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3rd Annual Office of Research Relay for Life Silent Auction
The office of research team, “Research for Life” will be having our third annual Silent Auction on Friday, March 2, 2007. Items we have thus far for the auction include an FSU football helmet signed by Bobby Bowden, Jimbo Fisher and Mickey Andrews, a Vera Bradley bag, food, jewelry, art, gift certificates and much, much more. We are always looking for new donations! If you are interested in donating an item to the auction, please contact Beth Hodges at bhodges@mailer.fsu.edu
We would also love for you to attend this event. It is great fun and 100% of the money raised goes to the American Cancer Society to fund research, education, awareness and service efforts. Here are the specifics:
Relay for Life Silent Auction
Friday, March 2, 2007
President’s Large Conference Room
2nd Floor, Westcott Building
1:00 – 4:00 p.m.
See you there!!
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Procedure Update for Lab Animals
Sponsored Research Services has updated the policies and procedures web page found at: http://www.research.fsu.edu/contractsgrants/policypro.html to include a new section providing information on research that involves vertebrate animals.
This update is in the "procedures" section at the bottom of the above referenced page. Of particular importance, the new section describes essential steps that principal investigators using animals must take in order to have their grant money released. The new section also details procedures for Animal Care and Use Committee approval of animal research projects; information on animal housing and space allocation; ordering animals; budgeting for animal research; use of controlled drugs; and information on the faculty (biomedical) advisory committee that helps to insure that the animal program is responsive to the needs of the research faculty while providing the highest care for, and responsible use of animals.
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Spring 2007 Intellectual Property (IP) Workshop:
Business Basics for the Entrepreneurial Faculty Member
Have you wanted to build a business or consulting practice around your research or expertise but you don’t know the first thing about business? Then join the Office of Intellectual Property Development and Commercialization when they host “Business Basics for the Entrepreneurial Faculty Member”. The repeat program will be presented by William J. Rossi, Associate Director, Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation at the University of Florida.
Date: Friday, April 6, 2007
Time: 10:00 A.M. - 4:30 P.M.
Where: Innovation Park, Research Building A First Floor Conference Room
Look for future updates on the Office of Research workshops page www.research.fsu.edu/facultystaff/workshops.html and in future issues of this publication.
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Equipment Grant News
Round 4 Opens February 2007
The FSU Research Foundation (FSURF), in conjunction with the Office of Research, announces a fourth round of Equipment and Infrastructure Enhancement Grant (EIEG) Program. The total available funding for this round is $124,566, with grants typically in the $30K-$40K range. The program was designed to enable FSU faculty and staff to acquire equipment and infrastructure enhancing tools that would greatly augment their research and/or creative activity. Applications are will be accepted starting February 5, 2007 thru March 19, 2007. Grants are anticipated to be awarded by June 2007. More information and instructions for submitting proposals can be found at the program website at www.research.fsu.edu/foundation/eieg/.
Equipment Grants: Final Stage of Round 3
The faculty review panel has made recommendations for the third round of proposals. Official results are expected to be announced in a forthcoming letter to all applicants following the next scheduled FSURF Board meeting. If you have any questions about the EIEG program, please contact Eric McNair, Office of IP Development and Commercialization, at 644-3328 or emcnair@fsu.edu.
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Human Subjects Update
The Office for Human Research Protection, which implements the federal regulations governing the protection of research participants, encourages institutions to periodically monitor or audit research activities to insure compliance. The Vice President of Research has requested that FSU Audit Services assist the FSU Human Subjects office in periodic compliance audits of research activities. Principal Investigators are advised that beginning in February 2007, Audit Services may select research protocols to review for compliance issues, such as proper consent forms, retention of records, storage of records, and compliance with data use agreements. They may also visit principal investigators' offices to determine whether particular compliance areas have been managed as required by federal law, regulation, or as represented in specific research protocols.
Please feel free to contact the FSU Human Subjects office at 644-7900 if you have any questions.
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Funding Opportunities
Click on the title above for some of the latest funding opportunities for disciplines throughout the campus.
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CRC and Cornerstone Updates
February deadlines for CRC:
- 2/02/07 Small Grant (Spring) proposals and signed DSR forms are due
- 2/12/07 Developing Scholar nominations are due
- 2/14/07 Spring Planning Grant proposals are being reviewed and a funding decision will be made on/about this date.
- 2/19/07 Distinguished Research Professor nominations are due
Cornerstone
Full Cornerstone proposals deadline has passed and the external FSU review process is underway. Funding decisions will be made on/about 4/1/07.
Remember that all DSR forms related to CRC or Cornerstone programs are to be delivered to Jan Townsend in 109 Westcott (not to the Sponsored Research Services Office).
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Honors Thesis Grants to Support Honors in the Major Research 2007-2008
The FSU Honors Office will award several grants of up to $1000 each to support research or creative activity leading to an Honors Thesis that will be completed in the summer or fall of 2007 or the spring of 2008 as part of the Honors in the Major program. Funding is provided by the Bess H. Ward Endowment, which was established at FSU in 1994 by a bequest from the estate of Bess H. Ward, a 1929 graduate of the Florida State College for Women. The grants are intended to pay for travel (either to perform research or report the results at a regional, national or international meeting) or expenditures for expense items or small equipment items directly related to the thesis research. For more information or to obtain a grant application, please contact Jeanette Dümmer (HITM@fsu.edu or 645-7476). DEADLINE TO APPLY: MONDAY, FEBRUARY, 26, 2007.
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Online Resource for Research Discussions with Outside Companies Launched
In January 2007, the Office of Intellectual Property Development and Commercialization published guidelines for Confidential Disclosure Agreements, which protect discussions of unpublished research and proprietary information between faculty and outside organizations. See www.techtransfer.fsu.edu/cdas.html.
These guidelines will generally streamline negotiations with outside companies by offering terms that address the University’s policy relating issues such as export control, liability, and definitions of confidential information. For more information about this site or these types of discussions please contact Eric McNair at 644-3328.
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