The NIH has announced that NIH will be publicly posting project outcomes on NIH’s Research Portfolio Online Reporting Tool (RePORTER).  Please review the NIH Guide Notice NOT-OD-18-103 for complete details. This applies to any outcomes submitted on or after Oct. 1, 2017. These outcomes are entered by principal investigators in the Outcomes portion (Section I) of the interim and final Research Performance Progress Reports (RPPRs) for their grants in eRA Commons.

It is important that all PIs when writing the Outcomes portion (Section I) ensure that it is:

• Written for the general public in clear and concise language
• Suitable for dissemination to the general public
• Does not include proprietary, confidential information or trade secrets
• Not more than half a page

To help the research community understand what is an acceptable report, a specific example has been posted on the NIH website. Click here to view this example.

In partnership with lead sponsors JDRF and the Helmsley Charitable Trust, the Diabetes Innovation Challenge will award $250,000 in cash and in-kind prizes for the winning innovations that can improve the lives of 30+ million people living with diabetes (with a particular focus on insulin-dependent diabetes).

The Diabetes Innovation Challenge is seeking:

• Automated Insulin Devices and related components including glucose sensing, insulin delivery systems, and cellular therapy delivery technologies
• Diagnostics such as tests for research and screening; early diagnosis and prevention; autoantibodies, C- peptide, or other markers such as beta cell death and risk of diabetic complications
• Therapeutics like smart insulins, glucagons, immune-modulating therapies, beta cell regeneration, and treatments for diabetic complications
• Technology Design/Disease Management. For example, new approaches to using information and communication technologies to support diabetes management
The deadline for applications is January 31, 2018.

Interested applicants can apply at diabetes.innovationchallenge.com.

Reach out to T1D Exchange or email Challenge@t1dexchange.org for more infomation.

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The Administrator of the Ohio Bureau of Workers Compensation is presenting a new research opportunity: the Ohio Occupational Safety and Health Research Program. This is a competitive research program with an emphasis on maximizing the impact that research efforts in the areas of occupational safety and health have on the overall safety, health, productivity and competitiveness of Ohio’s workforce.

Guidelines for the research program can be found here.

For any questions, please contact BWCResearchProgram@bwc.state.oh.us                or Ms. Sarah Jordan at (614) 466-5109.

MQC is calling for more applicants to round out their proposal writing retreat and has extended their application deadline.

The Proposal Writing Retreat will be held at the Historic Glasbern Inn from January 7 – January 11, 2018. This retreat is designed to allow you structured time to convert your project idea into a competitive grant proposal. Program officers’, peer reviewers’, and fellow applicants’ feedback will support your efforts to develop a strong grant proposal. The goal is that each participant will depart with a strong proposal draft and new insight to share after returning to the lab, classroom, or office.

At this stage, they have participants from universities, community organizations, and state departments of health, with a strong focus on NIH and HRSA programs. If you would benefit, or know of any additional researchers who would benefit from professional development, individual consultation, and peer review experience – whether in health fields or in STEM, arts and humanities, or community and economic development – please consider applying!

The fee is $1998, inclusive of everything but travel. One full and two partial scholarships are available.

Click here to request more information.

Contact meg@mqcconsulting.com to apply.

The Ohio University is sponsoring an all-day workshop:

How to Write a Competitive NSF Grant
Wednesday, December 13, 8:00 – 5:00 pm

There is a limited number of seats available for administrators and faculty members from other institutions to participate. Please email male-bru@ohio.edu (put NSF Workshop in subject title) by December 4th to RSVP. The cost for non-Ohio University personnel is $150 and includes lunch.

The workshop will be presented by Dr. John Robertson from the Grant Writers’ Seminars & Workshops.

Dr. Robertson received his doctoral degree in 1999 from The University of Texas at Austin in pharmacology and toxicology. From 1999-2003, he served as a postdoctoral research fellow at the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm, Sweden. He then went to the University of Kansas Medical Center, in 2004, where he was a faculty member in the Department of Pharmacology, Toxicology and Therapeutics, and an associate member of the University of Kansas Cancer Center. In 2010 he was recruited to teach grantsmanship by Grant Writers’ Seminars and Workshops.

Dr. Robertson has been the recipient of competitive extramural funding from the federal and non-federal sources. He has authored 30 peer-reviewed journal articles and three book chapters. He’s been a member of grant review panels, a reviewer for biomedical journals, and served on editorial boards. In addition, he has been routinely recognized for excellence in teaching.

Dr. Robertson has presented two previous workshops at Ohio University. Reviews from both workshops were outstanding, with ratings of 4.8/5.0. Here are comments from attendees:

• “[The presenter’s] enthusiasm was perfect and his passion for the approach was great.”
• “This is a great workshop. It is very informative and educational and it is very entertaining to hear about the tips and guidelines. [The presenter] is absolutely helpful to me for learning the NSF application processes. Thanks.”
• “I found this seminar to be incredibly useful and enlightening. We should encourage more PhD students to attend. There was a lot of information presented here that I should have known years ago.”
• “This was excellent. Interesting and appropriately “fast paced” with a potentially dry topic. Thank you! A good investment.”