RESEARCH & COMMERCIALIZATION NEWS

University Research News

• Amended "Lobbying Disclosure Act" If you travel to Washington D.C. to visit with congressional members or federal agencies, new reporting requirements apply.
• Research Expertise Database To date, 78 researchers have submitted profiles to the UMSL Research Expertise Database, representing a wide range of areas of interest from chemistry and physics to sociology, psychology, history and more. The database is designed to facilitate interdisciplinary research and industry collaborations. Marketing of the database to the community will begin soon. Submit your profile or search for expertise/instrumentation

Commercialization Corner

• Has a discovery or invention come from your sponsored research or during your time as a University employee? Please contact Tamara Wilgers (516-6884) for help with invention disclosure policies and procedures, or visit the ORA web site's technology transfer section.
• Technology transfer at UM-St. Louis: presentations given at the Center for Nanoscience, 03/19/2008
  • Overview - what it is, how it's done, who does what, and samples from on and off campus
    (Tamara Wilgers)
  • Intellectual Property Issues
    (Tare Nealey, patent attorney)

Other News of Interest

• Almost in Bloom
  St Louis wants to become a hub of agricultural biotechnology. All it needs, says Emma Marris, is more start-ups and funds. Nature (3/05)
• Best Places to Work 2008: Postdocs The Scientist (3/2008), Free Registration
• NIH Launches New Center: Geneticist Charles Rotimi to Lead Research on Diseases Affecting Minority Groups NIH News (3/17)
• SBA to Give Federal Research Grants a Boost
  The SBA intends to increase the size limits of federal research contracts in the Small Business Innovative Research program. The proposal would also expand elegibility for the SBIR awards to small companies that are majority-owned by venture capital firms. American City Business Journals/Dallas (3/31)
• Will Your Data Survive A Border Crossing? (Commentary) International travelers are increasingly faced with the risk that their laptops might be taken from them, or, almost as bad, all of their personal and business data could be copied and taken somewhere unknown. Comment Here (eWeek blog) by Jim Rapoza (2/18)

RECENT AWARDS

• External Funding Report, February 2008 Awards (PDF)
• UMSL Research Awards, Spring 2008 (PDF)
• UMSL Small Grants Awards, Spring 2008 (PDF)

FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES

• Recent Announcements - Federal Agencies, April 2008 (PDF)
• Grant Advisor Plus Newsletter & Deadline Memo, April 2008 (PDF)
• Opportunity Databases:
  • Grant Advisor Plus
  • InfoEd
  • Grants.gov

COLLABORATION OPPORTUNITIES

• Merck & Co. Areas of Interest, 2008 (PDF)
• P&G Bioscience Needs & Opportunities (PDF)

GRANT BASICS

• Internal Controls -- effort verification, transaction approvals by PI, payroll, non-owned equipment (PDF)
• ORA Procedures & Deadlines -- budgets, NIH submissions, signature page (PDF)

The Office of Research Administration at the University of Missouri-St. Louis publishes the Spirit of Innovation Newsletter once each month. The online and e-mail publication is designed to inform the campus community of grants received; highlight the research and commercialization accomplishments of UMSL faculty, graduate students and staff; and provide information on important deadlines and events. Also included is recent news about research and commercialization at the University and elsewhere. Recipients are UMSL faculty, students and staff. E-mail wilgerst@umsl.edu if you have questions, comments or suggestions on content.

The Office of Research Administration provides leadership and support in the development, execution and operation of programs in sponsored research, technology transfer and economic development throughout the University of Missouri-St. Louis. (ORA Mission)

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