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As you know, PIs have been delegated the authority to submit their own NIH RPPRs (annual progress reports) via eRA Commons.  However, your SRAS GPS is still available to assist you with these submissions.  The GPS can provide financial and payroll system-generated details to complete budget and participant information.

The Lunch at Leader originally scheduled for Thursday, November 21 has been cancelled.  The next Lunch at Leader is scheduled for April 3.  For more details on the event, click here. 

The Department of Radiology at the University of Kentucky has released new information describing each of its medical imaging facilities used for research.  The information includes detailed descriptions of each facility and its possible uses for resarch.  To assess the new brochure, see below.

The Sponsored Research Administrative Services office will observe the official University holiday schedule and will be closed as follows:

Thursday, November 27, 2014 and Friday, November 28, 2014;
and Thursday, December 25, 2014, through January 2, 2015 (reopening Monday, January, 5, 2015).

The Office of Sponsored Projects Administration (OSPA) will also observe these holidays. If you will require proposal assistance during these times, please make advance arrangements with your GPS.

During a woman's menstrual cycle, ovulation is the critical mid-point when an egg is released and fertilization can occur. Women's health providers have long understood that a woman's best chances of becoming pregnant are around the time of ovulation. But researchers are still learning about the physiological triggers that initiate this natural process in humans and other mammals.

Mary Vore was recently awarded the 2014 William R. Willard Award. This award is the College鈥檚 highest honor given to individuals who have made singular contributions to the College鈥檚 missions in research, teaching and service. Educated at Asbury College, Mary obtained her Ph.D. in pharmacology at Vanderbilt University. She returned to Kentucky as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Pharmacology and rose through the ranks to Professor in 1986.

University of Kentucky researchers led by Dr. Jayakrishna Ambati, professor and vice-chair in the Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences at the University of Kentucky, have made revealing discoveries about the precise mechanisms of retinal pigmented epithelium (RPE) death in the late stages of age-related macular degeneration (AMD). The findings were released last week in the Proceedings in the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS). Geographic atrophy, an advanced form of dry AMD characterized by death of the RPE, causes untreatable blindness in millions worldwide.

Most federally-funded grants are currently governed in part by a section of the Code of Federal Regulations known as 鈥淯niform Guidance.鈥�  These regulations address, amongst other things, the allocation of costs to projects.  Uniform Guidance states: 鈥淚f a cost benefits two or more projects or activities in proportions that can be determined without undue effort or cost, the cost should be allocated to the projects based on the proportional benefit.鈥�  If the proportional benefit cannot be determined because of the interrelationship of the work, the costs

Notice of Clarification of 4-Year Limit of Postdoctoral Research Eligibility for K99 Applicants for PA-14-042 鈥淣IH Pathway to Independence Award (Parent K99/R00)鈥�

Notice of Revised NIH Definition of 鈥淐linical Trial鈥�

Notice Number:

NOT-OD-15-015

Key Dates

Release Date: October 23, 2014

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National Institutes of Health (NIH)

On Oct. 17, the Lexington Convention Center teemed with more than 200 students and scientists sharing their latest research on cardiovascular health for the 17th annual Gill Heart Institute Cardiovascular Research Day. Nigel Mackman, Ph.D., director of the McAllister Heart Institute at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, presented "Hematosis, Thrombosis and Immunity," demonstrating the diverse roles of hemostasis and thrombosis in cardiovascular diseases, cancers and infections. Kathryn J.

The University of Kentucky Board of Trustees Saturday adopted a sweeping statement of principles, directing President Eli Capilouto to focus on the "most pressing" needs of Kentucky by determining how best to grow 海角禁区's research enterprise through strategic investments in facilities and talent. "The challenges are overwhelming, but we can be up to the task of making a difference," Capilouto said. "These are not easy issues, but they must be our issues.

Please join us to view the following NIH-sponsored webinars in the Multi-purpose Room 27 of 138 Leader Avenue:

Wednesday, November 5, Fellowship Awards

Monday, November 10, Research Project Grants (R01s)

The webinars will run from 2:00 to 4:00 p.m., including a 30 minute Q&A period.

Viewers will see presentations by Five CSR/NIH Experts

The Alzheimer鈥檚 Association has awarded a $100,000 New Investigator Research Grant to Jose Abisambra, assistant professor at the University of Kentucky's Sanders-Brown Center on Aging (SBCoA), to study a brain protein that becomes abnormally modified in the course of developing Alzheimer's disease. The New Investigator Research Grant program is part of the Alzheimer鈥檚 Association鈥檚 effort to increase the number of scientists conducting Alzheimer鈥檚 research by supporting early-career development that will lay the groundwork for future research grants.

The University of Kentucky has been approved to lead a $14.9 million project from the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) to identify the most effective approaches for patient care transitions as they move between hospitals, nursing homes and their own homes.

Dear Chairs and Center Directors,

 In response to feedback about the draft IDP, we have created a slightly modified version, which is attached. The major change in this version is the specific inclusion of questions in Parts II and III related to understanding responsible conduct of research, in order to ensure that our training plans are meeting with NIH standards in this area.  In addition, we slightly modified the introductory paragraph so that it can be directly cut and pasted into a progress report.  This section now reads:

[From VPR Office]

As a result of recent lapses in biosafety practices at Federal laboratories, the Federal Government has issued a 鈥淪afety Stand-Down鈥� for federal facilities to ensure safety of laboratory researchers and the American public. The University of Kentucky as a recipient of Federal research funding is encouraged to conduct similar reviews.  

Have you submitted a proposal or do you plan to do so in the next few months?

[From NIH Website]

[From the NIH Website] 

Request for Information (RFI): Consideration of Sex As a Biological Variable in Biomedical Research

Notice Number: NOT-OD-14-128

Key Dates
Release Date: September 11, 2014
Response Date:  October 13, 2014

Related Announcements
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National Institutes of Health (NIH)

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