The NIH Health Care Systems Research Collaboratory offers Grand Rounds webinars on Fridays from 1 – 2 pm ET. They are open to the public and no registration is required.

The Center for Leading Innovation & Collaboration is asking for assistance in conducting a brief needs assessment survey for informatics education for non-informatics focused clinical and translational researchers and staff at UNM.  Due October 18, 2021

For more information on this needs assessment click qui

VIVO is a semantic web-based application tool that enables the discovery of scientific research and scholarship across all disciplines at UNM. VIVO is populated with detailed profiles of faculty and researchers, displaying items such as publications, teaching, service, and professional affiliations. VIVO brings together publicly available information on the people, departments, graduate fields, facilities, and other resources that collectively make up the research and scholarship environment here at UNM.

To learn more about VIVO at UNM click qui.

To help support strong collaboration between Federal research agencies, the NIH has made every effort to align the Biographical Sketch (Biosketch), Other Support format page and Application Form Instructions with the guidance issued by the Office of Science and Technology Policy Joint Committee on the Research Environment. As a result the NIH has updated its application forms and instructions to support the need for applicants and recipients to provide full transparency and disclosure of all research activities, foreign and domestic.

To see full changes to the forms please read full announcement qui

The NIH has considered a different approach to defining scientists from disadvantaged backgrounds (announced in the NIH Guide NOT-OD-20-031). The NIH reviewed a wide variety of criteria, looking for those that are relatively easy to self-evaluate and that capture a large proportion of affected people. Now, through this Guide Notice which supersedes current diversity language in existing funding opportunities, NIH will consider scientists to have come from a disadvantaged background if they meet at least two criteria from a list of seven.

To see the full list of criteria click qui.

UNM staff play a valuable role in the success of the University. Therefore, the University is committed to recognizing staff members who provide exceptional contributions to the University’s teaching, research, and service mission. The CTSC is piloting a new staff recognition program called WeThankU, to recognize the value employees bring to the organization. This type of recognition can be very motivating, helping to build feelings of confidence and satisfaction, as well as boosting morale.

To learn more about WeThankU click qui.

You are invited to attend the UNM School of Engineering (SoE) & Computing, and HSC Collaboration Workshop on November 4th from 12:00 pm -5:00 pm at the Stamm Commons, Central Engineering Center on the UNM Main Campus.  The goal of this conference is to gather investigators from the SoE and Computing and HSC into small teams to create Bioengineering Proposals for NIH or other extramural sponsors. Medical applications for proposals should align with HSC Signature Programs. Successful proposals with have both SoE and HSC as Co-PI’s and will develop a tool or technology that most matches the needs of the NIH or other sponsors.

To ensure all participants have a productive and rewarding experience for, each participant will be required to create a Quad Chart (see sample qui) to communicate their areas of special technical or clinical interest. 

To learn more information about the Collaboration Workshop including templates and the full invitation click qui.

The NIH’s National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) has led efforts to optimize health for all and to foster an inclusive, diverse workforce. However, social factors are key drivers of health disparities, and unequal career opportunities persist. To help combat this. NICHD launched STRIVE to improve equity, diversity, and inclusion (EDI) in all aspects of its research and workforce.

To learn more about the aims of STRUVE as well as free virtual workshops click qui.

You are invited to attend the virtual UIDPConnect 2021 conference this September 13 – 17, 2021. If you are interested in bolstering research funding from the private sector, employment opportunities for UNM students, gaining industry support for UNM research, and/or breaking down administrative barriers to industry sponsorships - this is the conference for you!  UIDPConnect 2021 is free for all UNM staff, faculty, and students, including Branch Campuses and the HSC. 

To learn more including how to register for UIDPConnect 2021 click qui.

A study, based at the University of Utah, funded through the NIH National Research Mentoring Network (NRMN) effort, to help early stage researchers to write or revise NIH style proposals as well as receive coaching support has extended their deadline for applications for the next cohort to Monday, September 27!  Due to the pandemic, all of the sessions are conducted virtually. Briefly, participants meet bi-weekly for 5-6 months in groups of 4-5 with a faculty Coach who has been successful at obtaining research grants and has been trained in the group method. The study is a randomized trial comparing 4 different group process designs.  It is not a typical ‘controlled’ design, where some individuals receive no coaching, since the benefit of grant writing coaching groups has already been established. 

Participation in the study is open to faculty and advanced postdoctoral fellows who have not yet received NIH R01-level funding.

To learn more the study click qui