Being rich is having money; being wealthy is having time. ~ Stephen Swid, Chairman and CEO of SESAC, Inc.

Though it can provide neither riches nor wealth, The University of Mississippi's Faculty Research Program (FRP) offers both money and time to UM faculty members to encourage research, scholarship, and creative activities. The primary purpose of the FRP is to provide initial support for projects that will be of interest to external funding agencies. The program may also support projects that: • are in areas where external funding is presently unavailable or very limited; • are of a “high risk” nature or involve highly innovative new concepts that might be less competitive when compared with more mainstream proposals in an external agency review. Following the October 2 application deadline, faculty review committees completed their work in November and forwarded recommendations to Dr. Alice Clark, Vice Chancellor for Research and Sponsored Programs. Dr. Clark is pleased to announce the selection of the following individuals as University of Mississippi 2007 Faculty Research Fellows.

NIH Announces Changes in Standing Proposal Receipt Dates for 2007
The new receipt dates will be effective as of January 2007 and will apply to both paper and electronic applications.

Due to the National Institutes of Health’s ongoing transition to electronic application submission, the agency has revised its schedule of standing receipt dates for proposals and other paperwork beginning in January 2007. Most major deadlines have shifted away from the first day of the month; some are now earlier, while others are later. NIH provides a complete schedule of due dates, as well as a rationale for the shift, in NOT-OD-07-001.

Also, please note that all R01 applications will shift to the Grants.gov mechanism beginning in 2007. If you plan to apply next year but have not worked with the Grants.gov process, you need to familiarize yourself with the Grants.gov Application Guide SF424(R&R). There are many substantial changes to required formatting of proposals involved in this shift to Grants.gov. Don’t wait until the last minute to prepare your proposal!

Please contact your Program Development Specialist in the ORSP as early as possible when you are considering any type of NIH submission. We are here to help you with the paperwork for a successful proposal.

NIH ~ Selected Revised Deadline Dates
(for a complete schedule of changes, see NOT-OD-07-001 )

COS Quick Form CV
Any information you enter and maintain in your COS Expertise Profile can quickly and easily be turned into a curriculum vitae with Quick Form CV, a feature of COS Profile. In the left-hand column on your COS Workbench under Export Your Profile, click Produce a CV, then select the sections you would like to include and the order in which they should appear; then click Submit Layout to review the rough draft and make any selection changes; finally, click Submit Form for Processing to download your CV to a Word document that can be refined and processed as needed. Quick Form CV works best with fully “atomized” data — for example, Address can be atomized to Street Address, City, State, Postal Code, Country — so you may want to review and update your profile with this in mind.

Expertise-Related Funding
With COS Expertise you have the ability to quickly and easily find funding related to a specific profile. At the bottom of each COS Expertise Profile is a section called Locate Funding. The keywords associated with a profile are in this section, along with check boxes. To locate related funding, you simply check the boxes for the keywords you are interested in, choose any of the other search options presented, and then click Locate Funding. This feature is especially convenient when you would like to work with a collaborator. Once you've searched Expertise and found a likely prospect, you can find appropriate funding with just a few clicks, and then contact your potential partner with your proposal and some potential funding sources.

Don't Know About COS?
Check out our COS page, the January 2005 and September 2006 newsletter articles, and/or the COS home page. COS is for all UM faculty in all academic disciplines and research areas.

Applied Demography Conference ~ January 7-9, 2007
The first of the 21st century’s biennial Applied Demography conferences will be held in San Antonio, Texas, on January 7-9, 2007. The conference is sponsored by the Department of Demography and Organization Studies and the Institute for Demographic and Socioeconomic Research at the University of Texas at San Antonio. UM's David Swanson is serving as the program organizer for the conference.

Mississippi Academy of Sciences Annual Meeting ~ February 22-23, 2007
The Mississippi Academy of Sciences (MAS) is an organization of scientists, engineers, technicians, science educators and others from schools and universities, government, industry and business. These individuals, joined by the state's academic institutions and other MAS institutional members, support science in our state. The 2007 MAS annual meeting will be held on the Mississippi State University campus. The deadline for abstracts was November 1. www.msacad.org/

Creating Futures Through Technology Conference ~ February 25-27, 2007
The eleventh annual Creating Futures through Technology Conference and Trade Show 2007 serves as a venue for community college and university faculty, administrators, and staff to share their best practices in course delivery, utilizing partnerships in program delivery, creative uses of new and existing technology, and planning for tomorrow’s learner. The theme for this year’s conference is “Building Minds and Community.” Faculty and staff are invited to submit proposals to make presentations at the CFTTC 2007; the call for proposals is at www.outreach.olemiss.edu/cfttc/call_for_applications.html.

NIH Regional Seminar ~ April 24-26, 2007
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) and local partners will sponsor an NIH Regional Seminar on the NIH funding process – from application preparation to post-award administration – April 24-26, 2007 at the Sheraton Imperial Hotel in Research Triangle Park, North Carolina. The NIH Regional Seminar is designed for researchers and research administrators from academic institutions and private organizations in the eastern United States. Discussions of issues affecting NIH funding and grant administration will give conference participants a comprehensive, up-to-date view of NIH-sponsored research. Other discussion topics will include the fundamentals of conducting business with NIH (grant application preparation, electronic submission, peer review, budget analysis, and award determination), and current topics (strategic and financial management plans, indirect costs, and effective administration between NIH and recipients). The format will also include time for conference participants to meet informally with NIH representatives to discuss topics of special interest.
Registration is available online at www.ncbiotech.org/services_and_programs/intellectual_exchange/2007NIHRegionalSeminar.html

National Institute of General Medical Sciences Program Project Grants ~ Deadlines January 25/May 25/September 25
The program project mechanism is designed to support research in which the funding of several interdependent projects offers significant scientific advantages over support of these same projects as individual regular research grants. The National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS) supports research in the broad areas of cell biology and biophysics; genetics and developmental biology; pharmacology, physiology, and biological chemistry; and bioinformatics and computational biology. grants1.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-07-030.html

NIH Collaborative Research for Molecular and Genomic Studies of Basic Behavior in Animal Models ~
Deadlines February 5/June 5/October 5
The National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS) and the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) are inviting the submission of investigator-initiated research grant applications to support collaborative research, using molecular and/or genomic approaches to address questions about basic mechanisms of behavior in animal models. The purpose of the initiative is to facilitate collaborations between behavioral scientists and investigators with expertise in state-of-the-art molecular biology and/or genomics. grants1.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-06-038.html

Leukemia and Lymphoma Society Translational Research Program ~ Preliminary Application Deadline March 1
The Translational Research Program was established to encourage and provide support for new and novel clinical research. The goal of the program is to accelerate transfer of findings from the laboratory to clinical application. The program's purpose is to fund research that shows high promise for translating basic biomedical knowledge to prevention or new treatments and, ultimately, to prolong and enhance life. A principal intent of the program is to permit the acquisition of sufficient data to apply to an appropriate agency or sponsor for sustained support. www.leukemia-lymphoma.org/all_page?item_id=11620

American Chemical Society Petroleum Research Fund Type AC Grants ~ Deadlines March 30/August 3
American Chemical Society (ACS) Petroleum Research Fund (PRF) seeks to advance scientific education and fundamental research in the petroleum field. Fundamental research is currently supported in chemistry, the earth sciences, chemical and petroleum engineering, and in related fields such as polymers and materials science. www.chemistry.org/portal/a/c/s/1/acsdisplay.html?DOC=prf\prfgrant.html

US Department of Agriculture New Investigator Awards ~ Multiple Deadlines
Investigators or co-investigators who are beginning their research careers, do not have an extensive research publication record, and have less than five years postgraduate, career-track research experience may submit proposals as new investigators. The research proposed shall be appropriate to one of the following program areas: natural resources and the environment; nutrition, food safety, and health; animals; pest biology and management; plants; markets, trade, and rural development; enhancing value and the use of agricultural and forest products; and agricultural systems research. Proposals should be submitted to the appropriate research program area described by the designated deadline for that particular program area: www.csrees.usda.gov/fo/fundview.cfm?fonum=1112; also see www.csrees.usda.gov/funding/rfas/nri_rfa.html.

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NIH Requests Input
NIH has issued a notice requesting input from the research community on a possible reduction of the 25-page limit for Research Plans in R01 proposals. Please take a look at the announcement, provide feedback to NIH if you desire, and forward to your colleagues who might be interested: grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/notice-files/NOT-OD-07-014.html.

Faculty Research Program Poster Symposium
On November 3, 2006, the third annual Faculty Research Fellows Poster Symposium was held in the Yerby Center Auditorium to honor the current Faculty Research Program grant recipients and share their work with interested attendees. Thirty-five 2006 Fellows mounted posters and most were present during the 1.5-hour event to talk with numerous visitors from all across campus. Click here to view a slide show of photos taken at the symposium.

Faculty Travel Support FAQ's
A new FAQ page has been posted to share important information with applicants and recipients of the ORSP's Faculty Travel Support funding. Check it out at www.research.olemiss.edufunding/travel_faq.html.

Proposal Activity ~ Proposal Development Specialists Lesha Agnew and Mickey McLaurin processed 47 external funding proposals during October and 26 during November 2006.

Award Activity ~ SPA Division staff (Scottie Casey, Euphiazene Gray, Anita Randle, Linda Stone) processed 29 external funding awards during October and 19 during November 2006.

For complete information about the ORSP — mission, structure, services, responsibilities, and more — visit the Office of Research and Sponsored Programs page

The Office of Research and Sponsored Programs oversees funding for research, service,
education projects. These activities complement the fundamental aspects of The University of Mississippi’s mission and are among its most tangible contributions to the future. Funding for these activities is one of the best measures of a university’s success in engaging with national and international communities.

All of us who have sought funding to test our ideas know that it is difficult and that the communities to which we belong are highly competitive. That spirit of competition is critical and it contributes more than a little to the relief and excitement a researcher feels on receiving a funding award.

Listed below are our colleagues who have been notified of external funding awards in the last two calendar months. Please join me in congratulating them. The news of their discoveries and the importance of their contributions are part of all of our futures and the future of Ole Miss.

Alice M. Clark, Ph.D.
Vice Chancellor for Research and Sponsored Programs

October Proposals Submitted: 47

October Awards Received: 29 totaling $7,545,031

November Proposals Submitted: 26

November Awards Received: 19 totaling $3,417,778

FY07 Year-to-Date Number of Active Sponsored Projects: 444

FY07 Year-to-Date Number of Active Investigators: 215