• New Investigator Research (NIR) Grants,
• Team Science Program (TSP) Grants,
• Postdoctoral Research Fellowship (PRF), and
• Research Program Grants (RPG).

More information on these programs can be found at:

James & Esther King Pre-Announcement:

http://floridabiomed.com/jek_notices/King%2010-11%20Call%20Pre-Anncmt.pdf

Bankhead-Coley Pre-Announcement:

http://floridabiomed.com/bc_notices/BC%2010-11%20Call%20Pre-Anncmt.pdf

 For the Team Science Program, each eligible institution (i.e. UF) may submit only two intra-institutional proposals.  There is no limit on the number of inter-institutional proposals. 

*If you are even considering submitting an intra-institutional TSP proposal, please send a short Letter of Intent to Mary Vallianatos (mvallian@ufl.edu) by tomorrow (Tuesday, November 17^th).   Please include the project title and the names and affiliations of the anticipated participants.  

 More information regarding the internal process can be found at http://apps.research.ufl.edu/research/fyi/deadlines.cfm

Bankhead-Coley pre-SPORE grants:  http://apps.research.ufl.edu/research/fyi/article.cfm?id=19493James & Esther King TSP grants:  http://apps.research.ufl.edu/research/fyi/article.cfm?id=19496

If there are no changes this year, the maximum request will be $4 million for acquisition proposals or $2 million for development proposals.  Acquisition proposals over $2 million must be for single instruments only. The minimum request will be $100,000. Proposers may request an award period up to three years for acquisition proposals and up to five years for development proposals. The anticipated earliest starting date is August 1^st after submission.

The Office of Research is inviting internal pre-proposals for the MRI program in advance of the actual announcement to begin the internal coordination process.

INTERNAL SUBMISSION PROCEDURES: Because of the limitation on the number and type of submissions, the following procedures will be followed for internal screening and selection:

1. College of Medicine pre-proposals (following the format/content guidelines below) should be submitted as a single pdf file to Karen Pastos (pastos@ufl.edu) by Thursday, November 19^th, 2009.  

2. College pre-proposals will be prioritized and submitted to the Office of Research. An ad hoc committee will review the submissions and make selection recommendations to the VP for Research.

INTERNAL PRE-PROPOSAL FORMAT/CONTENTS: Pre-proposals should be no longer than five (5) single-spaced pages and contain the following information (Items 1-6):

(1) Category of application (acquisition or development);

(2) Brief description of instrumentation;

(3) Impact of instrumentation on current/future research and research training activities;

(4) Demonstrated need for the equipment;

(5) Qualifications of the persons who will use or develop the instrument;

(6) Projected cost, including plans for covering the cost of operation and maintenance of the instrumentation; and

(7) A list of NSF-funded research projects at UF that will benefit from the instrumentation (include: PI name, department, project title, budget/project period, award amount) (This list is not counted as part of the 5-page limit.).

2009 NSF MRI Announcement: http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2009/nsf09502/nsf09502.htm 

UF FYI Announcement: http://apps.research.ufl.edu/research/fyi/article.cfm?id=19546

Poster Session and Reception,

UF Hilton Ballroom, 6:00P– 8:00P

Tuesday, April 20th

Medical Guild Graduate Research Competition,

HPNP Auditorium, 8:00A – 10:30A

Social Break with Refreshments,

HPNP Lobby, 10:30A – 11:00A

Keynote Speaker & Medical Guild Award Presentation,

HPNP Auditorium, 11:00A – 12:00N

Faculty Council Dinner Award Ceremony (by invitation only),

UF Hilton Ballroom, 6:30P – 9:00P

The UF Office of Research has announced the 2010 Research Opportunity Seed Fund competition.  This program provides funding for new, faculty-initiated research programs that are multi-/interdisciplinary and that have the expectation and a reasonable plan for becoming externally-funded programs at the University of Florida. Projects should be innovative, support institutional mission goals, have strong potential for garnering future funding from external sources, or have outstanding commercial potential. Opportunity Fund awards are not intended to support on-going projects — they should support new projects (not a supplement to current research) and/or new collaborative partnerships.  To be competitive, proposals must be multi-/interdisciplinary and must involve faculty from at least two departments/units/colleges. Single-investigator proposals are not eligible.

The College of Medicine Office of Research Affairs will conduct an internal review through a two step process:

Step 1.  Letters of Intent due November 30^th, 2009

• One page technical summary inclusive of a description of the multidisciplinary nature of project
• Current NIH biosketch for each investigator
• Submit as single pdf file to Karen Pastos (pastos@ufl.edu) no later than Monday, 11/30/09               

 Step 2.  Invited full proposals due January 4^th, 2010

• Invited applicants should refer to guidelines below for full proposal
• Must also include a letter of support from each department chair
• Submit as single pdf file to Karen Pastos (pastos@ufl.edu) no later than Monday, 1/4/2010

Announcement:

http://apps.research.ufl.edu/research/fyi/article.cfm?id=19092

Guidelines:

http://www.research.ufl.edu/researchsupport/research_support_docs/2010_Opp_Fund_Guidelines.pdf

Review criteria:  http://www.research.ufl.edu/researchsupport/research_support_docs/Review_Criteria_Research_Opportunity_Fund.pdf

See full announcement Maren Announcement 2009