Dr. Michael Lauer, the NIH Deputy Director for Extramural Research, writes to give NIH applicants real, practical advice to address rigor in their applications. Starting with applications due on January 25, 2016, scientific rigor must be addressed by focusing on four areas: scientific premise, scientific rigor, biological variables and key biological and/or chemical resources.
Follow this link to Learn how to comply with new NIH standards of rigor!
Tri-C, Mandel Humanities Center
May 5-6, 2016
The chairman of the National Endowment for the Humanities will serve as keynote speaker at the first community forum hosted by the Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel Humanities Centerat Cuyahoga Community College (Tri-C®). Students will work with the City Club of Cleveland to organize the forum, which will address issues in Northeast Ohio. The forum will essentially serve as a “capstone” for the center’s first class of Mandel Scholars.
January 27, 2016
Greetings, We would like to remind you about this one-day workshop to be held at the Case Western Reserve University. This seminar is perfect for beginners, junior faculty, postdocs, and administrators who are in the process of submitting grants to the National Institutes of Health (NIH). It is also beneficial for seasoned researchers who are looking for a refresher course. Our goal is to assist all who want to submit research proposals to the NIH.
Dr. Gregory Wilson, Department of History
Faculty Research Grant, Research for Lunch Presentation
January 28, 2016
12:15pm to 1pm, CAS 124
“Toxic Dust: The Virginia Kepone Disaster and the Legacy of Chlorinated Insecticides”
Abstract
This book will analyze the history and legacy of the 1975 poisoning of workers and contamination of the James River near Richmond, Virginia by the chemical Kepone, the brand name of chlordecone, a white, powdery pesticide similar to DDT. About 1% of Kepone made its way into domestic use in ant and roach traps; 99% went to Europe to battle the Colorado potato beetle and to the banana plantations of the French West Indies to eradicate the banana root borer. A number of significant events followed in the wake of the disaster, including a global ban on chlordecone. This case study of Kepone will illuminate the larger political ecology and environmental legacy of toxic substances in the South, the United States and the globe.
Bio
Greg Wilson specializes in the history of recent United States and Ohio history. He is the author of Communities Left Behind: The Area Redevelopment Administration, 1945 -1965 and the co-author of Ohio: A History of the Buckeye State and the upcoming Above the Shots: An Oral History of the Kent State Shootings.
Please join us to learn more about Dr. Wilson’s exciting research. Feel free to bring your lunch!
Questions? Contact RschSrvsGA8@uakron.edu
Beginning on January 15, 2016, a new URL will be available to PIs for mobile access to their status information in eRA Commons. The new URL will be: https://m.era.nih.gov/cmb
This new mobile access means it will be significantly easier for PIs to track and manage grant applications and awards because the Status screen will be easily viewable on a range of devices such as tablets and smartphones. PIs can simply go to the eRA Commons mobile login page and provide their credentials as they normally would when accessing eRA Commons.
The mobile site is designed to provide the basic and necessary information PIs need to track their application submissions and awards. The status screen, resizable due to responsive design, provides a table of all their applications. The applications are grouped based on status, going from Received, Awarded, Pending, Withdrawn, to Not Funded. The column headings are Project Number, Status, Project Title and Date.
Each application can be expanded to show important information such as Priority Score, Percentile, Scientific Review Group (SGR) information and links to other resources, such as the application image and/or summary statement. There is also a Contact section that provides access to a PI’s assigned Scientific Review Officer (SRO), Grants Management Specialist (GMS) and Program Official (PO).
Additionally, at the top of the screen is a large search/filter field. When a PI simply starts to type in any information from any of the columns, the results will be dynamically updated as they type.