December 5, 2014

ANNOUNCEMENTS

1. PHS Government Affairs Update - December 2, 2014 

Please click here to read the latest update from the PHS Government Affairs office. 

2. Core of the Week: Mouse Imaging Program 

Mouse Imaging Program
Director: Matthias Nahrendorf, MD, PhD
Location: Simches 8th Floor

The Mouse Imaging Program (MIP) at the Center for Systems Biology is a uniquely integrated imaging resource providing the larger Harvard/MIT research community with access to state-of-the-art in vivo imaging technologies.

The program offers magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), positron emission tomography (PET-CT), single photon emission computed tomography (SPECT-CT), computed tomography (CT), bioluminescence (BLI), fluorescence mediated tomography (FMT), and various other fluorescence imaging technologies. The fully integrated program also provides mouse holding facilities for serial imaging, surgery, anesthesia and veterinary care. Image reconstruction, 3D display, fusion, quantitative image analysis and online data access are also available. The program performs its own research, aimed at continuously improving existing imaging technologies and has a deep knowledge of cardiovascular, oncology and neurological mouse models of disease.

A list of publications made possible by utilizing MIP resources is available on the Program Website.

Imaging requests may be submitted through the MIP Website.

EVENTS

1. Scientific Advisory Committee (SAC) 2015 Poster Session

Wednesday, April 1, 2015, 110:00 am - 1:45 pm, SERI, Simches, 2nd Floor

ECOR is now accepting abstracts for the 2015 SAC Poster Session! 

Deadline for Submission: Tuesday, January 20, 2015 - 5:00 PM

The SAC Poster Session gives researchers the opportunity to create a compelling visual display of their work, and present it to some of the best scientific minds in the nation. It is an essential part of the two-day meeting, which highlights excellence in research at MGH. Presenters must be a MGH employee.

NEW for 2015!
This year, we will be featuring a limited number of electronic poster boards (ePosterBoards). We are looking for dynamic, visually interesting presentations for these ePosterBoards.

LOCATION, DATE & TIME
Schepens Eye Research Institute
185 Cambridge St.
Simches Building, Second Floor
Wednesday, April 1, 2015, 11:00am - 1:45pm

PRIZES
Twelve $1,000 Awards of Excellence for Scientific Meeting Travel

HOW TO SUBMIT
Please click here for more information and to submit a poster abstract!

Please note: Space is limited! Submissions will be closed before the deadline if we reach capacity.

QUESTIONS
If you have problems or questions, please email sac@partners.org.

2. Save the Date! Research Book Club

Tuesday, January 27, 12:00pm - 1:00pm, Garrod/Mendel Conference Room

We are very pleased to announce the next selection of the Research Nurse Book Club. We will be discussing Truth & Beauty: A Friendship by Ann Patchett.
The Research Book Club is open to all who are interested!

Truth & Beauty: A Friendship can be found at Amazon.com, public libraries or your local bookstore.The mission of the Research Nurse Roundtable is to provide a forum for nurses who work in clinical research to discuss issues common to their practice. The roundtable meets once a month and is led by experienced research nurses in collaboration with the MGH Clinical Research Program Education Unit.

Registration is required. Please contact Jillian Tonelli with any questions.

3. MGH Seminar Series in Cell Biology

Tuesday, December 9, 2014, 3:00 PM, Isselbacher Auditorium (CNY Bldg. 149-East, Room 7231)

Sponsored by the Division of Nephrology

"Coat Proteins: Mechanisms and Physiology"
Victor W. Hsu, M.D.
Associate Immunologist
Division of Rheumatology, Immunology and Allergy
Brigham and Women's Hospital
Professor of Medicine
Harvard Medical School

Host: Roy J. Soberman, M.D.
Contact: Christine Plouffe - email: cplouffe@partners.org; phone: 617-724-1502
 

FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES

1. MGH ECOR Formulaic Bridge Funding Support 

The Executive Committee on Research (ECOR) is accepting applications for Formulaic Bridge Funding Support.

What are they?
Formulaic Bridge Funding Support is offered to assist MGH Principal Investigators (PIs) during a lapse or delay in their research funding from the NIH. To be eligible for Formulaic Bridge Funding, applicants must have applied as a PI for an R01 or R21 NIH grant to support an independent, long-term research program.

The Formulaic Bridge process is open to:

1. Investigators whose grants received a score < or = 20th percentile and have received written communication from the NIH that the grant will not be funded.
2. Investigators whose grants received a fundable score (< or = 20th percentile), but are three months past the nominal start date of their NIH grant.

When is the deadline?
7th day of each month

How do I learn more and apply?
Click here to read more and apply online.

2. Boston Area Diabetes Endocrinology Research Center is now accepting Pilot and Feasibility Research Grants

Deadline Extended!

The Boston Area Diabetes Endocrinology Research Center is now accepting Pilot and Feasibility Research Grant Award Applications for studies of Diabetes Mellitus and Its Complications

The Boston Area Diabetes Endocrinology Research Center is funded by the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive Diseases (NIDDK) to support research in Diabetes and its complications. Research grants up to $30,000 will be awarded for meritorious proposals from candidates whose eligibility is defined by one or more of the following three criteria:

1. Junior faculty without past or current NIH support to conduct Diabetes research.
2. Not eligible if you have any support that is mandatory 100% effort where you cannot accept any federal funding.
3. Established non-Diabetes researchers who have an innovative idea relevant to Diabetes.
4. Established Diabetes investigators who have an innovative idea/approach relevant to Diabetes that represents a distinct departure from their established line of investigation.
5. Co-PIs are not allowed, and if you are not accepting salary and or less than 5%, please mention if there is cost sharing.

It is anticipated that up to four meritorious applications will be funded.
 

• Letters of Intent, Biosketch, Other support and Abstract due December 8, 2014
• If proposal accepted, Applications due by January 5, 2014

If you qualify based on one of the three criteria listed above, please email a letter of intent in MS Word that includes your name, degree, title and email address and a brief description of your research. In addition to the LOI email, please include an abstract with the title of your project (NIH form page) of your research, a biosketch and OS page. If your proposed research is deemed compatible with the goals of the BADERC, instructions for the preparation of a five-page application for a Pilot and Feasibility Research Grant Award will be forwarded to you. The deadline for the Grant application will be January 5, 2015. Funding will be effective April 1, 2015.

Please send Letters of Intent and abstract page with the title of your project in word via (email) to
Prendable@molbio.mgh.harvard.edu 

Joel Habener, M.D.
Director, Pilot & Feasibility Award Program
Endocrinology Research Center
Wellman 320
50 Blossom St
Boston, MA 02114
Email: JHABENER@PARTNERS.ORG
cc: MMUNRO@PARTNERS.ORG
Tel. (617) 726-3420
Fax. (617) 726-5649

3. MLSC Cooperative Research Matching Grant Program

The Cooperative Research Matching Grant Program is designed to promote industry-academic research collaborations, support translational research, and accelerate the commercialization of promising products and services. Not-for-profit academic/research institutions are eligible to apply for grant funding of up to $250,000 per year over two years, provided that they have secured an industry sponsor for the research which will match MLSC funds on at least a 1:1 basis.

Applicants will be required to clearly identify the opportunity or value proposition for collaborating with the industry sponsor. Click here for more information. This program is now open for applications until February 13, 2015 at 12 noon EST.

4. Private Funding Opportunities 

Please contact Corporate & Foundation Relations in the Office of Development at devcfr@mgh.harvard.edu if you wish to submit a proposal in response to any of these funding opportunities. Note that proposals are still routed through the standard InfoEd/Research Management process.

• ASTS-Astellas Fellowship in Transplantation, American Society of Transplant Surgeons
• Cassen Postdoctoral Mentoring Award, Education and Research Foundation for Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging
• Otolaryngical Development Awards, Triological Society

Please click here for further details on these funding opportunities.

5. NIH Update for Week Ending December 5, 2014

For the latest National Institutes of Health notices, requests for applications, and program announcements, follow this link: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/WeeklyIndex.cfm

IN CASE YOU MISSED IT

Reminders of recently posted funding opportunities, deadlines and events

MGH ECOR Formulaic Bridge Funding
Application Deadline: 7th day of each month

Boston Biomedical Innovation Center (B-BIC) Accepting PILOT & DRIVE Grant Pre-Proposals

HMS Faculty Seminar - “Meet and Greet” Faculty Networking Lunch with Dr. Susan Slaugenhaupt - December 9

Introduction to Proteomics and Metabolomics - December 18 

Save the Date! SAC 2015 - April 1 & 2, 2015

2015 World Medical Innovation Forum - Neurosciences - April 27-29, 2015

Executive Committee On Research (ECOR) Massachusetts General Hospital

50 Staniford Street, Suite 1001, Boston, MA 02114

ecor@mgh.harvard.edu