Workshop for College of Osteopathic Medicine 
Research Summer Scholars June 22, 2006

Ohio University Funding Sources

• Graduate Student Senate: Grant for Original Work and Travel Grant Programs The Graduate Student Senate (GSS) manages two grant programs for graduate students: The GSS Grant for Original Work and the GSS Travel Grant. These programs seek to enhance graduate education and research opportunities. The Travel Grant provides funding of up to $300 to support travel to present original work as well as travel for professional development workshops and seminars. The Grant for Original Work supports and encourages graduate student research and creative activities. The maximum award is $500. The programs are unique at Ohio University as they are managed by graduate students to help graduate students. Graduate students from all Colleges including the Individual Interdisciplinary Program are eligible. Applicants must be enrolled for at least one credit hour at Ohio University and be making progress towards a graduate degree. GSS has specific guidelines for the grant competitions. Each program has a three deadline dates, one per quarter. Check the Graduate Student Senate web site for up-to-date guidelines in late summer/early fall.


• Council on Research, Scholarship, and Creative Activity Student Enhancement Awards Awards of up to $6,000 are made to support the direct project costs (e.g.,supplies, materials, research-related travel, etc.) for current and on-going research and conference travel support to present research findings. Funds are available for one year following notification. All full-time students in a degree program are eligible. A student may receive only one award per degree program while enrolled at Ohio University.  Awards can support thesis and/or dissertation research. Approximately nine awards will be made each year. The target for award distribution will be: Five awards for undergraduate projects and four awards for graduate/osteopathic medical student projects. The actual distribution will be determined by the number of applications received and the quality of those applications. The 2006-2007 deadline date will be announced later but likely will be in February 2007.  Questions concerning the proposal preparation process should be directed to Dr. Roxanne Malé-Brune, Director, Grant Writing and Projects, 101A RTEC, Ohio University, Athens, OH 45701-2979, Phone: 740-597-1227 or 593-0946, E-mail: male-bru@ohio.edu.

VP for Research  http://www.ohiou.edu/research

• Ohio University Policies and Procedures Related to Research The research activities of the university community, including students, is conducted under the guidance of Ohio University Policies and Procedures.  The VP for Research web site has abstracted those policies relevant to research.

Office of Research Compliance http://www.ohiou.edu/research/compliance

• Institutional Review Board for Review of Research Involving Human Subjects Any studies by faculty, students or staff that involve human subjects is considered human subjects research by the federal government. This includes everything from clinical trials to surveys, interviews and observation. Any research -- including master's and doctoral projects -- that calls for participation by human subjects must be approved by the Institutional Review Board before the project can begin. Research Compliance has an online training module available http://www.ohiou.edu/research/compliance/iacuc_training.html to enable university researchers to meet the National Institutes of Health mandated Human Subjects training. Successful completion of the training module is required prior to acceptance of National Institutes of Health award at Ohio University.
• Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee Laboratory Animal Resources is charged with the care of all animals used in teaching and research at Ohio University. These activities are governed by university and federal policies, and all faculty, students and staff must receive approval from the Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee before animals can be brought to campus.
• Conflict of Interest All Ohio University faculty and employees must complete a conflict of interest form before receiving grants from an external funding source.  This ensures that the university is in compliance with federal and state regulations regarding governing ethics and conflicts of interest in interactions between the public and private sector.
  http://www.ohiou.edu/research/compliance

Office of Research and Sponsored Programs http://www.ohiou.edu/orsp

• Services Provided by ORSP
• ORSP Staff
• OU Transmittal Form for Proposal Review and Approval
• Links to Sponsor Web Pages -
• Association of American Medical Colleges
  Resources for medical students and residents.
• American Cancer Society
  
http://www.cancer.org
• American Osteopathic Association: Research and Grants
• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Training Opportunities
  
(Department of Health and Human Services)
• The Foundation Center
  
• W.K. Kellogg Foundation
• National Institutes of Health Guide for Grants and Contracts
  
• National Institutes of Health, Training Opportunities
  
• National Science Foundation Homepage
• Selected Application Documents:
• Electronic Residency Application Service (link to the Association of American Medical Colleges)
  ERAS 2007 Applicant Manuals available for download and schools begin to generate and distribute MyERAS tokens to applicants in June 2006. July 1, 2006 MyERAS web site opens and applicants can begin working on their applications. July 15, 2006 Osteopathic applicants may begin selecting and applying to Osteopathic Internship programs. September 1, 2006 applicants may begin applying to ACGME accredited programs. February 2007, Osteopathic match. ERAS closes May 31, 2007 to prepare for the 2008 season.
• Fogarty International Center and Ellison Medical Foundation - Overseas Fellowships in Global Health and Clinical Research
  The Fellowships provide one-year clinical research training experience for graduate-level U.S. students in the health professions. This is an opportunity for highly motivated individuals to experience mentored research training at top-ranked NIH-funded research centers in developing countries. Africa, Asia, and the Americas are regions of the world that, if accepted, you may find yourself experiencing. Fellowship sites: Bangladesh; Botswana; Brazil; Haiti; Chennai, India; China; Vellore, India; Kenya; Mali; West Africa; Lima, Peru - Univ. of WA; Lima, Peru - Johns Hopkins Univ.;Durban, South Africa; Pretoria, South Africa; Russia; Tanzania; Thailand; Uganda; and Zambia.
  This program is designed primarily for students meeting all of the following qualifications:
  • A strong interest in, and potential for, a career in international health activities and/or clinical research.
  • Advanced standing in a U.S. medical (M3) or osteopathic school; or enrollment in a doctoral-level program at a U.S. school of public health, nursing or dentistry. Applicants must have strong academic records and must be U.S. citizens or permanent U.S. residents. Medical and osteopathic students must have completed their basic science courses and one year of clinical clerkship; public health doctoral students must have completed their coursework and passed their qualifying exams prior to the beginning of the fellowship.
  • Support of their home academic institution, including a committed mentor.
  Each Fellowship will be for a one year period. The term will begin with an intensive orientation program on the NIH campus in Bethesda, MD, in July. This will be followed by approximately 10+ months of intense research training at the foreign site. The 2007 applications will be available July 5, 2006. 2005 Fellowship Recipients
• Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Awards for Individual Predoctoral MD/PhD Fellows (F30) (National Institutes of Health) Eligiblity: Any individual with the skills, knowledge, and resources necessary to carry out the proposed research training is invited to work with their sponsor and institution to develop an application for support. Individuals from underrepresented racial and ethnic groups as well as individuals with disabilities are always encouraged to apply for NIH programs. Although a Kirschstein-NRSA award is not usually made for study leading to the MD, DO, DDS, or similar professional degrees, or for study that is part of residency training leading to a medical specialty, the F30 program is specifically designed to support training in an accredited, combined MD/PhD program. Fellowship awardees are required to pursue their research training on a full-time basis, devoting at least 40 hours per week to the training program.
  Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Awards for Individual Predoctoral Fellows (F31) (National Institutes of Health) Eligibility: Applicants must have received, as of the activation date of the award, a baccalaureate degree and must be enrolled in a program leading to a research doctorate such as the Ph.D. or D.Sc. Individuals may receive up to 5 years of aggregate Kirschstein-NRSA support at the predoctoral level, including any combination of support from institutional training grants (T32) and individual fellowship awards (F31).
  Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Awards for Individual Postdoctoral Fellows (F32) (National Institutes of Health) Before a Ruth L. Kirschstein-NRSA postdoctoral fellowship award can be activated, the individual must have received a Ph.D., M.D., D.O., D.C., D.D.S., D.V.M., O.D., D.P.M., Sc.D., Eng.D., Dr. P.H., DNSc., N.D.(Doctor of Naturopathy), Pharm.D., D.S.W., Psy.D., or equivalent doctoral degree from an accredited domestic or foreign institution. Certification by an authorized official of the degree-granting institution that all degree requirements have been met is also acceptable. Fellowship awardees are required to pursue their research training on a full-time basis, normally defined as 40 hours per week, or as specified by the sponsoring institution in accordance with its own policies. Research clinicians must devote full-time to their proposed research training and must restrict clinical duties within their full-time research training experience to activities that are directly related to the research training experience. A Ruth L. Kirschstein-NRSA fellowship (F32) may not be used to support studies leading to the MD., D.O., D.D.S., D.V.M., or other similar health-professional degrees. Neither may these awards be used to support the clinical years of residency training.
  NRSA F30, F31, and F32 applications http://grants.nih.gov/grants/funding/416/416-1-all.pdf
• Year-Off Training Program for Graduate or Medical Students (National Institutes of Health)
  These programs are designed to provide research training at the NIH for students who are enrolled in graduate or medical degree programs and have permission from their institution to interrupt their current education, with the understanding that they will return to their degree granting institution within one year. To be eligible, candidates must be U.S. citizens or permanent residents who are enrolled in accredited universities in the U.S. Financial support for participants in this program is identical to the stipend schedule for trainees in the NIH Predoctoral Intramural Research Training Award (IRTA) program. Stipend levels depend on the individual’s education and experience. Current stipend information. These fellowships are available in the research laboratories at the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, MD as well as off-campus locations in Baltimore, and Frederick, MD; Research Triangle Park (Raleigh/Durham), NC; Phoenix, AZ; and Hamilton, MT.
• American Cancer Society (Research Scholar Grant for Beginning Investigators)
  Note: The American Cancer Society uses an online application process through Proposal Central
• Links to Sponsor Forms
• Federal agencies are transitioning to a single application portal Grants.gov, an E-Commerce Initiative The charter of Grants.gov, one of 24 President’s Management Agenda E-Government initiatives, is to provide a simple, unified electronic storefront for interactions between grant applicants and the Federal agencies that manage grant funds. There are 26 Federal grant-making agencies and over 900 individual grant programs that award over $400 billion in grants each year. The grant community, including state, local and tribal governments, academia and research institutions, and not-for-profits, need only visit one website, Grants.gov, to access the annual grant funds available across the Federal government.
  Grants.gov provides:
  
  • A single source for finding grant opportunities.
  • A standardized manner of locating and learning more about funding opportunities.
  • A single, secure and reliable source for applying for Federal grants online.
  • A simplified grant application process with reduction of paperwork.
  • A unified interface for all agencies to announce their grant opportunities, and for all grant applicants to find and apply for those opportunities.
  
  Ohio University is registered to submit applications through Grants.gov. If the program you are applying to requires a Grants.gov submission contact either the COM- Office of Research and Grants or the VP for Research, Office of Research and Sponsored Programs for assistance. Grant-making Agencies and Grants.gov Partners (.pdf) provides a list of Grant-making agencies and Grants.gov partners.
• National Institutes of Health, Office of Extramural Research - NIH Forms and Applications
• National Science Foundation's FastLane Site
  
Use of NSF FastLane requires a password which is assigned initially by staff of ORSP.  The password may be subsequently changed by the researcher.  https://www.fastlane.nsf.gov
• NSF's FastLane Demo Server
  
https://www.fastlane.nsf.gov/jsp/homepage/demo_site.html
• Subscribing to free Alert Services
• National Institutes of Health Guide List Serve
  Each week (usually on Friday afternoon), the NIH transmits an e-mail with Table of Contents (TOC) information for that week's issue of the NIH Guide, via the NIH LISTSERV. The TOC includes a link to the Current NIH Guide Weekly Publication as well as links to each NIH Guide RFA, PA and Notice published for that week. http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/listserv.htm
• National Science Foundation's MyNSF
  MyNSF, formerly the Custom News Service, allows you to receive notifications about new content posted on the NSF website. Notification can be received via email or RSS. http://www.nsf.gov/mynsf/

Exercise One

Exercise Two

• Go to the SPIN Access Page , then click on Advanced Search.
• SPIN Quick Reference Card (PDF)
• SPINPlus Tutorial (Power Point Presentation)
• SPIN Thesaurus (PDF)
• Sample Search Osteology/Osteopathy Keyword (PDF)
• Sample Search Medical-Whole Section Keywords and limited by Applicant Type (PDF)