UCLA Clinical and Translational Science Institute
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FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES
Core Voucher RFA
Applications for vouchers worth up to $10K in core services are now being accepted. The deadline is Oct. 6. Click here for details and the RFA.
A.P. Giannini Fellowship Applications
Due Nov. 4, physician-scientists and junior researchers with 0-3 years of postdoctoral experience are encouraged to apply to this fellowship program which supports innovative research in the basic sciences and applied fields that advance the translation of biomedical science into treatments, preventions and cures for human diseases. Eligibility and application details here.
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NEWS FROM CTSI
Employment Postings
CTSI accepts postings for clinical and translational science jobs. To view job openings, go here. To submit a posting, send the job listing with your contact information to editors@ctsi.ucla.edu.
Interested in Clinical Research Networking?
The Clinical and Translational Research Center-Westwood will be hosting monthly, informal clinical research networking seminars on the 4th Thursday of each month. The seminars will focus on providing opportunities for faculty and staff to network, discuss current interests, exchange best practices and hear from invited experts. CTSI partner sites and all members of the clinical research community are invited to join. Please contact lshakerirwin@mednet.ucla.edu to receive more information and updates.
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EVENTS FROM CTSI
Webinar for New Faculty:
Funding Your Research - How to Get Started
This webinar on Oct. 1 will cover strategies for developing a research agenda, identifying and analyzing funding opportunities, understanding funding agencies, creating a funding plan and recruiting mentors and collaborators. This workshop kicks off one of many to be hosted by Research Escalator, a component of UCLA Grand challenges. To register, click here.
Circle of Life: Do Beginnings Predict the Ending?
Oct. 3 will be the first of this year's BioBasics Layman Seminar/Research Administrators' Campus Committee seminar series. Dr. Sherin Devaskar, Endowed Chair and Professor of Pediatrics and Co-Leader of the CTSI's Maternal Child and Adolescent Health Committee, will lead the presentation. Find remote and onsite event details here.
Webinar: Competing for Funding from the National Science Foundation
This Oct. 8 webinar covers the NSF's mission, funding priorities, how NSF is organized, how proposals are reviewed, the types of projects funded by NSF and a step-by-step discussion of how to write a NSF proposal. Find remote and onsite details here.
Grant Preparation and Submission (Parts I & II)
Running Oct. 8 and 10, this module made up of four workshops familiarizes trainees with preparing an NIH grant, a focus on composition and resubmission, what NIH study sections are and how they function and how to diversity one's portfolio with non-NIH sources of funding. Videoconferencing can be arranged at CTSI partner sites with advance notice. Space is limited, RSVP found here.
Drop-in Biostatistical Consults
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Prevention, Treatment & Control of Cancer in Our Community III
This Sept. 27 community-academic dialogue includes presentations and panel discussions on cancer prevention, early detection, treatment and survivorship. Community members, caregivers, healthcare providers, students, faith-based organizations, researchers and people living with cancer are among those encouraged to attend. Find event details and registration information here.
Surprise at Synapse, Pruning and Plasticity
The UCLA-Caltech MSTP 2013 Annual Research Conference holds the The 5th Annual Stanley G. Korenman MSTP Lecture on Sept. 27. Talks will be led by Dr. Sandeep Robert Datta of Harvard University and Dr. Carla J. Shatz of Stanford University. See talk details here.
Responsible Conduct of Research Course
This 10-week course starting Oct. 2 provides a thorough background in ethical issues in research with an emphasis on research involving humans.
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