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| Call for applications: Robert & Sylvia Mapel Research Innovation Award | The UCI School of Medicine is pleased to announce a 2024 call for applications for the Robert & Sylvia Mapel Research Innovation Award. This award is aimed at promoting the early exploration of high-risk research ideas focused on emerging areas of basic and applied biomedical science. Funding will support one $45,000 grant to a PhD mentor and PhD student team of UCI School of Medicine-based researchers.
Application Deadline: Friday, April 5, 2024, by 5 p.m.
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| Joint Faculty Research Retreat — Advancing the Frontiers | You’re invited to attend a joint retreat with UCI School of Medicine and UCI Samueli School of Engineering. Please join us for this first-time-ever event! Faculty from both schools will come together to explore grant submissions, further educational opportunities, and promote collaborations at the intersections of medical sciences and engineering innovation. Read for more details and the agenda.
Contact Emily Dawidoff if you have any questions.
Monday, March 11, 9 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Location: UCI Student Center
All Day Event (Check in at 9 a.m. First session at 9:30 a.m.)
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| School of Medicine Dean's Research Council Meeting | School of Medicine Dean Michael Stamos and Associate Dean for Research Administration William E. Bunney invite you to attend this quarterly meeting featuring two distinguished research presentations.
Using Patient Generated Information Integrated with ‘Real World Data’ to Improve Individual Patient Outcomes: Are We There Yet? by Sheldon Greenfield, MD, distinguished professor, Donald Bren professor, UCI School of Medicine & Sherrie H. Kaplan, PhD, MPH, professor in the Departments of Medicine and Anesthesiology & Perioperative Care, UCI School of Medicine
Dopamine and the Modulation of Brain Circuits in Neurological and Substance Use Disorders, by Emiliana Borrelli, PhD, professor in the Department of Microbiology & Molecular Genetics, UCI School of Medicine
Tuesday, Feb. 27, 5 to 6 p.m.
Via ZoomMeeting ID: 968 2620 4626 | Passcode: 109533 |
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| Register now! All About the NIH Shared and High-End Instrumentation Grant (S10) Programs | Join us for an informational seminar about the NIH S10 mechanism, hosted by the School of Medicine Office of Research! We will review what makes these equipment awards unique, how the School of Medicine can support your application, and hear from S10 awardees on how they approached this mechanism. We encourage all School of Medicine researchers interested in applying for an NIH S10 award to attend.
Featured speakers: Geoff Abbott, PhD; Suzanne Sandmeyer, PhD; and Xiangmin Xu, PhD
Wednesday, March 13, Noon to 1 p.m.
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| Call for Nominations: 2024 UCI School of Medicine Research Awards | The School of Medicine Office of Research announces the fourth annual call for nominations. Awards are in six categories to recognize research excellence and outstanding academic achievement in the UCI School of Medicine. Submit your nominations to Emily Dawidoff, edawidof@hs.uci.edu.
For more details and a list of past winners, read about our Research Awards.
Nominations Deadline: Monday, March 25, 2024
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| Call for Nominations: 2024 UCI School of Medicine Faculty Mentoring Awards | The School of Medicine Office of Academic Affairs announces the fourth call for nominations. There will be four awards to recognize excellence and innovation in mentoring at UCI School of Medicine — specifically in the domain of faculty mentoring other faculty (not students). Submit your nominations to Associate Dean Brian Cummings, cummings@hs.uci.edu and Sophie Wong, snwong1@hs.uci.edu.
For more details and a list of past winners, read about our Faculty Mentoring Awards.
Nominations Deadline: Monday, March 25, 2024
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| Request for Applications: School of Medicine New Investigator Faculty Research Grant | The School of Medicine Research Committee is pleased to announce the School of Medicine New Investigator Faculty Research Grant competition. It is the policy of the Committee to support seed research projects from new investigators that have a high probability of obtaining extramural funding as a result of this award. To qualify, the applicant must have the NIH “Early Stage Investigator” status and not yet competed successfully as a PI to receive substantial independent NIH funding. Please submit inquiries to somrd@hs.uci.edu.
Deadline: Friday, March 15, 2024
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| School of Medicine Research Development Unit (RDU) can help with your NIH S10 application! | The NIH Shared Instrument Grant (SIG) Program (PAR-22-080) and High-End Instrumentation (HEI) Grant Program (PAR-22-079) encourage applications from groups of NIH-supported investigators to purchase or upgrade a single item of high-priced, specialized, commercially available instruments or integrated instrumentation system.
The June deadlines are approaching, so if you plan to submit an application, please complete this intake form as soon as possible. These applications are quite time-intensive, and at least a three-month lead time is recommended. The RDU can help with obtaining letters of support (e.g., from School of Medicine leadership), collecting and reviewing biosketches, and overall project management support.
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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.
Nick Pannunzio, PhD (Medicine), Angela Fleischman, MD, PhD (Medicine) and Marcus Seldin, PhD (Biological Chemistry), were awarded an NIH R01 grant titled, “Aberrant V(D)J recombination in B cells initiates lymphoid malignancy.”
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| Find funding opportunities for trainees, postdocs and early career faculty, and all faculty.
To learn more about opportunities and resources for your funding search, visit the Office of Research’s Funding Opportunities page.
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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| Trainee Funding Opportunities |
| Katherine & Robert Phalen Endowment | This endowment is intended to highlight and support doctoral students whose current laboratory research shows future promise for preventing, treating, or understanding human disease. This award, in the amount of a $1,000 stipend, is open to doctoral students in the Program in Public Health and the School of Medicine.
Learn more.
Deadline: Friday, March 1, 2024
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| Medical Student NIH T35 Summer Mentoring and Research Training (SMART) Programs | The Institute for Clinical and Translational Science (ICTS) currently has slots open to support first-year medical students conducting summer research in the following areas: Alzheimer’s disease, dementia, aging, diabetes, digestive disease, kidney, urologic, and hematologic diseases, endocrine and metabolic diseases, and nutritional disorders. Students must conduct research for a minimum of 8 and a maximum of 12 weeks between May and August 2024. If you are a first-year medical student or a faculty member with a medical student trainee that may be eligible for this award, please contact Brooke Piercy at piercyb@hs.uci.edu. Learn more about the ICTS Funded Summer Research Programs.
Deadline: Sunday, March 3, 2024
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| Postdocs & Early Career Faculty Funding Opportunities |
| DoD-DARPA-Young Faculty Award (YFA) | DARPA YFA program aims to identify and engage rising stars in junior research positions in academia, particularly those without prior DARPA funding, to expose them to DoD needs and DARPA’s mission. Read the funding announcement.
Deadline: Thursday, Feb. 22, 2024
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| Chao Family Comprehensive Cancer Center (CFCCC) Pilot Awards | Early Stage Investigator Award ($20k). Review the application and RFP.
Deadline: Friday, Feb. 23, 2024, 5 p.m. PT
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| Hanna H. Gray Fellows Program | The program supports early career scientists with the potential to become leaders in academic research. Fellows receive funding to support their postdoctoral training and may continue to receive funding during their early career years as independent faculty. Learn more about the Hanna H. Gray Fellows Program.
Deadline: Wednesday, Feb. 28, 2024
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| Harold Amos Medical Faculty Development Program | Four-year postdoctoral research awards to pursue advanced research training in collaboration with a senior faculty member; up to $75,000 annual stipend; $30,000 annual grant for research activities.
Eligibility: Historically disadvantaged backgrounds; U.S. citizens, permanent residents or Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) status; Have or actively are completing formal clinical training; Commitment to four years of research and pursuit of academic career; Dedicated to helping decrease health disparities or serving as role models for students from similar backgrounds. Read for more details.
Deadline: Tuesday, March 19, 2024
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| All Faculty Funding Opportunities |
| Chao Family Comprehensive Cancer Center (CFCCC) Pilot Awards | - Standard Award ($40,000)
- Underrepresented Investigator Award ($40,000)
- Re-entry After Family Care Award ($40,000)
- Multi-PI (Team Science) Award ($60,000)
Review the application and RFP.
Deadline: Friday, Feb. 23, 2024, 5 p.m. PT
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| Center for Medicinal Cannabis Research (CMCR) Grants Program 2024 | The CMCR is seeking to fund cannabis-related studies that further enhance the understanding of the efficacy and adverse effects of cannabis and cannabinoids as pharmacological agents for the treatment of medical and psychiatric disorders, and their potential public health impacts. Two award types are available. Primary project awards will be up to $275,000/year for up to three years. Pilot project awards will be up to $150,000/year for up to two years. Review the RFA PDF.
LOI deadline: Friday, March 1, 2024, 2 p.m. PT
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| Upcoming Seminars & Events |
| Department of Biological Chemistry BC Seminar Series | Exploiting the Ubiquitin Proteasome System in Cancer and Therapy, by Luca Busino, PhD, associate professor of cancer biology, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania Wednesday, Feb. 21, 11 a.m. to noon Location: Plumwood House / Showa Denko Lecture Hall
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| UCI Susan Samueli Integrative Health Institute (SSIHI) Research Webinar | Acupuncture and Acupressure for Chronic Pain, by Richard E. Harris, PhD, professor, Department of Anesthesiology & Perioperative Care, UCI School of Medicine, endowed chair, UCI Susan Samueli Integrative Health Institute Wednesday, Feb. 21, noon
Via Zoom
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| CHOC Research Education | Translating sex differences in cancer biology to clinical practice, by Joshua B. Rubin, MD, PhD, professor of pediatrics, hematology & oncology, neurology and neuroscience, Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis
Wednesday, Feb. 21, Noon to 1:15 p.m. PT
Via Zoom |
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| Register for the 2024 Chao Lectureship | Speaker: John D. Carpten, PhD, Director of City of Hope’s National Cancer Institute-designated comprehensive cancer center, Director of Beckman Research Institute of City of Hope and Chief Scientific Officer.Community Lecture: Closing the Gaps to Achieve Cancer Health Equity: Factors Influencing Cancer Disparities Wednesday, Feb. 21, 6 p.m. (Reception at 5 p.m.)
Location: The Beckman Center
Scientific Lecture: The Impact of Population and Tumor Heterogeneity in Cancer Health Disparities
Thursday, Feb. 22, 10 a.m. (Lunch to follow)
Location: Gross Hall, Thorp Conference Center, 4th Floor
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| UCI Center for Aging Research in Down Syndrome (CFAR-DS) Seminar | Understanding differences in Down Syndrome — Alzheimer’s Disease: a focus on amyloid-β formation and response, by Frances Wiseman, PhD, programme leader for animal models, UK Dementia Research Institute. Hosted by the UCI Center for Aging Research in Down Syndrome (CFAR-DS).
Friday, Feb. 23, 11 a.m. PT
Via Zoom |
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| Scientist Solutions Vendor Fair | Scientist Solutions Events is hosting a vendor product show with around 10 vendors attending. Register today to order your Mendocino Farms sandwich.
Friday, Feb. 23, 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.
Location: Grassy area between Sprague Hall and Gillespie Neuroscience |
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| Spatial Transcriptomic Data Analysis and Software | This workshop hosted by the UCI Genomics Research and Technology Hub (GRT Hub) will introduce data analysis workflow with both sequencing- and imaging-based spatial transcriptomics platforms, using 10x Visium and Xenium as examples. Instructors: Jenny Wu, PhD, and Ivan Chang, PhD.Tuesday, Feb. 27, 8 a.m. to noon
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| PhD Dissertation Defense | Adolescent exercise-induced epigenetic mechanisms as targets for preserving cognition following early-life adversity, by Nellie Nelson, graduate student in Autumn S. Ivy, MD, PhD, Lab, Department of Physiology & Biophysics, UCI School of Medicine
Tuesday, Feb. 27, 12:15 to 2 p.m.
Location: Nelson Auditorium
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| UCI Conte Center Seminar Series | Re-thinking Adversity: Early Life Stress from the Child's Perspective, by Seth D. Pollak, PhD, Vaughan-Bascom Distinguished University Professor, Departments of Psychology, Pediatrics, Anthropology, LaFollette School of Public Affairs, University of Wisconsin – Madison. Hosted by the UCI Conte Center.
Tuesday, Feb. 27, 4 to 5 p.m. PT
Location: Hybrid event at Plumwood House lecture hall and via Zoom
Passcode: 764583 |
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| UCI School of Biological Sciences Winter 2024 Dean's Distinguished Lecture | Designing Drugs for Human Diseases Using Structural Biology, by Thomas Poulos, PhD, Distinguished Professor of Molecular Biology and Biochemistry, UC Irvine
Wednesday, Feb. 28, 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Location: Crystal Cove Auditorium — UCI Student Center |
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| Third Annual CHOC and UCI Rare Disease Symposium | The Third Annual CHOC and UCI Rare Disease Symposium will bring together over 100 advocates, researchers, clinicians, students and families to share research, knowledge and experience on rare diseases. The 2024 Symposium is hosted in partnership between CHOC and UCI. - Grand Rounds (virtual): Wednesday, March 6, 8 a.m. to 9:05 a.m. PT
- Poster Sessions (Location TBD): Thursday, March 7, 2:30 to 7 p.m. PT
- Virtual Symposium: Friday, March 8, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. PT
March 6–8
Location: In person & Virtual |
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| Cedars-Sinai Spatial Biology Symposium | Join the Second Spatial Biology Symposium, a gathering of spatial biology researchers across Southern California, celebrating their work in three fields: cancer, stem cells and developmental biology, and neuroscience.
The symposium is hosted by the Spatial Molecular Profiling, Applied Genomics, and Proteomics Shared Resources of Cedars-Sinai, and it will be held in person and virtually with the chance to network over lunch and happy hour. Trainees who submit an abstract with their RSVP may have the opportunity to present in lightning talk sessions.
Thursday, March 7
Location: Hybrid event at Cedars-Sinai, Pacific Design Center, Green Building, 5th Floor, and via Zoom |
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| Monthly on Mondays | Faculty Development Series | Merits and Promotions for Health Sciences Clinical Faculty, presented by Nimisha Parekh, MD, and Mohammad Helmy, MD. Monthly on Mondays, presented by Dr. Parekh and Brian J. Cummings, PhD, associate deans of faculty development, is a monthly seminar series covering a wide range of topics focused on faculty development.
Monday, March 11, 5:15 to 6:15 p.m.
Location: Via Zoom
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| Physician Scientist Collective: Distinguished Speaker Series | Translational Ophthalmic Research: Pathways & Opportunities for Physician Scientists, by Mark Pennesi, MD, MPH, Professor, Ophthalmology, Oregon Health & Science University
Thursday, March 14, 4 to 5 p.m. PT
Location: Sprague Hall, Conference Room 105
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| UCI Susan Samueli Integrative Health Institute (SSIHI) Research Webinar | Interplay of Nutrition and Stress: Potential role of mindfulness in the treatment of diet-related chronic diseases, by Karen Lindsay, PhD, RDN, Early Career Samueli Endowed Chair, assistant professor, Department of Pediatrics, Diet and Nutrition Counseling, UCI Susan Samueli Integrative Health Institute
Wednesday, March 20, Noon to 1 p.m.
Location: Via Zoom
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| 11th Annual Conte Center Symposium | Please join us for the 11th Annual Conte Center Symposium on March 26 at the Beckman Center. The theme is The Power and Potential of Big Data and Consortia for Studying Mental Health and Disease. In addition, we will be holding a poster session. For more information, visit the Conte Center’s website.
Tuesday, March 26, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Location: The Beckman Center
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| Postdoctoral Scholar-Della Martin Fellowship / Psychiatry and Human Behavior | An exciting and unique opportunity to study neuropsychiatric disorders at the molecular level and develop translational research programs in clinical populations using state-of-the art technologies including single cell RNA-seq, spatial transcriptomics, and cellular models derived from patients and controls. Successful candidate will be familiar with molecular and cellular laboratory methods and bioinformatics.
PI: William E. Bunney
View the posting in AP Recruit.
Closing date: Sunday, June 30, 2024
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| Postdoctoral Scholar in the Marazzi Lab / Biological Chemistry | The Marazzi Lab is seeking a highly motivated and talented individual to fill the position of Postdoctoral Researcher. A successful candidate will join a dynamic and innovative research team dedicated to advancing our understanding of epigenetic mechanisms and their role in human health and disease.
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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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| You’ll Love These Grants Policy Updates | In the 2024 NIH Grants Policy Updates webinar, compliance and system policy experts from the NIH Office of Policy for Extramural Research Administration (OPERA) shared the latest policy updates and how your institutions may be impacted. Learn more.
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| Search for Cooperative Agreements Now Available in RePORTER | Looking for information on cooperative agreements? RePORTER now offers this information through its advanced search. Learn more.
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| Did you know about these UCI-offered resources? | These three books are available to download and can be accessed via the UCI Libraries (must be on campus or using VPN): - Designing Science Presentations: A Visual Guide to Figures, Papers, Slides, Posters, and More, by Matt Carter, 2020
- The Physician Scientist’s Career Guide, by Mark J. Eisenberg, 2011
- The Essential MD-PhD Guide, by Eisenberg and Cox, 2021
UCI Apporto Virtual Computer Lab VCL (free)
- Apps available now: Stata, SPSS, Cran R, R Studio and Matlab
- Apps available soon: ArcGIS and Eviews
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| What kind of grant support does the Research Development Unit (RDU) provide? | |
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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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| Are you considering applying for Limited Funding Opportunities? | | In most cases, interested applicants submit a pre-proposal to the Office of Research where a committee reviews all submissions and makes a recommendation to the Vice Chancellor for Research about which proposal should go forward from UCI. Limited opportunities are advertised on fundopp.uci.edu with a link to apply. However, if you do not see a limited opportunity listed, please contact the Research Development Unit. We can relay your application plans to the UCI Office of Research so they are aware of the number of interested PIs/units on campus and, if necessary, coordinate PIs or create a review process. |
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| Respiratory infection reminders | COVID-19, flu and RSV continue to circulate in the area at high levels. Some reminders: - Employees are encouraged to stay home when ill to help reduce the spread of infections.
- Employees, including student employees, are strongly encouraged to report cases of COVID-19 to Contact Tracing and Vaccine Navigation Services at contacttracing@uci.edu or 949-824-2300. CTVNS will follow up with a case investigation and employee close contact notifications.
- Free COVID-19 antigen tests continue to be available to employees at various locations on campus.
Free masks and N-95 respirators are also available to employees at various locations.
All employee-related information can be found at Human Resources Working Well webpage. For UCI Health updates, please visit UCI Health's COVID-19 page on SharePoint.
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