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September 26, 2012

Limited Submissions

  • HRSA – Preventive Medicine and Public Health Training Grant Program – October 8

To view these and other limited submission competitions, visit the Proposal Development Office site.

Community Engagement in International Research – September 27

The Office of Research Integrity and the Center for Clinical and Translational Science are hosting a webinar, "Community Engagement in International Research: Considerations for Ethics Review," on Thursday, September 27 from 1–2:30 pm in Room 415 Wethington Building. Please RSVP to Belinda Smith or 859-323-2446.

New UK Funding Opportunity Database: InfoEd’s SPIN

UK researchers now have access to InfoEd Global’s Sponsored Projects Information Network (SPIN), a database of more than 40,000 research funding opportunities. SPIN connects UK researchers to over 10,000 funding sponsors and provides a comprehensive view of research grants, fellowships, and other funding opportunities. The database also features a highly customizable system for saving and bookmarking searches and for automating notifications of opportunity updates. SPIN replaces the Community of Scholars™ (COS) as UK researchers’ primary database to search for funding opportunities and may be accessed through the Proposal Development Office’s web site.

SPIN Hands-On Workshops – October 18 and November 13

The Proposal Development Office will offer hands-on workshops showing how to use the SPIN database resource and how to set up a customized profile to receive targeted funding announcements. Two dates are being offered for this workshop:

October 18 – 9-10:30 am – Room 625 in the College of Nursing Building
November 13 – 3-4:30 pm – Room B108a in the William T. Young Library

Space is limited and registration is required. To register for one of these dates, click here or call the Proposal Development Office at 859-257-2861.

Writing Data Management Plans: New Online Resource

A number of external funding agencies require researchers to include detailed plans in their grant applications to manage research data, called Data Management Plans. UK cooperates with the University of California’s California Digital Library to provide UK access to DMPTool, an easy-to-use resource which guides users through the process of creating data management plans for specific funding agencies, including the various directorates within the National Science Foundation. DMPTool offers step-by-step instructions laid out in accordance with specific sponsor requirements and/or templates.

UK users can access it using their UK log-in credentials at https://dmp.cdlib.org/. The DMPTool currently supports the following agencies with formal requirements for plans to manage research data: the Institute of Museum and Library Services, National Endowment for the Humanities, National Institutes of Health, and the National Science Foundation.

Please visit the PDO Facilities Description Library on the Proposal Development Office website to view other useful resource narratives available to assist in drafting data and resource sharing plans.

September 20, 2012

Limited Submissions

  • NIDCR Institutional Career Development Award for Enhancing Research Capacity in Temporomandibular Joint Disorders and Orofacial Pain – September 27

To view these and other limited submission competitions, visit the Proposal Development Office site.

Support Grants Deadlines

A number of internal support grants, funded through the Office of the Vice President for Research, have upcoming deadlines:

Other programs have no fixed receipt dates. For more information, see the Research Support Guide.

September 18, 2012

Limited Submissions

  • Microsoft Research Faculty Fellowship Program – September 27
  • NSF – Graduating 10,000 New Engineers and Computer Scientists – Graduate 10K+ (STEP 11-550) – October 8

To view these and other limited submission competitions, visit the Proposal Development Office site.

"Inside NSF – Funding Advice from a Rotation Program Director" - September 25
NSF has funding for numerous disciplines. Don’t miss an opportunity to learn about them and to attend a networking reception and presentation by Dr. Martha Peterson, UK Professor in the College of Medicine, currently serving as NSF Program Director of the Genetic Mechanisms Cluster, Division of Molecular and Cellular Bioscience. Her session will cover the types of programs and areas supported, the review process, funding trends, new programs on the horizon, and elements of competitive proposals. Registration deadline - Wednesday, September 19. Click here to register.

Presentation 2–3:30 pm, W.T. Young Library Auditorium
Networking Reception 3:30–4:30 pm, W.T. Young Library Gallery

"Pizza and Pilots" - September 24
Biostatistics, Epidemiology and Research Design (BERD) invites you to a pizza lunch conversation sponsored by the Center for Clinical And Translational Science from noon to 2 pm about study design, proposal development, and all things biostatistics and epidemiology. This is the first of a series of three meetings, with additional lunches on October 29 and November 26. Please rsvp to Catherine Starnes by September 21.

“Export Controls and Other Security Concerns” Teleconference - October 11
The Office of Sponsored Projects Administration is sponsoring a teleconference presented by the National Council of University Research Administrators titled “Export Controls and Other Security Concerns.” The presentation will be shown on Thursday, October 11, in Room 102 Mining and Minerals Building from 8:30 am to noon. Please email Sean Scott to register. You must register if you want to receive the presentation materials.

Presentation Description
This program will cover export controls and national security concerns applicable to research at those universities that may not have a skilled or dedicated export control officer or export control compliance office. The session will address export control issues and their applicability in the everyday life of the pre-award research administrator (proposal review, award negotiations), department administrator (field research trips, foreign travel, shipments), and faculty members (conferences, meetings, sharing of data/etc). The session will also include a discussion of other national security issues (e.g., security plans, access to classified information) that may arise in contract negotiations. How to “start from the very basics” in building an internal export control management plan, training, etc. will be included. The Obama Administration’s new export control reform initiatives and their affect on universities will be discussed. This session will not review the licensing process, as its focus will be to provide an overview of how export control and national security regulations apply to academic institutions.

New Program: UK Information Technology Support Grants - October 15
This internal grant program is designed to enhance UK's research enterprise by assisting investigators in accelerating their research programs related to learning and information technology. With the availability of high-speed analytics, real-time computation can be performed while learners interact with learning systems over the internet. In the past decade, the educational technology sector has produced several examples of adaptive learning environments that match learning concepts to the learner’s skill levels and needs. This program is to encourage the application of cognitive and non-cognitive models for individualized learning using current adaptive learning methods or tools. Prior research on adaptive learning has shown that individual differences in learner cognitive abilities (e.g., working memory, reasoning, visualization and verbal skills) and non-cognitive factors (e.g., confidence, motivation, effort, self-efficacy, need for sensation, cognitive reflection) can both influence learning. A program goal is to support faculty developing methods for measurably and sustainably improving instructional delivery and learning outcomes for UK undergraduate courses in all content areas.

The program will support the following:

  • Development of a working prototype of an adaptive learning object (software and systems which facilitate learning via personalized instruction)
  • Research that explores how cognitive and/or non-cognitive factors affect learning with instructional technologies or adaptive learning components
  • Customization of an existing online learning tool or platform to further enhance personalized instruction

Awards will generally be from $5,000 to $20,000 per year, and costs should be commensurate with the proposed work. Awards will be for one to three years only from the date of award. No more than one application per faculty member will be funded in a three-year period. A goal for this program is to assist new investigators in developing an independent research program. Investigators who have significant amounts of research funding or start-up funds may be less competitive for these grants. UK IT can provide the high-speed, real-time analytic platform, existing data resources and data design and data collection and data integration services.

Deadlines:

  • October 15, 2012 (for funding to begin December 1, 2012)
  • January 31, 2013 (for funding to begin March 29, 2013)

For more information, visit http://www.uky.edu/ukit/content/grant-application.

September 12, 2012

Limited Submission

September 12, 2012

New UK Funding Opportunity Database: InfoEd’s SPIN

University of Kentucky researchers now have access to InfoEd Global’s Sponsored Projects Information Network (SPIN), a database of more than 40,000 research funding opportunities. SPIN connects UK researchers to over 10,000 funding sponsors and provides a comprehensive view of research grants, fellowships and other funding opportunities. The database also features a highly customizable system for saving and bookmarking searches and for automating notifications of opportunity updates. SPIN replaces the Community of Scholars™ (COS) as UK researchers’ primary database to search for funding opportunities and may be accessed through the Proposal Development Office’s website.

SPIN Hands-On Workshop – September 19

The Proposal Development Office will offer the first in a series of hands-on workshops on using the SPIN database resource, with instructions on how to set up a customized profile to receive targeted funding announcements. The workshop will be held in Room B108a of the William T. Young Library on Wednesday, September 19, from 10:00-11:30 am. Space is limited and registration is required. To register, click here or contact the Proposal Development Office at 859-257-2861.

"Personalized Medicine Approaches to the Treatment of Alcohol Addiction" - September 20

Join us September 20 for the Clinical Research Update, held in conjunction with the College of Pharmacy Symposium on Drug Discovery and Development. Register by clicking here. THe deadline to register for lunch is Friday, September 14. Lunch will be served at noon, with the presentation following, from 1:30-2:30, in the BioPharm Complex, Room 152.

Research Participant Self-Referral Database
The Center for Clinical and Translations Science (CCTS) is pleased to announce its Research Participant Self-Referral Database. The website is located on the CCTS homepage; you can also view it by clicking here.

The Research Participant Self-Referral Database is for individuals interested in participating in clinical research studies. This is a secure tool that matches self-referred potential participants to eligible researchers and their studies at UK. The database utilizes safeguards to limit access to participant’s information. Contact information is kept confidential and used solely to inform participants about clinical research studies conducted at the University of Kentucky.

Upon request CCTS will provide investigators with the names of self-referred participants who have requested to be referred to their research studies. Please see the "What is the Clinical Research Self-referral Database?" and "Privacy Agreement" for more information. CCTS has a general agreement form that will need to be signed by the investigator of an IRB-approved study in order to proceed. Contact CCTS Research Participant/Marketing unit about this general agreement by emailing Roxanne Poskin.

September 5, 2012

Support Grants Deadlines

A number of internal support grants, funded through the Office of the Vice President for Research, have upcoming deadlines:

Other programs have no fixed receipt dates. For more information, see the Research Support Guide.

Notice of NIH Special Council Review of Research Applications from PDs/PIs with More than $1 Million Direct Costs in Annual NIH Support

The NIH announces a new Special Council Review policy to help NIH effectively manage resources. The policy will require NIH Institute and Center Advisory Councils to perform additional review of grant and cooperative agreement applications from Program Director(s)/Principal Investigator(s) who receive $1 million per year in direct costs from active NIH awards. This policy does not represent a cap on NIH funding. For more information, visit NIH Notice NOT-OD-12-140.

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Updated 9.26.12 by Karin Pekarchik

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