SPA Weekly 7/15/05

IMPORTANT: PLEASE SEE “FUNDING OPPORTUNTIES” BELOW FOR BRIDGE FUNDING ANNOUNCEMENT.

IN THIS WEEK’S EDITION

  • Two new policies go into effect at NYUSM.
  • Deadline for bridge funding announced.
  • New upcoming funding opportunities.

ANNOUNCEMENTS AND NOTICES

New Policies

    1. Cost Transfer Policy – Please note that NYUSM has implemented a new cost transfer policy. Click here for this new policy on the Research Finance web site.

    2. Radioactive Materials Policy – If you or anyone in your lab uses radioactive materials, please note that the Radiation Safety Office has implemented a new policy. Click here for more detailed information.

FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES

  • Bridge Funding – The bridge funding program has been reactivated and the summer 2005 application process has been announced. The purpose of the Research Bridging Support Fund is to provide interim support for productive faculty who have experienced, or are about to experience, a lapse in extramural grant support. It is hoped that these funds will serve as a bridge to a successful resubmission. The Bridging Fund supports research activities that will directly contribute to a more competitive grant submission, such as:

    • acquire data to meet recommendations of extramural reviewers

    • complete work needed for the "preliminary results" section

    • demonstrate successful use of methods, technology, or instrumentation.

    The deadline to apply for bridge funding is July 26th. Please contact Farooq Niazi (x3-3546) or Aleta Gunsul (X3-6695) with any questions.

  • PhRMA Foundation Awards

    • Clinical Pharmacology award - genetics, genomics, systems biology, molecular epidemiology.

    • Intent is to encourage multidisciplinary training designed to bring the perspective of molecular, cell and systems biology to bear on research in pharmacology in intact organisms.

    • Scope includes basic studies of drug action, detection of cellular responses, and the evaluation of pharmaceuticals in humans.

    • Deadline: October 1, 2005

    • For more information: http://www.phrmafoundation.org/awards/

  • Philip Morris External Research Program – Postdoctoral Fellowship

    • Candidates should have no more than four years of postdoctoral research and hold a recently conferred Ph.D. degree, M.D. degree or equivalent.

    • Areas of interest:

      • Exposure, biomarkers, dosimetry.

      • Epidemiological research or clinical research in cancers of all sites, cardiovascular diseases, respiratory diseases, reproductive, maternal and placental effects.

      • Tobacco smoke and smoking behavior

    • Terms - $40,000 per annum and 8% indirect costs.

    • Deadline: October 15, 2005

    • For more information: Email: rmgroup2000@aol.com

  • Arthritis Foundation, New York Chapter

    • Dorothy W. Goldstein Young Scholar Award - $75,000 per annum for three years

    • Clinical Research Award - $75,000 per annum for three years

    • Research Award and Quality of Life Research Award - $40,000 for one year

    • Doctoral Dissertation Award - $10,000 for one year

    • Fellowship Award - $40,000 for one year

    • Deadline: September 1, 2005

    • For more information:
      https://v2.ramscompany.com

  • Landon AACR Prizes

    • Open to all cancer researchers who are affiliated with an institution involved in cancer research, cancer medicine or cancer-related biomedical science.

    • Candidates may not nominate themselves. Nominators must submit a letter of recommendation and the candidate’s curriculum vitae.

    • Award - $200,000 and a commemorative award.

    • Deadline: August 10, 2005

    • For more information:
      Contact AACR at (215)440-9300 or www.aacr.org

  • Parker B. Francis Fellowship Program

    • Fellowship in Pulmonary Research intended to support the development of investigators with careers in lung biology and respiratory medicine.

    • Award - $138,000 over three years

    • Deadline: October 17, 2005

    • For more information: www.francisfellowships.org

  • American Lung Association of the City of New York

  • National Alliance for Research on Schizophrenia and Depression (NARSAD)

    • Young Investigator Award Program

    • Intended to facilitate research relevant to schizophrenia, major affective disorders or other serious mental illnesses.

    • Award – Up to $30,000 annum for two years

    • Deadline: July 25, 2005

    • For more information: www.narsad.org

  • Harry Frank Guggenheim Foundation

    • Research grants awarded for any of the natural and social sciences and the humanities that promise to increase understanding of the causes, manifestations, and control of violence, aggression, and dominance.

    • Award - $15,000 to $30,000 annum for one to two years

    • Deadline: August 1, 2005

    • For more information: www.hfg.org

  • NIH Supplement for Research on Medical Countermeasures to Chemical Terrorism

    • One-year administrative supplements for research aimed at developing medical countermeasures to a chemical terrorist attack.

    • Research may include, but is not limited to, basic and pre-clinical studies on chemical threat agents such as organophosphate nerve agents, metabolic poisons, (choking agents), blistering agents, incapacitating agents, other toxic industrial chemicals, and plant/animal toxins.

    • Award – Maximum of $100,000 for one year (supplement maximum is $25,000).

    • Deadline: July 15, 2005

    • For more information: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/notice-files/not-ns-05-004.html