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October 2005

Federal Funding Opportunities: October 2005
Posted: Tuesday, October 18, 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...

HIC Announces an Additional Training Module
Posted: Tuesday, October 18, 2005

Since October 1, 2000 the Public Health Service has required specific training on the protection of human research participants for all investigators and key personnel listed on grant applications and contract proposal for either new or non-competing awards for research involving human...

SPA to Participate in NCURA Web-Based Workshop
Posted: Tuesday, October 18, 2005

SPA is pleased to announce that it will be participating in a web-based workshop sponsored by the National Council of University Research Administrators (NCURA), entitled, What Am I Signing Anyway? Friday, December 2, 2005 12:30 PM - 2:00 PM Eastern Location: 5057 Woodward Ave., Room...

The Fly America Act: How It Impacts Your Travel Plans
Posted: Tuesday, October 18, 2005

The National Institutes of Health (NIH) and other federal agencies have a regulation based on federal policy 49 U.S.C. 40118, “Fly America Act”, which requires that all travel funded by United States Government utilize a U.S. domestic air carrier. This regulation is especially relevant for...

Private Sector Funding: October 2005
Posted: Tuesday, October 18, 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...

Wayne State University Internal Opportunities
Posted: Tuesday, October 18, 2005

Research Enhancement Program in Nanotechnology The fourth year of funding is announced for the Research Enhancement Program. This program is designed to strengthen the University’s performance as a nationally recognized research university, as described in the Strategic Action Plan. President...

Meetings and Seminars for Wayne State University Researchers
Posted: Tuesday, October 18, 2005

Fostering Inter-University Research Partnerships: Redevelopment, Food Systems, and Youth in Detroit October 18, 2005 Wayne County Extension Office 640 Temple St., 6th floor Detroit, Michigan Wayne State University, together with the University of Michigan and Michigan State University...

AIC Now in New Offices
Posted: Tuesday, October 18, 2005

The AIC Office has moved from the Lande Medical Research Building into its new location at 101 E. Alexandrine on the NW corner of John R and E. Alexandrine. AIC telephone and fax numbers remain the same. The Animal Investigation Committee and Human Investigation Committee Offices occupy the...

AIC Issues Reminder on Pharmaceutical-Grade Compounds in Animal Research
Posted: Tuesday, October 18, 2005

The Animal Investigation Committee (AIC) wishes to remind faculty of the following policy in the Animal Care Resource Guide: “Investigators are expected to use pharmaceutical-grade medications whenever they are available, even in acute procedures. Non-pharmaceutical-grade chemical compounds...

NIH Announces Initial Plans to Transition to the SF424(R&R) Application and Electronic Submission through Grants.gov
Posted: Tuesday, October 18, 2005

The National Institutes of Health (NIH) have issued a notice outlining the agency's intent to transition to an electronic submission system. Available at the URL, http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/notice-files/NOT-OD-05-067.html, the official notice announces NIH's initial plans to: 1)...

Wayne State Awards Faculty Nearly $1 Million for Nanoscience Research
Posted: Tuesday, October 18, 2005

Vice President for Research John P. Oliver recently announced the awardees from a research program earmarked by Wayne State University. Awards totaling nearly $1 million will enhance collaborative efforts in the nanosciences, providing faculty with seed funding with which to develop data for...

WSU Internal Deadline: High Performance Computing System Acquisition: Towards a Petascale Computing Environment for Science and Engineering
Posted: Wednesday, October 19, 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...