Research News - June 24, 2016

In this quarterly newsletter, learn how performance and availability are foundational concepts in the success of Epic at Partners. Another article describes how cybersecurity is everyone’s job with both general and specific tips for employees to adopt. Also find best practices for protecting credit card information. Lastly, read how the annual Tech Summit is an annual blockbuster event for Partners IS.

Thursday, June 30, 12:00 – 2:00pm, WebEx or Prudential Center

Carl Blesius, MD, Director, Knowledge & Learning Technologies, MGH Lab of Computer Science will discuss the lab's infrastructure and current projects. Esmond Kane, Deputy Chief PHS Information Security Officer will present, "The Anatomy of Breach" - a detailed description and analysis of a security breach and lessons learned. RSVP Online by 6/28 and note if you plan to attend remotely so that details are sent. Contact rcc@partners.org with questions about Tech Lunch.

Tuesday, July 12, 2016, 2:00– 3:30 pm, Simches 3.120

Sponsored by the MGH Division of Clinical Research

Speaker: Melissa Frumin, M.D., M.S., Chair, Partners IRB
In this course, participants will receive an overview of the ethical foundation of Human Subject Protection in clinical research. This will be done through case studies of typical protocols that have come before the Partners IRB. These cases will raise issues of risk/benefit, surrogate consent, research with children, decisionally impaired subjects and medical record review.

Registration is required.  Please contact Kelsey Gay with questions.

Monday, July 25, 9:00 am - 12:30 pm, Simches 3.120

This orientation program will provide Fellows who are completing their clinical year and entering their research years at MGH with an overview of the process of clinical and translational research at MGH. In this course, participants will receive an overview of clinical research at MGH, review the overall architecture of clinical research, and will be introduced to key resources available to clinical/translational investigators at MGH.

This course will be limited to Fellows who are completing their clinical year and entering their research years at MGH.

Please register here: Clinical Research Fellows Orientation Please contact Jillian Tonelli with any questions.

Tuesday, August 9, 12:00 -1:00 pm, MGH Main Campus, details provided with registration

The Center for Faculty Development's Office for Women’s Careers (OWC) and Office for Research Career Development (ORCD) present a seminar for MGH faculty with HMS academic appointments:

Claflin Distinguished Scholar Awards Panel Discussion
Would you like to know more about the Claflin Distinguished Scholar Awards? These awards are designed to provide bridge funding for junior faculty women to sustain research productivity during the child-rearing years with the intention of advancing women in academic medicine.

This information session will cover:

• Resources to help you apply
• Tips on putting together your best application
• Advice from recent Claflin Scholars
• How the award can help advance your career

Please click here for Claflin Award eligibility requirements. Eligible faculty with HMS academic appointments, please click here to register early.

Celebrate MGH’s 14th Annual Clinical Research Day on Thursday, October 6 from 8:00am - 12:00pm. The day will kick-off with the keynote presentation The Clinical Applications of Gene Editing by Dr. Sandra Glucksmann, Chief Operating Officer, Editas Medicine

More details will be available in the next few weeks, including instructions on abstract submission and event schedule. Please mark your calendars and plan to attend. Questions may be directed to Jillian Tonelli.

MGH Clinical Research Day is brought to you by the Division of Clinical Research.

The Executive Committee on Research (ECOR) is accepting applications for the August 1st deadline for the Deliberative Interim Support Funding.  August is the 3rd of three standing deadlines for these awards in Fiscal Year 2016.  The next deadline will be December 1, 2016. 

What are they?
Deliberative Interim Support Funding is open to Principal Investigators during a lapse or delay in their research funding from the NIH or another Federal agency (e.g., the National Science Foundation, the Department of Defense).  Investigators must have applied for independent, long-term support (R01, R21, U01 and P01).  The Deliberative Interim Support process is open to:

1. Investigators whose grants were not scored or whose scores were not translated into a percentile ranking.
2. Investigators whose grants received scores >20th percentile.
3. Investigators who have already received Formulaic Bridge Funding or Deliberative Interim Support on their A0 grant application and are now requesting support for their A1 or A0 resubmission.  Investigators in this category must apply through the Deliberative Interim Support process for their A1 and A0 resubmission regardless of the score they received on their resubmitted grant.

When is the deadline?
Monday, August 1, 2016 - 5:00 PM

How do I learn more and apply?
Deliberative Interim Support Funding - Click here

Preliminary applications are now being accepted by the Executive Committee on Research (ECOR) for the NIH Director’s Early Independence Awards.
 
What is it?
The NIH Director’s Early Independence Award Program supports exceptional investigators who wish to pursue independent research directly after completion of their terminal doctoral/research degree or clinical residency, thereby forgoing the traditional post-doctoral training period and accelerating their entry into an independent research career.

MGH is eligible to nominate two candidates to apply to NIH for this award.

When is the deadline?  
MGH internal preliminary applications: July 5, 2016 – 5:00 PM

How do I learn more and apply?
Click here to for more information and to apply for this award.

The Harrington Prize for Innovation in Medicine, presented by the American Society for Clinical Investigation (ASCI) and the Harrington Discovery Institute at University Hospitals - part of The Harrington Project for Discovery & Development, honors the physician-scientist who has moved science forward with notable achievements in innovation, creativity and potential for clinical application.

This annual prize provides the awardee with:

• An unrestricted $20,000 honorarium
• The Harrington Prize Lecture, delivered at the ASCI/AAP Joint Meeting
• A review, published in the Journal of Clinical Investigation

This prize requires Institutional Nomination; MGH is not limited in the number of nominees we can submit. If you are interested, please contact MGH ECOR at ecor@partners.org by July 15, 2016 to be considered.

Click here for more information.

We ask that all MGH Investigators interested in applying for any limited submission award submit a Letter of Intent (see detailed instructions below) to the MGH Executive Committee on Research (ECOR) by the deadline indicated for each award to be considered to receive an institutional nomination.

Process
Submit a one- to two-page Letter of Intent (LOI) to the MGH Executive Committee on Research (ECOR) via email to ecor@partners.org.  In addition to your LOI, please include an NIH Biosketch.

The letter of intent should include:

• Name of the Principal Investigator with appropriate contact information
• A descriptive title of the potential application
• Brief description of the project
• Brief description of why you specifically should be selected to receive institutional nomination for this award

In the event that there is more than one MGH investigators interested in applying for each limited submission award, the LOIs will be used to assess candidates and a review and selection process will take place.

Current Limited Submission Funding Opportunities
Please click here for more information and for our internal deadlines.

• Fogarty Global Health Training Program (D43)
• Occupational Safety and Health Education and Research Centers (42)
• Nutrition Obesity Research Centers (NORCs) (P30)

If there is a limited submission funding opportunity you do not see listed above or you have any additional questions, please contact Erin McGivney at 617-643-6471.

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.

• Global Clinical Trials Fund, Alzheimer's Research UK (ARUK)
• Research Grant Program, Amyloidosis Foundation
• Research Project Grants, Cerebral Palsy Alliance Research Foundation
• Career Development Grants, Cerebral Palsy Alliance Research Foundation
• Postdoctoral Research Fellowships, Cystic Fibrosis Foundation (CFF)
• Postdoctoral Research Fellowship Grants, Dravet Syndrome Foundation (DSF)
• Alpha-Synuclein Imaging Prize, Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research (MJFF)
• Integrating Cost-of-Care Conversation Resources Into the Clinical Workflow Call for Proposals, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF)
• Optimizing Cost-of-Care Conversations Between Clinicians and Vulnerable Patients, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF)
• Research Grants, Mizutani Foundation for Glycoscience
• Junior Investigator Grant, Musculoskeletal Transplant Foundation (MTF)
• Established Investigator Grants, Musculoskeletal Transplant Foundation (MTF)
• Research-Specific Grants:  MTF Research Grant (OREF/Musculoskeletal Transplant Foundation Research Grant), Orthopaedic Research and Education Foundation (OREF)
• Research-Specific Grants:  OREF/Goldberg Arthritis Research Grant, Orthopaedic Research and Education Foundation (OREF)
• Research-Specific Grants:  OREF/ASES/Rockwood Clinical Research Grant in Shoulder Care, Orthopaedic Research and Education Foundation (OREF)
• New Investigator Grant, Orthopaedic Research and Education Foundation (OREF)
• Prospective Clinical Research Grant, Orthopaedic Research and Education Foundation (OREF)
• ORS/OREF Post-Doctoral Fellowship Grant, Orthopaedic Research and Education Foundation (OREF)
• Career Development Grant, Orthopaedic Research and Education Foundation (OREF)
• Collaborative Awards in Science, Wellcome Trust
• Collaborative Awards in Humanities and Social Science, Wellcome Trust

Please click here for further details on these funding opportunities.

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

JDRF Training Awards 
Application Deadline: June 27

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

Stepping Strong Innovator Awards
Application Deadline: July 18

Medical Technology Enterprise Consortium Brain Machine Interface
Application Deadline: August 22

Linux & ERISOne Cluster Training Registration - 7/25 & 8/22

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

Partners IS Spring/Summer 2016 Newsletter

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