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Research News – Monday, February 3, 2025


Published: Monday, February 3, 2025

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ANNOUNCEMENTS

Federal Executive Orders FAQs and Resources
Dear faculty and staff:
As promised in President Harroz’s communication earlier this week regarding new federal executive orders pertaining to research grants and contracts, the university has developed Frequently Asked Questions to help guide our efforts and provide the most up-to-date information. As details will likely continue to evolve, we are committed to updating this list as needed and encourage you to check back often for additional information.
Our current FAQs can be found here.
Thank you again for your work on behalf of the university!

WORKSHOPS AND SEMINARS

2025 Oklahoma Geroscience Symposium
Date:   April 8, 2025
Location:  Nicholson Conference Center, 1000 NE 13th St, Oklahoma City, OK 73104
The Oklahoma Nathan Shock Center of Excellence is proud to host the 2025 OKLAHOMA GEROSCIENCE SYMPOSIUM: Inflammation and Lipid Signaling in Aging and Age-Associated Disease. The symposium will feature a Keynote Lecture by David Mangelsdorf, PhD, and other world-renowned speakers in aging and Geroscience research, a Funder’s Roundtable, Poster Session and Trainee/Faculty Mixer.
 
We invite you to the OU Research Cores and Collaboration Day on February 11, 2025, from 10:30 AM to 2:00 PM at the Nicholson Tower 5th Floor Auditorium. This event offers a unique opportunity to connect with core facility experts and fellow researchers, fostering collaboration to enhance the efficiency and effectiveness of our research. By bridging the gap between researchers and the resources available on our campuses. We hope to see you there, lunch will be provided, registration requested. Scan the QR code in the flyer or follow this link to register https://form.jotform.com/243225058593156. Any questions can be emailed to Kylie Williams in the Center for Geroscience at Kylie-m-Williams@ouhsc.edu 
 
Save the Date Stewart Wolf Research Day 2025 on May 16, 2025. This event is for trainees to highlight their research from the DOM, and consists of poster and oral presentations, abstract submissions, and a keynote speaker. Please see the attached flyer.
KEY DATES:
October 10, 2024                          Abstract Submission Opens
March 19, 2025 at 11:59 PM           Abstract Submission Deadline
April 16, 2025                                     Notifications Sent to Presenters about Poster and/or Oral Presentations
May 1, 2025                                        Deadline for Copy of Posters and Oral Presentations to be Submitted
May 16, 2025                                     Stewart Wolf Day Events
For any inquiries or questions about this event, please contact ryan-nipp@ouhsc.edu.

FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES

Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA)
The Bureau of Health Workforce in the Division of Medicine and Dentistry at HRSA has announced an opportunity titled ‘Primary Care Training and Enhancement—Residency Training in Street Medicine (PCTE-RTSM)’ (Opportunity number: HRSA-25-078).  The purpose of the program is to enhance training in street medicine for residents enrolled in accredited primary care residency programs.  Each award will be funded in five 12-month budget periods for a total five-year period of performance from July 1, 2025 to June 30, 2030. The budget requested for each of years two through five cannot exceed the request for year one.
Only one application is permitted from each institution.  Therefore, Principal Investigators from OUHSC are asked to submit a Notice-of-Intent (NOI) to HSCORA@ouhsc.edu by 5 p.m. on Monday, February 10.  The NOI should include the Principal Investigators’ full name, academic rank, name of the PI’s college, department, division and/or section, and the title and an abstract of the proposed application.  Please see the attached NOFO for details regarding eligibility.   
 
2025 SCC NACCHE Pilot Grant Program
Please find attached the Guidelines and Forms for the 2025 SCC NACCHE Pilot Grant Program. Please submit your application using the following link: SCC Internal Grant Form
Objectives
The Native American Center for Cancer Health Equity (NACCHE) at the Stephenson Cancer Center (SCC) is soliciting applications for its “Improving Cancer Outcomes in Native American Communities” (ICON) 2025 Pilot Grant Program. The goal of this program is to support research conducted in collaboration with tribal partners that advances cancer health equity in Native American communities. Pilot grants should fund preliminary research leading to future grant submissions, publications, and/or health policy change as a desired outcome.  
Eligibility
Applicants must be OUHSC members of Native American Center for Cancer Health Equity (NACCHE) at the time of the award. OU Norman applicants will be considered in future years but are not eligible for this current call.Information about NACCHE membership can be found at nacche.ouhsc.edu. Please work with SCC Proposal Services to assist in completing the necessary forms. A Proposal Request can be initiated <here>.
 Funding Details
  • NACCHE ICON anticipates making up to five awards per year, up to $50,000 each year in direct costs. NACCHE ICON leadership has the discretion to allocate pilot funding in amounts that best advance the Center’s vision and mission.
  • No Indirect Costs are associated with this award.
Deadlines
  • Deadline for submission: 11:59 p.m. Central, Friday, February 28, 2025.
Applicants with community partners must plan for the time needed to obtain tribal letters of support.
  • Earliest start date: April 15, 2025. Applicants with community partners may require additional Tribal review and Tribal or Indian Health Service IRB and should plan accordingly.
If you have any questions or concerns, please reach out to SCC-InternalGrants@ouhsc.edu. For questions about pilot grant research scope and focus, tribal collaboration, or mentorship plan, please contact NACCHE@ou.edu
 
Presbyterian Health Foundation (PHF) Seed Grant Program – Request For ApplicationsCycle II
PHF Seed Grant Program Deadline: March 12, 2025
The primary objective of the PHF Seed Grant program is to provide a one-year grant for new OUHSC investigators to initiate research programs. Secondary objectives are to provide established OUHSC faculty with the opportunity to initiate new unfunded projects and to provide unfunded OUHSC faculty funds to initiate a research program. Applications from new investigators (within 5 years of first full academic appointment and never having received independent federal funds) are given special consideration during peer review and at the time of funding consideration. 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.   
PHF Seed Grant recipients may not hold a PHF Bridge Grant or a PHF Clinician Scientist Development Grant during the duration of this award. 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  Kathy-Kyler@ouhsc.edu.
 
Presbyterian Health Foundation (PHF) Clinical Translational Grant Award (CTGA) Program – Request For Applications   
  • Cycle II PHF CTGA Program Deadline: March 12, 2025
The CTGA program replaces the Team Science program. The primary objective of this PHF CTGA mechanism is to grow collaborations and expand innovative healthcare research activities and promote collaboration among faculty to help OUHSC achieve the goals outlined in Pillar 1 of the Strategic Plan. The investigators must consist of one basic science researcher and one clinician researcher who can develop a broadly based, multidisciplinary research program focused on a specific disease entity, biomedical problem area, or clinically relevant problem. The proposal must focus on the collaborative relationship, such that the scientific objectives could not be achieved without the efforts of a basic science researcher, a clinician researcher, and their respective expertise and/or disciplines. It is expected that both members of the investigator team will devote an equivalent amount of effort to the project (60/40 or 50/50 distribution of effort).
The funding for this program can be for up to two years. The second year of funding, if funds are available, will be based on successful achievement of identified milestones as noted by the researchers in the Year 1 application and quality of specified milestones to be met during the next year of funding, as documented in the completed Year Two application form.
This funding opportunity is intended to:
  • Promote collaborative scientific interactions among investigators
  • Support translation of novel basic/pre-clinical observations or the translation, dissemination, and implementation of clinical observations to community settings
  • Foster engagement of interdisciplinary teams
  • Support collaborative interactions among clinical and fundamental research investigators leading to co-authored papers and grant applications.
PHF CTGA awardees may hold PHF Symposium grants, Technology Advancement Grants (TAG), or Bridge grants throughout the duration of this award, but may not serve as the Contact PI/Team Leader on more than one PHF Clinical Translational Grant. A single investigator may only be awarded one CTGA award at a time, whether as contact PI or collaborating PI.
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  Kathy-Kyler@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.

 

NIH NOTICES

An NIH Guide was not published this week.  We are guessing this is because of the Federal Communication Stop requirement.  We will share NIH Guide information once it is restored.  See attached AAMC document.
 
NOTE: When only one application is allowed per Institution according to the sponsor instructions, please send a copy of the guidelines to HSCORA@ouhsc.edu as soon as the PI or department is aware of limited eligibility. ORA will review and provide further instructions regarding next steps in the process.

NIH FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES

An NIH Guide was not published this week.  We are guessing this is because of the Federal Communication Stop requirement.  We will share NIH Guide information once it is restored.  See attached AAMC document.

 

OTHER FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES

National Academy of Sciences - 2025 US NAM Catalyst Award Competition
Application Deadline March 04, 2025

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