The collaborative research fund, established in 1997, supports research programs that are exclusively collaborative between Cook County Hospital and Rush investigators. The funds may be utilized to support new, collaborative, basic and clinical science, health services research, and epidemiological programs that are limited in scope and are well focused to produce pilot data sufficient to attract extramural funding. These grants are for one year of funding, and with a budgetary limit of $10,000 per project.

The program is designed to support research that is exclusively collaborative between the two institutions. The intent of the program is to facilitate the development of new clinical and basic research programs. Collaboration is broadly defined to include any project with substantive participation of investigators from both institutions. 

Interested candidates should submit a letter of intent (no longer than two pages in length) to the Committee describing briefly the Specific Aims of the proposal and the names of all collaborative investigators. The letter should include an explicit statement describing the collaborative nature of the project. Fellows must identify a senior investigator who will serve as mentor. Letters may be submitted to the Committee electronically via e-mail; if submitting by mail, please include a disk version. 

Deadlines

Letter of Intent must be received by: May 1, 2000
Invitation for Full Application will be sent by: May 19, 2000
Applications for Review due by: June 19, 2000
Funding to begin: August 1, 2000

For more information and submissions, contact: 

Robin Wagner
Rush/Cook County Hospital Affiliation Research Committee
Rush Primary Care Institute
1653 West Congress Parkway
Chicago, IL 60612
312-942-3336
Robin_Wagner@rush.edu

AT LAST -- A WEB ADDRESS YOU CAN REMEMBER

As promised, the Office of Research Development web site now goes by a shorter and cognitively less-challenging name: http://cookcountyresearch.net.    Bookmark it for all your grant and research information needs...
 

REMINDER: NEW FORMS REQUIRED AS OF APRIL 1

As announced in the last Newsletter,  as of April 1, 2000, the Cook County Hospital/Bureau Scientific Committee and the Office of Research Development will only accept applications for IRB and institutional approval of projects on e the new application forms. If you don't yet have a disk with the new forms, they can be picked up in Room 603 Durand between 8:00 AM and 4:00 PM. Call first (633-7792 or 572-3506) to make sure the room is open. Forms can also be downloaded from the Office of Research Development web site (http://cookcountyresearch.net/cchdown.html)

AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY INITIATES ELECTRONIC SUBMISSIONS

For the first time, the American Cancer Society will accept grant applications electronically for its current round of research funding. Persons wishing to apply on line for the:

• Research Scholar Grants for Beginning Investigators;
• Research Scholar Grants for Psychosocial and Behavioral Research;
• Research Scholar Grants for Health Services and Health Policy Outcomes Research;

(deadlines April 1 and October 15), should go to http://www.cancer.org for instructions and the application form. 

NATIONAL HUMAN SUBJECTS PROTECTION WORKSHOP TO BE HELD IN CHICAGO

On June 8 and 9, Rush Presbyterian-St. Luke's Medical Center, in conjunction with a number of local institutions, including Cook County Hospital, will offer a national workshop, titled "Sensitivity in Research Involving Individuals with Cognitive Impairment, Genetics and Tissue Banks". The workshop will also be sponsored  by the Office for Protection from Research Risks. It will feature a number of nationally prominent speakers, as well as local expertise. 

Two Cook County IRB staff members - Funeka Sihlali, Research Quality Coordinator and Lillian Hampton, CCH/Bureau IRB Manager, will lead discussions on "Audits as Part of the Continuing Review Process" and "Ethics in International Research/Acceptable Recruitment Practice". 

The registration fee for this workshop, if paid before April 25, is $150. For more information, contact April Trenholme at 312-942-5498.
 

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[A long-term calendar showing most of the major academic medical society meetings can be found on the web at: http://www.aamc.org/meetings/mjmtgcal.htm] 
 

Donors Forum of Chicago Workshops:

Outcome Evaluation for Non-Profit Organizations
 April 3
 May 24

The ABCs of Proposal Preparation & Writing
 April 20-21
 May 16-17
 June 14-15

For more information, call 312-578-0175.
 

Effective IRB's: The Fundamentals is a workshop sponsored by the Association of American Medical Colleges and the Office for Protection from Research Risks. It will be offered twice: May 12 in San Diego, and September 18 in Chicago. For more information, go to http://www.aamc.org/meetings/specmtgs/irb00/start.htm 

The Role and Activities of Scientific Societies in Promoting Research Integrity will be presented April 10-11 in Washington, DC, sponsored by the American Association for the Advancement of Science and the Office of Research Integrity. Call 202-326-7016, or go to http://www.aaas.org/spp/dspp/sfrl/projects/integrity.htm

APPLICATIONS DUE APRIL 7: A Short Course on Racial and Ethnic Minorities as Research Subjects will be offered October 20-22 and December 1-3 in Washington, DC and again May 18-20, 2001 at Tuskegee University. Admission to the short course, sponsored by American Association for the Advancement of Science, Tuskegee University, and the University of Wisconsin, will require a formal application, due April 7, 2000.  Participants' on site expenses (registration, lodging and meals) will be covered by the sponsors. Participants will be expected to pay their own travel expenses. For more information, call 202-326-6218 or go to 
http://www.aaas.org/spp/dspp/sfrl/projects/short_course/main.htm

Challenges in Health Disparity in the New Millennium, presented by the Office of Research on Minority Health, NIH, will take place April 16-19 in Washington, DC. For more information, call 301-593-2800. 

Human Genome Project: Genes and Society – Impact of New Technologies on Law, Medicine and Policy, sponsored by the Whitehead Institute and the American Society of Law, Medicine & Ethics, will be offered May 11-12 in Cambridge, MA. For information, call 617-258-0633 or go to http://www.aslme.org/conferences

Pharmaceutical Outcomes Research will take place May 11-12 in Seattle, sponsored by the Drug Information Association and the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. Call 215-628-2288 for information.

Ethics in Research – Focusing on Behavioral Health Services will be presented by NIH and the University of South Florida in St. Petersburg, FL May 15-18. Call 813-974-7623 or go to http://www.fhmi.usf.edu/mhlp/ethics/ethics.html

Assessment and Treatment of Research Animal Pain and Distress is a workshop offered by the Scientists Center for Animal Welfare May 18-19 in Baltimore. For more information call 301-35-3500.

Ethics and the Patient Experience in Clinical Research will be presented by the Institute for Research and Education of Health System Minnesota. It will take place May 19 in Minneapolis. Call 612-993-3005 for more information.

At the Crossroads – Ethics, Genetics, Leadership, Self-Determination is a conference sponsored by the American Association on Mental Retardation. For more information call 202-387-1968 or go to http://www.aamr.org

Colloquium on Science and Technology Policy will be held April 11-13 in Washington, DC, sponsored by the American Association for the Advancement of Science. Go to http://www.aaas.org.spp/r&d for more information.

Making Learning and Teaching Count will be offered June 25-27, sponsored by Dartmouth Medical School, Hanover, NH. For more information, call 603-650-1529.
 
 

Office of Research Development Workshops 

These workshops are open to any County-affiliated investigator or grant-seeker. Enrollment for some sessions is limited, so please register only for those you will be able to attend. 

Grant Writing Seminar:

Gives an overview of the entire process of developing a project and applying for funding. Includes information on approaching both governmental and private funders, describes an approach to developing grant budgets, discusses stylistic and content issues that are frequent stumbling blocks in writing grant applications.

Constructing a Grant Budget:

Covers many of the technical aspects of developing an accurate time line and budget for a grant proposal.

What Are All These Forms? Interacting With the Scientific Committee: 

Gives an orientation to procedures -- and the associated forms -- used by the Scientific Committee to 
ensure that patients are protected from undue risks in research. The Bureau forms will be discussed, and new policies and changes in federal regulations will be covered.

To register for any of these, call Bennetta Anderson at 312-633-4941. If you would like to schedule one or more of these workshops in your Department or at another site, please call Karen Smith at 633-4940. 

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All NIH announcements from the past several years, including full text versions of RFA's and PA's, can be reached on the web at:  http://grants.nih.govhttp://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/index.html

To have the NIH Guide sent automatically to your e-mail address every week, click on the LISTSERV link on this page and follow the instructions.

To ask specific questions about NIH grant programs, send e-mail to: grantsinfo@nih.gov 
 
 

These are one time only opportunities. 

INTERVENTION EFFECTIVENESS RESEARCH IN OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH (RFA-OH-00-002) National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health

THE NCI SCHOLARS PROGRAM  (RFA-CA-01-007) National Cancer Institute

POPULATION RESEARCH INFRASTRUCTURE PROGRAM  (RFA-HD-00-011) National Institute of Child Health and Human Development

PILOT STUDIES FOR RE-ESTABLISHING CONNECTIVITY IN SPINAL CORD INJURY  (RFA-NS-01-001) National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke

THE FUNCTION OF SYNAPTIC PROTEINS IN SYNAPSE LOSS AND NEURODEGENERATION (RFA-NS-01-002) National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke

MITOCHONDRIAL FUNCTION AND NEURODEGENERATION (RFA-NS-01-003) National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences

SPINAL MUSCULAR ATROPHY, AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS, AND OTHER MOTOR NEURON DISORDERS
(RFA-NS-01-004) National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke

INTERNATIONAL MATERNAL AND CHILD HEALTH RESEARCH AND TRAINING (RFA-TW-00-007) Fogarty International Center, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development

INDIVIDUAL POSTDOCTORAL NRSA FELLOWSHIP IN EPIDEMIOLOGY/CLINICAL TRIALS RESEARCH/OUTCOMES RESEARCH IN SKIN DISEASES (RFA-AR-00-003) National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases

COMMUNITY CLINICAL ONCOLOGY PROGRAM (RFA-CA-01-004) National Cancer Institute

GLOBAL NETWORK FOR WOMEN’S AND CHILDREN’S HEALTH RESEARCH (RFA-HD-00-007) National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Cancer Institute, National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research, National Institute of Mental Health, National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine,
Fogarty International Center

COLLABORATIVE PROGRAM FOR THE IDENTIFICATION AND PREVENTION OF WORK-RELATED MUSCULOSKELETAL DISORDERS (RFA-OH-00-003) National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health

DEVELOPMENT OF CORE STATE-BASED SURVEILLANCE MODEL PROGRAMS (RFA-OH-00-007) National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health

DEVELOPMENT OF NEW OR ENHANCED MODELS FOR STATE-BASED OCCUPATIONAL SURVEILLANCE (RFA-OH-00-008) National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health

THE INTERNATIONAL BIOETHICS EDUCATION AND CAREER DEVELOPMENT AWARD  (RFA-TW-00-008) Fogarty International Center

MULTIDISCIPLINARY CLINICAL RESEARCH CENTERS FOR ARTHRITIS, MUSCULOSKELETAL, AND SKIN DISEASES
(RFA-AR-00-004)  National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases

RHEUMATIC DISEASES CORE CENTERS (RFA-AR-00-005) National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases

COOPERATIVE HUMAN TISSUE NETWORK (RFA-CA-01-009) National Cancer Institute

NIDCD MINORITY DISSERTATION RESEARCH GRANTS IN HUMAN COMMUNICATION  (RFA-DC-00-001) National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders

INCIDENCE OF NEEDLESTICK AND SHARPS INJURIES AND MEDICAL SAFETY DEVICE AVAILABILITY/USE AMONG NON-HOSPITAL HEALTH CARE WORKERS  (RFA-OH-00-004) National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH),
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

RESEARCH TO STRENGTHEN OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH SURVEILLANCE (RFA-OH-00-005) National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health

NIOSH EXPLORATORY/DEVELOPMENTAL GRANT (R21) PROGRAM (RFA-OH-00-006) National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Centers for Disease, Control and Prevention

EFFECTS OF MIXED DUSTS ON PULMONARY INFLAMMATION, AIRWAY REACTIVITY AND SUSCEPTIBILITY TO PULMONARY INFECTION  (RFA-OH-00-009) National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)

SHARED PATHOLOGY INFORMATICS NETWORK (RFA-CA-01-006)  National Cancer Institute

INNOVATIONS IN TRANSLATIONAL EPILEPSY RESEARCH FOR JUNIOR INVESTIGATORS (RFA-NS-01-006)  National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke
 

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NIH PROGRAM ANNOUNCEMENTS 
(PA'S): These are ongoing funding priorities, with due dates usually October 1, February 1 and June 1 of each year. Note that HIV-related applications are due January 2, May 1 and September.  Past PA's, many of which are still open, can be searched at the NIH Guide web site.

GRANTS FOR HEALTH SERVICES DISSERTATION RESEARCH (PAR-00-076) Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (formerly AHCPR)

INTERVENTIONS FOR SUICIDAL YOUTH (PA-00-077) National Institute of Mental Health, National Institute on Drug Abuse

INTEGRATING THE BASIC BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES AND PUBLIC MENTAL HEALTH (PA-00-078) National Institute of Mental Health

INTEGRATED PRECLINICAL/CLINICAL AIDS VACCINE DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM (PAR-00-072) National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases

NIMH EXPLORATORY/DEVELOPMENTAL GRANT (R21) PROGRAM (PA-00-073) National Institute of Mental Health

WOMEN’S MENTAL HEALTH AND GENDER DIFFERENCES RESEARCH (PA-00-074) National Institute of Mental Health

HIGH IMPACT RESEARCH: FEASIBILITY STUDIES (PAR-00-075) National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders

MECHANISMS IN HIV DEMENTIA AND OTHER CNS DISEASES (PAS-00-065) National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, National Institute of Mental Health, National Institute on Drug Abuse,National Institute on Aging

THE HOWARD TEMIN AWARD (PAR-00-066) National Cancer Institute

MEMBRANE PROPERTIES: EXPLORATION OF SPERM/MICROBE SUSCEPTIBILITY (PAS-00-067) National Institute of Child Health and Human Development

NIH PREDOCTORAL FELLOWSHIP AWARDS FOR STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES (F31) (PA-00-068) National Institutes of Health

NIH PREDOCTORAL FELLOWSHIP AWARDS FOR MINORITY STUDENTS (F31) (PA-00-069)  National Institutes of Health
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

ACADEMIC CAREER AWARD (K07) (PA-00-070) National Institute on Aging, National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism,
National Cancer Institute, National Institute of Mental Health, National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine

AFFILIATIVE BEHAVIORS AND HIV/STD PREVENTION (PA-00-071) National Institute of Mental Health

IMPROVING DNA, RNA AND PROTEIN AVAILABILITY IN FIXED TISSUE (PAR-00-079) National Cancer Institute

MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY OF PROSTATE CARCINOGENESIS(PA-00-080) National Cancer Institute, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences

AGING, OXIDATIVE STRESS AND CELL DEATH (PA-00-081) National Institute on Aging
 
 
 

For more information, go to http://www.cdc.gov/od/pgo/funding/grantmain.htm

May 22
Grants for National Academic Centers of Excellence on Youth Violence Prevention [Announcement Number 00043]

May 15
Initiatives to Promote Infection Control and Safety in Dental Care Settings [Announcement Number 00049]

July 3
Grant for Education Programs in Occupational Safety and Health [Announcement Number 01001]

June 2
Research on the Impact of Laws and Policies on Public Health [Announcement Number 00051 ]

Training, service and research grant opportunities for the next six months are summarized in the current HRSA Preview, which can be found at http://www.hrsa.dhhs.gov/grantsf.htm, or can be ordered by calling 1-877-477-2123. Some upcoming HRSA deadlines are:

June 2
RYAN WHITE TITLE III HIV EARLY INTERVENTION SERVICES PLANNING 

June 2
RYAN WHITE TITLE III HIV FUNDING FOR EARLY INTERVENTION

May 16
Integrated Health and Behavioral Health Care for Children, Adolescents and Their Families 

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May 12
New Model Spinal Cord Injury Centers and New Rehabilitation Engineering Research Centers

May 10
Community Action Grants for Service Systems Change (“Action Grant Program”)

May 23
Youth Violence Prevention Cooperative Agreements

September 10
Community-Initiated Interventions

June 13
Family Strengthening

May 10, September 10 and January 10
Comprehensive Community Treatment Program for theDevelopment of New and Useful Knowledge 

May 17
CSAT Community Action Grant Program

May 23
Co-Occurring Disorders Study

June 13
Targeted Capacity Expansion Program For Substance Abuse Treatment And HIV/AIDS Services
 

May 15
Research and Evaluation on Violence Against Women

May 23
Juvenile Mentoring Program (JUMP) 

May 9
Drug-Free Communities Support Program

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May 15
FAMILY VIOLENCE PREVENTION AND SERVICES (FVSP)PROGRAM

06/01/00
ANTICOAGULATION MANAGEMENT SERVICE TRAINEESHIP PROGRAM. GRANTS, American Society of Health-Systems Pharmacists Foundation ( 301-657-3000 x1351 or http://www.ashpfoundation.org)

06/01/00
RESEARCH FELLOWSHIPS, Oncology Nursing Foundation/Society (412-921-7373 or http://www.ons.org)

06/09/00
NURSING LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT GRANTS, Helene Fuld Health Trust (212-681-1237 or http://www.fuldtrust.org/fmarea2.html)

06/09/00
SUBSTANCE ABUSE POLICY RESEARCH, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (336-716-9748 or http://www.rwjf.org)

06/10/00
STUDENT RESEARCH GRANT COMPETITION, American Occupational Therapy Foundation (301-652-6611 x2554 or http://www.aotf.org/html/research_grants.html)

06/15/00
MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY RESEARCH GRANTS, Muscular Dystrophy Association (520-529-2000 or http://www.mdausa.org/research/guidelines.html)

06/15/00
GRANTS AND FELLOWSHIPS PROGRAM (POPULATION CHILDREN, FAMILIES), Packard Foundation (650-948-7658 or http://www.packfound.org)

06/15/00
RADIOLOGY OUTSTANDING RESEARCHER AWARD, Radiological Society of North America (630-571-7816 or http://www.rsna.org)

06/30/00
RESEARCH AWARD PROGRAMS, American Institute for Cancer Research (202-328-7744 or http://www.aicr.org/research.htm)

06/30/00
TRAVEL FELLOWSHIPS, Novartis Foundation ( 0171 636 9456 or http://www.novartisfound.org.uk)

5/01/00
HUMAN GROWTH SMALL GRANT PROGRAM, Human Growth Foundation (800-451-6434 or http://www.hgfound.org)

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