July 2008: OER Nexus

Helping to Foster Women’s Careers in the Scientific Workforce
Photograph of Norka Ruiz Bravo

To ensure that the biomedical workforce includes the best and the brightest, we are compelled to encourage and support the participation of women in biomedical careers.

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NIH takes next steps toward migration to Adobe forms.

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Maintaining Objectivity in Research - Know Your Disclosure Requirements

Reporting financial interests to an NIH-supported clinical trial network steering committee/operations office may not fulfill your responsibilities for reporting FCOI to your institution.

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Office for Human Research Protections Request For Information Due Sept. 29, 2008

The NIH Office for Human Research Protections on July 1 issued an RFA on Implementation of Human Subjects Protection Training and Education Programs.

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Clarifying Public Comment Opportunity on Financial Conflict of Interest

The current 60-day Notice focuses on the burden associated with information collection. This effort is not part of the proposed process to modify financial conflict of interest regulations.

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NHGRI Director Francis S. Collins to Step Down
Dr. Francis Collins

Francis S. Collins, M.D., Ph.D., the director of the National Human Genome Research Institute will step down August 1.

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Government-Wide Grant Management Terms & Conditions Implemented

To promote consistency in the administration and management of grants, federal research agencies have adopted core terms and conditions.

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2008 NIH Regional Seminars Conclude with a Record Number of Attendees
"NIH staff provided assistance at the Grants Information booth throughout the 2 day seminar.

"NIH staff provided assistance at the Grants Information booth throughout the 2 day seminar.

Regionals prove an invaluable forum to converse with both researchers and administrators on topics ranging from grant writing and the application process to how to manage a grant award.

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EYE on PI

Funding Opportunity Focused on Women in Biomedical Careers

To help advance talented women in biomedical and behavioral science and engineering, the NIH this month published a Request for Applications (RFA) to support research on the causal factors that support the careers of women in those fields.

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Science in the News

Older Treatment May Be More Effective in Preserving Sight for Some Patients with Diabetes

Scientists Define 21 New Genes Associated with Crohn’s Disease

NHGRI Funds Next Step in Understanding Biological Roots of Common Diseases

Research Uncovers Little-Known Impacts of Smell and Taste on Health

Calendar

7/28/2008 - 7/28/2008: NIH Summit: The Science of Eliminating Health Disparities

NIH Guide Notices

NOT-OD-08-092: Delays in Grant Application Submission due to Fires – 2008

NOT-OD-08-091: NIH Implementation of Government-wide Standard Terms and Conditions for Research Grants

NOT-OD-08-090: Announcement of a Pilot for the Transition from PureEdge to Adobe-based SF424 (R&R) Grant Application Forms (RFA-AI-08-020, RFA-DE-09-001 and RFA-DE-09-002)

NOT-OD-08-084: Notice of NIH Office of Rare Diseases Opportunities for Researchers to Translate New Genetic Tests from Laboratory to Clinical Testing: Collaboration, Education, and Test Translation (CETT) Program

NOT-OD-08-083: NIH Extramural Loan Repayment Programs (LRP)