Pam Bounelis, Ph.D.

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Basic Research www.uab.edu/research

• Pam Bounelis, Ph.D.
• Assistant Dean for Biomedical Research
• March 1, 2006

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SOM Mission Areas Are Used in Faculty Evaluation
for Promotion and Advancement

• Research Productivity
• Teaching Performance
• Clinical Service

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The Independent Investigator

• Publishes in high quality journals in a given
  area
• Serves as a principal investigator of grants or
  contracts
• Significant and sustained extramural funding
• Supervises graduate students, post doctoral and
  clinical fellows
• Initiates and participates in research
  collaborations

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Mandatory Certification Requirements

• UAB Code of Conduct
• (http//www.hrm.uab.edu/codeofconduct)
• HIPAA
• (http//www.hipaa.uab.edu/training.htm)

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Research Training Requirements

• Effort Reporting
• (https//courses.uab.edu/)
• Use of Human Subjects initial training and
  continuing education
• (http//main.uab.edu/show.asp?durki58146)
• Use of Animal Subjects general information and
  species specific training (http//main.uab.edu/int
  ernal/show.asp?durki34597)
• Occupational Health Safety - radiation safety,
  chemical safety, etc. (http//www.healthsafe.uab.e
  du/pages/educationandtraining/educationandtraining
  .html)

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Funding Where to Start

• Government Resources (www.grants.gov)
• Federal
• State
• Private Resources
• Foundations and Associations
• Nonprofit Centers
• Charities
• Internal Funding University Sponsored

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What Is Being Funded by NIH?

• CRISP (keyword search)
• http//crisp.cit.nih.gov
• Institute/Center Funding Plans
• http//grants.nih.gov/grants/new_investigators/IC
  _Funding_Plans.htm

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NIH Resources for New Investigators

• New Investigators
• http//grants.nih.gov/grants/new_investigators/re
  sources.htm
• Identify appropriate individual NIH career awards
  by using the wizard
• http//grants.nih.gov/training/kwizard
• All about grants tutorials
• http//www.niaid.nih.gov/ncn/grants/default.htm
• Annotated grant
• Annotated summary statement

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NIH Small Grant Program (R21)

• New, exploratory and developmental research
  projects
• Supports early stages of project development
• May involve considerable risk but may lead to a
  breakthrough in a particular area, or to the
  development of novel techniques, agents,
  methodologies, models or applications that could
  have major impact on a field of biomedical,
  behavioral, or clinical research
• Should break new ground or extend previous
  discoveries toward new directions or applications

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Associations Foundations

• American Heart Association
• American Lung Association
• American Cancer Society
• Arthritis Foundation
• Howard Hughes Medical Institute
• National Marfan Foundation
• Ellison Medical Foundation
• Cystic Fibrosis Foundation

• The Alzheimers Association
• FRAXA Research American Heart Foundation
• American Diabetes Foundation
• Leukemia and Lymphoma Society.
• Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation
• National Neurofibromatosis Foundation
• Coulter Foundation

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UAB Nominates Candidates for

• Ellison Medical Foundation (Aging)
• The John Merck Fund (Developmental Disabilities
  in Children)
• The W. M. Keck Foundation's Distinguished Young
  Scholars in Medical Research
• Pew Scholars Program
• Burroughs Wellcome Biomedical Scholars
• Howard Hughes
• Daymon Runyon Foundation

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How Will You be Aware of Opportunities?

• Join the UABRADM listserve
• (http//www.uab.edu/uabra/uabradm_request.htm)
• Join the Community of Science - keep your
  biosketch updated!
• (www.cos.com)
• Subscribe to the NIH NEXUS Listserve
• (http//grants.nih.gov/grants/nexus.htm)
• Search
• (www.grants.gov)
• Talk to your colleagues

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Another Useful Resource

• HHMI Making the Right Moves, A Practical Guide
  to Scientific Management for Postdocs and New
  Faculty (http//www.hhmi.org/grants/pdf/labmgmt/b
  ook.pdf)
• Staffing your lab
• Mentoring
• Getting funded
• Project and data management
• Setting up collaborations
• Publications
• Technology transfer

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School of Medicine Resources (www.uab.edu/uasom/
research)

• UAB core facilities
• Budget and grant writing links
• Mentoring resources
• Funding opportunities
• Compliance