[4 Nov 2009 | ]
Dr. Mannon to speak at November CRS

 The Clinical Research Seminar is a monthly, one hour seminar where junior and senior faculty at UAB present their clinical research findings to the residents, fellows, and faculty of the Department of Medicine.

“Harnessing Mucosal Treg Cells for Treatment of Human Inflammatory Bowel Disease”

Speaker: Peter J. Mannon, MD, Professor, Division of Gastroenterology & Hepatology – University of Alabama at Birmingham Department of Medicine

Monday, November 23, 2009, 12:00 Noon
West Pavilion Conference Room E

Sponsored by Chairman’s Office, Department of Medicine
Contact: Paula Wood 4-0700

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Awards & Funding, News »

[12 Nov 2009 | ]

All junior faculty and senior fellows who are planning K award submissions for the February 2010 deadline are strongly encouraged to take advantage of this Program.dom3-color82

  • All new applicants for K awards
  • K01, K08, K23, K99/R00
  • Internal review and feedback to Investigators
  • For February 12, 2010 NIH submission:
    • Dec 1, 2009 – Specific Aims page
    • Dec 15, 2009 – Entire grant + Career Development plan
    • Jan 4, 2010 – Feedback to Investigator
  • For details, email Dr. Anupam Agarwal, DOM Vice Chair for Research (agarwal@uab.edu)

NIH News/Workshops, News »

[10 Nov 2009 | ]

Registration is ongoing for Biotechnology Training courses at the National Institutes of Health. View the course offerings and register on biotrac.com.

Bio-Trac is an extensive series of post-graduate level “Hands On” biotechnology training courses given by the Foundation for Advanced Education in the Sciences (FAES) at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) in Bethesda, MD.

NIH News/Workshops, News »

[4 Nov 2009 | ]

Due to changes resulting from the Enhancing Peer Review initiative, applications for due dates on or after January 25, 2010 require the use of restructured application forms with new instructions and shorter page limits.These changes will affect all competing applications, including new, renewal, revision and resubmission applications. Read more on the NIH website.

NIH News/Workshops, News »

[3 Nov 2009 | ]

A major goal of the NIH is to foster bold and creative investigator-initiated research. In pursuit of this goal, the Transformative Research Projects Program has been created under the auspices of the NIH Roadmap for Medical Research to enhance submission and support of exceptionally innovative, high-risk, original and/or unconventional research that has the potential to have a profound impact in clinical, basic or behavioral/social science arenas. Read more on NIH website.

NIH News/Workshops, News »

[24 Sep 2009 | ]

New, restructured versions of the paper PHS 398 and electronic SF 424 (R&R) application packages and instructions will be available on the NIH website by December 2009.

Applicants must download and use the new application packages for submissions targeting due dates on or after January 25, 2010 (funding for fiscal year (FY) 2011 and beyond). Changes include significantly shorter page limits and restructured application packages. Read more of this notice on the NIH website.