The portal serves as a central location for access to all components related to your research at Loma Linda University Health.  Information is pulled from various databases into one convenient and easy-to-navigate system.

Phase I features:

• Notification of deadlines approaching for your projects, research education, and compliance requirements.
• Listing of active projects and compliance (IRB and IACUC) protocols with direct link into InfoEd.
• Project financials with line-item detail updated daily.
• Access to the Conflict of Interest and Education & Training systems.

The portal is accessible from the Research Affairs website:

https://mylluint.llu.edu/researchaffairs/invPortal/

Please note: the investigator portal is behind the firewall and may be accessed on campus or through VPN.

Stay tuned for more updates over the next few months. 

Future enhancements to include:

• quick-links to award documents and contracts
• alerts for technical/financial reports
• list of active subawards
• spending burn-rates

The PI Exit Checklist:

• One checklist must be completed for each research project, including human study and animal protocols
• Sections can be completed in any order
• If a PI fails to complete a checklist, the department chair or supervisor is required to do so

Digital signatures allow you to put your name on an electronic form. When the user receives it, they can be assured that the document looks the same as when it was electronically signed by the sender.  In an academic medical environment like Loma Linda University Health there are many internal forms, communications and approvals where the addition of a digital signature is approporiate ^(*).  Since your digital signature is so easy to create, you may think of many situations where you would like to put one to use.

Here are the links to two resources to help you get started creating and using your electronic signature:       Quick video        "Cheat sheet"
 

• First is a quick video, showing you step-by-step how to set up your digital signature.
   
• Second, there is a "cheat sheet" with pictures of the key steps.  Keep this handy once you've watched the movie version, as a shorthand reminder of exactly what to do.

Please don't be afraid to set-up your digital signature, even if you've not done this before, as it really is very easy.

For questions about this article, you can call JR Krausz, Research Integrity at x87463.

 (*) Please note that this is not a digital Certificate, which helps assure that the sender is really who they claim to be. But for many of hte internal documents in "trust environments" on this campus that extra security is not typically necessary.

BE A SUCCESSFUL GRANTSWRITER! Enhance your academic potential and professional marketability by enrolling in this practical, skills-oriented, 5-week, fully-ONLINE course, STAT 515 Grant and Contract Proposal Writing (3 Units) offered during Summer Quarter, July 27, 2015 - August 27, 2015.

By preparing a research or program/service proposal in class which could be potentially submitted to a funding agency, you will learn key grantsmanship techniques that work. For more information contact J. S. Job, MD, DrPH (jjob@llu.edu). Employees: please check with Talent Management Services for tuition benefits. Registration opens on May 16, 2015.
This module-based course:

• Presents an overview of the basic principles and practice of successful grantsmanship both from a research and programmatic perspective;
• Provides a comprehensive understanding of the different processes, structures, factors and essential skills required when developing competitive proposals that are funded;
• Describes the various key elements involved in proposal preparation such as identifying potential funding resources (government and private/foundations), formulating objectives, determining appropriate project/research design and evaluation methods, building budgets and sustainability plans, and understanding the grant review process.

• Release Date: May 6, 2015

Purpose

Healthy Eating Research: Building Evidence to Prevent Childhood Obesity is a national program of RWJF. The program supports research on environmental and policy strategies with strong potential to promote healthy eating among children to prevent childhood obesity, especially among groups at highest risk for obesity: Black, Latino, American Indian, Asian/Pacific Islander children, and children who live in lower-income communities (urban, suburban, and/or rural). Findings are expected to advance RWJF’s efforts to reverse the childhood obesity epidemic, eliminate disparities, and help all children achieve a healthy weight.

This call for proposals (CFP) is for two types of awards aimed at providing advocates, decision-makers, and policymakers with evidence to reverse the childhood obesity epidemic. The award types are: Round 9 grants and RWJF New Connections grants awarded through the Healthy Eating Research program.

You can learn more about Healthy Eating Research at www.healthyeatingresearch.org.

Total Awards

Approximately $2.75 million will be awarded under this CFP for the two award types. The anticipated allocation of funds is as follows:

Round 9 Grants
Approximately $2.55 million will be awarded through Round 9. Each grant will award up to $190,000 for a maximum funding period of 18 months.

RWJF New Connections Grants Awarded Through Healthy Eating Research
Up to two RWJF New Connections grants will be awarded through the Healthy Eating Research program in this round of funding. Awards will be for 12- to 18-month grants of up to $100,000 each.

Key Dates

May 6, 2015
RWJF online system for concept papers will be available to applicants.

July 1, 2015 (3:00 p.m. ET)
Deadline for receipt of concept papers.

July 15, 2015
Applicants will be contacted by email and informed as to whether or not they are invited to submit a full proposal. Invited full proposals must be submitted via the RWJF online system.

September 9, 2015 (3:00 p.m. ET)
Deadline for receipt of invited full proposals.

Early November 2015
Notification of finalists.

December 15, 2015
Awards begin.

Spring 2016
Healthy Eating Research Annual Meeting.

Eligibility and Selection Criteria

For All Grant Opportunities

• Preference will be given to applicants that are either public entities or nonprofit organizations that are tax-exempt under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code and are not private foundations or Type III supporting organizations. The Foundation may require additional documentation.
• Applicant organizations must be based in the United States or its territories.
• The focus of this program is the United States; studies in other countries will be considered only to the extent that they may directly inform U.S. policy.

Consistent with RWJF values, this program embraces diversity and inclusion across multiple dimensions, such as race, ethnicity, gender, disability, age, and socioeconomic status. We strongly encourage applications from investigators who will help us expand the perspectives and experiences we bring to our work. We believe that the more we include diverse perspectives and experiences in our work, the more successful we will be as we strive together to build a Culture of Health, enabling all in our diverse society to lead healthy lives, now, and for generations to come.

For more information on eligibility criteria, please see the CFP.

• DEADLINE:
  July 01, 2015, 3:00 p.m. ET

• Preview a sample proposal before submitting