RESEARCH & COMMERCIALIZATION NEWS

University News

• Spring UM Research Board Proposal Deadline:
  Monday, Feb. 15, 2010, 5 p.m.
  
  Research Board awards are designed to leverage external funds by supporting promising new faculty and funding high quality new initiatives of senior faculty. The range of awards is $3,000 to $50,000 for individual or collaborative projects. Special Opportunity grants are available for projects that both show outstanding promise for enhancing the quality, stature and recognition of scholarship at UM and have budgets higher than those typical of individual or collaborative projects. MORE INFO

• Missouri Life Sciences Summit: CALL FOR POSTERSThe 2010 Life Sciences Summit, "Animal to Human Health Collaborations: Partnerships for Innovation," will be hosted by the University of Missouri-Kansas City on March 7-9, 2010. MORE INFO

• 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.

Other News of Interest

• Are you planning to submit an NIH grant application? If so, please note that all applications intended for due dates on or after January 25, 2010, require the use of new forms and instructions. READ MORE

REPORTS

• External Awards, November 2009 (PDF)
• Internal Funding, UM Research Board Awards by Campus, Fall 2009 (PDF)

FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES

• Recent Opportunity Announcements, Federal Agencies, January 2010 (PDF)
• Annual Postdoctoral Awards in Ocean Science and Engineering (Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution) -- applications requested from persons both with non-oceanographic backgrounds and those specifically trained in marine sciences and ocean engineering.
• 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 Policies & Procedures: 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)

© 2010 University of Missouri-St. Louis