NEWS, EVENTS, and DEADLINES

May 8, 2024

New Opportunities

NJ ACTS Pilot Program 2024

The 2024 pilot program is designed to propel clinical and translational science initiatives throughout NJ ACTS, engaging our academic alliance partners (Rutgers, Princeton, and New Jersey Institute of Technology) and our health system partner, RWJ Barnabas Health.

Our initiative seeks to furnish initial resources aimed at nurturing programs that can then vie competitively for expanded extramural support.

Total funding support may not exceed $40,000 for 6-9 months.

Key Pilot Program Dates

Pre-submission Webinar: May 13, 2024 from 3:00-4:30 pm.

To register for the webinar: https://rutgers.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJErd-2qqDgrHNzL3Y08PlbX-1VoxS635RqF

Letter of Intent Deadline: May 17, 2024 (required)(by 5:00 EST).

Link to LOI form: https://redcap.rwjms.rutgers.edu/surveys/?s=N3FHW8AJ43D7KPJL

Application Deadline: June 14, 2024 (required by 5:00 pm EST).
Award Notification: Summer, 2024.
Earliest Start Date: Dependent on regulatory approvals and NIH/NCATS approval.

Learning Health System

Scholars Training Program

Learning Health System Scientist Training and Research in New Jersey (LHS STAR NJ)

2024 Request for Applications

The LHS STAR NJ program is excited to announce the launch of its Learning HealthSystem (LHS) Scholars Training Program, which aims to cultivate anew generation of leaders in LHS Science.The program provides comprehensive LHS education, training, mentorship, and career development opportunities for scholars and researchers, a s well a s health system, insurer, and government personnel. Salary support funding is also available contingent on eligibility.

Visit the Website and Apply Here

KEY DATES

Applications Open: April 19, 2024

Interviews, Notification of Awards, and Start Date are all on a Rolling Basis

Rutgers Health

Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, and Advocacy

IDEA Grants 2024

RH-IDEA innovation grants support action-oriented projects that promote an inclusive, diverse, and cohesive culture at Rutgers Health.

Read more about the RH-IDEA grant program.

Apply Here by May 24th

Upcoming NJ ACTS, Rutgers, Princeton and NJIT Events

Calling all clinical research trailblazers! We are celebrating Clinical Trials Day, a national day promoted by the Association of Clinical Research Professions since 2014, to recognize the work of clinical research professionals.

Stop by one of the tabling events on either the New Brunswick or Newark campuses which will showcase our key accomplishments. Connect with colleagues from across Rutgers Health as you learn more about the innovative research happening in our community and about resources available to our researchers. You’ll also find games, giveaways and more!

If you have a current clinical trial you would like to promote, an accomplishment to highlight or a resource or service to share with researchers, please contact us. To be a part of the New Brunswick event, please contact: Therese Pagulayan and for Newark, please reach out to Yanille Taveras.

Scan the QR code for more information on Clinical Trials Day

NJ ACTS Workforce Development Core

NIH Grant Writing Bootcamp

Participants will learn about preparing for NIH career (K) and research (R) grant submissions.

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Rutgers Office of Research

Human Research Protections Program

Reliance Workshop

The session will focus on understanding the IRB Reliance Mechanisms. Researchers, faculty and students are invited to learn more about our streamlined reliance processes for Single IRB (sIRB) and Administrative Review submissions to the IRB.

NSF I-Corps Hub Northeast Region

Propelus I-Corps is a program that helps researchers explore the customer perspective to inform how a discovery or innovation can become the basis of a successful startup or venture.

Propelus I-Corps at NJIT

Four-session program

June 3, 5, 12 & 26

6 pm - 9 pm

Virtual

Apply by May 17

Novus at Rutgers Health

Find out what impact your research or innovation could have in solving real-world problems by attending the Novus I-Corps program, a half-day introduction to I-Corps followed by optional self-paced coursework.

June 4

9 am - 1 pm

Rutgers-Health, Medical Sciences Building, B619 Newark, NJ

Propelus I-Co rps Summer 2024

Four-session program

July 15, 18, 25, & August 8

12 pm - 3:30 pm

Virtual

Apply by June 17

Rutgers Health Faculty Development Symposium

How to Succeed in Academia Despite Hurdles

June 13, 2024

11 am - 1 pm

Lessons Learned from a

Long Career in Academia

Darrell Kirch, MD

President Emeritus

Association of American Medical Colleges

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Keys to Success in

Medicine and Life

Luanne Thorndyke, MD

Affiliate Professor of Medicine

University of Massachusetts

New Jersey/Princeton AI Hub

The New Jersey Economic Development Authority (NJEDA) and Princeton have issued a request for information (RFI) to be applied in developing an Artificial Intelligence (AI) Hub, based at the University, to promote and integrate AI applications.

The RFI seeks to collect input around best practices and operational insights and to learn from companies and other parties about their interest in engaging with the hub. Feedback received will help NJEDA and University leaders better understand the scope and characteristics of the hub, with a particular focus on opportunities for collaboration with the private sector. Read the full story (by Daniel Day for Princeton Research/CEFR).

Extensive information and instructions on replying to the RFI are on the NJEDA website. Responses are due by May 31.

NJ ACTS in the News

Five Rutgers Professors Named Fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science

NJ ACTS would like to congratulate the Rutgers faculty elected to the newest class of fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. The five faculty members are working to address critical questions to improve public health, advancing our understanding of genetic-based disease and working on discoveries that could lead to new drugs to treat conditions like ischemic stroke, traumatic brain injury or spinal cord injury. They are: Gary Aston-Jones, Maureen Barr, M. Maral Mouradian, Christopher Rongo and Kathleen Scotto. Read the full article.

Dr. Mouradian is a member of the NJ ACTS Academy of Mentors and Dr. Scotto is the Co-Lead for the TL1 Fellows Program.

CTSA News and Events

NCATS, NIH, and Federal News and Events

CTSA+ Community of Practice (CoP)

Community of Practice Mission: To connect individuals within the CTSA and the wider community to discuss evidence-based mentorship education, mentorship policies and practices, and assessment strategies.

Agenda

Overview of the CTSA-led Community of Practice to Advance a Culture of Mentorship
Introduction to the topic
Small group sharing
Large group report out and link to resources

Collaboration Webinars from the

Trial Innovation Network

Hear from CTSA TIN experts on various trial-related topics to improve your project.

Equipping researchers to overcome recruitment challenges: An institution’s programmatic response to the voice of its research community:

How the recruitment program of Oregon Clinical and Translational Research Institute focused its programmatic development in response to the researcher’s voice. How they engaged the research community through surveys, interviews, and ongoing interaction with the research team community to identify the experiences, challenges, needs and culture of recruitment at the institution.

May 15, 2024

12 pm

Weeding Out the Bad from the Good: Strategies for Researchers Preventing and Identifying Invalid Online Survey Responses :

With the explosion of AI and machine language learning & modeling in the last few years, online surveys are seeing an increase in invalid, fraudulent, and/or bot responses mixed in with valid human responses. This session provides an overview of identifying and preventing invalid survey responses.

June 3, 2024