State FY 24
TOTAL SPONSORED AWARDS
$217.3 MILLION
State FY 24
TOTAL FEDERAL AWARDS
$132.8 MILLION
RESEARCH NEWSLETTER October 14, 2024
Past Newsletters
In alignment with the University’s closure for the upcoming Winter Break, the Office of Research Administration will be closed Monday, December 23, 2024, through Wednesday, January 1, 2025. We will reopen on Monday, January 2, 2025, for regular business hours. All proposals with deadlines due during the Winter Break should be routed and submitted prior to closing, by December 17, 2024 to ensure timely submission. Should you need immediate assistance during the break, please contact the office at hscora@ouhsc.edu. All other matters will be addressed when the University reopens on Thursday, January 2, 2025.
Your Voice Matters: Take OU’s 2024 Faculty Technology Survey
How do you use technology in your teaching, learning, and research? The OU Teaching and Learning Technologies Advisory Committee invites you to complete this year’s Faculty and Technology Survey, which should have arrived in your inbox on October 2. This survey explores the integration, perceptions, and impacts of technology among faculty members, instructors, and graduate teaching assistants at the University of Oklahoma. Your feedback will directly inform recommendations to university leadership, shaping the future of instructional technology at OU. Visit https://link.ou.edu/techsurvey for more information about the survey.
WORKSHOPS and SEMINARS
The next Oklahoma Data Science Workshop is Friday October 18th at noon via Zoom. This is the Zoom link:
https://oklahoma.zoom.us/j/94661289236?pwd=WHdLYkRhMHFFQmlPUHhqQU1uNDRoZz09&from=addon
Speaker: Dr. Chase Brown, OMRF
Title: "Typst: simple typsetting for scientists and software developers"
Abstract: Managing academic and technical document creation is often fragmented by tools not designed for source-based text workflows. Typst has a feature set for scientists and developers to address this fragmentation. Typst includes compatibility with version control like git, a clean markup syntax, operating system independence via the fast programming language Rust, excellent code quality, trust due to being free and open-source software (FOSS), a seamless packaging system (Typst universe). It also includes easy integration with code. This presentation will explore various use cases of Typst, such as creating journal manuscripts, large documents, books, and presentations. We will compare Typst with other widely used tools, including Quarto, LaTeX (ConTeXt, XeTeX), groff, and examine alternatives for producing presentations and animations, such as Revealjs, Remarkjs, Manim, Bevy, and Vello. In addition, we will examine the Typst web app and compare it to a FOSS workflow utilizing tools like neovim and zathura. We will also discuss how to structure projects to streamline the creation of transparent and reproducible scientific publications. Typst offers an alternative to LaTeX that is more accessible and simplifies version-controlled document creation for a broad range of scientists and developers.
Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences Second Annual Research Symposium
Registration is now open for the Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences 2024 Research Symposium on Friday, November 22, 2024, at the Samis Education Center from 9:00 AM to 2:00 PM.
We are excited to announce that Paul J. Frick, Ph.D., Professor in the Department of Psychology at Louisiana State University, will be the plenary speaker. His research presentation is titled “Developmental Pathways to Conduct Disorder: Implications of the DSM-5 Specifier ‘With Limited Prosocial Emotions.’”
We invite all members of the OUHSC, College of Medicine to join us for this free event. Further details regarding the symposia speakers and the full agenda will be shared next month. If you're interested in attending, please register using the following link.
For any inquiries or questions about this event, please contact psychiatry-research@ou.edu.
OUHSC Funding Opportunities
Geroscience T32 Positions Available for Pre- and Post-doctoral Fellows
The Geroscience T32 NIH training program currently supports 3 post-doctoral fellows and 5 graduate students with research interests in the field of geroscience. The goal of the program is to offer training and mentorship to young investigators to significantly advance their careers in fields related to geroscience and aging research. The program focuses on the interaction between biological aging and disease (aging as a risk factor for disease). These areas include, but are not limited to, mechanisms of brain aging (including Alzheimer’s Disease), neurodegeneration, cellular senescence, neuronal glycolysis, caloric restriction, oxidative stress, molecular biology of aging, mitochondria dysfunction, genomics, metabolomics, sarcopenia, and gero-oncology. See attached document for additional information.
Send applications to (william-sonntag@ouhsc.edu & melissa-k-day@ouhsc.edu) as a single pdf file with your last and first names.
Applications are due Friday, October 18th at 5:00pm.
Oklahoma Nathan Shock Center: Pilot Award Opportunity
Description:The Oklahoma Nathan Shock Center is soliciting applications to support the research of early-stage investigators, and senior investigators initiating new research programs in aging/geroscience, that can serve as the base for the development of new applications for NIA funding. The projects should utilize services provided by the Oklahoma Nathan Shock Center Cores as described on the NSC website (oklahomanathanshockcenteronaging.org). The awards range from $5,000 to $20,000 depending on the specific needs of the applicant. Applications from outside the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences, the Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, and the Oklahoma City VA Health Care system, as well as collaborative projects with other Nathan Shock Centers are strongly encouraged.
Deadline for Submission: October 18, 2024
Link to the Full Announcement: Please see attached (Oklahoma Nathan Shock Pilot 2024)
2025 OK-INBRE Research Project Investigator Awards – Request for Proposals
Deadline: October 31, 2024
The Oklahoma IDeA Network for Biomedical Research Excellence (OK-INBRE) is soliciting applications for its Research Project Investigator (RPI) award program. The purpose of the RPI program is to foster and develop biomedical research programs designed to generate preliminary data that enhances the competitiveness of the investigator for future extramural funding. Full-time, tenure track faculty members (or equivalent) at the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences or the Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation who qualify as an Early-Stage Investigator as defined by the NIH are eligible to apply. Awarded projects will receive up to $100,000 in direct costs per year plus applicable F&A costs for up of two years. The forms, instructions, and submission information can be found on the OK-INBRE website. Questions regarding this OK-INBRE funding opportunity can be directed to okinbre@ouhsc.edu or Dr. Mark Lang at mark-lang@ouhsc.edu.
Presbyterian Health Foundation (PHF) Bridge Grant Program – Request for Applications
Cycle I PHF Bridge Grant Program Deadline: Monday, October 21, 2024
The primary objective of the PHF Bridge Grant Program is to provide funding to enhance OUHSC faculty competitiveness for extramural funding. OUHSC Principal Investigators are eligible if they meet the following criteria: 1) have submitted an extramural application within the past 18 months that was scored but not funded, 2) are requesting over $750,000 in total direct costs and over $200,000 in total facilities and administration (F&A) costs; and 3) received a review that ranks applications and provides critiques. This program can now provide funding for up to $75,000 for one year. Guidelines and Application Form are attached or can be found at https://research.ouhsc.edu/research-administration/grants/funding-opportunities/phf-funding. If you have any questions, please email VPR@ouhsc.edu.
Presbyterian Health Foundation (PHF) Technology Advancement Grant (TAG) Program – Request For Applications
Cycles I-III PHF TAG Grant Program Deadline: ROLLING APPLICATIONS
The TAG program replaces the Equipment grant program. The primary objective of the PHF TAG program is to provide partial funding for critically needed research equipment that could be transformative for the research mission at OUHSC. This program is fully aligned with Pillar 1 of the Strategic Plan. The TAG program will proactively and with the help of a committee address campus-wide needs and fill critical gaps, with the goals to grow the research enterprise, expand innovative technology and research infrastructure, and promote addition of new cutting-edge technology on campus. Funding priority will be given to research equipment that will permit OUHSC investigators to be more competitive for external funding and provides support to multiple users. Funds may be used for equipment to be purchased as part of a recruitment package for new faculty or for equipment to support the research of current faculty. If the funds will be used for a new recruit, the recruit must have signed the offer letter with a specific start date or specific start date time frame. Equipment and/or technology funded by PHF is expected to be made available to all researchers at OUHSC, whenever possible. All OUHSC Assistant, Associate, or Full Professors are eligible to apply. Applicants are required to match requested funds. The maximum allowable budget for this program is $500,000 (PHF funding: $250,000; Applicant funding: $250,000). The minimum allowable budget for this program is $60,000 (PHF funding: $30,000; Applicant funding: $30,000). Only one application will be accepted per investigator per year.