RESEARCH & COMMERCIALIZATION NEWS

University Research News

• URGENT: Submit ARRA Grant Proposals Early
  With the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA), the number of federal grant proposal submissions have significantly increased across the country. This has made Grants.gov run much slower than usual, dramatically increasing the time required for online submissions to be processed.
  
  The ORA requests investigator cooperation with challenge grants due this month, particularly applications to the NIH; please allow at least one additional week for submission. For example, the ARRA NIH proposals are due April 27, 2009; the ORA will submit all such proposals on April 20, 2009, to make sure all are received by the agency on time.
  
  If you intend to submit a challenge grant proposal, email ora@umsl.edu and include the program announcement.
  

• National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and BioEngineering (NIH) Brings "Grantsmanship" Seminar to UM-St. Louis
  UMSL's Center for Nanoscience and Office of Research Administration will host the NIBIB Grantsmanship Seminar on Thurs., April 30, 2009, at the IT Enterprises building near campus. The Granstmanship Seminar is intended to provide an overview of NIBIB funding opportunities and NIH application, review and grant-making processes and policies. Presentations from NIBIB science program and scientific review staff include descriptions on NIBIB research programs and scientific opportunities and advances; the NIH application, review and grant-making processes and policies; Q&A panel sessions with the NIBIB program staff; and grantee perspectives related to the NIH application process. The session is free, but space is limited.
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• St. Louis Nanotech Institute Formed
  St. Louis Business Journal (03/25/2009)
  
  Four St. Louis-area educational institutions are among the founding members of a new regional collaboration to use advances in nanotechnology to treat human diseases.
  
  The new St. Louis Institute of Nanomedicine Working Group received $1.5 million for three years from the Missouri Life Sciences Research Fund, part of the 1998 state tobacco settlement. The grant, issued in December, will fund about four pilot projects each year that will conduct research and train undergraduate and graduate students in the field, according to a release from Washington U.
  
  The institute will promote joint research projects and permit sharing of equipment and other resources among its founding members, which include Washington University in St. Louis, the University of Missouri-St. Louis, Saint Louis University and St. Louis Community College. Read More...
  

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.

REPORTS

• External Funding, February 2009 Awards (PDF)

FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES

• Recent Opportunity Announcements, Federal Agencies, April 2009 (PDF)
• Opportunity Databases:
  • InfoEd (Contact Brenda Stutte for assistance with your account and email alerts)
  • Grants.gov

THE BASICS: Policies & Procedures

• Compliance Policies & Procedures
• Fiscal Post-Award Roles and Responsibilities (PDF)
• Guide to Managing Converging Interests in Research -- potential conflict of interest (PDF)
• Internal Controls -- effort verification, transaction approvals by PI, payroll, non-owned equipment (PDF)
• ORA Policy & Procedure: Grant Submission Deadlines -- budgets, electronic submissions, signature page (PDF)
• Technology Transfer FAQs (PDF)
• ORA Policies & Procedures (all)

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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