Registration is still open for NIH’s final 2012 Regional Seminar on Program Funding and Grants Administration in Washington D.C. from June 20-22.  Thirty-five NIH and HHS staff are on hand to share information and educate attendees about the application and review process, as well as clarify and discuss federal regulations and special areas of concern. Additional networking opportunities are also available to those who attend, a group that includes “a mix of grants administrators, new and early stage investigators, researchers, graduate students, and anyone interested in the grants administration process”. Sign up today!

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Are you currently looking for sources of funding for your research? The Department of Defense Lung Cancer Research Program recently announced that it will have $10.2M in 2012 “to support innovative, high-impact lung cancer research”. Application deadlines and instructions will be available this month on Grants.gov.

And for those already in the midst of a funded project with the need for an information specialist to help with the storage, organization, management and use of electronic research data, you’re in luck! The Department of Health and Human Services just announced an Administrative Supplement to NIH parent award recipients. Applications are due by June 5, 2012.

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In light of a report issued by its National Science Board, the National Science Foundation has launched a number of initiatives aimed at helping the US remain a powerhouse in scientific research and technological innovation.  “This information clearly shows we must re-examine long-held assumptions about the global dominance of the American science and technology enterprise,” said NSF Director Subra Suresh.

Science Across Virtual Institutes (SAVI) and The NSF Innovation Corps (I-Corps) are two such efforts (among others) that will provide funding for international collaboration between scientists, engineers and educators and connect NSF-funded research with members of private industry to promote innovation.

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For those who work in the field of nuclear medicine, the US Department of Energy’s Office of Biological and Environmental Research recently issued a FOA for Integrated Nuclear Medicine Research and Training Projects of Excellence. It expects that up to $10M will be available in FY2012 for multiple awards. The pre-application due date is February 23.

The FOA specifies that “Institutional settings with easy access to nuclear medicine imaging specialties such as positron emission tomography (PET) and SPECT (single photon emission computed tomography) are required and should offer broad ranging research collaborations from research and development of radiotracers to translation for potential clinical use in humans.”

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COS Pivot is a new product that will replace the COS Funding Opportunities database in January 2012. COS Pivot combines the funding database of over 25,000 opportunities with a database of over 3 million researchers’ expertise profiles. Along with powerful search features, the system provides tools for individuals to save searches and opportunities, explore possibilities for collaboration, share opportunities with colleagues, or setup email alerts to receive notifications when records are added or changed. Read more

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From the NIH RePORT Website, check out the Funding Facts BETA tool under Quick Links. This tool allows you to run detailed reports of NIH funding-related data in a matter of clicks.

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