RESEARCH & COMMERCIALIZATION NEWS

• MIMH DIRECTOR WINS SILVER KEY AWARD
  
  
  Dr. Joseph Parks, Director,
  Missouri Institute of Mental
  Health (MIMH)
  
  Joseph Parks, M.D., Director of the Missouri Institute of Mental Health (MIMH), has been selected as the 2011 winner of the Silver Key Award by Mental Health America of Eastern Missouri. Each year the award is presented "to a mental health professional in the St. Louis community whose work, values and ethics contribute to the improved treatment and care of people with mental illness." The MHA cited Dr. Parks' contributions in the areas of direct service/treatment, research, advocacy and mental health care delivery system as the basis for its decision. The award will be presented in the 28th Annual Snow Ball held on Dec. 9, 2011. Congratulations to Dr. Parks.
  
  
• POTENTIAL CONFLICT OF INTEREST DISCLOSURE SUBMISSION NOW ONLINE
  All disclosures of potential conflict of interest in research should now be filed online through IRBNet.org, along with all IRB and IACUC protocols (modules that went live earlier this year). You can register and access all three online compliance areas at http://www.irbnet.org; within each area, you will find instructions, guidelines and forms regarding submitting and managing submissions and disclosures. If you have questions about submitting IRB or IACUC protocols online through IRBNet.org, please contact John Hancock (ext. 5928); for questions about potential conflict of interest disclosures, contact Tamara Wilgers (ext. 6884).
  
  
• COMPANY ESTABLISHED BY UMSL PROFESSOR RECEIVES $3 MILLION INVESTMENT
  Nawgan, a drink made for alertness and concentration, was developed by UMSL's Robert Paul, Professor in the Department of Psychology. Nawgan Products, the company Paul helped establish to commercialize the beverage, announced that Japanese brewer Kirin Holdings is buying a minority interest in the company allowing Nawgan to enter new markets. Read more

• $30 MILLION REGIONAL COMMITMENT TO ADVANCE ST. LOUIS BIOSCIENCE
  A new regional organization to champion St. Louis bioscience, BioSTL (evolved from the Coalition for Plant and Life Sciences), announced Sept. 27, 2011, a $30 million commitment from Washington University in St. Louis, BJC HealthCare, and the St. Louis Life Sciences Project to forward bioscience company creation and drive economic growth in St. Louis. These funds will increase the region's capacity to support entrepreneurs and launch BioSTL itself, the next step in St. Louis' 10-year-old collective effort to increase economic activity in the medical and plant biosciences. Read more
  

• UMSL TO HOST WORKSHOP ON AMERICA INVENTS ACT
  Join us Oct. 12, 2011 (3:30 - 5 p.m., MSC), for a workshop on the recently enacted law governing intellectual property and patents with important implications for university technology transfer. Participants include legal practitioners and scholars. For a detailed discussion on new law's implications, see "Assessment of the USPTO" (PDF). The Oct. 12 session is open to faculty, staff and students.
  
  Workshop Agenda
  
  Also, feel free to contact Tamara Wilgers, Director of Technology Commercialization & Economic Development at UMSL, if you have questions about America Invents, filing an invention disclosure, how the new patent law impacts your current patent applications, etc. (ext. 6884).
  

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)

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