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| How to Draft and Publish Scientific Papers | The School of Medicine Office of Research is pleased to announce a two-day, in-person workshop, “How to Draft and Publish Scientific Papers,” conducted by Dr. Randy Levinson. Dr. Levinson brings extensive experience as a former scientific manuscript editor for Nature Research.
The workshop is organized in three separate but interrelated modules: (1) general concepts underlying effective scientific communication, (2) Method and Logic, or how to optimize the content and structure of a scientific paper, and (3) an explanation of the peer review and publication process. The workshop includes instruction, practical exercises, peer-to-peer interactions, and feedback on participants’ drafts.
Applicants must be members of the School of Medicine community (junior faculty, postdocs, research staff, clinical fellows and senior graduate and medical students). Attendance is limited to 24 individuals. Learn more and apply here.
January 30 & 31, 2024
Location: College of Health Sciences Building & Irvine Hall on Main Campus
Application Deadline: Friday, Dec. 15, 2023
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| School of Medicine Informational Webinar: Services Provided by the UCI Center for Clinical Research (CCR) | The School of Medicine Office of Research is pleased to present an informational webinar on the UCI Center for Clinical Research (CCR). Dr. Beverly Alger, Director of Clinical Trials, Administration and Finance, CCR, will provide an overview of the valuable services and resources the CCR offers. This webinar is open to anyone with an interest in clinical research.
Monday, Nov. 27, noon to 1 p.m.
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| Opportunity for Study Teams to Utilize the Pilot of UC Health Data Warehouse | The Center for Data-driven Insights and Innovation (CDI2) and University of California Biomedical Research Acceleration, Integration & Development (UC BRAID) are offering an opportunity for study teams to pilot the use of the UC Health Data Warehouse to identify and recruit potentially eligible patients across the UC Health system as a way to efficiently meet enrollment goals and recruit a diverse study population. Learn more.
Application Deadline: Monday, Dec. 4, 5 p.m.
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| Biomedical Research Facilities (C06 Clinical Trial Not Allowed) (PAR-23-306) | This Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) invites applications from eligible academic and research institutions to apply for funding to modernize existing or construct new biomedical research facilities. As part of the submission materials, the proposing team must have architectural plans of the laboratory/facility they propose to modernize/renovate. Read the NOFO.
If you plan to apply, please contact the Research Development Unit by Thursday, Nov. 8, 2023. We will relay your application plans to the UCI Office of Research so they know the number of interested PIs/units on campus and, if necessary, coordinate PIs or create an internal review process.
Limited Funding Opportunity Deadline: Jan. 25, 2024 |
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| NIH Training Grant Incentive Program | Training Grants (e.g., NIH T32) play a key role in supporting graduate students and postdoctoral fellows and increases our ability to recruit the best among them. The School of Medicine Office of Research appreciates the time commitment required to prepare and direct training grants and has the Training Grant Incentive Program for first-time submissions of new or competing renewal applications. Read the guidelines on the intake form.
Also, the School of Medicine Research Development Unit supports the preparation of training grant proposals; email somrd@uci.edu to get started. View current UCI Training Grants. View active NIH T32 funding calls. |
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| Interested in submitting for an NIH multi-component grant? | If you are interested in submitting for an NIH multi-component grant, such as the P or U mechanism, please remember to reach out to Dr. Al La Spada, Associate Dean for Research Development (alaspada@uci.edu). He can guide you through the process and connect you with potential collaborators.
Also, remember that the Research Development Unit (RDU) provides project management support for these mechanisms. To request RDU services, submit this Grant Support Request intake form. There is also an incentive program for these submissions, with more details in this Incentive Program intake form. |
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| Announcing a Simplified Review Framework for NIH Research Project Grant Applications | | NIH is pleased to announce that a simplified review framework will be implemented for grant receipt deadlines of Jan. 25, 2025, and beyond. The simplified framework is expected to better focus peer reviewers on the key questions needed to assess the scientific and technical merit of proposed research projects: “Can and should the proposed research project be conducted?” Read the post. |
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| Administrative Supplements to Recognize Excellence in Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Accessibility (DEIA) Mentorship (NOT-OD-24-001) | The participating Institutes and Centers (ICs) invite applications to support administrative supplements to existing NIH awards to support scientists who have demonstrated compelling commitments and contributions to mentorship and enhancing diversity, equity, inclusion and accessibility (DEIA) in the biomedical sciences. These efforts may not always be appropriately recognized or well compensated. As such, the intent of this NOSI is to reach those individuals with limited NIH support. Read the NOSI.
Deadline: Feb. 16, 2024
Expiration Date: Feb. 17, 2024
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| We have been collecting information about new awards sent in by the School of Medicine research community and have created this space to share the news.
Cholsoon Jang, PhD, and Marcus Seldin, PhD (Biological Chemistry), were awarded an NIAAA R21, “Elucidating alcohol-induced metabolic remodeling of critical organs.” They will determine how alcohol drinking alters an individual organ’s metabolism by employing state-of-the-art mass spectrometry and innovative bioinformatics approaches, including machine learning.
Have you or someone on your research team received a new grant, i.e., research funding? The School of Medicine Office of Research would like to know. Please fill out this short New Funding/Grant Survey form. |
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| Postdoctoral Funding Opportunity! A.P. Giannini Foundation Fellowship |
Deadline: Thursday, Nov. 9, 2023, 3 p.m.
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| Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program (UROP) Calls for Research Proposals: Nov. 13 Deadline | Research Experience Fellowship: Provides recognition and/or funding to current undergraduate students from all disciplines to conduct faculty-mentored research or creative activities.
View UROP Opportunities for more details. View UROP’s calendar to register for upcoming informational workshops.
Deadline: Nov. 13, 2023, at 11:59 p.m.
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| NIH Loan Repayment Programs (LRP) Application is Open | NIH is now accepting applications to the Extramural Loan Repayment Program (LRP)! Awardees can receive up to $100,000 of qualified educational debt repayment with a two-year award. Be sure to visit the LRP website and check out this video about the NIH LRP Program Overview! Learn more about how the UCI Institute for Clinical & Translational Science (ICTS) can assist you with your application to the NIH Loan Repayment Program.
Deadline: Thursday, Nov. 16, 2023
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| UC-HSI Doctoral Diversity Initiative (UC-HSI DDI) | This initiative aims to enhance faculty diversity and pathways to the professoriate for underrepresented students from California Hispanic Serving Institutions (HSIs). Learn more.
Deadline: Friday, Nov. 17, 2023, noon
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| Pilot Funding Opportunity: Chronic Disease Health Disparities among Latinos | The Southern California Center for Latino Health is pleased to announce a request for applications (RFA) for one-year pilot research projects. These projects will receive 12 months of funding, from July 1, 2024, through June 30, 2025, for up to $70,000 in direct costs. We are seeking to fund pilot projects that aim to understand and address chronic disease health disparities among Latinos. View this PDF for more information. For further information, please contact Marymar Vacio.
Letter of Intent (LOI) Due: Friday, Nov. 17, 2023, 5 p.m.
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| Cancer Health Disparity Research and Interventional Studies | We are excited to announce a funding opportunity by the Chao Family Comprehensive Cancer Center (CFCCC) aimed at addressing cancer health disparities within our community. Awards are intended to support: research projects and the development and launch of institutional, investigator-initiated interventional clinical trials that address cancer health disparities in Orange County. Up to 3 awards will be issued for budgets up to $200,000 per year for two years. The estimated funding period is Feb. 1, 2024 to Jan. 31, 2026. PIs must be UCI faculty, CHOC Hyundai Cancer Institute-affiliated physicians, or collaborators at the Long Beach VA Medical Center. Collaborations with other NCI cancer centers are allowed. PIs must be CFCCC members at time of award and PIs may only be included on one application. View for more details. For questions, email cfcccpilots@hs.uci.edu.
Deadline: Friday, Dec. 1, 2023 |
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| Request for Information (RFI): Inviting Comments and Suggestions on Opportunities and Challenges for the Collection, Use, and Sharing of Real-World Data (RWD) including Electronic Health Records, for NIH Supported Biomedical and Behavioral Research (NOT-OD-23-180) | View the RFI for details.
Deadline for responses: Dec. 14, 2023, at 11:59:59 p.m. ET
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| Unveiling Health and Healthcare Disparities in Non-Communicable and Chronic Diseases in Latin America: Setting the Stage for Better Health Outcomes Across the Hemisphere (R01 - Clinical Trials Not Allowed) (PAR-23-303) | This Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) will support innovative, collaborative and interdisciplinary research focused on clinical epidemiology, evaluation of public and/or health care policies, and validation of measurements that address health and healthcare disparities related to non-communicable and chronic diseases (NCDs) with the highest disease burden and mortality in Latin America and among U.S. Hispanics/Latinos. Read the NOFO.
Earliest Available Deadline: Feb. 5, 2024
Expiration Date: Jan. 7, 2027
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| For More Funding Opportunities | For more funding opportunities and resources for your funding search, visit the Funding Opportunities page on the new and updated website for the UCI School of Medicine.
For a curated, searchable and filterable list of funding opportunities by NIH in their weekly NIH guide listserv, check out the School of Medicine Funding Search Tool. |
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| Upcoming Seminars & Events |
| Department of Biological Chemistry Seminar Series | Chromatin regulation in development and disease, by Peter Verrijzer, PhD, Professor and Head of Department, Department of Biochemistry, Erasmus University Medical Center, Erasmus University Rotterdam, the Netherlands Wednesday, Nov. 8, 11 a.m. to noon
Location: Plumwood House / Showa Denko Lecture Hall
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| Physiology & Biophysics Seminar Series | Periodic Paralysis: Molecular Mechanisms and Opportunities of Intervention in a Skeletal Muscle Channelopathy, by Stephen C. Cannon, MD, PhD, Professor & Chair of Physiology, Interim Chair for the Department of Molecular and Medical Pharmacology, Interim Director for the Crump Institute for Molecular Imaging, David Geffen School of Medicine, UCLA
Wednesday, Nov. 8, 11 a.m. to noon
Location: Hybrid event at 4th Floor Gross Hall, Thorp Conference Center, 4001, and via Zoom
Meeting ID: 978 3886 4406
Passcode: 007475 |
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| UCI GPS-STEM: Life Beyond PhD — Careers in Medical Education | Scientific Affairs and Medical Education Career with Remote Job Opportunity at PRIME Education, by Bonnie Douglas, PhD, Associate Director of Scientific Affairs at PRIME Education. Learn more.
Wednesday, Nov. 8, noon to 1 p.m. PT
Via Zoom
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| NSF Biosketches required to use SciEncv (for all proposals due after 10/23/23) | The National Science Foundation (NSF) will require biographical sketches and current and pending support to be generated using the online platform, SciENcv, for all NSF proposals due on or after Oct. 23, 2023. In preparation for complying with this requirement, UCI libraries has provided information on their websites and office hours on Wednesdays from 2 to 3 p.m. to assist with SciENcv questions, NIH and NSF documentation for Biosketches and current & Pending/In-Kind reporting.
Every Wednesday through Dec. 20, 2 to 3 p.m.
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| Scientist Solutions Life Science Vendor Show | Scientist Solutions, in collaboration with the UCI School of Medicine, hosts a vendor show with the latest and most innovative Life Science products. Register now to guarantee your lunch selection from Mendocino Farms.
Thursday, Nov. 9, Noon to 1:30 p.m.
Location: Grassy area between Sprague Hall and Gillespie Neuroscience |
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| Physician Scientist Collective: Distinguished Speaker Series | Commercialization and Searching for a Business Model: Why is spinning technology out of a lab so challenging? by Errol Arkilic, PhD, executive director and chief innovation officer, UCI Beall Applied Innovation
Thursday, Nov. 9, 4 to 5 p.m.
Location: Sprague Hall, Conference Room 105
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| UCI Conte Center Seminar Series | Memory dynamics through the divergent recruitment of developmentally-defined hippocampal traces by Flavio Donato, PhD, Assistant Professor of Neurobiology, Head of Research Group, Biozentrum of the University of Basel. Hosted by the UCI Conte Center.
Thursday, Nov. 9, 4 to 5 p.m.
Location: Hybrid event at Plumwood House and via Zoom
Passcode: 764583 |
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| Genetics, Biomedical Computing and Genomics Monthly Meeting | Characterizing the brain regulatory grammar at a single-cell resolution to highlight disease-driving genetic and epigenetic dysregulations, by Jing Zhang, PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Computer Science, UCI Donald Bren School of Information & Computer Sciences Tuesday, Nov. 14, 10 to 11 a.m.
Meeting ID: 910 6287 0808
Passcode: 456557
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| CHOC Research Day 2023 | Transforming Challenges into Opportunities: Pediatric Mental Health Services ResearchJoin CHOC’s annual Research Day! This 2023 event will shine a spotlight on the latest breakthroughs and research prospects aimed at advancing child and adolescent mental healthcare. We’re bringing together a diverse community of mental health services researchers, dedicated clinicians, passionate mental health advocates and valuable community partners. Together, we will delve into the pressing pediatric mental health issues of today and explore the promising horizons of tomorrow. Event program to follow soon.
Part 1: Virtual keynote address & plenary sessions: 8 a.m. to noon
Part 2: Live Poster Session, Podium Presentations, Science Activities, Research Fair & Award Ceremony: 12:30 to 4 p.m.
Wednesday, Nov. 15, 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Location: In-person events in 2nd Floor lobby, Bill Holmes Tower
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| UCI Susan Samueli Integrative Health Institute Research Webinar | Microbes: Their Metabolites and the Impact on Health with Katrine L. Whiteson, PhD, Chancellor’s Fellow and Associate Professor, Department of Molecular Biology and Biochemistry, UCI School of Biological Sciences
Wednesday, Nov. 15, noon
Via Zoom |
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| NSF CAREER Institute: Participant & Mentor Applications now being accepted! | Research development professionals at UCI will be running an NSF CAREER Institute for assistant professors to hone their skills in the art of competitive grant writing and proposal development. The NSF CAREER Institute will convene from January until the proposal submission deadline on July 24, 2024. Apply to be a participant or apply to be a mentor.Deadline: Friday, Nov. 17, 2023
Institute in Session: January to June 2024 |
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| Department of Radiological Sciences: Research Seminar Series | Wearable Ultrasound Technology For Monitoring Deep Tissues, by Sheng Xu, PhD, associate professor, Department of NanoEngineering, University of California, San Diego Wednesday, Nov. 22, noon PT
Location: Hybrid event at Sprague Hall 105 Conference Room and via Zoom |
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| Bioinformatics and Computational Biology | R Programming | The Genomics Research and Technology Hub (GRT Hub) is working with Eduard Mas Marín, PhD, in the Fleischman laboratory, to bring you an introductory course in R. It will take you from start-up to packages including graphical displays and beyond to package development. (This is a repeat of the course that was offered and very popular this fall.) This is a two-week, four-session course. Tuesdays & Thursdays, Nov. 28 & 30, Dec. 5 & 7, 3 to 7:30 p.m.
Location: Sprague Hall, Room B002 |
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| FDA Clinical Investigator Training Course (CITC) 2023 | This course, hosted by CDER Small Business and Industry Assistance (SBIA), is designed to promote professionalism in the clinical trial industry for individuals involved with submissions to FDA (Investigational New Drug (IND) application, New Drug Application (NDA), Biologics License Application (BLA)), and to familiarize stakeholders with the regulatory and scientific issues involved in the development and approval of medical drugs and biological products.
Dec. 6–7, 11 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. ET
Via Webcast |
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| CHOC Research Education | Using Mobile Health (mHealth) Research to Study Substance Use Behavior with Johannes Thrul, PhD, Associate Professor, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
Wednesday, Dec. 6, Noon to 1:15 p.m. PT
Via Zoom |
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| Physician Scientist Collective: Distinguished Speaker Series | Practical Application of Genomics Research Technologies for the Physician Scientist, by the Genomics Research & Technology Hub (GRT Hub): Suzanne Sandmeyer, PhD, director of GRT Hub, professor, Department of Biological Chemistry, Department of Medicine, Melanie Oakes, PhD, manager of GRT Hub, Jenny Wu, PhD, director of the Chao Family Cancer Center Bioinformatics Shared Resources
Thursday, Dec. 7, 4 to 5 p.m. PT
Location: Sprague Hall, Conference Room 105
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| 3rd Annual CHOC and UCI Rare Disease Symposium | |
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| Postdoctoral Scholar in Neuroscience / Conte Center | Wish to manipulate new stress-sensitive projections? Discover how early-life stress/adversity impacts brain maturation? Postdoc in amazing South California? Join the team!
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