The Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) has announced the approval of 50 funding awards, totaling $30 million over two years, through its Pilot Projects Program. The approved projects “will address a broad range of questions about methods for engaging patients in various aspects of the research and dissemination process”. The organization expects to announce another funding opportunity, Accelerating Patient-Centered Outcomes Research and Methodological Research, later this summer.

The American Society for Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition (A.S.P.E.N.) has listed available grants for its 2013 grant cycle. The A.S.P.E.N. Rhoads Research Foundation funds “exceptional scientific research projects submitted by early-career investigators of nutrition therapy, metabolic support, and related clinical nutrition topics.” 

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!

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.