Announcements, events, funding opportunities and more news for the Mass General Research Institute community. |
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Funding Opportunities:
• NIHM Instrumentation Program
• COVID Funding Opportunities
• Limited Submission Funding Opportunities
• Foundation Funding Opportunities
Announcements:
• GraphPad Prism Software: Annual License Renewal and Signup
• LabArchives Summer Maintenance
• New Software Opportunity: ChemDraw
• Bio Render
• August ERIS Virtual Office Hours
• Nutrition Obesity Research Center at Harvard Mentoring for Inclusion and Diversity Award
• Two Meditation Sessions available every week
• 2022 Virtual Tumor Course
• Welcome and Recognition Celebration
• Design and Conduct of Clinical Trials
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NIMH Instrumentation Program
The NIMH Instrumentation Program (S10) encourages applications from NIH funded investigators that conduct mental health-related research to purchase or upgrade a single commercially available instrument or a group of components to create an instrument that is not commercially available.
If you are interested in applying for this grant, please fill out this NIMH S10 application form and return it to ecor@mgh.harvard.edu by Wednesday, September 7, 2022. We encourage applicants to continue working on their NIH application while ECOR reviews your internal LOI.
The NIH deadline for applications is October 7, 2022, so we would greatly appreciate your notification of interest as soon as possible.
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COVID Funding Opportunities
We have aggregated opportunities from federal and private funding sources including NIH, DoD, CDC, EPA, foundations, and more. The database defaults to sorting by award amount and can also be sorted by deadline or filtered by research focus.
Upcoming deadlines:
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Limited Submission Funding Opportunities
We ask that all MGH Investigators interested in applying for any limited submission award submit a Letter of Intent (see detailed instructions below) to the MGH Executive Committee on Research (ECOR) by the deadline indicated for each award to be considered to receive an institutional nomination.
CURRENT OPPORTUNITIES:
Cummings $30M Grant Program -- Funds a variety of local causes, especially those related to human services, healthcare and social justice.
Claude D. Pepper Older Americans Independence Centers -- Awards designed to develop or strengthen programs that focus on, and sustain progress in, a key area of aging research.
Modern Equipment for Shared-use Biomedical Research Facilities: Advancing Research Related Operations (R24 Clinical Trials Not Allowed) -- Invites qualified academic or research institutions to apply for funding to support the purchase of advanced equipment that will enhance and modernize research operations.
NEW! NICHD Global Network for Women’s and Children’s Health Research: Research Units (UG1 Clinical Trial Optional) The Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) invites U.S. institutions in partnership with research centers in low and middle-income countries to submit applications as Research Units (RUs) to participate in the Global Network for Women’s and Children’s Health Research.
NEW! NICHD Global Network for Women’s and Children’s Health Research: Data Coordinating Center (U24 Clinical Trial Optional) The Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) invites U.S. institutions to submit applications to participate in the Global Network for Women’s and Children’s Health Research’s Data Coordinating Center.
George M. O'Brien Kidney National Resource Centers (U54 -- Clinical Trial Not Allowed): Join a consortium that is leading a nation-wide effort to advance kidney research.
National Coordinating Center for the George M. O’Brien Kidney National Resource Centers (U24 – Clinical Trial Not Allowed) The National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK) invites applications for the George M. O’Brien Kidney Consortium --National Resource Centers (NRCs) to lead a nation-wide effort to advance kidney research.
Coordinating Center for the NICHD Population Dynamics Centers Research Infrastructure Program FY 2023 (R24 Clinical Trial Not Allowed) The purpose of this funding announcement is to support a coordinating center for the NICHD Population Dynamics Centers Research Infrastructure Program (PDRIP).
NEW! Postbaccalaureate Research Education Program (PREP) (R25 – Independent Clinical Trial Not Allowed) The NIH Research Education Program (R25) supports research education activities in the mission areas of the NIH. The overarching goal of this R25 program is to support educational activities that encourage individuals from diverse backgrounds, including those from groups underrepresented in the biomedical and behavioral sciences, to pursue further studies or careers in research.
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Foundation Funding Opportunities
Please contact Corporate & Foundation Relations in the Office of Development at devcfr@mgh.harvard.edu if you wish to submit a proposal in response to any of these opportunities. Note that proposals are still routed through the standard InfoEd/Research Management process.
CURRENT OPPORTUNITIES:
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Holloway Postdoctoral Research Fellowship, Association for Frontotemporal Degeneration (AFTD). $120,000. Application Deadline: 9/1/22
NEW! Profound Autism Pilot Grants, Autism Science Foundation (ASF). $35,000. Application Deadline: 9/16/22
Bleeding Disorder Basic Research Award, Bayer AG. $75,000. LOI Deadline: 11/30/22
Bleeding Disorder Clinical Research Award, Bayer AG. $75,000. LOI Deadline: 11/30/22
Hemophilia Clinical Fellowship Project Award, Bayer AG. $80,000. LOI Deadline: 11/30/22
Hemophilia Patient Engagement Award, Bayer AG. $25,000. LOI Deadline: 11/30/22
NEW! Multiple Research Grants, Foundation for Women's Cancer (FWC)/Society of Gynecologic Oncology. $150,000. Abstract Deadline: 9/6/22
Microbial Pathogenesis in Alzheimer's Disease, Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA). $250,000. Application Deadline: 10/30/22
Collaborative Pediatric Cancer Research Awards Program, Rally Foundation for Childhood Cancer Research. $200,000. LOI Deadline: 9/23/22
Charles H. Hood Foundation Child Health Research Awards Program, Health Resources in Action (HRiA)/The Medical Foundation. $200,000. Application Deadline: 10/5/22
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If you have a GraphPad Prism license through the Research Computing Core, it's time to renew. Annual licenses expire each year on August 31st, but the new license is available now! To prevent a break in service, request a software license through the ERIS Research Computing Core Service Catalog. The annual fee is $40/license. More information about Prism, and other software offerings are on the ERIS Research Computing Core site.
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LabArchives Summer Maintenance
The LabArchives servers in the US will be updated beginning 12 AM, Sunday, August 14th. It is estimated that this will last 3 hours during which none of the LabArchives services (ELN, Inventory, or Scheduler) will be available on the US server only. In-app messages will be posted for users so they can plan accordingly. All services will be available on the UK, EU, and Australian servers during those 3 hours.
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ChemDraw licenses are offered at a discounted rate through the ERIS Research Computing Core. ChemDraw is a powerful, yet easy-to use, tool for producing chemical and biological drawings. You can create your own drawings or use those provided in the library of available templates. This is a subscription service with an annual fee, which must be renewed each May 19th, to continue access. Once ordering you will receive an email with installation instructions (new users) or an activation code (renewals). Request through the ERIS Research Computing Core Service Catalog.
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licenses are available at a discounted rate through the Research Computing Core. BioRender is a web application that can be used to create scientific figures, diagrams, and illustrations from a scientifically accurate image library, all in a matter of minutes. Using a simple drag and drop model, BioRender will save you time, so you can focus more on the science and less on illustration. BioRender requires no installation and you may log into your account on any computer, to access the BioRender portal. For more information on BioRender, go to the Research Computing Core's software page or order now at rcservices.partners.org (MGB login required). All questions may be directed to rcc@partners.org
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Virtual ERIS Office Hours, Subject matter experts will be online to help you navigate RISC tools and services available to support research and innovation.
- August 22, 2022 2:00 pm to 3:00 pm
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Nutrition Obesity Research Center at Harvard Mentoring for Inclusion and Diversity Award
The Nutrition Obesity Research Center at Harvard is delighted to announce the 3rd annual NORCH Mentoring for Inclusion and Diversity Award which recognizes faculty member who has provided meaningful sustained mentorship to young URM investigators in the fields of nutrition, obesity, and metabolism. All young investigators who identify themselves as an Underrepresented Minority are eligible to nominate their mentor(s). The mentor(s) should have an academic appointment at Harvard Medical School, Harvard School of Public Health, or another Harvard institution.
The award will be announced on October 14, 2022 and will be presented at the P&F Symposium on October 20, 2022.
DEADLINE for nominations: September 16, 2022
Please provide nominations here.
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Two Meditation Sessions available every week
SESSION 1: Meditation Mondays with Dr. Darshan Mehta
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Every Monday, 8:00 – 8:30 am, Zoom, next session, Monday, August 15! Co-sponsored by the Center for Faculty Development’s Office for Well-Being and the MGPO Frigoletto Committee
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Join Darshan Mehta, MD, MPH, Director, Office for Well-Being for a guided meditation session on Monday morning.
SESSION 2: Midweek Meditation with Guest Leader
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Every Wednesday, 8:00 – 8:30 am, Zoom, next session, Wednesday, August 17! Sponsored by the Center for Faculty Development’s Office for Well-Being
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Join guest leader, Sara Lazar, PhD, Department of Psychiatry, for next Wednesday’s guided meditation session on August 17th!
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2022 Virtual Tumor Course
Monday, October 24, 2022 – Thursday, October 27, 2022
37TH CRITICAL ISSUES IN TUMOR MICROENVIRONMENT, ANGIOGENESIS, METASTASIS AND IMMUNOLOGY
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Welcome and Recognition Celebration
Wednesday, October 19, 2022, 6-8 pm
Location: MGH Bulfinch Tent (Outside Bulfinch Bldg.)
These awards are funded by ECOR, MGPO, and Equity and Community Health
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When: Tuesdays and Thursdays: September 01 – November 02, 2022 | 5:00 – 6:30pm
Where: Online at OpenCourses via BigBlueButton
Application Due: August 26, 2022 at 11:59 PM
The Division of Clinical Research Education Unit, in collaboration with the MGH Infectious Disease Unit, and the Department of Psychiatry, is offering an intensive course, Design and Conduct of Clinical Trials (DCCT), in the fall.
The course is ideally suited for clinical fellows starting their research years, junior faculty pursuing careers in clinical research, and physicians with an interest in becoming more actively involved in clinical research.
Enrollment is limited to facilitate interaction and individual attention. To ensure placement in the course, early application is recommended. All applications will be reviewed after the August 26th deadline.
To submit an application, please click here. *This site is not compatible with Internet Explorer; please use Chrome or Edge
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