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November 2005

EHS Center Pilot Project Grants Available
Posted: Thursday, November 17, 2005

Since its inception in1995, the NIH-funded Environmental Health Sciences Center for Molecular and Cellular Toxicology with Human Applications at Wayne State University has promoted toxicology/environmental health science research with an emphasis on application to humans/human populations. The...

OHRP Issues Guidance to IRB for Review of Trial Websites
Posted: Thursday, November 17, 2005

As technology increases the World Wide Web has become a potential way to recruit participants. Although websites use a different medium than traditional print or broadcast advertisements to recruit participants, the requirements remain the same. When information posted on a clinical trial website...

Faculty Spotlight: Noreen Rossi
Posted: Thursday, November 17, 2005

Wayne State University’s School of Medicine faculty member, Noreen F. Rossi, MD, has been awarded $1,653,829 for a research grant titled, “Neural Control of Na Balance in Hypertension: Exercise,” from the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute of the National Institutes of Health. This...

Update on the Association for Assessment and Accreditation of Laboratory Animal Care (AAALAC) Site Visit
Posted: Thursday, November 17, 2005

The Division of Laboratory Animal Resources and the Animal Investigation Committee would like to thank all the principal investigators and their staff who participated in the AAALAC International (Association for Assessment and Accreditation of Laboratory Animal Care) site inspection on October...

Internal Deadline: NSF Science, Technology, Engineering, & Mathematics Talent Expansion Program (STEP)
Posted: Thursday, November 17, 2005

The National Science Foundation (NSF) has recently released aprogram to which Wayne State University is allowed only a limited number of submissions. To that end, the Office of the Vice President for Research is requesting that faculty members interested in either of the following programs submit...

Private Sector Funding: November 2005
Posted: Thursday, November 17, 2005

If you are interested in these or any other private funding opportunities, please contact Jim Dauer at 577-6468 or jdauer@wayne.edu. The Office of Corporate and Foundation Relations (CFR) can assist you with private funding prospect identification, proposal development including grant writing...

Federal Funding Opportunities: November 2005
Posted: Thursday, November 17, 2005

As well as federal funding opportunities, included in this section are programs with internal deadlines and programs from volunteer health agencies. For more information and/or application materials for these programs, please contact Julie O'Connor, Office of the Vice President for Research at...

Wayne State University Internal Opportunities: November 2005
Posted: Thursday, November 17, 2005

Research Enhancement Program in Nanotechnology Deadline for Letters of Intent: December 1, 2005 Award: Between three (3) and ten (10) awards are expected to be made, with a minimum award level of $100,000. WSU's Research Enhancement Program is designed to strengthen the University’s...

Pay Certification Reports Due
Posted: Thursday, November 17, 2005

The Sponsored Program Administration Office (SPA) will be distributing the Pay Certification reports for the period of October 2004 through March 2005 at two upcoming meetings for departmental and college administrators. These meetings are being held to discuss these reports and to answer any...