The Grants for Research and School Partnerships International (GRASP-Intl) program has been created to allow LLU faculty to partner with professionals who have post-baccalaureate degrees and are employed by international SDA hospitals, medical centers, colleges or universities.  The purpose of this funding mechanism is to create and foster collaborations by providing financial support for pairs of investigators to cooperate in pioneering research projects. The GRASP-Intl awards will nurture collaborative partnerships and equip researchers to successfully compete for major grants from external sponsors. 

More information and the Request for Applications can be found on the main GRASP page.

As you may have heard, we are excited to announce that we have launched our new electronic effort reporting system!  We have worked with IT to create a home-grown system to streamline the process and to eliminate paper effort reporting. You can now complete the certification process and comply with Federal Regulations online.

Come to the next installation of the Research Affairs Noontime Seminar, where you get an exclusive first-look at how to drive this new tool.  Our presenter is THE EXPERT on these regulations… Aleta Savage, DIRECTOR of Research Affairs Financial Management.

Pre-registration required.       

The seminar will be held in the Research Affairs main conference room from 12-1pm. Physicians attending this session will earn CME.

You must register to receive credit and so we can have lunch ready for you.

Please click link Register    

NOTE:  If you do register, please make every effort to attend, or contact us in advance, if you can, should your plans change. Seating is limited and we do maintain a waiting list. That will allow us to give you “ticket” to one of your research colleagues.

Thank you for your attention. We look forward to seeing you there.

Grants for Collaborative and Translational Research (GCAT) are designed to promote collaborations between clinical and basic scientists within the School of Medicine, with the objective of developing new insights and approaches to clinically relevant issues. Eligible applicants will consist of teams of LLU faculty within the School of Medicine, where one investigator is a clinician and the other a full-time basic scientist.

The 2017 cycle for these applications will begin soon. More information is on the GCAT webpage.

GCAT Letters of Intent are due by Monday, August 14, 2017, 5:00 PM

GCAT Proposal Submissions are due by Tuesday, September 12, 2017, 5:00 PM

Brain Research Foundation Scientific Innovations Award

Brain Research Foundation has invited eligible US academic institutions to nominate one senior faculty member to submit a Letter of Intent for the Scientific Innovations Award (SIA). Brain Research Foundation’s Scientific Innovations Award Program provides funding for innovative science in both basic and clinical neuroscience. This funding mechanism is designed to support creative, exploratory, cutting edge research in well-established research laboratories, under the direction of established investigators

Deadline for the LOI is June 29, 2017 at 4:00 p.m. CST. LOI’s will not be accepted after the deadline. No exceptions will be made. Submitted LOI's that have not been nominated by their institution will not be considered.

For more information visit: https://thebrf.org/for-researchers/scientific-innovations-award-2/

If you’re interested in applying contact Cindy Dickson at cdickson@llu.edu or x44571

Defense Health Program
Psychological Health and Traumatic Brain Injury (PH/TBI) Research Program

The FY16 Psychological Health and Traumatic Brain Injury (PH/TBI) Research Program solicitation notices have been posted on www.fbo.gov .  click the hyperlinks to view more about each announcements.

Dissemination & Implementation Science to Optimize Select Evidence-Based Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) Treatment
Solicitation Number: W81XWH-17-R-0010

Dissemination & Implementation of Evidence-Based Tele-Behavioral Health within the Military
Solicitation Number: W81XWH-17-R-0043

Dissemination and Implementation of the Department of Defense Behavioral Health Data Portal throughout the Military Health System
Solicitation Number: W81XWH-17-R-0044

If you’re interested in applying contact Cindy Dickson at cdickson@llu.edu or x44571

Lewin Fund to Fight Women’s Cancers

The Lewin Fund to Fight Women’s Cancers invites novel laboratory research proposals and clinical investigations pertaining to women’s cancers from investigators who aim to make critical headway in areas such as tumor biology, novel molecular targets, companion diagnostics, improvement in quality of life and hereditary cancer genetics. The Lewin Fund's monetary grant of up to $50,000 per year is typically awarded for two years.

For more information visit: http://www.thelewinfund.org/research/

If you’re interested in applying contact Cindy Dickson at cdickson@llu.edu or x44571

• Consolidation of human subjects, inclusion enrollment, and clinical trial information previously collected across multiple agency forms
• Expansion and use of discrete form fields for clinical trial information to
• provide the level of information needed for peer review;
• lead applicants through clinical trial information collection requirements;
• present key information to reviewers and agency staff in a consistent format; and
• align with ClinicalTrials.gov (where possible) and position us for future data exchange with ClinicalTrials.gov
• Incorporation of recent Grants.gov changes to R&R Budget and SBIR/STTR Information forms

Read the NIH Guide Notice for more information: NOT-OD-17-062 

From NIH Notice Number: NOT-OD-17-050

Key Dates

Release Date: March 24, 2017
Effective date for application: Applications submitted for the May 25, 2017 due date and thereafter
Effective date Research Performance Progress Report (RPPR): RPPRs submitted on or after May 25, 2017
  

Related Announcements
NOT-OD-17-006- Request for Information (RFI): Including Preprints and Interim Research Products in NIH Applications and Reports

Purpose

The NIH encourages investigators to use interim research products, such as preprints, to speed the dissemination and enhance the rigor of their work. This notice clarifies reporting instructions to allow investigators to cite their interim research products and claim them as products of NIH funding.

Citing interim research products in applications, proposals and reports

Interim research products can be cited anywhere other research products are cited.  These sections include the following:

• R&R Other Project Information Form, Bibliography & References Cited
• R&R Senior/Key Person Profile (Expanded) Form, Biographical Sketch
• PHS 398 Research Plan, Progress Report Publication List
• PHS 398 Career Development Award Supplemental Form, Progress Report Publication List
• PHS Fellowship Supplemental Form, Progress Report Publication List
• RPPR, section C - Products

To cite the product, applicants and awardees must include the Digital Object Identifier and the Object type (e.g. preprint, protocol) in the citation. Also list any information about the document version (e.g. most recent date modified), and if relevant, the date the product was cited.

Example: Bar DZ, Atkatsh K, Tavarez U, Erdos MR, Gruenbaum Y, Collins FS. Biotinylation by antibody recognition- A novel method for proximity labeling. BioRxiv 069187 [Preprint]. August 11, 2016 [cited 2017 Jan 12].  Available from: https://doi.org/10.1101/069187.

These requirements help reviewers understand that the product is public, interim, and identify the specific version is being referenced.

Note: Applicants are responsible for providing the information necessary to review a section of an application within the page limits of that section.

More information can be found at https://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/notice-files/NOT-OD-17-050.html