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Breaking News: UCSF has a Grants.gov Solution!
The Office of Sponsored Research (OSR) and the Office of Academic and Administrative Information Systems (OAAIS) are happy to announce that UCSF has entered into a development partnership with Cayuse, Inc. Our solution to Grants.gov! [more...]
Grants.gov has posted their October transition timeline for moving services to the new contractor.
OSR/HRPP Holiday Schedule and Proposal Submission Deadlines
The Office of Sponsored Research (OSR) and its divisions of Contracts & Grants (C&G), Industry Contracts, OSR Training Program, OSR ITS Systems, and Conflict of Interest will be closed for the Christmas and New Year holidays. [more...]
UCSF Set to Transform Itself Into Engine of Translational Research
The NIH announced that UCSF has received funding for a major new venture designed to accelerate the pace at which scientific discovery is translated into patient care. [more...]
UCSF Scores High in Global Analysis of University Biotechnology Transfer and Commercialization
A study released September 20, 2006 by the Milken Institute, a nonprofit independent economic think tank based in Santa Monica, ranked UCSF among the top technology transfer leaders internationally. [more...]
Finding Funding at the UCSF Library
The UCSF Library has recently purchased access to The Foundation Directory Online. The Foundation Directory Online includes comprehensive information on private foundations, corporate giving programs, and grantmaking public charities. It allows you to search for grantmaking organizations, recently awarded grants, and grant related tax information.
Access to this resource is available from terminals in the Parnassus, Mission Bay, and Mt. Zion libraries. It is not available remotely. For help searching the directory, please contact the Library. On Friday, November 17, the Library will offer a free class, Grants and Funding Sources, giving a hands-on overview of major funding sources including the Foundation Directory Online, other databases, and websites. Reserve your space now.Site Visit by CA Office of Homeland Security
The CA Office of Homeland Security recently visited UCSF to become more knowledgeable about the unique contributions, capacities, and vulnerabilities of our campus. [more...]
Fetal Bovine Serum from the Cell Culture Facility
The Cell Culture Facility has obtained superior Fetal Bovine Serum to offer to researchers at a better price. We finished extensive testing this summer, and found a supplier that can provide excellent quality serum to the CCF. [more...]
IACUC Introduces an Expanded List of Standard Procedures for Use in Animal Use Protocols
The IACUC has been working with Investigators from Radiology and Immunology to develop new Standard Procedures. These documents will be on the IACUC website, and may be utilized when completing the IACUC Animal Use Protocol. [more...]
Burroughs Wellcome Fund Award Program in the Pathogenesis of Infectious Disease
- Creg Darby: Cell and Tissue Biology
- John Gross: Pharmaceutical Chemistry
Opening New Doors to Understanding Multiple Sclerosis
Exciting research involving Research Administration Board member Louis John Ptacek!
The main work was done in Dr. Ying-Hui Fu's laboratory where researchers cloned a gene which causes a rare disease of myelin. This discovery may open new doors to understanding Multiple Sclerosis. [more...]
Conflict of Interest and Humans: A Dangerous Equation?
The San Jose Mercury News has run a series of articles of late regarding financial conflict of interest and what they label as a dangerous equation at medical institutions. [more...]
NIH Institutional and Individual Training Grant Update
In August the NIH Guide to Grants and Contracts announced a new policy for payment of tuition, fees, health insurance costs, and indirect costs on Institutional and Individual Fellowship awards. Since then a revised notice to correct minor errors and a set of FAQs were published. Both documents provide clarification on this new policy. [more...]
Change in Standing Receipt Dates for NIH/AHRQ/NIOSH Beginning in January 2007
The NIH has announced their revised schedule for receipt dates. These new dates are effective January 2007 and applies to both paper and electronic applications. [more...]
Congress to Approve Stopgap Funding Measure
Faced with the prospect of completing only two of the 11 annual, appropriations bills prior to the Oct. 1 start of the federal fiscal year, Congress is set to approve a continuing resolution (CR) to continue funding for federal programs through Nov. 17. The CR is included in the FY 2007 Defense appropriations bill (H.R. 5631), which is one of only two spending bills Congress is expected to send to the President prior to leaving town. The House passed the defense bill on Sept. 26, and the Senate is scheduled to pass it Sept. 29.
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