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Tuesday, December 18
12:00 PM - 1:30PM
Palmer Commons,
Great Lakes Room
Tuesday, December 18
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Ford Auditorium,
University Hospital
Monday, January 21
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM
Dow Auditorium at Towsley Center, University Hospital
Refreshments provided!
January 8 - February
25
BSRB, Room 2515
Friday, March 15
8:00 AM - 3:30 PM
Riverfront Banquet Center, Flint MI
Abstracts Due: January 9
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RESEARCH NEWS
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QUICKLINKS
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Training & Professional Development
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Select Research Funding &
Award Opportunities
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Award
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Deadline
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Monday,
December 31
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Thursday,
January 3, 2019
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Thursday,
January 3, 2019
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Thursday,
January 3, 2019
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Monday,
January 14, 2019
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Monday,
January 14, 2019
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Monday,
January 14, 2019
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Thursday,
February 14, 2019
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External Limited Submissions
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Award
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Deadline
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Monday,
January 7, 2019
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Wednesday,
January 16, 2019
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Other Opportunities
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Award
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Deadline
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Friday,
January 4, 2019
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Monday,
February 4, 2019
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Tuesday,
February 5, 2019
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Monday,
February 18, 2019
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Featured Foundation Grants
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Award
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Amount
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Deadline
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$250K
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Tuesday,
January 8,
2019
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$590K
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Wednesday,
January 9,
2019
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$225K
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Tuesday,
January 15,
2019
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$450K+
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Friday,
February 1,
2019
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$157.5K
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Friday,
February 1,
2019
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$500K
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Wednesday,
February 6,
2019
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2.5M
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Friday,
February 15,
2019
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$500K
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Thursday,
February 28,
2019
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$250M
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Friday,
March 1,
2019
(Pre-Proposal)
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1.25M
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Friday,
March 1,
2019
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$60K
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Friday,
March 8
2019
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$231K
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Friday,
March 15,
2019
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The Michigan Medicine Corporate and Foundation Relations team can assist in the funding process, including providing direct communication with the funding entity to obtain guidance on project appeal/applicability to the funder, providing examples of previously funded U-M proposals, and answering general faculty questions. For a wide range of Foundation and Corporate funding opportunities, please visit their
Funding Portal.
Questions about these foundation grants should be directed to Joe Piffaretti by
email
or by phone at 734-763-1318.
Reminder: A faculty member's research administrator will serve as the liaison on all aspects of the internal application process. If you are unsure of whom to talk to, your department contact can be found here. If you pursue any grant opportunity featured in this edition of Research News, please contact your research administrator first to formulate a submission plan and timeline.
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Medical School Office of Research Releases 2018 Annual Report
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Central campus recently announced that once again the University of Michigan is the #1 public university in research spending in the United States in 2018, at $1.55 billion. And the Medical School was responsible for nearly half of those research expenditures. The UMMS Office of Research has released a first-ever Medical School Research Annual Report highlighting this milestone, and other metrics for 2018.
"As we embark on 2019 and the limitless possibilities it holds, our continued success is interdependent on the tremendous depth and breadth of the scientific interests and the curiosity and talents of our research community," notes Steve Kunkel, Ph.D., Senior Associate Dean for Research and Interim Chief Scientific Officer. "Thank you for your efforts in 2018, as we all work to pursue discoveries that advance science and improve health for people not just in Michigan, but across the United States and around the world."
Questions about the 2018 Medical School Research Annual Report? Contact [email protected].
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Dr. Thomas Wilson Named DNA Sequencing Core Faculty Director
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Dr. Wilson brings a unique blend of expertise in research, clinical knowledge, leadership, and scholarship to the position. Throughout his more than 30-year career, he has concentrated on genetics and its practical applications. Dr. Wilson is active in clinical and other service, research, and teaching in multiple areas related to DNA sequencing. His primary research focus has been on genome instability and its causes, with a secondary focus on transcription biology.
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Medical School Office of Research Holiday Hours
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Several units in the
Medical School Office of Research will be closed or operating at limited capacity during the upcoming holiday season. View the
full list of operating schedules and plans for service areas within the Medical School Office of Research.
To ensure that your research needs are met quickly and efficiently before the end of the calendar year, please review and share
these schedules with your team, plan ahead, and act early.
University Season Days begin on Tuesday, December 25, 2018 and end on Tuesday, January 1, 2019. Unless otherwise noted
here, offices will close at the end of business on Monday, December 24 and reopen on the morning of Wednesday,
January 2.
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Office of Research & Sponsored Programs Holiday Hours
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Apply for the U-M Coulter Program
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Have a great medical innovation that could improve patient care? The U-M Coulter Translational Research Partnership Program (Coulter Program) is pleased to announce the 2019 call for proposals.
The Coulter Program funds collaborative translational research projects between Engineering and Clinical faculty co-investigators. The goal of the program is to accelerate development and commercialization of new medical devices, diagnostics, and other medical product concepts that address unmet clinical needs and lead to improvements in healthcare. Projects are actively supported and mentored by Coulter Program Management and a team of industry-experienced experts who proactively work to accelerate Coulter Program objectives. Coulter Program objectives and metrics for success involve developing new product concepts to the point of partnering with industry or forming start-up companies with follow-on investor funding to commercialize new products envisioned from translational research efforts.
The deadline for proposal submission is February 4, 2019.
Coulter funding does not require a departmental funding match.
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Applications are being accepted for both the Bioethics Postdoctoral Research Fellow and Decision Sciences Postdoctoral Research Fellow positions.
Evaluation of candidates will begin on January 11, 2019, and will be evaluated on a rolling basis until January 31, 2019.
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Positions Available at UM-Based Global Health Non-Profit,
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Blueprints For Pangaea is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization, and is seeking individuals who are passionate about the intersection of science, technology, and global health. Successful candidates aspire to evoke positive worldly change while trimming business overhead inefficiencies.
Blueprints For Pangaea is an opportunity to gain experience in the nonprofit sector while maximizing your personal social impact and accelerating your professional development. Team members have opportunities to be involved in projects ranging from marketing and accounting to operations and international relations.
An informational meeting will be held on January 16, and the applications are due on Wednesday, January 23, 2019.
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LHS Synergies: Spotlight on Learning Communities and Learning Health Systems
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Attend the next LHS Seminar Series event featuring four talks focusing on the formation of Learning Communities as a key differentiator of Learning Health Systems.
Speakers will be sharing their experiences with learning communities representing LHS work in the following areas: Michigan Medicine Gastroenterology, Michigan Medicine Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Livingston and Washtenaw County Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest, and U-M School of Dentistry. Following the presentations, there will be a facilitated Q&A with panel members.
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K Awardees: Fulfill RCR Requirement With MICHR Course
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Scholars may attend MICHR RCR4K sessions to fulfill some or all of the NIH training requirement. Participants should register only for the sessions they wish to attend; registration closes one month before each session. Once registration is full, interested K awardees may still register and will be put on a waiting list.
Sessions run from Tuesday, January 8 through Monday, February 25. All sessions will be held in the Biomedical Science Research Building.
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Write Winning NIH R01 Grant Proposals
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This highly-rated workshop is an annual event for R01 Boot Camp participants, and will be open again this year to any faculty member. The $329 fee includes the workshop manual (GWSW's Grant Application Writer's Workbook by Stephen Russell and David Morrison), session materials, breakfast, and lunch. Registration and breakfast will begin and 7:30 AM.
Cost: $329
Registration ends on Monday, January 28. Register today!
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Central Biorepository Offers New Regulatory Guidance on Setting Up a Biobank
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Interested in creating a new biorepository within the Central Biorepository? The team has announced new regulatory guidance for researchers at the University of Michigan. Read the new guidance here.
The Central Biorepository serves as a central storage facility, point-of-research access, and administrative hub for research using biospecimens and data associated with or derived from them. The repository is populated through partnerships with investigators, departments, centers, and institutes that are looking to create a resource for their own use, as well as sharing biomaterials and developing collaborative opportunities within the research enterprise at University of Michigan and beyond.
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Help Enhance a Culture of Safety in the U-M Research Community
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Enter for a chance to win one of five Amazon $50 Gift Cards!
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As part of the U-M research community, you are keenly aware of how important reliable data is in determining the use and allocation of resources. In that spirit, the department of
Environment, Health & Safety (EHS) invites you to participate in their data collection on behalf of the University's
Research Smart Initiative.
Your opinions matter. Your participation in this second safety culture survey will help with strategic planning for research safety and enable EHS to develop programs, monitor progress, and support the needs of the U-M research community.
The short survey should take ~10 minutes to complete. You will also have an opportunity to be entered in a drawing to win one of five $50 Amazon.com gift cards as a thank you for sharing your honest and thoughtful opinions, and for contributing to the Research Smart Initiative.
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15 U-M Faculty Members Named Distinguished Fellows of AAAS
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This year, 416 members have been awarded this honor by AAAS because of their scientifically or socially distinguished efforts to advance science or its applications.
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Available Data Services for Research, Updates to Privacy & Security at the Data Office
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The Data Office team works tirelessly to provide high-quality data to answer important questions, and truly finds it a privilege to play a role in the cutting-edge science led by our institution's investigators. Check out the available data services for research, the latest updates to privacy and security, self-serve tools, and more.
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