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| Chao Family Comprehensive Cancer Center's Mentorship, Education and Training (MET) Program | The year-long Mentorship, Education and Training (MET) Program offers early-stage and mid-career faculty (mentees) in basic, clinical and population sciences the opportunity to engage with senior members (mentors) of the Chao Family Comprehensive Cancer Center to overcome career and scientific challenges.
Target applicant: Must be an early-stage or mid-career academic faculty pursuing careers with a substantial cancer research component in basic, clinical or population sciences. Apply here.
Deadline Extended: Monday, Oct. 14, 2024 |
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| Monthly on Mondays | Faculty Development Series | Starting a Lab and Mentoring Students, featuring panelists Karina Cramer, PhD, Peter Donovan, PhD, and Brian Cummings, PhD. Monthly on Mondays, presented by Nimisha Parekh, MD, 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, Oct. 14, 5:15 to 6:15 p.m.
Via Zoom
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| School of Medicine Applications for Bridge Funding Due October 25 | |
Please note that the next UCI Office of Research deadline for Bridge Funding is Friday, Nov. 1, 2024. Complete applications must include a signed letter of support by your department chair showing financial commitment. Bridge Funding applications are due to the School of Medicine Office of Research by Friday, Oct. 25, 2024. |
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| Reminder: New NIH Policy on Resubmission Applications | When resubmitting your NIH application, any changes made should only be outlined in the Introduction attachment. NIH recently released a guide notice to clarify that any type of markups should not be used to identify changes. Read more.
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| Physician Scientist Collective Network Hosts Charles C. Miller, PhD |
Developing Translational Investigators: Lessons Learned in Multiple Contexts, by Charles C. Miller, PhD, Professor of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery, McGovern Medical School at UTHealth
- Coffee & Refreshments – 3:30 to 4 p.m.
- Presentation – 4 to 5 p.m.
During coffee and refreshments, you can meet Dr. Miller and your colleagues. The School of Medicine Research Development staff will host office hours to address research-related questions.
Monday, Oct. 28, 3:30 to 5 p.m.
Location: Sprague Hall, Conference Room 105
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| Introduction to the Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health (ARPA-H), presented by McAllister & Quinn | Interested in applying for funding from the Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health (ARPA-H) but not quite sure where to start? Join McAllister & Quinn staff as they lead this session designed to prepare investigators to successfully navigate this agency and craft competitive proposals. This virtual meeting will be informative for faculty looking to build their foundational knowledge of the “ARPA” agencies (i.e., agencies who fund high-risk, high-reward, milestone driven research), with a focus on the funding programs and portfolios of ARPA-H. Learn more on flyer (PDF).
Tuesday, Oct. 29, 10 to 11 a.m.
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| Accepting Applications for the UCI School of Medicine Clinical Trialist Training Program — Due Monday, Nov. 4, 2024 | The School of Medicine’s Office of Research is pleased to offer the Clinical Trialist Training Program (CTTP). The goal is to increase the number of School of Medicine faculty who can be principal investigators on externally funded clinical trials through a 2-year partnership program with a senior investigator already running clinical trials. In addition, the trainees will be provided with educational resources to provide the foundational knowledge required for clinical trial administration.
Eligibility:
- Interest in serving as a principal investigator on clinical trials
- Any faculty appointment in the School of Medicine with an active clinical practice
- Commitment from department chair or division chief to dedicate 10% FTE to clinical trial activities.
- Commitment from a senior investigator already engaged in clinical trials to serve as a mentor and support the mentee in developing an independent clinical trial portfolio (incentive will be provided to the senior investigator for their commitment)
To learn more about the CTTP and apply, please visit the School of Medicine’s Physician Scientist Resources.
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| IRB Fee Increase - Effective Oct. 1, 2024 | | The IRB review fee will increase from $1,850 to $2,781. The IRB review fee is a one-time charge for new clinical research protocols partially or fully supported by industry sponsors. This new rate impacts protocols approved by the IRB on or after Oct. 1, 2024. For more information, visit IRB Review Fees. |
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| Updated Processes for Requesting Revisions to an Approved Data Management and Sharing (DMS) Plan (NOT-OD-24-176) | The purpose of this notice is to inform the extramural research community of updates to the processes for submitting requests to revise a Data Management and Sharing (DMS) Plan through the Just in Time (JIT) Module, the Prior Approval Module, and the RPPR Module in eRA Commons. This updated functionality will be available for NIH grants subject to the Final NIH Policy for Data Management and Sharing (DMS) Policy effective Oct. 1, 2024, and will be used exclusively for submitting requests for updating the DMS Plan. As a reminder, emails and other communications are not acceptable. Review the notice.
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| Napoleone Ferrara, MD, kicks off the 2024-25 Dean's Distinguished Lecture Series | The 2024-25 UCI School of Medicine Dean's Distinguished Lecture Series kicked off on Sept. 17-18 with Napoleone Ferrara, MD. The annual Dean's Distinguished Lecture Series brings together influential leaders from healthcare and academia to share their insights, knowledge, experience and anecdotal stories with our faculty, staff, students and community members. View the video and photos from Dr. Ferrara’s lecture.
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| Javier Diaz Alonso, PhD (Anatomy & Neurobiology), received a 3-year $300k grant from the Whitehall Foundation to study the endocannabinoid signalosome at inhibitory synapses. Have you or someone on your research team received research funding or an award? The School of Medicine Office of Research would like to know! Please fill out this short New Research Funding or Award Survey form. |
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| Find funding opportunities for trainees, postdocs and early career faculty, and all faculty.
For more funding opportunities and resources to help in your funding search, visit the Funding Opportunities page.
For a curated, searchable and filterable list of funding opportunities announced by NIH in their weekly NIH guide listserv, check out the School of Medicine Funding Search Tool.
Considering applying for a Limited Funding Opportunity? Typically, you submit a pre-proposal to the Office of Research via UCI Review. If the opportunity is not listed, email the Research Development Unit (RDU). |
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| Postdocs & Early Career Faculty Funding Opportunities |
| Limited: Brain Research Foundation 2025 Seed Grant Program | The Brain Research Foundation (BRF) has invited UCI to nominate one (1) faculty member to submit a Letter of Intent (LOI) for the 2025 Seed Grant Program. To be eligible, the PI must be a full-time assistant or associate professor working in the field of neuroscience, neurobiology, physiology, psychiatry, psychology, or related disciplines, proposing scientific projects with a focus on brain health and disease, including cancer. The objective of the BRF Seed Grant Program is to support new and innovative projects, especially those of junior faculty, who are working in new research directions.
Interested applicants are asked to submit a preliminary application to the Office of Research via UCI Review.
Deadline: Monday, Oct. 21, 2024 |
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| All Faculty Funding Opportunities |
| Newly released ARPA-H funding announcements | The Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health (ARPA-H) accelerates better health outcomes by supporting high-potential, high-impact biomedical and health research that cannot be readily accomplished through traditional research or commercial activity. ARPA-H awardees are developing entirely new ways to tackle the hardest challenges in health. The FY24–26 Strategic Plan provides a blueprint detailing the agency's approach. Review past and active ARPA-H funding programs to get a sense of this agency’s research interests. Active programs:
If you are considering applying, please email somrd@hs.uci.edu. |
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| UC END DISPARITIES Pilot Funding Opportunity | UCLA-UCI Center for Eliminating Cardiometabolic Disparities in Multi-Ethnic Populations: Applications are being accepted for one-year Pilot-Project Awards of up to $40,000 for the project period commencing in 2025.
Applicants are required to have a doctoral faculty, doctoral research, or post-doctoral position at UCLA, UCI, or at another academic institution/organization in Los Angeles or Orange County at the time of application and throughout the funding period. Researchers from the UCLA CTSI and UCI ICTS affiliated sites, e.g., CDU, and the UCLA CTSI and UCI ICTS ecosystem, such as Los Angeles County DHS, VA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System, and Children’s Hospital of Orange County are also encouraged to apply. If applicants do not have a UCLA or UCI academic appointment, their projects must have a UCLA or UCI co-PI. Apply here.
Deadline: Wednesday, Oct. 23, 2024 |
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| 2024 DataWorks! Prize | The DataWorks! Prize recognizes the impactful role of data reuse on human health. Through the 2024 Prize, the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology (FASEB) and the National Institutes of Health (NIH) will recognize and reward research teams who propose and execute innovative secondary analysis and data reuse to generate novel scientific findings and create a valuable set of case studies and examples that can be used by the broader research community.
Participants will participate in a two-phase challenge. In the first phase, research teams will submit a proposal for a secondary analysis research project that can be completed within a 6-month period and incorporates data from one or more generalist repositories participating in the Generalist Repository Ecosystem Initiative (GREI); data from other repositories can be combined. In the second phase, selected teams will complete their reuse/secondary analysis research projects and share their findings publicly. Read more.
Phase 1 Deadline: Wednesday, Oct. 23, 2024
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| FY 2025 NIH Loan Repayment Program Cycle Is Open | The NIH Loan Repayment Program offers applicants the opportunity to receive up to $100,000 towards qualified educational debt in exchange for agreeing to perform NIH mission-relevant research. Applications for FY 2025 LRP awards are open now through Nov. 21, 2024. Read more.
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| Upcoming Seminars & Events |
| Department of Biological Chemistry BC Seminar Series |
Understanding Human Diseases through Tandem Repeats and Epigenetic Liquid Biopsies, by Wei Li, PhD, Grace B. Bell Endowed Chair and Professor of Bioinformatics, Division of Computational Biomedicine, Department of Biological Chemistry, UCI School of Medicine
Wednesday, Oct. 9, 11 a.m. to noon
Location: Plumwood House / Showa Denko Lecture Hall
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| Physiology & Biophysics Seminar Series | Dissecting the cell-specific roles of cellular retinaldehyde-binding (CRALBP) protein in photoreceptor function, by Philip D. Kiser, PharmD, PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Physiology & Biophysics, UCI School of Medicine
Wednesday, Oct. 9, 4 to 5 p.m.
Location: Hybrid event at Plumwood House Lecture Hall and via Zoom Contact Claire Chen to join via Zoom. |
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| CALIT2 Workshop on Health & Research Innovations | The Workshop on Health & Research Innovations is a full-day event that brings together leading professionals, researchers and academics to explore the latest advancements in healthcare, mental health and research innovation. Learn more.
Thursday, Oct. 10, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Location: Qualcomm Institute (QI) at Atkinson Hall, UC San Diego Campus
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| Beckman Laser Institute & Medical Clinic Seminar | Development of wearable laser speckle imaging devices for use at the point-of-care, by Christine O’Brien, PhD, Assistant Professor, Department of Biomedical Engineering, McKelvey School of Engineering, Washington University in St. Louis
Thursday, Oct. 10, Noon to 1 p.m.
Location: Hybrid event at Beckman Laser Institute, 1002 Health Sciences Road, Irvine, CA, and via Zoom. Lunch will be provided for in-person attendees. Registration is required for both in-person attendance and Zoom.
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| Center for Translational Vision Research (CTVR) Distinguished Speaker Series | Systems Pharmacology and Drug Repurposing for Retinal Degenerations, by Henri Leinonen, PhD, Academy Research Fellow, Adjunct Professor, School of Pharmacy, University of Eastern Finland. Learn more.
Friday, Oct. 11, 8:30 to 10 a.m.
Location: Hybrid event at Gavin Herbert Eye Institute Building, 3rd Floor Conference Room, or via Zoom
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| Beyond Cancer Speaker Series: Roberto Tinoco, PhD | In celebration of Hispanic Heritage Month, we invite you to join the Beyond Cancer Speaker Series featuring Roberto Tinoco, PhD, associate professor, Department of Molecular Biology & Biochemistry, UC Irvine Dunlop School of Biological Sciences; assistant program leader for Systems, Pathways & Targets (SPT), Chao Family Comprehensive Cancer Center. This virtual lunch discussion offers a unique opportunity to hear Dr. Tinoco’s personal journey and explore how his life experiences intersect with his research. It's also a great chance to connect with colleagues from UCI and cancer center in a casual, engaging environment beyond their formal roles.
Tuesday, Oct. 15, Noon to 1 p.m.
Via Zoom
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| Vision Research Salon | UCI School of Medicine and the Gavin Herbert Eye Institute invite you to meet our world-class researchers and get an inside look into their cutting-edge vision research at the Vision Research Salon. We hope you will join us for an opportunity to engage with other vision research colleagues from across UCI. The event will include several brief vision research talks during the first hour, followed by a reception. Tuesday, Oct. 15, 4:30 to 6:30 p.m.
Location: Gillespie Hall, 837 Health Sciences Road, Irvine, CA 92617
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| Department of Biological Chemistry BC Seminar Series |
Long Telomeres — from structural mechanisms to disease implications, by Feng Qiao, PhD, Professor, Department of Biological Chemistry, UCI School of Medicine
Wednesday, Oct. 16, 11 a.m. to noon
Location: Plumwood House / Showa Denko Lecture Hall
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| CHOC Research Seminar: Early Life Adversity and the Co-Morbidity between Metabolic and Psychiatric Disease | Speaker: Patricia Pelufo Silveira, MD, PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Psychiatry, McGill University
Wednesday, Oct. 16, Noon to 1:15 p.m.
Via Zoom
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| NIH Grants Policy Updates: FY2025 Edition | As fall approaches, it’s essential to stay updated on the latest changes in NIH programs and policies. Join for an informative session where experts from the NIH Office of Policy for Extramural Research Administration (OPERA) will share key policy updates and discuss how these changes could impact your institution's compliance and system policies.
Thursday, Oct. 17, 10 to 11 a.m.
Virtual Event
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| Second Annual Paolo Sassone-Corsi Lectureship — Featuring Edith Heard, PhD | Life with Two X Chromosomes, by Edith Heard, PhD, FRS, Director General, The European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL), Professor and Chair of Epigenetics and Cellular Memory, Collège de France. The Paolo Sassone-Corsi Lectureship is presented and organized by the Center for Epigenetics & Metabolism and the Department of Biological Chemistry in honor of Paolo Sassone-Corsi's legacy in epigenetics and metabolism.
Thursday, Oct. 17, 5 to 7 p.m.
Location: UCI Beall Applied Innovation
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| Center for Epigenetics & Metabolism 2024 Symposium | The Center for Epigenetics and Metabolism's 2024 Symposium will feature scientific talks and poster presentations from leading researchers and trainees in the fields of epigenetics, metabolism, disease-mechanisms and more. Light refreshments and lunch will be provided.
Friday, Oct. 18, 8:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.
Location: UCI Beall Applied Innovation
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| UCI Conte Center and UCI Brain Seminar Series |
The Social Neuroscience Behind Face-to-Face Diplomacy, by Marcus Holmes, PhD, Professor and Chair, Department of Government; Director, Political Psychology and International Relations Lab (PPIR); Co-Director, Social Science Research Methods Center (SSRMC), William & Mary
Tuesday, Oct. 22, 4 to 5 p.m. PT
Location: Hybrid event at Herklotz Conference Room at the Center for the Neurobiology of Learning and Memory, 300 Qureshey Research Lab, Irvine, CA, and via Zoom
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| Behind the Scenes at ARPA-H: Careers, Funding and Future Breakthroughs | Are you wondering how to become a program manager? Or are you wondering what research proposals the agency is looking to fund? Since its inception in 2022, the Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health (ARPA-H) has been dedicated to biomedical breakthroughs and constantly seeking new talent. Join this fireside chat with Blake Bextine, PhD, senior advisor to the ARPA-H director, where he will explain best practices, agency priorities and ideal candidates for ARPA-H.
Wednesday, Oct. 23, 9 a.m.
Via Zoom
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| Charlie Dunlop School of Biological Sciences Fall 2024 Dean's Distinguished Lecture |
Defining the Mechanistic Basis of Neurodegenerative Proteinopathy: A 35-Year Genetic Odyssey, by Albert La Spada, MD, PhD, Associate Dean, Office of Research Development; Distinguished Professor in the Departments of Biological Chemistry, Neurology, and Pathology & Laboratory Medicine
Wednesday, Oct. 23, 4 to 6 p.m.
Location: Crystal Cove Auditorium — UCI Student Center
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| Nurturing your Academic Success: The Power of Committee Engagement | This session will explore the key role that active committee involvement plays in developing your academic career. Panelists in leadership positions across the School of Medicine will share effective strategies for maximizing the benefits of committee work and taking purposeful steps toward a successful career in academia. Register below to join us and gain valuable insights and practical advice on committee engagement. Panelists include Mohammad Helmy, MD, Megan Osborn, MD, MHPE, Deepti Pandita, MD, and Sunil Verma, MD, MBA. Hosted by the HS Clinical Faculty Mentoring Committee.
Wednesday, Oct. 23, 5:15 to 6:15 p.m.
Via Zoom
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| ICTS Workshop: Responsible Conduct of Research | Responsible Conduct of Research (RCR) is increasingly viewed as an essential component of training, regardless of a researcher's source of funding. The National Institutes of Health (NIH), National Science Foundation (NSF), and the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) require certain categories of researchers to receive RCR training. RCR is the practice of scientific investigation with integrity and involves the awareness and application of established professional norms and ethical principles in the performance of all activities related to scientific research. NIH requires RCR training (at least eight contact hours between participants and faculty). Instruction must be undertaken at least once during each career stage and at a frequency of no less than once every four years. To meet the NIH requirement, the Institute of Clinical and Translational Science and the Office of Research will be hosting a full workshop.
Friday, Oct. 25, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Location: Medical Education Building, Room 4020
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| Perspectives on Political Violence: Free Registration for Virtual Neuropolitics Symposium | The UCI Center for Neuropolitics' 2024 Symposium will address political violence in all its complexities. The symposium will use the tools of neuroscience, political science, history and psychology to comprehensively analyze the disturbing development and potential emergence in American life. The symposium includes the 2024 Jerrold Post Lecture on Neuropolitics, to be given by Ruth Ben-Ghiat, PhD, professor of history and Italian Studies at New York University. Friday, Oct. 25, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. PT
Via Zoom
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| Experimental Pathology Research Conferences | What do reactive astrocytes (really) do?, by Shane Liddelow, PhD, Associate Professor, Departments of Neuroscience & Physiology and Ophthalmology, NYU Grossman School of Medicine
Monday, Oct. 28, 11 a.m. to noon PT
Location: Hybrid event at Plumwood House / Showa Denko Lecture Hall and via Zoom
Meeting ID: 945 0485 6334/ Passcode: 690300
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| EpiCenter Seminar Series | SCN2A related autism and epilepsy: from mouse and hiPSC models to genetic medicine, by Yang Yang, PhD, Jack & Barbara McCoy Associate Professor, Borch Department of Medical Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, College of Pharmacy, Purdue University. This seminar series is hosted by the UCI Epilepsy Research Center (EpiCenter) and the Department of Anatomy & Neurobiology. Tuesday, Oct. 29, 10 a.m.
Location: Plumwood House, Room 166 |
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| NIH Career Development Grant Writing Workshop K-Club | The Institute for Clinical and Translational Science (ICTS) has coordinated a K-Club grant writing series intended for early-career faculty and postdoctoral scholars preparing to submit applications for NIH Mentored Career Development awards (i.e., K grants). These awards are designed to promote the career development of scholars looking to transition to research independence.
Workshop Schedule: Thursdays, Oct. 31, Nov. 4, Nov. 14 and Nov. 21, 9 a.m. to 10:30 a.m.
Location: UCI Campus, Hewitt Hall, Large Conference Room, Room 1042
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| Chao Family Comprehensive Cancer Center Scientific Retreat | This invitation is open to members of the Chao Family Comprehensive Cancer Center, clinicians, DOT leaders, shared resource teams, CHOC partners, community equity board members, established community partners, MET trainees, staff, postdoctoral trainees, graduate students and undergraduate students in cancer-related research labs.
Friday, Nov. 8, 8 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Location: The Waterfront Beach Resort, a Hilton Hotel, Huntington Beach, Calif.
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