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MU is a partner in the Wash U Institute for Clinical and Translational Science (ICTS), so all MU faculty are eligible to apply for these funds.  In the past, we have had 7 awards through this program.  If interested, please visit the ICTS website and notice that LOIs are required (and due on 7/26/17).  This RFA is focused on clinical and translational research projects in the broad sense.  If animal studies are proposed, they will be required to demonstrate a strong linkage to human disease.

The Washington University Institute of Clinical and Translational Sciences (ICTS) announces the 11^th annual Clinical and Translational Research Funding Program (CTRFP).  Annually, the CTRFP receives over 100 applications and awards approximately $1M for 20 investigator-initiated projects.

The 2017 ICTS Clinical and Translational Research Funding Program documents are now

available on the ICTS website at:

http://www.icts.wustl.edu/icts-researchers/funding/funding-opportunities/ctrfp-funding-program

Timeline / Deadlines:

Letter of Intent Deadline:            Wednesday, July 26, 2017 (5 pm, CT)

Application Deadline:                   Friday, September 8, 2017 (5 pm, CT)

Proposal Peer Review:                  October, 2017

Award Decisions:                             December 1, 2017

Award Start Date:                            March 1, 2018

Town Hall Webinar – Town Hall Webinars are scheduled to provide investigators the opportunity to ask questions of the ICTS pilot program director (Christina A. Gurnett, MD, PhD) and obtain assistance in developing a competitive proposal.

Webinar Option 1:  Thursday, July 6^th from 5:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m. https://wustl.adobeconnect.com/ctrfp-town-hall-1/

Webinar Option 2:  Friday, July 7^th from 11:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. https://wustl.adobeconnect.com/ctrfp-town-hall-2/

If you have never attended an Adobe Connect webinar before, please test your connection prior to the meeting https://wustl.adobeconnect.com/common/help/en/support/meeting_test.htm

Applications must propose projects that support one or more of the following themes:

• Improving the Quality of Patient Care
• Enhancing Patient Safety
• Improving Patient Outcomes
• Improving Transfer to Practice
• Translating Genetic/Genomic Findings
• Developing/Evaluating Therapeutics

See the Program Overview and the Acceptable Research Themes documents for details.

NOTE:

Applicants are strongly encouraged to submit their LOI early and consult with ICTS shared resources such as the Center for Community Health Partnership and Research (CCHPR) and Research Design & Biostatistics Group (RDBG) early in the proposal development stage.

Program questions may be addressed to icts@wustl.edu, Andi Cox (acox23@wustl.edu or 314-362-7707) or Jaimee Stagner (jstagner@wustl.edu or 314-362-6325).

Technical questions about electronic submission may be addressed to icts@wustl.edu or Beth Mott (emott@wustl.edu or 314-362-1539).

Jennifer Harlow

Communications & Data Administrator

Institute of Clinical & Translational Sciences

Washington University in St. Louis

660 South Euclid, Campus Box 8066

St. Louis, MO 63110

Phone: 314-362-9829

Email: jharlow@dom.wustl.edu

Reminder: Cite the NIH CTSA Grant # UL1 TR000448 when your research was supported by ICTS/CTSA funds or services.

Applicants are required to submit a Letter of Intent (LOI) for the Established Investigator Award. The deadline is Aug. 1, 2017. Letters of Intent must be submitted via Grants@Heart.

Please note: Only applicants who submit a LOI and are INVITED to apply may submit a full application. AHA will contact applicants in early September regarding their status after LOI review.

http://professional.heart.org/professional/ResearchPrograms/ApplicationInformation/UCM_494790_Established-Investigator-Award-Letter-of-Intent-Instructions.jsp

KCALSI “Nexus of Animal and Human Health Research Grant” request for proposal; can be found online (website link) or at http://www.kclifesciences.org/programs/research-grant-program/.   The letter of intent is due 7 August, 2017 and the full application deadline is 6 September, 2017 (5 pm in both cases).  The funding date for successful proposals is 1 December, 2017.

Nexus opportunities represent a broad range of biomedical research activities, ranging from using naturally occurring diseases in animals as a model for assessing human drug efficacy to repurposing human drugs for use in animal disease. This RFP serves to stimulate development and submission of major multidisciplinary research proposals from investigators in the life sciences to government or private agencies. KCALSI’s approach for achieving this goal is to support research development grants capable of generating critical preliminary data needed to develop competitive proposals for submission to external agencies. Proposals are invited for multidisciplinary collaborative research development grants consistent with the scope of this specific RFP. Awards are limited to $50,000 for one year and are intended to exploit investigator and facility strengths leading to highly competitive proposals directed toward future external funding.

All full-time researchers at KCALSI key stakeholder institutions are eligible to submit proposals in response to this RFP.  Proposals including evidence of interinstitutional collaborative research are preferred for this funding program, but not an absolute requirement. A lead stakeholder institution must be identified and the Principal Investigator must be from that institution. Additional investigators should be listed as co-principal or collaborating investigators.

Please disseminate this RFP within your institutions.  Let us know if you have any questions.

Thanks!

Keith

Keith Gary, PhD

Vice President

Kansas City Area Life Sciences Institute

30 W. Pershing Road, Suite 210

Kansas City, MO 64108

Phone (816)753-7700

New Fax (816)285-0628

E-mail kgary@kclifesciences.org

Web www.kclifesciences.org

A total solar eclipse of the sun will sweep across the continental United States Aug. 21, 2017. The eclipse, with a total duration of 90 minutes, includes an area of “greatest duration” that falls above Columbia, Missouri. Here, eclipse totality, starting at 1:12 p.m., will last 2 minutes 26 seconds.

https://research.missouri.edu/internal/

REQUEST FOR USDA ANIMAL HEALTH FORMULA FUND (AHFF) PROPOSALS

One year projects for the period October 1, 2017 to September 30, 2017

DUE September 1, 2017, 11:59 p.m.

Late submissions will not be reviewed or considered for funding.

The CVM Committee on Research will review proposals related to livestock, poultry, horses or commercial fish production. Projects must address issues related to animal health. Grants are limited to $8,000. Funds may be used for Expenses, Salary and Wages (S&W) for full or part-time staff or undergraduate/graduate students. Priority ratings will be given to each proposal. Budgetary restrictions may make it impossible to fund all approved requests. Due to changes in the USDA approvals process, items of equipment, no matter their cost, will not be funded this year.

Research Scope of Funding

The scope of research conducted with Section 1433 funds includes promotion of general welfare through improved health and productivity of domestic livestock, poultry, aquatic animals and other income-producing animals which are essential to the nation’s food supply and the welfare of producers and consumers of animal products; improvement in the health of horses; facilitation of the effective treatment and/or prevention of diseases in both domesticated and wild species; minimization of livestock and poultry losses due to transportation and handling; to protect human health through control of animal diseases transmissible to humans; to improve methods of controlling the birth of predators and other animals; and to promote the general welfare through expanded programs of research and extension to improve animal health.

Animal Health Research comprises basic and applied studies on infectious and noninfectious agents that impair the normal state of the living animal body and/or that affect the performance of vital functions. Studies are classified as Animal Health Research if they relate directly to the health of a target livestock, poultry, or aquatic animal species and may include laboratory studies, research on animal care as it relates to livestock health and well-being, and investigations of metabolic diseases and reproductive diseases. Molecular biology applications to animal health problems are included.

Who May Apply

CVM faculty, both regular and non-regular, at assistant professor level or above may apply for funds.

CVM Clinical Instructors are also eligible.

Faculty members acting as a PI may submit no more than one proposal for committee review.

Time Frame

Proposal Deadline (in W203 Vet Med) September 1, 2017

Funds Available ~October 1, 2017

Project Period October 1, 2017 – September 30, 2018

NOTE:

Funds will not be released until all information required by NIFA has been completed and NIFA has approved the project. An animal protocol must be approved by the MU Animal Care and Use Committee and approval filed with the proposal. Note if protocol is pending. NIFA will not accept “Client Owned Permission” agreements in lieu of approved protocol. Approval for recombinant DNA, biosafety, or radioactive materials must also be included.