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| Register for one of the upcoming UCI NIH Boot Camp Informational Sessions | | The School of Medicine Research Development Unit will be hosting three virtual informational sessions about the UCI NIH Boot Camp — a comprehensive, multifaceted mentoring program designed to help faculty and career researchers apply for their first research grants from NIH. Attend a session to learn more about this program and how to apply for the upcoming 2024 UCI NIH Boot Camp! |
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| Register for the School of Medicine Physician Scientist Training Program (PSTP) Information Session | The Physician Scientist Training Program (PSTP) is a two-year structured program providing physician-scientists with intensive mentorship and opportunities to apply for their first independent, federally funded awards (K08, K23) or other equivalent external career development awards. Dr. Anand Ganesan, Associate Dean of Physician Scientist Development, will provide an overview of the 2024 PSTP program and application requirements.
Tuesday, Dec. 19, 10 to 11 a.m.
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| Save the Date: Faculty Research Retreat! | The UCI School of Medicine is excited to announce a joint retreat with the UCI Samueli School of Engineering.
Friday, March 8, 2024
Please plan to join us for this first-time-ever event! Registration and location details will be sent to your inbox soon. Please contact Emily Dawidoff if you have any questions.
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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.
Jan. 30 & 31, 2024
Location: College of Health Sciences Building & Irvine Hall on Main Campus
Application Deadline: Friday, Dec. 15, 2023
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| Medicaid Attestation Announcement | NEW UPDATE ON CLINICAL TRIALS: Effective retroactively for claims with dates of service on or after July 1, 2022, Medi-Cal will cover routine patient care costs for a beneficiary participating in a qualifying clinical trial.
Medi-Cal providers are required to include the clinical trial registry number on the electronic claim equivalent by submission of the Medicaid Attestation form that the patient is participating in a qualifying clinical trial. The attestation form must also be signed by the Principal Investigator. Since the initial announcement in 2022, UCI research operations, Epic team, compliance, and others are actively working toward a streamlined solution for use of this form. For more detailed information, please refer to this fact sheet (PDF). |
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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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| You are Invited to Participate in a Pilot of Data Management and Sharing Plan Templates | Since March, NIH has engaged with the Federal Demonstration Partnership to pilot test two DMS plan templates. These templates were developed in close collaboration with staff and leadership from offices across NIH, and NIH now seeks your input on them.
FDP is also holding regular round table and town hall sessions to allow pilot participants to share their feedback directly with NIH staff. Register for the next town hall on Thursday, Dec. 14, at 1 to 2:30 p.m. ET.
NIH Program Officials that are participating in the pilot will be sharing their preliminary observations on the first rounds of DMS plans submitted to NIH. There will also be additional information shared on the kickoff of the second phase of the Pilot which will focus on cost principles and budgeting issues related to data sharing. Read more and provide input. |
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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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| 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.
Mulatwa Haile (Lulu Chen lab, Anatomy & Neurobiology) received the 2023 Gazzaniga Family Medical Research Award for impressive research accomplishments on studies of Neurexin-2 deletion and hippocampal seizures, as well as her commitment to community outreach activities and mentorship.
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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| DOE ARPA-E-Inspiring Generations of New Innovators to Impact Technologies in Energy (IGNIITE) | ARPA-E IGNIITE will make awards (20 total and $10M in total funding) to support a new cohort of early-career innovators to develop the most disruptive and unconventional ideas into transformative new technologies across the full spectrum of energy applications. Read the funding announcement.
Deadline: Friday, Jan. 5, 2024 |
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| 2023–24 UCI Center-scale Multi-Investigator Research Seed Funding Program | | The 2023-24 UCI Center-Scale Multi-Investigator Research Seed Funding Program is aimed at investing in promising convergent research directions where internal seed level investment can lead to externally funded “center-scale” research programs. The UCI strategic plan identifies convergence research as one of the keys to achieving the vision of research growth that makes a difference. Here convergence refers to deep integration of knowledge bases, tools, techniques and ways of thinking from physical sciences, life sciences, engineering, computing and social sciences, humanities, arts, business and law to address major societal challenges. View the proposal guidelines.
Deadline: Monday, Jan. 15, 2024
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| Faculty Seed Grants in Cancer Research Funding Opportunity | The Cancer Research Coordinating Committee (CRCC) is pleased to issue a Request for Proposals (PDF) for the 2024–25 Faculty Seed Grants. The CRCC is a systemwide, faculty-directed cancer research program that provides one-year seed grants for topics in any discipline that address any aspect of cancer, including its origins, prevention and cure. CRCC funds support meritorious research spanning all areas from basic research to applied clinical and community-based research in any field relevant to cancer. Eligible PIs must be members of the Academic Senate at one of the 10 UC campuses.
Please view the Request for Proposals (PDF) for other eligibility and submission requirements. Access additional links and more information on the “How to Apply” page.
Recommended applicant webinars: If you are a first-time applicant and/or new to SmartSimple, attendance is highly recommended.
Required Letters of Intent Due: Thursday, Jan. 25, 2024, at noon |
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| Modules for Enhancing Biomedical Research Workforce Training (R25 - Independent Clinical Trial Not Allowed)(PAR-24-040) | The NIH Research Education Program (R25) supports research education activities in the mission areas of the NIH. The overarching goal of this R25 program is to support educational activities that complement and/or enhance the training of a workforce to meet the nation’s biomedical, behavioral and clinical research needs.
To accomplish the stated over-arching goal, this NOFO will support educational activities with a primary focus on: Courses for Skills Development and Curriculum or Methods Development. Specifically, this notice of funding opportunity will support the development of educational resources in the form of training modules designed to be freely available, at no cost to the broader community, to advance training of the biomedical research workforce.
Responsive topics will be indicated through Notices of Special Interest (NOSIs) released annually by NIGMS. Read the NOFO.
First available deadline: Jan. 26, 2024
Expiration date: Jan. 28, 2026
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| Opportunity for Outstanding DEIA Mentors to Apply for Supplemental Funding | In this guest blog, Dr. Marie Bernard, Chief Officer for Scientific Workforce Diversity, NIH, describes the diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility (DEIA) mentorship funding opportunity and shares valuable resources.Please review the NOSI and read the DEIA mentorship supplements FAQ for eligibility and application information.
Deadline: Feb. 16, 2024
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| 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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| 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 |
| 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. Tuesday & Thursday, Dec. 5 & 7, 3 to 7:30 p.m.
Location: Sprague Hall, Room B002 |
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| Department of Biological Chemistry Seminar Series | Systems Biology Approaches to Drug Discovery and Repurposing, by Nicholas A. Graham, PhD, Associate Professor of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science and Gerontology, Mork Family Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, University of Southern California Wednesday, Dec. 6, 11 a.m. to noon
Location: Plumwood House / Showa Denko Lecture Hall
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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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| 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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| Department of Microbiology & Molecular Genetics Seminars | Using reverse genetics to probe SARS-CoV-2 infection and pathogenesis, by Vineet D. Menachery, PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, The University of Texas Medical Branch. Hosted by the Department of Microbiology & Molecular Genetics and co-sponsored by the UCI Center for Virus Research.
Wednesday, Dec. 6, 4 p.m. PT
Location: In person at Plumwood House / Showa Denko Lecture Hall
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| Physiology & Biophysics Research in Progress Seminar | | | 
Zachary Wagoner
Graduate Student
Lisa Wagar, PhD, Lab
Department of Physiology & Biophysics
UCI School of Medicine
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Alex Moshensky
Graduate Student
Francesco Marangoni, PhD, Lab
Department of Physiology & Biophysics
UCI School of Medicine | | | Host and antigenic heterogeneity influence the variability in vaccine responses, by Zachary WagonerUncovering Mechanisms Governing TAM Plasticity and Function in vivo, by Alex Moshensky
Location: Tamkin Student Lecture Building F114
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| Department of Microbiology & Molecular Genetics Seminars | Signaling and Metabolic Regulation of m6A RNA Modification, by Ki-Hong Jang, PhD, postdoctoral scholar, Gina Lee Lab, UC Irvine
Thursday, Dec. 7, 9 a.m. PTLocation: Hybrid event at Plumwood House, Room 166Contact Shanti Iyer to join 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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| All of Us Researcher Workbench Support: Train-the-Trainer Sessions | Train-the-Trainer sessions are for researchers interested in learning to proficiently use the All of Us Researcher Workbench. Sessions include Introduction to the Workbench, Creating a Dataset: Workspaces, Phenotypes and Cohorts, and Genomic Analysis: Genome-wide association study (GWAS) and phenome-wide association study (PheWAS).
Attendees must be registered to use the Workbench. Visit ResearchAllofUs.org to register. Train-the-Trainer, an 8-week training course, is hosted by Baylor College of Medicine’s All of Us Evenings with Genetics Research Program. Sessions build on one another, but you can join sessions at any time.
Fridays in December, noon PT
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| MSTP Distinguished Lecture Series: Dr. Jessica E. Rexach | Comparative Single Cell Genomic Analysis of Three Sporadic Human Dementias Reveals Disease-specific Neuroimmune and Neuroglial States and Gene Regulatory Networks, by Jessica E. Rexach, MD, PhD, Assistant Professor, Neurology, John Douglas French Alzheimer’s Foundation Endowed Chair, UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine
Monday, Dec. 11, 4 to 5 p.m. PT
Location: Hybrid event in Thorp Conference Center, Gross Hall 4th Floor and telecast via Zoom (register for details) |
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| Physiology & Biophysics Seminar Series | Muscling Towards Cell Therapy, by Michael R. Hicks, PhD, assistant professor, Physiology & Biophysics, UCI School of Medicine
Wednesday, Dec. 13, 11 a.m. to noon
Location: Gross Hall, Thorp Conference Center, 4001
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| UCI GPS-STEM: Life Beyond PhD — Medical Writing and Consultant Career Pathway Using Expertise from the Lab | Medical Writing and Consultant Career Pathway Using Expertise from the Lab, by Chantelle Rein-Smith, PhD, principal medical writer and consultant at Whitsell Innovations, Inc. Learn more. Wednesday, Dec. 13, noon to 1 p.m. PT
Via Zoom
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| 2023 SoCal Genome Stability Symposium | The SoCal Genome Stability Symposium offers postdoctoral associates and graduate students the opportunity to connect with their peers from other laboratories and present their current research related to DNA damage signaling, DNA repair, telomere maintenance, DNA mutagenesis, chromosomal instability, and their implications in cancers and therapies. Learn more.
Location: USC Leonard Davis School of Gerontology, 3715 McClintock Ave, Los Angeles, Calif. 90089
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| 7th Annual UCI Skin Symposium | Dive into the forefront of skin research at our 7th Annual UCI Skin Symposium! Engage with leading experts from around the world as they share groundbreaking research insights, skin health breakthroughs and innovative treatments. This is event is free to attend and has limited seating. Breakfast, lunch and refreshments will be served with RSVP. Poster Session during the lunch break. If you would like to present, please submit your information here. Check out this flyer for more speaker information. Feb. 9, 2024, 9 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.
Location: Gross Hall, 4th Floor Conference Center
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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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