There are only a couple spots left in the next FFMI fastPACE cohort! Don't miss your chance to participate in this project-based, experiential course designed to help academics launch new innovations, including medical devices/diagnostics, digital solutions, drugs, educational/training interventions, research tools, and many others.

The multi-week course matches innovators with expert teaching team members for guidance on the development of a business case for adoption, implementation, or commercialization.

Graduates of the course have gone on to use their business case to forge new development partnerships, secure funding, and extend their network of support.

Registration is now available for the fall 2022 cohort, to be held virtually, beginning Friday, October 7.

Questions? Email Jon Servoss, FFMI Director of Commercialization Education.

Made possible by the Michigan Economic Development Corporation, U-M Innovation Partnerships, and U-M Fast Forward Medical Innovation, the Michigan Translational Research and Commercialization (MTRAC) for Life Sciences Innovation Hub is a statewide program supporting translational research projects in life sciences with high commercial potential, with the ultimate goal of positively impacting human health.

Innovators from Michigan's institutions of higher education, non-profit research centers, and hospital systems are eligible to submit projects for funding consideration. The MTRAC for Life Sciences Innovation Hub has awarded millions of dollars in funding over the past six years. CLICK HERE to see our Project Awards.

Join the Grant Services & Analysis Research Development team for a virtual Lunch & Learn offering an overview of the NIH Loan Repayment Programs (LRPs). LRPs are designed to help recruit and retain highly qualified health professionals into biomedical or biobehavioral research careers. Offering guidance on navigating the LRPs and writing a successful application, LRP Ambassadors (former and current LRP awardees) will comprise the panel of presenters.

The 2022 application cycle for LRP awards opened Thursday, September 1, and closes on Thursday, November 17.

Study team members from any U-M department (all campuses), who work on health or medicine-related research; or employees of offices that support researchers across departments can apply to serve a one-year term on the Study Team Workforce Development Working Group (The Working Group) to share knowledge, experience, and skills related to study team training and education at the University of Michigan. The group is organized by the Michigan Institute for Clinical & Health Research (MICHR). Members of The Working Group should support a competency-based approach to education and training.

Questions? Contact Nicole Exe.

The e-HAIL program is a joint effort with sponsorship from the College of Engineering and the Medical School that focuses on collaboration, grant development, and infrastructure to support a multi-disciplinary approach to innovations in e-health and artificial intelligence.

Please join e-HAIL for the first annual e-HAIL Symposium, Artificial Intelligence and Health. Accelerating interdisciplinary research collaborations through opportunities for engagement is a major focus of the e-HAIL program in its early development. The symposium seeks to connect U-M researchers in engineering and health-related fields interested in developing innovations in AI inspired by critical problems in health.

Join the Eisenberg Family Depression Center for the inaugural Psych Tank Funding Competition, an opportunity for U-M researchers to compete for funding to rapidly investigate innovative ideas in depression and bipolar disorder research.

The live idea-pitch event features six interdisciplinary research teams from across U-M’s colleges, centers, and institutes as they present novel research ideas in front of a panel of judges and a live audience for a chance at funding of up to $150,000.

This webinar will provide background and context regarding the changing research data landscape and the value of data sharing, build awareness of the Research Data Stewardship Initiative, and provide resources related to research data management and sharing for the U-M research community.

The Research Data Stewardship Initiative Fall 2022 seminar series provides an opportunity for members of the research community to hear from faculty experts across a range of disciplines at U-M on research data sharing practices, the value of data stewardship, and best practices for how to structure research programs or scholarship with these issues in mind.

Join the LHS Collaboratory for an in-person poster session, "A Celebration of Learning Health Systems at Michigan." The buffet luncheon event will feature 28 posters describing LHS projects at Michigan Medicine and across the campus.

The Medical School Office of Research welcomes back John Robertson, Ph.D., of Grant Writers' Seminars & Workshops, who will be presenting "Write Winning NIH R01 Grant Proposals." This widely acclaimed seminar comprehensively addresses both practical and conceptual aspects that are important to the proposal-writing process. Emphasis is given to such things as idea development, identification of the most appropriate granting agency, how to write for reviewers, and tips and strategies that are of proven value in presenting an applicant's case to reviewers.

This full-day workshop is an annual event for R01 Boot Camp participants and will be open again this year to U-M faculty members, postdoctoral researchers, and administrative staff interested in brushing up on NIH grant writing skills. The $359 workshop fee includes a hard copy of The Grant Application Writer's Workbook, as well as session materials, a light breakfast, and lunch. Questions? Contact Gina Stouffer at gfinnerm@umich.edu.

LHS Collaboratory welcomes Alex John London, Ph.D., Professor of Ethics and Philosophy, Director of the Center for Ethics and Policy at Carnegie Mellon University, and Melissa McCradden, Ph.D., M.H.Sc., Director of AI in Medicine, The Hospital for Sick Children, for a discussion about why explainability is not the solution to structural challenges to AI in medicine, and about the inextricability of explainability from ethics: "explainable AI does not ethical AI make".

Asahi Kasei Pharma is calling for new proposals for its Open Innovation program to promote pharmaceutical R&D through enhanced cooperation with universities, research institutes, and enterprises around the world.

Proposals are solicited concerning new drug seeds (drug target and drug candidate) and technologies in the therapeutic fields of autoimmune disease, renal disease, neurodegenerative disease, bone disease, and drug discovery platform technology. Submissions will be assessed for their potential for collaborative research.

For more information, please contact Debra Grega, FFMI Business Development Director, or visit the Asahi Kasei website. If there is interest, Debra can arrange a discussion with Asahi Kasei.

The National Institutes of Health (NIH) has a new Data Management & Sharing Policy which goes into effect in January. All NIH-supported research that produces scientific data is required to have a Data Management and Sharing Plan, to be submitted with grant applications on or after Wednesday, January 25, 2023. If you work with NIH to fund your research, or you work with researchers who receive NIH funding, it is recommended that you take some time to learn about the new policy.

Questions? Email the Taubman Health Sciences Library.

To better navigate the complexities of the U-M biomedical research enterprise, visit the Research Project Lifecycle. This interactive tool provides an overview of the resources available to you, not only within the Medical School Office of Research but also across the University of Michigan.