I. LAST CHANCE: RFI for Input into the Deliberations of the Advisory Committee to the NIH Director Working Group on Data and Informatics. NOT-OD-12-032
II. International Consortium Announces Mouse Collaborative Cross Resource
III. Scholarships available for Summer Course "CELLULAR BIOLOGY OF ADDICTION" application deadline, March 15, 2012
IV. NOT-DA-12-007 Notice of Intent to Publish a Request for Applications for Centers of Excellence for Research Relevant to the Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act (P50) http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/notice-files/NOT-DA-12-007.html
V. NOT-CA-12-007 Administrative Supplements to NIH-funded Program Projects/Center Grants: Research Relevant to the Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/notice-files/NOT-CA-12-007.html
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I. LAST CHANCE: RFI for Input into the Deliberations of the Advisory Committee to the NIH Director Working Group on Data and Informatics. NOT-OD-12-032 http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/notice-files/NOT-OD-12-032.html
Release Date: January 10, 2012
Response Date: March 12, 2012
The Advisory Committee to the NIH Director (ACD) has established a working group to investigate the management, integration, and analysis of large biomedical datasets (see http://acd.od.nih.gov/DIWG.htm for charter and roster). The group will gather information from various sources, including internal and external data and informatics experts, and develop recommendations to present to the ACD and the NIH Director on policies regarding the management, integration, and analysis of research data and administrative data. In its initial deliberations, the working group identified the following categories of issues as important to consider when developing recommendations: Scope of the challenges/issues; Standards development; Secondary/future use of data; Data accessibility; Incentives for data sharing; Support needs. To submit a response, all comments must be submitted electronically to: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfi_files/nih_di/add.cfm. Responses to this RFI will be accepted through March 12, 2012.
Specific questions about this RFI should be directed to the following e-mail address: ACD_DIWG@mail.nih.gov
II. International Consortium Announces Mouse Collaborative Cross Resource
An international research consortium, including researchers from the National Institutes of Health, have announced a new genetic resource called the mouse "Collaborative Cross" (CC). The researchers highlighted the CC resource in a series of 15 articles in the journals, GENETICS and G3: Genes|Genomes|Genetics, published February 16, 2012. GENETICS can be accessed at www.genetics.org and G3 is available at www.g3journal.org.
The CC is a reference manual of genetic variation contained in hundreds of specially-bred mice and their genetic sequences. The mice have 90 percent of the genetic diversity present in laboratory mice, mirroring the genetic diversity in humans. The CC and a companion mouse resource called the "Diversity Outbred" resource are already shedding light on the genes influencing HDL cholesterol levels, systolic blood pressure, triglyceride levels, glucose, and variation in hematological traits like red and white blood cell counts, reacts to influenza A virus, and mouse brain reaction to clozapine, a drug used in schizophrenia.
The new CC resource compliments other mouse models available through the NIH Knockout Mouse Project, a public resource comprised of mouse embryonic stem (ES) cells that aims to eventually containing a null mutation in every gene in the mouse genome. For more on the NIH Knockout Mouse Project Web Site, visit http://www.nih.gov/science/models/mouse/knockout/index.html.
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III. SCHOLARSHIPS AVAILABLE FOR SUMMER COURSE "CELLULAR BIOLOGY OF ADDICTION"
Partnered with the CSHL
July 19 - July 25, 2012
Application Deadline: March 15, 2012
Instructors:
Rafael Maldonado, Universitat Pompeu Fabra
Brigitte L. Kieffer, CERBM/University of Strasbourg
Chris Evans, University of California, Los Angeles, USA
Antonello Bonci, National Institute on Drug Abuse-NIDA, Baltimore, USA
The summer course "Cellular Biology of Addiction in Barcelona, Spain, July 18-25, 2012 is being sponsored by the Universitat Pompeu Fabra in partnership with Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory (CSHL). We hope you will apply. There are a limited number of spaces available and scholarships funds are available for partial support of tuition, room and board on a merit basis. The deadline for applications is March 15, 2012. To apply go to http://www.suportserveis.cat/CSHLSummerCourse/. The course is supported with funds provided by the National Institute of Drug Abuse and the Federation of European Neuroscience Societies . Partial support from the Spanish (MINECO) and the Catalan (AGAUR) Governments is also acknowledged . Cost (including board and lodging): €1,500 (This cost will be reduced by the scholarship program on an individual basis) . Currency converter
Click here for more information and way to register for the course http://www.suportserveis.cat/CSHLSummerCourse/.
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IV. NOT-DA-12-007 Notice of Intent to Publish a Request for Applications for Centers of Excellence for Research Relevant to the Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act (P50) http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/notice-files/NOT-DA-12-007.html
NIDA, NCI, NIEHS, NICHD, NIMH, and NINDS, in conjunction with other IC partners, intends to publish a Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) to establish Centers for tobacco regulatory science to conduct programs of multidisciplinary research that will aid the development and evaluation of tobacco product regulations. The Centers program will conduct research that addresses research priorities related to the regulatory authority of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Center for Tobacco Products (CTP). Projects resulting from this FOA are expected to serve the FDA by generating relevant findings and data needed to inform the regulation of the manufacture, distribution, and marketing of tobacco products to protect public health. Consistent with the FDA CTP mission, this FOA seeks research centers that address such topics as: the diversity of tobacco products, reducing addiction, reducing toxicity and carcinogenicity, adverse health consequences, communications, marketing of tobacco products, and economics and policies. The FOA is expected to be published in Spring 2012 with an expected receipt date in Fall 2012.
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VI. NOT-CA-12-007 Administrative Supplements to NIH-funded Program Projects/Center Grants: Research Relevant to the Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/notice-files/NOT-CA-12-007.html
Release Date: January 20, 2012
Receipt Date: April 6, 2012
Earliest Anticipated Start Date: September 2012
National Cancer Institute (NCI), National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA), National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS), National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI), National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH), Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) announce an Administrative Supplement opportunity available to eligible NIH awardees with active P01, P50, and P60 grants (see complete announcement for details http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/notice-files/NOT-CA-12-007.html).
Depending on the funding mechanism and the scope of the eligible "parent" award, the supplemental funding may be requested to augment research projects relevant to smoking and tobacco products and/or their constituents. At least one project must be relevant to the goals of this Administrative Supplement Program. These administrative supplements will be supported using funds from the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Center for Tobacco Products (CTP) designated for tobacco regulatory research and mandated by the Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act (FSPTCA), Public Law 111-31. Following FSPTCA (http://www.fda.gov/downloads/TobaccoProducts/GuidanceComplianceRegulatoryInformation/UCM237080.pdf), the NIH and the FDA have formed an interagency partnership to foster and facilitate research relevant to tobacco regulations. Within the framework of the Tobacco Control Act, the FDA and NIH share interest in supporting research and pilots to aid the development and evaluation of optimal tobacco product regulations.
The administrative supplements program and other FDA-NIH initiatives (for details, see http://cancercontrol.cancer.gov/nih-fda) are intended to provide a rapid mechanism for the FDA to promote research and generate findings needed to inform the development of regulations pertaining to the manufacture, distribution, and marketing of tobacco products. Consistent with the FDA CTP mission, this Notice seeks administrative supplements that expand, enhance, or facilitate research relevant to these issues.
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