Are you interested in positioning your interdisciplinary research team to be competitive for an external multi-component NIH large-scale grant (i.e., U- and P-series mechanisms)? Do you need funds to pursue final data collection/analysis, to publish with your collaborators, or to support resources for grant development?

If so, you are encouraged to apply for the Accelerating Synergy Award through the Michigan Institute for Clinical & Health Research (MICHR). A Letter of Intent is required and due by August 5, 2019 at 5:00 PM through UMMS Competition Space . Applications are due on September 9, 2019 at 5:00 PM. 

The Michigan Diabetes Research Center (MDRC) is offering three funding opportunities of varying amounts for instructional, research, or clinical track faculty at the University of Michigan. The application deadline for all three opportunities is Monday, August 5, 2019.

The University’s Biosciences Initiative is launching Ideas Lab, its latest funding opportunity based on critical pillars for advancing discovery — high-risk, high-reward research, and the freedom to pursue big ideas and multidisciplinary collaborations.

The Ideas Lab is designed to help catalyze innovative ideas and encourage researchers in diverse fields to collaborate on novel solutions. All U-M Ann Arbor faculty are encouraged to apply, specifically junior faculty and members of underrepresented groups in the sciences. For more information, attend the informational webinar on Wednesday, July 31. The application deadline is Thursday, September 5.

The Office of Research & Sponsored Projects (ORSP) has made several announcements about the new NIH review of foreign entities providing any support to NIH-funded investigators. Please read the reminder from ORSP for more information.

If you have questions on where to start or have been asked to respond to NIH and you would like some guidance, you may contact Grant Services & Analysis or your ORSP project representative for help.  

Precision Health at the University of Michigan has selected nine recipients for its 2019 Scholars Awards. These grants of up to $80,000 each support the innovative projects of early-career researchers.

The 2019 Scholars Awards recipients are:

Congratulations!

The decision to submit or participate in a multiple-PI application is up to the institution and to the individual investigators. The National Institutes of Health (NIH) intended the multiple-PI option to encourage collaboration among equals when addressing the scientific problem at hand. The NIH views all PIs equally, with shared responsibility to complete project goals. However, the PI who is listed first in the application will be recognized as the “Contact” PI who will be the main point of contact for communications between the agency and the leadership team.

For more information, read the full  Sharpening Your Focus article.

Michigan Medicine is now accepting submissions for research programs to take advantage of 75,000 square feet of newly renovated space at the North Campus Research Complex (NCRC). Final applications are due on Monday, September 9.

“Over 3,500 research faculty and staff already call NCRC home,” said Steven Kunkel, Ph.D., Medical School Interim Chief Scientific Officer and Senior Associate Dean for Research. “Our goal is to bring together highly collaborative faculty and their teams, leveraging NCRC’s already robust research environment and Michigan Medicine’s strengths by aligning interests, expertise, and technologies.”

There have been a number of leadership changes across Michigan Medicine this summer. Here are a few that you should be aware of:

You're invited to check out the newly designed interactive Post-Award Procedures Manual!

 

The Grant Services & Analysis team maintains the Post-Award Procedures Manual, which was developed to guide research administrators in providing post-award support to faculty in the pursuit and conduct of research. The manual outlines post-award expectations and offers guidance on procedures, best practices, and resources. Previously a PDF document, the manual recently received a content update and transitioned to a web-based platform to better serve research administrators across Michigan Medicine.

As of July 1, 2019, MCRU will be under the administrative control of the Clinical Trials Support Office (CTSO), with Michigan Institute for Clinical & Health Research (MICHR) as a supportive partner.

Njira Lugogo, M.D. has also agreed to serve as Medical Director of MCRU starting August 1, 2019. We thank Dr. Eric White for his leadership in the last few years. The strategic evaluation and decision making between the CTSO and MICHR has been highly collaborative and positive. Working together, we anticipate that the transition will be similarly smooth. During this transition, all MCRU operations will remain the same. We all look forward to better serving the community of clinical and translational researchers at the University of Michigan, and we will keep you apprised of further developments.

As of June 1, we have begun the process of sunsetting the Michigan Budget Enrollment Calendar Tool (MBECT) with a deadline of a complete retirement by November 1, 2019. All new research studies with items and services that require charge routing to a study account or third party payer should be submitted to the Clinical Trials Support Office through the CTSU Intake Form. If you currently have studies in MBECT, please continue to maintain your information. A CTSU representative will reach out to provide you with your study migration date.

The next step of the MBECT Sunset entails shutting down the MBECT Pricing Tool. Starting July 1, 2019, if you require assistance in pricing outpatient-care items to build your initial budget or proposal, contact the Calendar Review & Analysis Office (CRAO) by emailing the specifics of your request to [email protected] following this format.

Michigan Research Experts is a searchable database of research expertise across the University of Michigan, developed by the Medical School Office of Research and custom-tailored for our research community to foster collaboration on campus and around the world.

Is your profile up-to-date? Michigan Research Experts faculty profiles are auto-populated by various electronic records, but it’s also easy to customize your listing. Attend this drop-in editing workshop on Monday, August 19, to learn how to curate your profile, and have your questions answered by the Michigan Research Experts help team.

To better navigate the complexities of the U-M biomedical research enterprise, visit the Research Project Lifecycle . This interactive tool provides an overview of the resources available to you, not only within the Medical School Office of Research but also across the University. The "stops" along this lifecycle are highlighted above, and more information is available online .