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Compliance and Research Administration Training and Education (CReATE) Class Scheduled for October.
CReATE is a 3-day intensive overview of the proper administration of grants and contracts. The next CReATE workshop is scheduled for October 10-12, 2007. Click on the title above to view the CReATE flyer and registration form.
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Save the Date: Fall 2007 Intellectual Property (IP) Workshop: Building the Product Staircase
Do you have an invention and are wondering what to do next? What steps are necessary to have a marketable product or service? What resources are available to assist you in ascending the product staircase?
FSU faculty and staff members are encouraged to attend the Fall 2007 IP Workshop hosted by the Office of Intellectual Property Development and Commercialization to learn more about these issues. The workshop will be held on Friday, November 16, 2007, from 1:00 to 4:00 p.m. at the University Center, Building B, 5th floor.
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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GAP Program, Fall 2007
Faculty members who believe their disclosed inventions or creative works may support a new commercial application are invited to join with prospective licensees in proposals for funding under the FSURF GAP program. Applications for the Fall 2007 competition may now be submitted through the Office of IP Development and Commercialization. Before applying, please contact Jack Sams at jsams@fsu.edu (645-0048). For more information about the GAP program, visit http://www.research.fsu.edu/foundation/grants.html
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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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New Scheduling for EIEG Program
Now that the EIEG Program is two years old a regular completion dates for faculty planning purposes are needed. It has been decided that unless otherwise stated, the Equipment Grant Program will strive to have two competitions each year—one in September beginning on Labor Day and one on the first Monday of February. We hope by announcing these dates now faculty will be able to plan accordingly if they wish to apply for EIEG grants.
If you have any questions about the EIEG program, please contact Eric McNair, 644-3328 or emcnair@techtransfer.fsu.edu.
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Equipment Grant News: Round 5 Now Underway
Have you been awarded a grant that restricts you from purchasing equipment essential to your research? If so, then you may have want to consider applying to the Equipment and Infrastructure Enhancement Grant (EIEG) program. On Labor Day, the EIEG program opened for Round 5 applications. The total funding available for this round is $250,000 with grants typically in the $30K-$40K range.
More information and instructions for submitting proposals can be found at the program website at www.research.fsu.edu/foundation/eieg/.
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CRC/Cornerstone Updates
FSU’s Council on Research & Creativity (CRC) has updated its homepage and programming information (Requests for Proposals) in support of internal FSU funding of research & creative activity, specifically CRC and Cornerstone.
Below are some highlights. For more complete detail, visit http://www.research.fsu.edu/crc/index.html and click on the program link of interest.
- Several programs have an added component this year, a hiatus from submitting a proposal for several years if you have recently received an award in that particular program. This ‘sitting out period’ is the CRC’s effort to spread the wealth among many eligible and worthy competitors.
- Funding Agency Travel (FAT) awards are for faculty seeking to make initial connections with program directors or other agency representatives for the purpose of making face-to-face contact and developing a strategy for seeking external funding through proposal submissions to — or other funding requests of — that agency or organization. The application process for this program is especially easy, and we encourage faculty, especially new faculty, to take advantage of it.
- The CRC provides opportunities for honored recognition of exceptional faculty research programs through the Developing Scholar award at $10,000 per award and the Distinguished Research Professor award – this year increased from $6,000 to $10,000 per award!!! Links to these two honorary programs are available from the CRC homepage.
- New this year is an additional opportunity for honored recognition, the Distinguished University Scholar (DUS) award. Please refer to http://www.research.fsu.edu/crc/dus.html for more information.
- The Committee on Faculty Research Support (COFRS) program will require the names and contact information for two FSU faculty members to serve as COFRS reviewers this year.
- The InterDisciplinary Support program has been renamed the MultiDisciplinary Support (MDS) program.
- The First Year Assistant Professor (FYAP) program continues this year with the CRC providing 75% of the $16,000 award.
- The CRC no longer supports student research proposals through its program, LEAD. Please refer all students interested in securing funding for FSU research to either the Office of Graduate Students Dean, the Office of Undergraduate Students Dean, or to http://www.fsu.edu/news/2007/08/17/student.research/ and the new Office of Undergraduate Research and Creative Endeavors (URACE).
- The CRC has ceased support of the New Directions Program effective this academic year.
- The CRC has several new members this academic year; information on members is available at http://www.research.fsu.edu/crc/membership.html
- The FSURF, and CRC administration, with the CRC administering the competition, again offers AHPEG and SSPEG funding for the new academic year. Read the email from VP Kemper
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News from the Florida State University Coastal and Marine Laboratory
The Florida State University Coastal and Marine Laboratory (FSUCML) is pleased to announce the arrival of two non-tenure faculty members and two post-doctoral associates. The faculty members are Dr. Dean Grubbs (Ph. D. College of William & Mary – Virginia Institute of Marine Science, Department of Fisheries Science. Advisor: Dr. John A. Musick), and Dr. Kevin Craig, (Ph. D. Duke University Nicholas School of the Environment. Advisor: Dr. Larry Crowder). Dr. Grubb’s specialty is the ecology of marine and estuarine fishes, particularly the movement patterns, habitat use, and population dynamics of large coastal sharks, and the trophic dynamics of tuna. Dr. Craig’s areas of expertise are the ecological and evolutionary processes of aquatic systems, with recent work conducted on hypoxia in the Gulf of Mexico. The post-doctoral associates, both from Oregon State University, are Dr. Laura Petes (Ph. D. Advisors: Dr. Bruce Menge and Dr. Jane Lubchenco) and Dr. Chris Stallings (Ph. D. Advisor Dr. Mark Hixon). Dr. Petes’ research is on how stress affects marine invertebrate life history, which, at FSUCML, leads her to investigate how changes in freshwater input into Apalachicola Bay affect oyster populations. Dr. Stalling's research focuses on the direct and indirect effects of fishing and other anthropogenic disturbances on marine fish populations and communities. The addition of these four individuals significantly increases the resident research capacity of the FSUCML (http://www.marinelab.fsu.edu).
In other news, the FSUCML’s Academic Diving Program is in the process of moving from the Tallahassee campus to the FSU coastal laboratory. The move is expected to be completed by October 1 and is part of a strategic plan to enhance science diving opportunities at the Florida State University and to build state of the art remote sensing research capabilities.
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Invitation to NIH Regional Consultation Meetings on Peer Review (A Letter to Faculty from the NIH)
Dear Colleague:
As you probably know, NIH is undertaking a comprehensive look at our entire system of research support, including the peer review system, in order to enhance its efficiency and effectiveness. We are inviting you to participate in this discussion.
NIH has formed the Peer Review Working Group of the Advisory Committee to the Director (ACD), one of whose functions is to seek advice from the scientific community on all aspects of the peer review process. As one approach, the Working Group is hosting three 4-hour consultation meetings:
Chicago, September 12, 2007, at the Fairmont Princess;
New York City, October 8, 2007, at the Embassy Suites;
San Francisco, October 25, 2007, at the Renaissance Parc 55.
We hope that you will join us at one of these meetings; Click here for the common agenda for all three. To attend, please register at http://enhancing-peer-review.nih.gov/
In one segment of the meeting, participants will make brief presentations (less than 5 min each) offering specific strategies or tactics for enhancing NIH peer review and research support. In particular, we are seeking bold, unconventional approaches to perceived issues. Our goal is ambitious but important: craft a system with a minimum of bureaucratic burden that identifies and funds the best scientists to do the best science.
If you wish to make a presentation, please notify Drs. Vesna Kutlesic (kutlesicv@od.nih.gov) and/or Lawrence Tabak (tabakl@mail.nih.gov) by close of business Friday, August 31, with a brief (<250 words) summary of your idea. Depending on the response, it may be necessary for us to select a subset of speakers, attempting to avoid redundancy and remain within time constraints. We shall notify those who will be speaking and will post all germane written statements on the website. Moreover, as shown on the agenda, most of the meeting will be devoted to open discussion, so there will be substantial opportunity for direct input at the meeting.
These consultation meetings will be excellent opportunities for you to advise NIH on ways to meet the challenges of identifying and supporting outstanding, innovative science in the 21st century in the face of a sharply increased load on the peer review system. Should you be unable to attend, however, we hope you will contribute written comments on the peer review process through the Request for Information (RFI) link on the website above, or directly at http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/notice-files/NOT-OD-07-074.html
We look forward to your suggestions and hope to see you at one of the consultation meetings. Should you have questions, please contact Dr. Vesna Kutlesic at the NIH at 301-435-3670 (kutlesicv@od.nih.gov).
Best regards,
Lawrence Tabak, D.D.S., Ph.D.,
National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research, NIH
Co-Chair, Peer Review Working Group of the Advisory Committee to the NIH Director
Keith R. Yamamoto, Ph.D.,
University of California-San Francisco
Co-Chair, Peer Review Working Group of the Advisory Committee to the NIH Director
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