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January 2006

Federal Funding Opportunities: January 2006
Posted: Tuesday, January 17, 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...

SPA to Participate in NCURA Videoconference
Posted: Wednesday, January 18, 2006

On January 24, 2006, the Sponsored Program Administration office will be participating in a videoconference sponsored by the National Council of University Research Administrators (NCURA) entitled, "Post-award Issues for the Pre-award and Departmental Administrator". The videoconference will take...

Scientific Management Guide for the Beginning Academic Investigator Is Available
Posted: Wednesday, January 18, 2006

Benning academic investigators face a variety of unique and puzzling issues they may at first find confusing. A newly-released manual from the Burroughs Wellcome Fund alerts beginning scientists of the importance of the managerial aspects of their new jobs and gives them practical information...

NIH Updates FY 2006 Salary Limitation Information
Posted: Wednesday, January 18, 2006

On January 12, 2006, the NIH published updated information regarding the salary limitation for NIH grant and cooperative agreement awards and extramural research and development contract awards. For seventeen consecutive years, Congress has legislatively mandated a provision for the limitation...

Private Sector Funding: January 2006
Posted: Tuesday, January 17, 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: Wednesday, January 18, 2006

Faculty Commons This faculty-only meeting place to promote fellowship, collaboration and schlorship, has new dates and topics added: February 14, 2006 - 3:00 to 5:00 p.m., Conference Room 6202 in 5057 Woodward - "Obesity and Diabetes" March 14, 2006 - 3:00 to 5:00 p.m., Conference Room...

Internal Deadlines: Programs with Limited Numbers of Submissions
Posted: Thursday, January 19, 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: Robert Noyce Scholarship Program Internal Deadline: February 10...