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ABCD Study Begins Enrollment; Congressional Briefing Highlights Study’s Potential
On September 16, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) announced the beginning of participant recruitment for the Adolescent Brain Cognitive Development (ABCD) Study. The project is the largest long-term study of brain development in the United States, with 19 research sites positioned around the country to examine “how childhood experiences affect brain, social, emotional, and cognitive development, including those that directly affect classroom behavior and academic success.” In addition to looking at brain development, the study will allow researchers to examine health outcomes, such as weight, growth, sleep quality, mental health, substance use, and injury. It will also let them examine…
GAO: Agencies Involved in the Indirect Cost Rate-Setting Process Need to Improve Controls
A September 7 Government Accountability Office (GAO) report, NIH Biomedical Research: Agencies Involved in the Indirect Cost Rate-Setting Process Need to Improve Controls (GAO-16-616), includes 12 recommendations for the Department of Health and Human Service’s Cost Allocation Services, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Division of Financial Advisory Services, and the Department of Defense’s Office of Naval Research. According to GAO, the recommendations are designed to improve controls over the agency’s indirect cost rate process. GAO was asked to “review the internal controls for overseeing the validity of indirect cost rates for NIH’s research organization.” The study was initiated by…
NIGMS/NRMN Announces New Web-Based Platform for Mentoring; Highlights Special Journal Issue on Broadening Participation
The National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS) of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) recently announced the launch of MyNRMN, part of the National Research Mentoring Network (NRMN). NIGMS manages NRMN for the NIH’s Common Fund Diversity Program Consortium, which in addition to the NRMN includes the Building Infrastructure Leading to Diversity (BUILD) initiative and the Coordination and Evaluation Center (CEC). In a recent NIGMS Feedback Loop blog post announcing MyNRMN, NIGMS staff explained that the new web-based platform is intended to help researchers and students connect professionally and is “designed for scientists at every level.” Additionally, it can be…
NIGMS Director Updates Council on Second Phase of MIRA Pilot
During the September 16 meeting of the National Advisory General Medical Sciences Council, National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS) Director Jon Lorsch provided an update on the second phase of a two-part pilot program for funding research supported by the Institute. The goal of the Maximizing Investigator’s Research Award (MIRA) for New and Early Stage Investigators (R35) pilot is to “increase the efficiency and efficacy of NIGMS funding.” Lorsch defined new investigators as individuals who have not had a major NIH grant, and early stage investigators (ESI) as individuals within 10 years of their terminal degree, research, or medical…
Funding Opportunity Announcements
AHRQ: AHRQ Conference Grant Programs (R13) (PA-16-453) NIH: NIH Peer Review Online Briefings for Fellowship and R01 Grant Applicants, and Basic Research Grant Applicants and Reviewers (NOT-OD-16-152) FIC: International Bioethics Research Training Program (D43) (PAR-16-454) NIDA/NCI/NIAAA: Multi-Site Studies for System-Level Implementation of Substance Use Prevention and Treatment Services (R01) (PAR-16-455) NIDA/NIAAA: Multi-Site Pilot and Feasibility Studies for System-Level Implementation of Substance Use Prevention and Treatment Services (R34) (PAR-16-456) Back to this issue’s table of contents.
COSSA Washington Update, Volume 35, Issue 18
Congressional News Lawmakers Poised to Pass Stopgap Funding, Return to Campaign Trail Federal Agency & Administration News NSF Releases Open Government Plan 4.0 Evidence-Based Policymaking Commission Seeks Input Department of Education Seeks Nominations for National Assessment Governing Board White House SBS Team Celebrates One-Year Anniversary NIH Department of Bioethics Fellowship Opportunities Available for Fall 2017 Request for Information Solicits Input on International Trends in Cardiovascular Morbidity and Mortality Nursing Institute Releases New Strategic Plan DOD Seeks Candidates for Associate Director for Social Science Research Publications & Community Events PCORI Challenge Offers Prize for Research Questions on Addressing Cardiovascular Disease Funding…
Request for Information Solicits Input on International Trends in Cardiovascular Morbidity and Mortality
The National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) recently released a request for information (RFI) (NOT-HL-16-440) seeking input for an October 2018 conference that will address “international trends in cardiovascular morbidity and mortality.” The conference will celebrate the 40th anniversary of the landmark “Conference on the Declining Mortality from Coronary Heart Disease” (CHD). That conference brought together experts from epidemiology, clinical research, cardiology, and public health. Similarly, NHLBI would like to bring experts “in a broad range of fields to consider from a global perspective where we are in terms of understanding the…
Nursing Institute Releases New Strategic Plan
On September 15, the National Institute of Nursing Research (NINR) of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) released a new strategic plan, “Advancing Science, Improving Lives: A Vision for Nursing Science.” The new strategic plan was informed by NINR’s Innovative Question (IQ) initiative, which “sought to explore unanswered questions, promote results-oriented research, and guide the science over the next five to 10 years.” Four areas of scientific focus are highlighted in the plan: symptom science, wellness, self-management, and end of life and palliative care. Back to this issue’s table of contents.
Funding Opportunity Announcements
AHRQ: Developing Measures of Shared Decision Making (R01) (PA-16-424) AHRQ: Large Research Projects for Combating Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria (CARB) (R01) (PA-16-423) AHRQ: Large Health Services Research Demonstration and Dissemination Projects for Combating Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria (CARB) (R18) (PA-16-422) AHRQ: Advancing Patient Safety Implementation through Safe Medication Use Research (R18) (PA-16-421) AHRQ: Advances in Patient Safety through Simulation Research (R18) (PA-16-420) NIH: Big Data to Knowledge (BD2K) Enhancing Diversity in Biomedical Data Science (R25) (RFA-MD-16-002) NIH: BD2K Research Education Curriculum Development: Data Science Overview for Biomedical Scientists (R25) (RFA-ES-16-011) NIDCD: Notice of NIDCD’s Participation in PA-16-305 “Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award…
COSSA Washington Update, Volume 35, Issue 17
Featured News Congress Returns with Much Left Undone COSSA in Action COSSA Releases Second Issue of “Setting the Record Straight on ‘Wasteful Research’” Congressional News Congressional Briefing on Violence Prevention Federal Agency & Administration News NSF Seeks Input into Next Strategic Plan NIH Center for Scientific Review Seeks Director for Division of AIDS, Behavioral, and Population Sciences Diana Bianchi Named director of the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development NIH Seeks Input on Metrics to Assess Value of Biomedical Digital Repositories NIOSH Requests Input on Motor Vehicle Safety Research Priorities Candidates Sought for CDC Health Disparities Advisory Subcommittee…
Diana Bianchi Named director of the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development
On August 25, National Institutes of Health (NIH) Director Francis Collins announced the selection of Diana Bianchi as director of the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD). She is expected to begin her NIH tenure on October 31, 2016. Bianchi joins the NIH from the Floating Hospital for Children and Tufts Medical Center in Boston, and is the fou nding director of the Mother Infant Research Institute and vice chair for pediatric research. A medical geneticist with special expertise in reproductive genetics, Bianchi’s research focuses on prenatal genomics. Read more about Bianchi and NICHD…
2017 National Academies Workshop on Current and Future Training Needs in Social and Behavioral Sciences
In an August 31 blog post, National Institutes of Health (NIH) Office of Behavioral and Social Sciences Research (OBSSR) Director William Riley announced the convening of a 2017 National Academies workshop that is being sponsored by OBSSR and the National Science Foundation (NSF) Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences (SBE) Directorate. The workshop will address the current and future training needs in the behavioral and social sciences and responds to the various reports in recent years that “indicate that a majority of behavioral and social sciences doctors are entering research careers in areas outside of the traditional academic research track; and…
Science of Behavior Change (SOBC) Program to Hold Technical Assistant Webinar
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) Science of Behavior Change (SOBC) Common Fund Program recently announced a pre-application technical assistance webinar for a funding opportunity announcement (FOA) for administrative supplements to active NIH-funded clinical research. The SOBC Program “seeks to accelerate investigations of common mechanisms of behavior change applicable across a broad range of health behaviors, including medical regimen adherence.” The webinar specifically addresses the Science of Behavior Change: Use-inspired Basic Research to Optimize Behavior Change Interventions and Outcomes FOA (PA-16-334), and is scheduled for Thursday, September 8 at 2:00 pm ET. Registration is required to participate. Back to this…
Funding Opportunity Announcements
NIFA: Army Family Advocacy Program: Research and Prevention (USDA-NIFA-EXCA-006025) NIH: Global Noncommunicable Diseases and Injury Across the Lifespan: Exploratory Research (R21) (PAR-16-052) [FIC] NIH: International Research Scientist Development Award (IRSDA) (K01) (PAR-15-291) [FIC] NIH: Health Services Research on Minority Health and Health Disparities (R01) (PAR-16-221), (R21) (PAR-16-222)[NIMHD, NIAAA, NIDA] NIH: Information Resource Grants to Reduce Health Disparities (G08) (RFA-LM-17-002) [NLM] Back to this issue’s table of contents.
COSSA Washington Update, Volume 35, Issue 16
Featured News HOT TOPIC: Reducing the Regulatory Burden on Federally-Funded Researchers Federal Agency & Administration News Joshua A. Gordon Named Director of National Institute of Mental Health NIDCR Seeks Input on Proposed FY 2018 Research Initiatives National Plan to Address Alzheimer’s Disease Updated; NIH Releases FY 2018 AD Bypass Budget Publications & Community Events Academies Release Workshop Proceedings on “Framing the Dialogue on Race and Ethnicity to Advance Health Equity” New Academies Report on Parenting Offers Recommendations for Future Research Funding Opportunity Announcements COSSA Member Spotlight SBM/NCI to Host Webinar Highlighting Six New NCI Funding Opportunities Events Calendar
Joshua A. Gordon Named Director of National Institute of Mental Health
On July 28, National Institutes of Health (NIH) Director Francis Collins announced the appointment of Joshua A. Gordon as director of the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH). Gordon is currently an associate professor of Psychiatry at Columbia University Medical Center and research psychiatrist at the New York State Psychiatric Institute. Additionally, he is an associate director of the Columbia University/New York State Psychiatric Institute Adult Psychiatry Residency Program. His lab studies genetic models of psychiatric diseases from “an integrative neuroscience perspective and across multiple levels of analysis, focused on understanding how a given disease mutation leads to a particular…
NIDCR Seeks Input on Proposed FY 2018 Research Initiatives
The National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research (NIDCR) of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) is seeking the input of the extramural scientific community, interested organizations, and the public to assist it in identifying “topical themes for development into research initiatives.” According to NIDCR Director Martha Somerman, as part of its budget planning process, the Institute begins its “initiative development process each year by identifying broad research topic areas, or themes.” FY 2018 themes include: Immunotherapy for Head and Neck Cancers Implementation Science and Oral Health Oral HIV Vaccine-induced Immunity Craniofacial Bones and the Nervous System The Oral Microbiome…
Funding Opportunity Announcements
NAS/ RWJF: Enhancing Coastal Community Resilience and Well-being in the Gulf of Mexico Region NIH: Research on Autism Spectrum Disorders (R21) (PA-16-386), (RO1) (PA-16-388) [NIMH, NICHD, NIEHS, NINDS] NIH: Research on Autism Spectrum Disorders (R03) (PA-16-387) [NIMH, NICHD, NIDCD, NIEHS] NIH: NIH Big Data to Knowledge (BD2K) Enhancing Diversity in Biomedical Data Science (R25) (RFA-MD-16-002) [NIMHD, NIAMS, NIDCD, NIEHS, NCCIH, ORIP] Back to this issue’s table of contents.
SBM/NCI to Host Webinar Highlighting Six New NCI Funding Opportunities
The Society of Behavioral Medicine (SBM), a COSSA member, in collaboration with the National Cancer Institute (NCI), will host a webinar on Friday, August 12 from 1:30 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. designed to share information about new priorities in behavioral research from NCI in areas such as cognition, integrated data analysis, and cancer communication in new media. Associate Director of the NCI Behavioral Research Program William Kleinwill provide an overview the funding opportunities. To view the webinar register here. The associated NCI Funding Opportunity Announcements are: Leveraging Cognitive Neuroscience Research to Improve Assessment of Cancer Treatment Related Cognitive Impairment RO1…
COSSA Washington Update, Volume 35 Issue 15
Featured News State of Play: FY 2017 Funding for Social Science Research COSSA in Action New COSSA Resource: Setting the Record Straight on “Wasteful Research” Federal Agency & Administration News NIFA Seeks Feedback on Childhood Obesity Prevention Scientific Priorities National Institute of Justice Seeking Applications in Forensics and Violence Research NIH Aging Institute Seeking to Fill Vacancies Publications & Community Events Nominations Open for New National Academy of Sciences Prize in Food and Agriculture Sciences Congressional Briefing Highlights Research for Fighting the Opioid Epidemic Funding Opportunity Announcements COSSA Member Spotlight CASBS Seeks Fellowship Applications Events Calendar