FROM
THE DIRECTOR
Welcome
to the second issue of the new CTSI Newsletter. This will be a short Director’s
Note because there is so much other information here, and a short time for you
to act. The CTSI has grant money available for members of the community –
including many members who have never been eligible for grants before…
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more at: http://www.gcrc.ufl.edu/ctsa/news/august2008.pdf
DATES
TO REMEMBER
Deadline
of Electronic Submission to CTSI – September 26, 2008
Proposal
Review – September 30, 2008
Award
Announcements – October 6, 2008
Earliest
Date of Funding – November 1, 2008
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more at: http://www.gcrc.ufl.edu/ctsa/news/august2008.pdf
A
NEW RFA
Translational
Funding Opportunities - To receive consideration for funding, research
proposals must focus on the translation of pre-clinical studies to humans (T1)
or the translation of clinical research/clinical trials to community engagement
and clinical practice (T2). Individual pilot proposals from graduate students
and Clinical Scholars must reflect a new research approach or direction for the
applicant, not originally identified or considered in his or her initial
research plan…
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more at: http://www.gcrc.ufl.edu/ctsa/news/august2008.pdf
WHO’S
ELIGIBLE?
A
Familiar Format - Proposals to the Pilot and Collaborative Projects Program
will share a common format that is similar to those currently used by the GCRC
and the UF Opportunity Fund. An Abstract should summarize the proposed work…
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more at: http://www.gcrc.ufl.edu/ctsa/news/august2008.pdf
SOME
HELPFUL RESOURCES
Useful
CTSI Programs for Grant Proposals - In the first CTSI Newsletter, we summarized
the various programs that are coming on-line to facilitate CTS research. For
the purposes of this inaugural CTSI Request For Applications (RFA), some
relevant Institute resources include the following…
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more at: http://www.gcrc.ufl.edu/ctsa/news/august2008.pdf