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1. Tips from a research mentor

2. Grant-Writing Tools: A New Investigator's Journal

3. SPIE Medical Imaging 2008 Call for Papers

4. APS Science Policy Update #43

5. The Physiologist – the June issue is now available online

7. The Table Of Contents Of The June 8, 2007 NIH Guide

1. Tips from a research mentor

• Budget sufficient time for the entire process
  Although the deadline for most proposals are set by the sponsor, having a timeline will help researchers to stay on track and meet internal deadlines.
  
• Assemble a team of colleagues (the Collaborative) with complementary knowledge and skills
  Working well with your colleagues is essential to the process.
  
• Know your funding agency
  Reading about the Funding Agency and thoroughly review their Web site to get a sense of the types of projects they fund and what they are all about.
  
• Study other successful proposals
  Knowing the proposals that have been funded in the past can be your key to being funded in the future.
  
• Read and understand the proposal's procedures
  Read through a few times! Each time you read it, you may see something new to consider. Share with the Collaborative as well.
  
• Understand the review process
  If you aren’t too clear on this, schedule a conference call with the Foundation's officers. That will allow you to ask questions and learn more about how it works.
  
• Write clearly, proofread
  Make sure you budget both time and money for this. You may need a professional proofreader to make sure the proposal is as clear as it can be.
  
• Ask for input and revise
  Think of as many people as you can to read over your work. Your collaborative, proof-readers, grant writers who have done similar work and know the community. The more the better.

2. Grant-Writing Tools: A New Investigator's Jounal

This is a well written view into the process of applying for, completing and reviewing a funding opportunity through the eyes of a new researcher. The author, Laura Castillo-Page, writes a clear and concise journal entry for each step along the way and raises and answers many questions that new researchers may encounter. You can find and read the Investigator's Journal here.

<http://www.aamc.org/members/facultydev/facultyvitae/spring07/lesson.htm>

3. SPIE Medical Imaging 2008 Call for Papers

APS continues to be a Cooperating Organization for SPIE's annual Medical Imaging Conference.  The Conference is scheduled for 16-21 February 2008 at the Town & Country Resort and Convention Center in San Diego, CA.  For information about Medical Imaging 2008, please visit their website at <http://spie.org/medical-imaging.xml?WT.mc_id=RMI08ACVW>

4. APS Science Policy Update #43

http://www.the-aps.org/pa/resources/archives/updates/43.htm

In this issue:

• NIH funding in the Washington Post
• Research!America's "Your Congress, Your Health" Campaign
• FASEB Washington Update

5. The Physiologist – the June issue is now available online

Read the current issue of The Physiologist at http://www.the-aps.org/publications/tphys/tphys6x07.pdf.   

The current issue contains the following:

• Association of Chairs of Departments of Physiology - 2006 Survey Results
• AAMC Medical School Faculty Compensation Survey
• From Laboratory to Legislation by Sarah K. England
• Opening up Open Access: Weaving the "Author Pays" Safety Net
• Four APS Members Elected to National Academy of Sciences

Have you or has someone in your department received a local, regional or national teaching award or an externally funded grant for educational research? If so, we would like to hear from you.

Advances in Physiology Education now publishes a column called "The Physiology Teacher" that includes announcements of teaching awards, grants for educational research, and other recognition for educational activities received by APS members.

Send information for "The Physiology Teacher" to Charles Tipton, Associate Editor, tipton@email.arizona.edu.    

For teaching awards, please include awardee name, affiliation, the date and title of the award, the courses taught by the awardee, and a short note about the award criteria/selection process (student-selected, departmental nomination, etc.). If your institution provides a press announcement for the award, you may send that instead. For educational grants, please send the names of the principal investigators and their affiliations, project title, the granting agency, award amount and duration, and (optional) 1-2 sentences explaining the goals and objectives of the project.

7. The Table Of Contents Of The June 8, 2007 NIH Guide

The previous static listings for browsing published NIH Guide announcements have been replaced with real-time database query listings that retrieve only active Requests for Applications ( RFAs ) and Program Announcements ( PAs ), based on the expiration dates stated in those announcements. The new listing for NIH Guide Notices displays Notices published over the last two years, by default, since expiration dates are not currently assigned to these announcements. Links to these new resources are available from the main NIH Guide Funding Opportunities and Notices page, at:

<http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/index.html >

All announcements (active plus inactive) in each category may also be viewed by using selections in the drop-down box at the top of each listing page. Clicking on header links allows re-sorting of lists. In addition, a new Ad Hoc NIH Guide Database Search page <http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/search_guide.htm > is available, which allows for individualized queries with various selection criteria.

If you have any difficulty obtaining the information you need from the Guide, contact Carol Reichenbach, carol.reichenbach@utoledo.edu, at HSC extension 4252, or Rick Francis, rick.francis@utoledo.edu, at MC extension 6193.

NIH Guide For Week Ending June 8, 2007

[Use The Link Below To Access Table of Contents of This Week's NIH Guide]

<http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/WeeklyIndex.cfm/06-08-2007>