As you know, research is changing so that more and more of our data is in electronic form. New tools, such as electronic laboratory notebooks (ELN), are being developed to help researchers keep track of their data, organize laboratory functions and facilitate various forms of compliance. We are doing a short survey to determine what types of ELN are currently being used or considered by LLU researchers, in order to determine if or how the institution should support the use of one or more of these platforms and in what way.

Please take a moment to complete this brief survey to assess the interest/support for Electronic Laboratory Notebooks (ELN’s) at LLU. Thank you for your participation and feedback.

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Sponsored by: The Grant Training Center
This one-day seminar is geared for junior faculty, students, and administrators who are beginning the process of submitting grants to the National Institutes of Health (NIH). It is also relevant for seasoned researchers who wish to refresh their knowledge of the new NIH requirements and the peer review process. Ultimately, the focus is to assist all who wish to submit winning research proposals to the NIH.

Participants will learn how to:

* Find the appropriate program and grant mechanism for your idea
* Read and interpret RFAs
* Identify and avoid common pitfalls of a grant
* Develop an irresistible idea for your grant application
* Address the pieces of the request for proposal
* Maximize your application for competitiveness
* Package the proposal in the requested format
* Understand the new scoring system and the review process
* Learn what actually happens in the study section
* Search for the appropriate study sections for submissions
* Decipher pink sheets: the inevitable resubmission
* Build an airtight case for funding
* Discern the art of the budget

Workshop Instructor:

Dr. Ronald Sakaguchi

He is a Professor and Academic Director in the School of Medicine at Oregon Health & Science University where he teaches Innovation, Critical Thinking, and Strategy. Dr. Sakaguchi has led seminars on time management and strategic planning.

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Space is limited, and since this class fills-up quickly, it is on a first-come, first-serve basis.
Workshop Fee: $375.00 (including tuition, materials, certificate of completion, and continental breakfast)

To register: Click Here
Or call us toll free at (866)-704-7268 or (571) 257-8864

Additionally, a Writing & Designing NSF Proposals Workshop is also going to be held at University of California on June 24, 2014.
Get a discount of $155 on registration for both workshops (Call us for the discount):
Each person can register for either NIH or NSF for. If a person registers for both, the price is $595 (discount of $155). *Please contact Grant Training Center for the discount code.
For participants who have already registered for the NIH, this discount also applies if you register for the NSF workshop.

University of California is not endorsing or sponsoring the activities conducted by The Grant Training Center.

What is Unicode compatible and why should investigators care? Unicode is a way that computers can understand all the modern characters of almost all the written languages in the world.

1. As a result of this upgrade, eRA systems will be able to accept Greek characters as they appear in the original scientific text submitted by grantees. For instance, Greek characters will now appear in progress reports without resulting in garbled text. 

2. Because Unicode will support Greek and other scientific characters, the attachments in  your application can be more accurately assigned for evaluation; reviewers will be able to better understand your goals and objectives; and NIH will be able to better categorize awards for reporting. Note that Grants.gov has not yet adopted Unicode, so until they do so you cannot use Unicode in any of the actual form fields.

IMPORTANT NOTE: Though investigators will be able to use special characters in information submitted directly into NIH systems, data fields in proposals submitted through Grants.gov are cannot contain special characters.

More information on this upgrade can be found at NOT-OD-14-071 (NIH Extramural Grant Systems Upgrade for Unicode Compatibility Means Memorial Day Weekend Downtime).

Note: A pre-application is required and must be submitted through the CDMRP electronic Biomedical Research Application Portal (eBRAP) (https://eBRAP.org) prior to the pre-application deadline. More information about all of these CDMRP-administered programs can be found at the CDMRP website (http://cdmrp.army.mil).

Autism Research Program (ARP)

• Clinical Trial Award
• Idea Development Award

Gulf War Illness Research Program (GWIRP)

• Clinical Trial Award
• Innovative Treatment Evaluation Award
• Investigator-Initiated Research Award
• New Investigator Award

Peer Reviewed Cancer Research Program (PRCRP)

• Career Development Award  (Pre-application due June 10, 2014, letters of invite issued in July, full applications due September 17, 2014)
• Idea Award with Special Focus  (Pre-application due June 10, 2014, letters of invite issued in July, full applications due September 17, 2014)

Peer Reviewed Medical Research Program (PRMRP)

• Clinical Trial Award
• Discovery Award
• Focused Program Award
• Investigator-Initiated Research Award
• Technology/Therapeutic Development Award

Peer Reviewed Orthopaedic Research Program (PRORP)

• Clinical Trial Award
• Clinical Trial Development Award
• Idea Development Award
• Outcomes Research Award
• Translational Research Award

Prostate Cancer Research Program (PCRP)

• Biomarker Development Award (Pre-proposal due June 18, 2014)
• Idea Development Award (Pre-proposal due June 12, 2014)
• Synergistic Idea Development Award (Pre-proposal due June 12, 2014)

*Note: The PCRP Clinical Exploration, Health Disparity Research, Laboratory-Clinical Transition, Population Science Impact, and Prostate Cancer Pathology Biospecimen Resource Site Award funding opportunities will be released in late May 2014. The PCRP Collaborative Undergraduate HBCU Student Summer Training Program, Exploration Hypothesis Development, Physician Research Training, and Postdoctoral Training Award funding opportunities will be released in early June 2014.

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American Heart Association sets summer application deadlines

The AHA is accepting applications for research awards that will begin on January 1, 2015. Deadlines vary for affiliate and national programs and for certain awards. Please see our funding opportunities page for program details and deadlines.

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 The 2015 PhRMA Foundation offers awards in Clinical Pharmacology, Health Outcomes, and Translational Medicine and Therapeutics.  Program links and deadline dates are as follows:

Visit our website at www.phrmafoundation.org for more detailed information about their programs or contact them at foundation@phrma.org if you would like any additional information or to receive hardcopies of these brochures.