submission of Grant Applications to NIH.

Submitting a grant to NIH for one of the unsolicited grant deadlines?

Pre-filled parent application packages are available now
R01, R21, R03 (updated 9/17/09)

(Note: you need to open these with Adobe Acrobat Reader 8.1.3 or higher. Compatible versions can be downloaded here.)

Please visit the Office of Extramural Research for more specific solicitations and funding opportunities. If you need help with pre-filled applications for any specific solicitations, please call the office of Research at
601-815-5000.

http://grants.nih.gov/grants/oer.htm

Check out the latest New flash under News and Events.

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Modified Application Submission, Referral, and Review for Appointed NIH Study Section Members

Read more...

RePORT - the new NIH Reports, Data, and Analyses (RePORT) web site. Browse or use one of several search tools to accesss standard reports and data.

Research Resources at UMMC

Interest Groups subject and meeting dates.
If you know of additional interest groups to include please contact sfloyd3@dor.umsmed.edu.

Highlights.............

Congratulations to Excellence in Research Awardees for 2009!

Awards were presented to principal investigators who excelled in research in 2009 by Dr. John Hall, Associate Vice Chacellor for Research on Wednesday, October 28, 2009.

Check out the Award recipients list

The office of Research presents:

'Interpretation & Implementation of NSF's Requirement to facilitate the Ethical Conduct of Research'

This webinar will provide an overview of NSF's new requirement for institutions receiving NSF funds to provide tranining and oversight in the responsible and ethical conduct of research

WHO: All NSF applicants, interested faculty & research staff
WHEN: Thursday, November 19, 2009,12:00-1:30 p.m..
WHERE: Location to be determined