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The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, which leads National Institues of Health (NIH) efforts to provide proposal-writing resources, has posted four funded R21 proposals and accompanying summary statements online. These recent successful examples reflect the reduced NIH page limit. Each includes a one-page specific aims section, a 12-page research strategy, budget information, and biosketches of key personnel. While the proposals have an allergy/invectious disease research focus, they give researchers in all fields a view into excellent proposal development.

The NIH R21 mechanism supports early-stage project development for new exploratory and developmental research projects. R21 awards tend to support high-risk, high-reward research, with or without significant preliminary data, poised to produce innovations to substantially advance biomedical research. Awards are limited to $200,000 per year, up to $275,000 in direct costs over a project period of up to two years.

Online Collection of Successful Graduate and Doctoral Student Proposals

Looking for copies of funded graduate or doctoral student proposals? There is an online collection of successful graduate student proposals to the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Graduate Research Fellowship (GRFP) program and Doctoral Dissertation Improvement Grants (DDIG), as well as a number of nongovernment fellowship programs (Fulbright, National Geographic, etc.) available through an interdisciplinary anthropology program at the State University of New York - Stonybrook.

New Responsible Conduct of Research (RCR) Requirements

The University of Texas-Pan American is committted to fostering an environment where research is conducted ethically and responsibly.  The responsible and ethical conduct of research (RCR) is critical for excellence, as well as public trust, in research, and education in RCR is considered essential in the preparation of future researchers.

As part of this commitment, the University of Texas-Pan American RCR Institutional Plan has been developed to provide appropriate training and oversight in the responsible and ethical conduct of research as required by NSF and NIH.  To learn more about this requirement including what is required and who will be affected, please read the UTPA RCR Narrative.

Article Archive

The link given above will take you to a document containing past articles/notices that have been removed from the ORSP home page.

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Limited Submission Opportunities

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Funding Search Request Form
Do you need assistance in finding funding sources? ORSP now has a Funding Search Request Form available that can be completed by faculty and staff who would like for us to perform individual funding searches for them. Complete yours today!

 

ORSP recently created a guidance document for PIs preparing applications to the National Institutes of Health (NIH). The document guides you through completing agency forms and preparing required attachments as per the agency's format. NIH SF424 RR Guidance Document 

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Intent to Submit Form

If you are a faculty/staff member who intends to submit a proposal in the future please complete this form to notify ORSP staff of your submission. It is never too early to submit your Intent!    

 

Subrecipient Commitment Form

Last updated: 05/09/12

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2011-2012 FRC Awardees Announced

Congratulations to those faculty members who were selected to receive Faculty Research Council (FRC) grant awards! FRC holds an internal grant competition each year to provide funds for small research projects that can, in some cases, translate into larger externally funded projects. The number of projects awarded is dependent on the amount of funding available in any given year. List of 2011-2012 Awardees

More information about FRC including guidelines for the competition can be found on the Internal/External Funding Resources page of the ORSP site. FRC awards are administered through the Office of Research Administration (ORA).

Research Admininstration Blog

The Office of Research Administration (ORA) hosts a blog entitled "Intellectual Energy", which highlights research and accomplishments of UTPA faculty and staff.To view the latest article as well as archived articles, visit the Intellectual Energy page at: http://blogs.utpa.edu/research/