The Fiscal Year 2013 (FY13) Defense Appropriations Act provides research funding for the peer reviewed programs managed by the Department of Defense (DOD) office of Congressionally Directed Medical Research Programs (CDMRP)recently released announcements from the following programs. Descriptions of each of the funding opportunities, eligibility, key mechanism elements, and funding can be found in the respective program announcement. 

• Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Research Program (ALSRP)
• Autism Research Program (ARP)
• Bone Marrow Failure Research Program (BMFRP)
• Breast Cancer Research Program (BCRP)
• FY14 Defense Medical Research and Development Program (DMRDP)
• Gulf War Illness Research Program (GWIRP)
• Multiple Sclerosis Research Program (MSRP)
• Neurofibromatosis Research Program (NFRP)
• Ovarian Cancer Research Program (OCRP)
• Peer Reviewed Medical Research Program (PRMRP)

• Peer Reviewed Orthopaedic Research Program (PRORP)

• Prostate Cancer Research Program (PCRP)
• FY13 Psychological Health/Traumatic Brain Injury Research Program PH/TBIRP)
• Tuberous Sclerosis Complex Research Program (TSCRP)

The CDMRP has also issued pre-announcements for the following programs:

• Lung Cancer Research Program (LCRP)
• Peer Reviewed Cancer Research Program (PRCRP)
• Spinal Cord Injury Research Program (SCIRP)

American Heart Association summer 2013 program applications open May 15

Application Deadlines The application deadline time has changed to 5 p.m. Central Daylight Savings Time.

Application Requirements All applicants must either be an American Heart Association Professional Member or pay $100 per application submission. Additional application fee information.

Summer 2013 Programs

• Undergraduate Student Research Program
• Health Sciences Fellowship
• Predoctoral Fellowship
• Postdoctoral Fellowship
• Mentored Clinical & Population Research Award (formerly Clinical Research Program)
• Beginning Grant-In-Aid
• Scientist Development Grant
• Established Investigator Award
• Grant-In-Aid
• Innovative Research Grant

The American Heart/Stroke Association has established partnerships with various organizations to fund critical need/high impact and focused research programs. 

• AHA/ASA/American Brain Foundation Lawrence M. Brass, M.D. Stroke Research Postdoctoral Fellowship Awardsupports an investigator embarking on a career in stroke research related to vascular neurology, stroke and neurocritical care. Interested parties should submit a postdoctoral fellowship application to their local affiliate.
• American Stroke Association/Bugher Foundation Centers of Excellence in Stroke Collaborative Research for Regeneration, Resilience and Secondary Prevention supports investigators whose collective efforts will lead to new approaches, not only to improve the prevention of stroke, but to also expand upon the previous Bugher Stroke initiatives by inviting research on recovery after a stroke; including the areas of repair, regeneration, neuro-plasticity and rehabilitation.
• AHA/ Children’s Cardiomyopathy Foundation Pediatric Cardiomyopathy Joint Research Award supports an investigator conducting research specific to pediatric cardiomyopathy.  CCF will provide $35,000 per year for two years to fund one project related to pediatric cardiomyopathy research.  The AHA will provide the balance of the funds needed to fully fund the selected award.  Interested parties should submit a Beginning Grant-in-Aid or Grant-in-Aid.  
• AHA/Gerontological Society of America National Hartford Centers of Gerontological Nursing Excellence Postdoctoral Fellowship Award supports an investigator proposing innovative basic, clinical or translational research projects relevant to gerontological nursing, aging, cardiovascular disease and /or stroke. Interested parties should submit a postdoctoral fellowship application to their local affiliate.
• AHA/Myocarditis Foundation Postdoctoral Fellowship Award supports an investigator proposing innovative basic, clinical or translational research projects relevant to the etiology, pathophysiology, diagnosis, treatment epidemiology and/or prevention of myocarditis. Interested parties should submit a postdoctoral fellowship application to their local affiliate.

AHRQ Patient Centered Outcomes Research (PCOR) Institutional Mentored Career Development Program (K12): RFA-HS-13-008

The Mentored Clinical Scientist Development Program Award (K12) provides support to an institution for the development of independent clinical scientists. This program proposes to launch a multi-year large-scale effort to support the development of patient centered outcomes (PCOR) researchers in academic and applied settings (e.g., the health care delivery system, state and local governments, health plans, research networks). Applicant institutions must be well poised to directly provide or partner with those who can provide the needed didactic and experiential opportunities for candidates in sophisticated comparative effectiveness methodologies applied to PCOR. They must also have the capability to expose candidates to accelerated clinical effectiveness and outcomes research and to the translation, dissemination and uptake of evidentiary information for health care practice and decision-making.

The title has been modified, policy and procedures updated, and a guidance document added. These documents define residual funds from sponsored projects and describe the process used to determine and distribute the funds. This revision includes one substantive change: any remaining budgeted facilities and administrative (F&A) funds will be charged to the project to ensure institutional overhead allowances and other recoverable funded monies are received.

H-12 Extending Sponsored Projects (Previously titled No-Cost Extension for Sponsored Projects)

The PI is expected to complete a sponsored project within the originally specified project period. However, unexpected circumstances may arise. If the PI cannot complete the project in the original project period, he/she must submit a project extension request to Research Affairs Financial Management. The key revision for this policy is the title change from, “No-Cost Extensions for Sponsored Projects,” to “Extending Sponsored Projects.” The previous title is a common term used by most federal sponsors whereas the new title encompasses all sponsored projects no matter the type of sponsor. Remaining revisions are grammar and punctuation.

Authorship Criteria (new policy; guidance revision)

The authorship policy was created to provide a place to house the existing guidance document.  The policy states that a guidance document for authorship exists and indicates that there is a process for disputes.  The guidance document has minor editorial revisions.

H-36:  IRB Member Conflict of Interest (policy, procedure, guidance revisions)

The policy has minor editorial revisions. Procedure Section 3.6 was revised to state that if the IRB Chair has a conflict, the Vice Chair or designee will serve in the Chair’s place; the definition for “Quorum” was added. Guidelines Section 1.2 (a conflict exists if the IRB member has a supervisory role or other authority role over the investigator listed on the study) was removed as there are numerous IRB members with this potential conflict and this slowed the review process. 

H-22.B  Designating the IRB of Record (new procedure)

This procedure was developed to outline the process for designating an IRB of record when either the LLU IRB is willing to accept the review of research by an external IRB or when the LLU IRB will serve as the IRB of record for research done at a non-LLU organization/entity.  The procedure also outlines the circumstances under which this may occur. 

These documents can be found in the LLUAHSC Handbook. If you have questions, please contact Lorraine Sarmiento at lsarmiento@llu.edu or ext. 49478.

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