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June 2006

Federal Funding Opportunities: June 2006
Posted: Thursday, June 15, 2006

As well as federal funding opportunities, included in this section are programs with internal deadlines and programs from volunteer health agencies. For more information and/or application materials for these programs, please contact Julie O'Connor, Office of the Vice President for Research at...

Private Sector Funding: June 2006
Posted: Thursday, June 15, 2006

If you are interested in these or any other private funding opportunities, please contact Jim Dauer at 577-6468 or jdauer@wayne.edu. The Office of Corporate and Foundation Relations (CFR) can assist you with private funding prospect identification, proposal development including grant writing...

Meetings and Seminars for Wayne State University Researchers
Posted: Thursday, June 15, 2006

Nano@Wayne All Nano@Wayne Seminars are held at the Welcome Center Auditorium located at 42 West Warren Avenue at 2:30 p.m. unless otherwise noted. September 19: Speaker: Dr. Donald Tomalia, Central Michigan University October 3: Speaker: Dr. Adi Eisenberg, McGill University/Montreal...

Human Subjects Protection News: University Applies for AAHRPP Accreditation
Posted: Thursday, June 15, 2006

The Office of the Vice President for Research has submitted a preliminary application to the Association for the Accreditation of Human Research Protection Programs (AAHRPP), a nonprofit organization dedicated to the protection of the rights and welfare of research participants and the promotion of...

SPA FES Undergoes Certification and Approvals Revision
Posted: Thursday, June 15, 2006

As sponsors begin to require electronic submission, their requests for sending a cover page with a PI's original signature is declining. Even though SPA does not send an original signed cover page or face page, it is still held accountable for all the certifications that are applicable to...

IMR Announces Graduate Research Assistantship Competition Winners
Posted: Thursday, June 15, 2006

The Office of the Vice President for Research offers its congratulations to the award recipients of the Institute for Manufacturing Research’s 2006-2007 competition for Graduate Research Assistantships. This annual competition will support 17 graduate research assistants in fiscal year...

Dr. Sean Wu to Be Honored At ESD Ceremony
Posted: Thursday, June 15, 2006

The Engineering Society of Detroit (ESD) will honor several members in the industry who provide inspiration and leadership through ESD at its 2006 Annual Awards Dinner on Wednesday, June 21, from 6-9 p.m. at the Roostertail in Detroit. Dr. Sean Wu, distinguished professor of Mechanical Engineering...

WSU Guidelines Regarding Research Data Ownership
Posted: Thursday, June 15, 2006

(Note: This document is also available at http://www.research.wayne.edu/compliance/Data_Ownership_5_2_062.pdf) WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY GUIDELINES REGARDING RESEARCH DATA OWNERSHIP 1.0 Purpose Institutions of higher education have rights and responsibilities with regard to research...

OVPR Hosts "The Principles of Making Grant Revisions" Seminar
Posted: Thursday, June 15, 2006

The Office of the Vice President for Research is pleased to sponsor and invite full-time WSU faculty members to a grant writing seminar focused on "The Principles of Making Grant Revisions" on July 17, 2006. Dr. Stephen Russell, co-founder and managing partner of Grant Writers' = Seminars and...

WSU to Be Visited by Accreditation Team
Posted: Friday, June 16, 2006

Wayne State University has been accredited since 1915 by the Higher Learning Commission of the North Central Association (NCA) of Colleges and Schools. Accreditation provides assurance to the public and to prospective students that standards of quality have been met. A team from the Commission...

Tips to Getting Grant Funding from the APS
Posted: Friday, June 16, 2006

At a May 2006 Association for Psychological Science meeting, officials from granting agencies gave attendees a variety of tips intended to motivate them into writing better grant applications, more frequently. All the panelists agreed on several common points--namely, that the best research is...

WSU to Apply for NIH CTSA Grant
Posted: Friday, June 16, 2006

The National Center for Research Resource's Clinical and Translational Science Award (CTSA) is intended to transform clinical and translational research, so that new medical treatments can be developed more efficiently and delivered more quickly to patients. The NIH will support the creation of...

Internal Deadlines: Programs with Limited Numbers of Submissions
Posted: Friday, June 16, 2006

Due to a limit on the number of submissions that Wayne State University may make, the Office of the Vice President for Research is requesting that faculty interested in the following programs submit to an internal competition: National Science Foundation Leadership-Class System Acquisition...

WSU Awarded Grants: April 2006
Posted: Friday, June 16, 2006

WSU AWARDED GRANTS This report recognizes our outstanding faculty for new awarded extramural funds. The following are reported awards for April 2006. Awarded Grants as Reported to Sponsored Program Administration ENGINEERING Chemical Engineering PI: Simon Ng Title: Synthesis...

Upcoming Conferences and Symposia of Interest
Posted: Thursday, June 15, 2006

Promoting the Well-Being of Children and Youth in Urban America: Best Practices to Next Practices September 28-29, 2006 On September 28 and 29 of 2006, the Wayne State University Children's Bridge and the Children's Hospital of Michigan will present a children's conference entitled, "Promoting...