Weekly Research News Bulletin

Week of 4/13/09

Research News:

National Institutes of Health (NIH)

Extramural Nexus – April 2009
http://nexus.od.nih.gov/nexus/nexus.aspx?Month=4&Year=2009&ID=0

Notices:

• SCAW IACUC-Advanced Workshop: June 15, 2009 in Research Triangle Park, NC
  http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/notice-files/NOT-OD-09-081.html
• Findings of Scientific Misconduct
  http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/notice-files/NOT-OD-09-082.html
• Notice Regarding Competitive Revisions Using Recovery Act Funds for Applications Still Requiring Paper Submission
  http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/notice-files/NOT-OD-09-083.html
• Notice of Intent to Publish a Request for Applications for a Cancer Immunotherapy Trials Network (U01)
  http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/notice-files/NOT-CA-09-016.html
• Notice of Intent to Publish a Request for Applications for Research Training Grants in Developing Research Capacity for HIV-Associated Malignancies in Africa
  http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/notice-files/NOT-CA-09-021.html
• Change in Scope of PAR-08-182: Collaborative Interdisciplinary Team Science in Diabetes, Endocrinology and Metabolic Diseases, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK)
  http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/notice-files/NOT-DK-09-011.html
• Technical Assistance Meeting for Applications to Recovery Act Grand Opportunities (RFA-OD-09-004) that Focus on NIEHS Topics of Engineered Nanomaterial Environmental Health and Safety and Bisphenol A: Research to Impact Human Health
  http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/notice-files/NOT-ES-09-006.html
• Clarification of Policies Regarding Allowable Postdoctoral Positions on Support of Competitive Research (SCORE) Awards PAR-08-026, PAR-08-027, and PAR-08-028
  http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/notice-files/NOT-GM-09-019.html
• The Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) will not participate in NOT-OD-09-058 NIH Announces the Availability of Recovery Act Funds for Competitive Revision Applications
  http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/notice-files/NOT-HD-09-013.html
• Notice of Correction to Budget and Project Period Information and Research Objectives for PA-08-188, Integrating Biobehavioral and Sociocultural Research to Prevent HIV Transmission and Infection (R01)
  http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/notice-files/NOT-NR-09-009.html

National Science Foundation (NSF)

Dear Colleague Letter: Graduate Research Supplements (GRS) to Current ENG Awards to Broaden Participation
http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2009/nsf09045/nsf09045.jsp?govDel=USNSF_25