Month: October 2008

10/21/08

Resubmitting a Rejected NIH Proposal

The National Institutes of Health (NIH) announced last week that scientists applying for grants will get only one chance to resubmit a rejected proposal. The current policy, which allows two revisions, bogged down the review process and forced investigators to wait in line for funding, NIH says. Giving applicants just one more try should fund the best science sooner.  The change is in response to an advisory panel that identified problems in peer review earlier this year.

10/21/08

Faculty Funding News

Congratulations to colleagues in SHPS who recently received notification from the Health Resource and Service Administration that the Flint Health Careers Opportunity Program (FHCOP) has been funded for $345,050 for the first year of the project with an additional $733,122 recommended for second and third years of the project. 

Betty Velthouse and Suzanne Selig will serve as the lead investigators of this project which aims to “develop a more competitive applicant pool in order to increase diversity among health professionals. The primary goal of the project is to provide disadvantaged students from a broad range of educational levels (i.e., elementary, middle, high school, associate degree, undergraduate, and graduate program) with the academic and social skills required to successfully compete for admission, enroll, progress, and graduate from health professions programs.”

10/14/08

Remote Consulting for NVivo

Through the Office of Research’s partnership with the Center for Statistical Consultation and Research in Ann Arbor, UM-Flint faculty and students engaged in qualitative research can receive free remote consultation in NVivo. Representatives from CSCAR use a remote software called Centra which allows them to view clients’ computer screens and provide input on software problems and questions.  For more information, please contact the Office of Research at 762-3383.