OUHSC Research News – Monday, January 8, 2024

We are pleased to announce that the registration for the “Sponsored Projects Administration: From Pre-Award to Post-Award” workshop is now open!

The workshop will be held on January 25^th and 26^th, 2024 at the Nicholson Conference Center. The same sessions will be offered on both days, so you can choose the date that works best for you. The agenda for the workshop is attached.

To register, please fill out the online form at https://ousurvey.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_0jPWNxOKvcUzRIO by January 12, 2024. Spaces are limited, so don't miss this chance to enhance your skills and knowledge.

If you have any questions about the workshop, please contact Sogol Rasouli at sogol-rasouli@ouhsc.edu.

We look forward to seeing you at the workshop!

 

 

The Oklahoma Nathan Shock Center of Excellence is proud to host the 2024 OKLAHOMA GEROSCIENCE SYMPOSIUM: Mitochondria in aging and age-associated disease. The symposium will feature a Keynote Lecture by Doug Wallace, PhD and other world-renowned speakers in aging and Geroscience research, a Funders’ Roundtable, Poster Session, and Trainee/Faculty Mixer. Registration will be free of charge and opens on Monday, January 1, 2024. In the meantime, please feel free to check https://oklahomanathanshockcenteronaging.org/symposium-agenda/ for the most up-to-date information and itinerary.

 

 

Beginning in December 2023, PHF has added a new reporting requirement to all progress reports. If $10,000 or more remain unexpended on the grant, the Progress Report must include an explanation for why unexpended funds remain. If an investigator expects to have significant funds remaining, there is the option to request a no-cost extension within 40 days of the grant’s end date. If you have any questions, please email VPR@ouhsc.edu.

 

 

The PHF Research Support Grant Program will help support senior doctoral graduate students working on an externally funded research project in order to accelerate progress on the project, increase the number of publications on the project, and position the project for continued external funding. Outcomes of this program will be based upon work performed by the graduate student resulting in publications and external funding and will be carefully recorded and tracked.

The Principal Investigator must be an OUHSC primary faculty member. Principal Investigators who are full-time OUHSC faculty members, have external funds that support the project a senior graduate student is working on, and are the research mentor of the senior doctoral graduate student are eligible to apply.

Graduate students being supported by the PHF Research Support Grant program must be doctoral graduate students, have finished the majority of their coursework, and have a dissertation research project that is supporting an externally funded research project. The PHF funds must only fund that part of the stipend where the student is working on the externally funded research project. The Principal Investigator must have the funds to support the externally funded research project that the graduate student is working on and is expected to have funds to cover the rest of the graduate student’s stipend and other costs related to the graduate student’s education. Second-year funding is dependent upon meeting milestones proposed in prior year grant proposal. There is no first-year funding opportunity in 2024; after this second-year funding opportunity, this program will be discontinued. There are no restrictions on holding other PHF Grants during the duration of this award.  A Principal Investigator may not hold more than two PHF Research Support Grants concurrently.  

 

 

The primary objective of the PHF New Investigator Seed Grant Program is to provide a two-year grant for OUHSC New Investigators to initiate research programs and obtain extramural funding. Applicants must fit the following definition of a New Investigator: An investigator who has not previously received substantial, independent funding from NIH (e.g. R01-type funding) or a comparable funding agency. Multi-PI applications are not allowed. Applicants must have received a Year 1 New Investigator Seed Grant and  be nominated by their professional college in order to apply for this award. The professional college nominating the faculty member must agree to assign a mentor for this project and must commit to providing the mentor with $2,500/year for mentoring activities; the mentor does not need to be an OUHSC faculty member. Each college may set up their own nomination process for this award; however, completion and submission of the PHF Year 2 New Investigator Seed Grant Critique Form is required with this application.  

The Principal Investigator must be an OUHSC primary faculty member. Principal Investigators with Temporary Faculty appointments (faculty with academic titles such as instructor, lecturer, or titles modified by prefixes such as visiting, adjunct, clinical, or temporary research appointments with suffix “of Research”) must obtain approval from the Vice President for Research before submitting an application for this program. Approval will require a letter from their Department Chairperson indicating a departmental commitment of salary, research space, and time for development of an independent career at OUHSC. Requests should be sent to ORA4PHF@ouhsc.edu

IMPORTANT CHANGE: There is no first-year funding opportunity in 2024; after this second-year funding opportunity, this program will be discontinued.

PHF New Investigator Seed Grant recipients may not hold a PHF Bridge Grant, a PHF Clinician Scientist Development Grant, a PHF Team Science Grant, a Research Support Grant, or a PHF Seed Grant for the duration of this award.

 

The primary objective of the PHF Clinician Scientist Development Grant Program is to provide funding to a new or early stage clinician scientist faculty member. This award is designed to support the applicant’s clinical and/or translational research project and to assist him or her with advancing this research project to a level that will be competitive for funding through a federal career development award mechanism. This program can provide funding for up to two years. The second year of funding, will be based on successful achievement of identified milestones, completion of an application for Year Two funds, and whether funds are available.

The Principal Investigator must be an OUHSC primary faculty member with appointment at OUHSC as an Assistant Professor. New or early stage clinical scientist faculty members with Temporary Faculty appointments (faculty with academic titles such as instructor, lecturer, or titles modified by prefixes such as visiting, adjunct, clinical, or temporary research appointments with suffix “of Research”) must obtain approval from the Vice President for Research before submitting an application for this program. Approval will require a letter from their Department Chairperson indicating a departmental commitment of salary, research space, and time for development of an independent career at OUHSC.  Requests should be sent to ORA4PHF@ouhsc.edu). Applicants must not have had a prior NIH career development award or an independent NIH R01 award; must have an independent clinical and/or translational research project; must have an identified senior, experienced research mentor; and may not have another PHF grant during the duration of this award.  

 

The primary objective of the PHF Symposium Grant program is to provide partial funding to support a National or International Symposium to be held at the OUHSC campus or in Oklahoma City. Funding priority will be given to themes that will promote research already present at OUHSC and OMRF and include both OUHSC faculty members and OMRF members in the Organization Committee. OUHSC Principal Investigators are eligible to apply if they meet the following criteria: 1) The Principal Investigator of the application must be the Chair of the Organizing Committee. Only OUHSC full-time, tenure-track faculty members (unmodified titles) are eligible to be PIs. 2). The PI may hold any other PHF Grant award, except for a Clinician Scientist Development Award.  

 

Guidelines and Application Forms for all programs 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.

 

 

Due to programmatic changes at NIH, the current Oklahoma IDeA Network for Biomedical Research Excellence (OK-INBRE) program award will be extended into early 2025.  In order to align new Research Project Investigator (RPI) Awards with the modified OK-INBRE grant cycle, the solicitation of new project proposals for the RPI program will be suspended until the start of the next OK-INBRE 5-year award cycle. The call for RPI proposals will be announced in fall 2024 with project start dates in spring 2025.  Current RPI awardees will be provided project extensions through February 28, 2025. The original solicitation for RPI proposals below is now canceled.

Deadline: March 1, 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 Center 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.

 

 

Description: The Oklahoma Center of Biomedical Research Excellence in Structural Biology (OCSB) invites proposals for its Phase 3 pilot project program. The proposed project should be a strong fit to the OCSB theme of structural and/or biophysical characterization of macromolecules with the goal of understanding structure-function relationships of biomedically important macromolecules and their complexes. 

Application Deadline: January 31, 2024.

Additional Information: Please see the attached flyer (2024_OCSB Pilot Project Proposals_final 1 1)

 

 

The Harold Hamm Diabetes Center (HHDC) is pleased to announce funding opportunities for diabetes grants for 2024. The HHDC will consider funding six types of proposals, including: Team Science, Novel Pilot Projects, Novel Pilot Projects for Post-Docs, Bridge Funding, Equipment Grants and Travel Reimbursements. Additionally, in partnership with the Stephenson Cancer Center, there are two HHDC-SCC mechanisms for Team Science and Novel Pilot Projects.

HHDC Team Science: $100,000 per year for up to 3 years

HHDC Novel Pilot Project: $70,000 per year for up to 2 years

HHDC Novel Pilot Project for Post-Docs: $70,000 per year for up to 2 years

HHDC Bridge: $100,000 for 1 year

HHDC Equipment: up to $250,000

HHDC Travel Reimbursement: up to $2,500

HHDC-SCC Team Science: $100,000 per year for up to 3 years

HHDC-SCC Novel Pilot Project: $70,000 per year for up to 2 years

PROCESS:

For questions, please contact HHDCGrants@ouhsc.edu.

 

 

Office of Technology Commercialization presents the following opportunity for researchers to engage with industry (click here for more information, or email otc@ou.edu or gina-mcmillen@ouhsc.edu).  

 

 

 

 

 

 

Description: We intend to seek and support grant projects that address the following themes:

Deadline: March 5, 2024

 

Description: We intend to seek and support grant projects that address the following themes:

Deadline: July 2, 2024

 

 

Description: CSL’s Research Acceleration Initiative aims to fast-track discovery of innovative biotherapies through partnerships between CSL and global research organizations. These partnerships provide funding and access to industry experts for scientists working on novel biotherapeutic strategies in CSL’s therapeutic areas. The 2024 Research Acceleration Initiative will focus on innovative research projects that address unmet medical needs and are aligned with CSL’s Therapeutic Areas and scientific Platforms.

Scientists who wish to apply will be asked to submit a 300-word online abstract that outlines their proposal.  Interested researchers are invited to attend information webinars to learn more about the initiative: Webinars will be held on:

Applications Deadline: Submit a non-confidential, 300 word abstract via the CSL online application portal by 27^th February2024.

Link to the Full Announcement: Please see the attached flyer (Global RAI 2024_Scientific flyer_OUHSC.pdf).

 

 

Description: The SNPRC Pilot Research program provides opportunities and support for investigators to use SNPRC nonhuman primate resources in highly focused, short-term studies with a high likelihood of enhancing the value, utility, feasibility, and attractiveness of nonhuman primates for biomedical research. High priority will be given to studies that propose to generate preliminary data for applications to the National Institutes of Health (NIH) for support of future research projects. Those proposing to develop new nonhuman primate models of disease, or develop and/or test new research methods, instrumentation, or approaches for biomedical research using nonhuman primates, also will be considered responsive to the goals of the program.

LOIs Deadline: January 12, 2024

Applications Deadline: February 23, 2024

 

 

Description: The purpose of the GWEP is to educate and train the health care and supportive care workforces to care for older adults by collaborating with community partners. Applicants must maximize patient and family engagement to address care gaps and improve health outcomes for older adults by integrating geriatrics with primary care and other appropriate specialties using the Age-Friendly Health Systems Framework.

Applications Deadline: February 26, 2024

 

 

Description: This call will foster a vibrant ecosystem of Epidemic Science Leadership and Innovation Networks (EPSILONs) across Africa. Each EPSILON will comprise three to eight organisations in a ‘hub and spoke’ consortium. Each consortium will establish a network of research excellence in a thematic area relevant to epidemic and pandemic sciences research, preparedness and response. While interdisciplinary applications are strongly encouraged, EPSILONs will focus on one or more of the following thematic research areas:     

Preliminary Applications Deadline: January 31, 2024. 

Link to the Full Announcement: https://scienceforafrica.foundation/media-center/call-applications-establish-networks-epidemic-and-pandemic-sciences-research