RESEARCH NEWS Volume 9 No. 2 2.26.09

UCSF NEWS

2009-2010 Hellman Family Awards for Early Career Faculty Announcement

Thirteen UCSF junior faculty members were awarded the Hellman Family Awards for Early Career Faculty, for a total award of $500,000. Congratulations to our awardees! [more ...]

Leadership Transition in the Contracts and Grants Division of the Office of Sponsored Research

The Office of Research announces a transition in the role of the Director of the Contracts and Grants Division in the Office of Sponsored Research, effective March 2, 2009. [more ...]

"Research News" Newsletter Survey - Deadline Extended

The Office of Research asks your help in completing a brief survey to assess the value that the Research News newsletter provides the UCSF research community and how to better serve your information needs.

The survey deadline has been extended through Tuesday, March 3, 2009. If you have not already done so, please click here to complete the survey. Thank you to those who have already done so.

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New policy: Communicable Disease Surveillance and Vaccination Policy"

A new enterprise-wide administrative policy was established to reduce the risk of exposure and transmission of communicable diseases at all UCSF sites and to comply with numerous applicable federal, state, and local regulations. It outlines requirements for campus and medical center communicable disease surveillance and vaccinations. [more ...]

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2008 NIH Funding Details for UCSF

The NIH annually computes data on funding provided by NIH grants, cooperative agreements and contracts to universities, hospitals, and other institutions. The following Institutional data is available for UCSF. [more ...]

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NATIONAL NEWS

Federal Economic Recovery Update from the University of California, Office of the President

• Congress recognizes that higher education institutions, like the University of California, have a key role in our nation's economic recovery and are part of the solution for putting our country on the path to economic prosperity.
• UC supported passage of the final legislation and specifically the inclusion of the financial aid (more then $15 billion for Pell Grants)and education tax credit provisions, the robust research funding (including strong funding for the National Institutes of Health ($10 billion), National Science Foundation ($3 billion), the Department of Energys Office of Science ($2 billion, including ARPA-E), as well as a number of health care provisions that will allow us to continue to provide high quality care to Californians.
• Congress included funding for states to restore cuts made in education in recent years and that these funds will be available for school modernization as well. Investment in infrastructure will create jobs immediately and provide economic opportunities in our campus communities, while greatly assisting universities, like UC, which have seen severe reductions in capital budgets. UC estimates that for every $100 million invested in infrastructure, an additional $100 million in associated economic activity is generated, and about 3,400 jobs are created. UC will work closely with Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger on the distribution of funds and to highlight the cost-effective benefits of ongoing investments in higher education infrastructure.
• UC is currently working with federal agencies and the administration to gather more information about how the funds will be distributed. We expect to have more details in the coming days. UC believes it is well positioned to compete effectively for the research funding included in the legislation.
• UC applauds the Administration and the Congressional leadership for their hard work on passing the bill and looks forward to working with Congress as they continue to address the financial issues our country is now facing.

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