FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES FOR AUGUST 2009

FROM THE ASSOCIATE PROVOST FOR RESEARCH

Mark Your Calendar: August 6th, Faculty Orientation
Drug Discovery/Bioengineering Buildings construction is underway
CITI MIAMI log-in system will change in mid-August

RPG Retreats will be offered Aug. 14 and Oct. 9 – help investigators refine competitive research proposals
MUSC’s myPeerReview database entries are on the rise
ORSP revises Grant Administrator assignments for college & departments
Updated NIH Award Terms for Grants funded by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (“Recovery Act” or “ARRA”)
College of Nursing launches Community Engaged Scholars Program
NIH loan repayment program applications are due December 1
Francis Collins is nominated as NIH director
Recovery Act quick link on the NIH RePORT website
NIH guidelines for reviewers are available online for all mechanisms
NSF requests input for 2011 Emerging Frontiers in Research and Innovation (EFRI) topics

SOUTH CAROLINA CLINICAL & TRANSLATIONAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE (SCTR)

News and Announcements

• SCTR earns $20 million Clinical & Translational Science Award from the National Institutes of Health.  SCTR joins 39 previously funded academic medical research institutions within a national network working together to reduce the time it takes to translate laboratory discoveries into treatments for patients, to engage communities in clinical research efforts, and to train the next generation of researchers. The NIH will grant a total of 60 CTSAs through 2012 to round out this exclusive network
  “This award is the result of the collaborative efforts of clinicians, researchers, educators and staff across the state of South Carolina, all with the shared vision of improving the health of the state’s citizens,” said Kathleen Brady, MD, PhD, SCTR Director and CTSA Principal Investigator.

• Are you starting a new research study?  MUSC Approval Plan for Research (MAP-R) is a new research tool that is designed to guide you through the MUSC research approval process. The MUSC Approval Plan will provide you with a comprehensive list of applications and links that you will need to complete for your research study.  Please visit complete a MAP-R!
  
  
• The SCTR Pilot Projects Selection Committee announces the 2009 SCTR Pilot Project awards.  The funded projects represent multiple Colleges and Schools at MUSC, USC and Clemson; and range from Cancer Drug Discovery to Novel Methods for Exercise for SLE Patients. Also, some of the projects will be co-funded by MUSC and USC in the true spirit of SCTR’s multi-institutional collaboration.  Please visit the SCTR website for a complete listing.
  
  
• August Research Lunch-n-Learn will be held on Wednesday, August 19th from 12-1 PM in the Colbert Library, Room 109.  This month there will be a presentation by Susan Rittmann from MUSC Office’s of Compliance.  The topic to be discussed is “Budget Negotiations with Sponsors.” Please feel free to bring your lunch!
  
  
• MUSC HERO Campaign launches this September with the goal of increasing recruitment and participant diversity for all MUSC research studies.  Make sure your study is registered on www.MUSCHERO.com!
  
  
• For a monthly listing of research events, please visit TEACH’S Calendar of events.
  
  
• REDCap (Research Electronic Data Capture) Database is a secure, web-based application designed exclusively to support data capture for research studies.  REDCap provides: an intuitive interface for data entry, audit trails for tracking data manipulation and export procedures, procedures for importing data from external sources, advanced features such as branching logic and calculated fields, and automated export procedures for seamless data downloads to common statistical packages such as SPSS, SAS, Stata, R.
  
  
• MUSC awarded $20M clinical and translational award from the NIH 
  
  
• Join us to view a Collexis demonstration. Martha Golubock from Collexis is providing a training to help MUSC become more familiar with the system and what it can do for us. The idea is to see the program in action and brainstorm to see if there are things we should be using it for. Please Join us for the Collexis Training: August 20, 2009 10:00 am till 11:30 am in the Library Building, room 436 for more information contact the SUCCESS Center @792-8300.