[DIV28SUPER] NIDA Neuroscience Update, March 10, 2014

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I.                    NOT-RM-14-007 Input on Future Directions for the Science of Behavior Change Common Fund Program

II.                  BARCELONA 2014 Summer Course "Cellular Biology of Addiction" (partnered with the CSHL), July 13-20, 2014 

III.                Notice that NIDA's "Synthetic Psychoactive Drugs and Strategic Approaches to Counteract Their Deleterious Effects" Funding Opportunity Announcements Have Been Reposted as PARs

IV.                Tools for Monitoring and Manipulating Modified RNAs in the Nervous System (R43/R44) 

V.                  Tools for Monitoring and Manipulating Modified RNAs in the Nervous System (R41/R42)

VI.                Neuroimmune Signaling and Function in Substance Use Disorders (R01) and (R21)

VII.              Identification of Gene Variants for Addiction Related Traits by Next-Gen Sequencing in Model Organisms Selectively Bred for Addiction Traits (UH2/UH3)

VIII.       Notice of Participation of the National Institute on Drug Abuse in RFA-HG-14-020 "Development of Software and Analysis Methods for Biomedical Big Data in Targeted Areas of High Need (U01)"

 

 

I.        NOT-RM-14-007 Input on Future Directions for the Science of Behavior Change Common Fund Program http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/notice-files/NOT-RM-14-007.html Responses are due by March 20, 2014

The NIH Common Fund Science of Behavior Change (SOBC) Program has sought to transcend disciplinary and disease-specific boundaries through a focus on mechanisms of behavior change. The SOBC Program seeks input to aid in shaping the directions for potential future investments and is soliciting input from members of the extramural research community working in any area of science relevant to behavior change. We also encourage input from stakeholders who: represent research communities focused on a range of diseases or conditions for which behavior change is relevant, are at all stages of career development, or are working at any point on the basic to applied continuum. Input is also requested from groups and organizations with an interest in understanding behavior and intervening to promote and sustain behavior change for purposes of health promotion, health maintenance, disease management, and disease prevention.

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II.      BARCELONA 2014 Summer Course "Cellular Biology of Addiction" (partnered with the CSHL), July 13-20, 2014  Barcelona Biomedical Research Park (PRBB), c/ Dr Aiguader, 88, 08003 Barcelona, Spain

 

Applications due April 4, 2014.

 

http://eventum.upf.edu/event_detail/1025/detail/barcelona-2014-summer-course-andquot;cellular-biology-of-addictionandquot;.html

 

The primary objective of the workshop is to provide an intense discussion of the fundamentals, state-of-the-art advances and major gaps in the cell and molecular biology of drug addiction. Targeted to both new and experienced investigators, the workshop will combine formal presentations and informal discussions to convey the merits and excitement of cellular and molecular approaches to drug addiction research.

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III.  Notice that NIDA's "Synthetic Psychoactive Drugs and Strategic Approaches to Counteract Their Deleterious Effects" Funding Opportunity Announcements Have Been Reposted as PARs  http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/notice-files/NOT-DA-14-006.html

 

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IV.    Tools for Monitoring and Manipulating Modified RNAs in the Nervous System (R43/R44)  http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-DA-15-001.html

(RFA-DA-15-001)
National Institute on Drug Abuse
Application Receipt Date(s): April 24, 2014

The purpose of this initiative is to incentivize small businesses to generate tools and products specifically for monitoring and manipulating covalently modified eukaryotic mRNAs and regulatory RNAs.

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V.      Tools for Monitoring and Manipulating Modified RNAs in the Nervous System (R41/R42) http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-DA-15-002.html

(RFA-DA-15-002)
National Institute on Drug Abuse
Application Receipt Date(s): April 24, 2014

The purpose of this initiative is to incentivize small businesses to generate tools and products specifically for monitoring and manipulating covalently modified eukaryotic mRNAs and regulatory RNAs.

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VI.    Neuroimmune Signaling and Function in Substance Use Disorders (R01) and (R21)

https://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-14-084.html and http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-14-083.html

The purpose of this Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) is to encourage the submission of research project grant applications that propose to examine the molecular, cellular, circuit, and behavioral responses to neuroimmune signaling within the central nervous system (CNS) as it pertains to the initiation, escalation, and maintenance of, and the neurological consequences resulting from, substance use disorders (SUDs), and to abstinence and withdrawal from, and subsequent relapse of, drug use. The goal of this understudied area of research is to determine the extent to which neuroimmune responses contribute to or protect against current and future risk and consequences of SUDs. 

 

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VII.  Identification of Gene Variants for Addiction Related Traits by Next-Gen Sequencing in Model Organisms Selectively Bred for Addiction Traits (UH2/UH3) http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-14-010.html  Next application date June 30, 2014

The goals of this initiative are to: 1) develop strategies and methodologies for the sequencing, mapping and genomic analyzing of established phenotypes of selectively bred animal models with addiction traits, and 2) identify, from new or existing selectively bred animal models, genetic variants with implications for addiction related traits.  

 

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VIII. Notice of Participation of the National Institute on Drug Abuse in RFA-HG-14-020 "Development of Software and Analysis Methods for Biomedical Big Data in Targeted Areas of High Need (U01)"

 

NIDA has joined, RFA-HG-14-020, "Development of Software and Analysis Methods for Biomedical Big Data in Targeted Areas of High Need (U01)". In response to the spectacular opportunities and immense challenges presented by the dawning era of "Big Data" in biomedical research, the NIH has developed the Big Data to Knowledge (BD2K) initiative. The purpose of this BD2K U01 Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) is to solicit development of innovative analytical methods and software tools in the four topic areas of data compression/reduction, data visualization, data provenance, and data wrangling as part of the overall BD2K initiative. It is not expected that software and methods developed under this FOA will be fully hardened, but rather that investigators show a novel approach to a difficult problem and show some proof-of-concept for this new approach using relevant biomedical Big Data. There is no PI citizenship restriction. Foreign institutions are not eligible, but foreign components are allowed. It has a single submission date, May 19, 2014 and earliest funding will begin in March 2015. The projects may last for three years. Annual direct costs are a maximum of $300K. Please see our notice of participation at: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/notice-files/NOT-DA-14-008.html.

 

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European lawmakers have adopted strong and balanced rules for nicotine-delivery devices.


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[DIV28SUPER] Save the Date!

Please see the attached announcement.



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Professor of Psychiatry & Psychology
Vice Chair, Department of Psychiatry
University of Vermont
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[DIV28SUPER] Fwd: APA 2014 Call for Applications for the Leadership Institute for Women in Psychology

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The Call for Applications to the 7^th Annual APA Leadership Institute for Women in Psychology (2014-2015) has officially opened! The deadline to apply is March 17, 2014. To view the Call for Applications (also embedded at the bottom of this message) please visit: http://www.apa.org/pi/women/programs/leadership/call.aspx

 

Please note, the APA LIWP is open to mid-career* women psychologists in academic or academic medicine, and clinical or clinical consulting settings who are full APA members in good standing. Please review the Call for Applications for a complete list of eligibility criteria. There are two separate applications housed at the link above, be sure to complete the one for the track you identify with most. Check out the APA LIWP Frequently Asked Questions here: http://www.apa.org/pi/women/programs/leadership/faq.aspx.

 

* - mid-career is defined by the APA LIWP Executive Committee as being no more than twenty (20) years and no less than ten (10) years post-doctoral degree. If you are more than twenty years post-doctoral degree and feel you are “mid-career”, please explain why in the appropriate section of the application.

 

Should you require additional information or assistance, please contact Wynter Oshiberu at 202-336-6044, or woshiberu@apa.org. Thank you.

           

 

 

 

 

 

2014 Call for Applications to the Leadership Institute for Women in Psychology

 

7th Annual Leadership Institute for Women in Psychology

 

Aug. 4-6, 2014, and March 25-26, 2015, Washington, D.C.

 

Applications are due March 17, 2014

The American Psychological Association Committee on Women in Psychology (CWP) announces its seventh annual Leadership Institute for Women in Psychology (LIWP) to be held on Monday, Aug. 4, through Wednesday, Aug. 6, 2014, and Wednesday, March 25 through Thursday, March 26, 2015, in Washington, D.C. This year we are accepting approximately 20 mid-career women psychologists who work full time in academic or academic medical settings, and approximately 20 mid-career women psychologists who work primarily in clinical or consulting settings. Mid-career women psychologists in leadership roles in integrated primary care settings in academic health centers, public, community or private sectors are encouraged to apply as well.

This is a competitive process and modesty is not helpful in this regard. The applications for each group (a. academic/academic medical and b. clinical/consulting) are different. Please complete one application only, for the group with which you most clearly identify and for which you meet the eligibility criteria discussed below.

The overall mission of the APA LIWP is to empower, prepare and support women psychologists as leaders to promote positive changes in institutional, organizational and practice settings as well as APA and State, Provincial and Territorial Associations (SPTA) governance, and increase the diversity, number and effectiveness of women psychologists as leaders. The program's mission supports APA's goal to advance psychology as a science and profession and as a means of promoting health, education and human welfare.

The objectives of the APA CWP Leadership Institute for Women in Psychology

1.     Ensure that mid-career women in psychology have the knowledge and skills necessary to compete for leadership/senior management positions in academic, practice and other professional settings as well as APA and SPTA governance.

2.     Enhance the number and effectiveness of women psychologists holding leadership positions in academic, practice and other professional settings as well as APA and SPTA governance.

3.     Increase the diversity of women psychologists in academic, practice and other leadership positions as well as APA and SPTA governance.

4.     Create networks of women psychologists in leadership/senior management positions in varied professional settings including APA and SPTA governance.

5.     Document the career movement, professional advancement as well as the perceived impact of the LIWP among participants.

Who should apply?

Mid-career (10-20 years post-doctoral degree*) women psychologists with demonstrated leadership experience, strengths and goals who are APA members in good standing and

• holding either full-time, paid faculty appointments at the associate professor or clinical associate professor level or above in academic or academic medicine settings.**

Or

• working 20 or more hours per week in clinical or consulting settings. If you are in a clinical setting, you must be a licensed psychologist to apply to the LIWP.

Women of color, lesbian and bisexual women, transgender women and women with disabilities are strongly encouraged to apply.

*If you are more than 20 years post-doctoral degree but view yourself as mid-career, you may apply but must provide careful justification for your application as a mid-career psychologist.

**If you are in an academic setting that does not have traditional faculty ranks and promotion processes, you may apply if you can provide an articulate justification for being at a career development state that is comparable to that of Associate Professor or Associate Clinical Professor, or greater.

Program components

The core curriculum includes highly interactive, skills-focused workshops with experts in the field:

• Leadership models
• Managing work-life balance
• Negotiation skills
• Fiscal, program and personnel issues
• Mentoring networks, including gender and diversity issues
• Mid-career management, goal Setting and planning

Previous institutes and Web seminars during the year have also addressed:

• Sustaining and funding a research program
• Strategic planning
• Dealing with difficult people
• Ethics from the leadership perspective

Applications and supporting materials (CV/resume and one letter of recommendation) are due by 5:00 p.m. EST on Monday, March 17, 2014. Please make sure you complete either the application for mid-career women in academic and academic medical settings or the application for mid-career women in clinical and consulting settings. Note that the applications have different questions, requirements and guidance for letters of recommendations.

If selected, the fee for participation in both the fall and spring programs is $600, which helps to defray costs of the program (faculty are entirely volunteer). Application to the program indicates you are making a commitment to participate fully, including completing surveys on an annual basis regarding career advancement and leadership training needs. Participants are also invited to Web seminars on leadership issues throughout the year and have access to a mailing list for LIWP participants, faculty and staff.

Selections will be announced by Friday, May 31, 2014.

For additional information, please visit our FAQ page to review frequently asked questions or contact the APA Women's Programs Office:

• Via surface mail at American Psychological Association, 750 First St., NE, Washington, D.C. 20002-4242
• Via phone at (202) 336-6044
• Via email

Funding

The American Psychological Association Leadership Institute for Women in Psychology 2013-2014 funders include the APA Women's Programs Office, the Women's Caucus of the APA Council of Representatives, the Society for the Psychology of Women and the APA Commission on Ethnic Minority Recruitment, Retention and Training in Psychology

 

 

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Some public health experts see e-cigarettes as a gateway to tobacco use, while others think they could help eradicate conventional cigarettes.


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[DIV28SUPER] Fwd: mentoring program Call for Applications

Hello Division 28 members,

Please note this professional development activity (AND TRAVEL AWARD) for graduate students and post-doctoral fellows attending the upcoming 2014 APA convention.  As per the instructions in the announcement, "To apply for the award, submit a statement of your research interests, a CV, and a copy of a recent paper (published or in press) by March 15, 2014, to Sangeeta Panicker, PhD, Director, Research Ethics Office, Science Directorate. Applicants will be notified of the outcome of the selection process by mid-April, 2014."

Sincerely,

Rich Allen

Division 28 Program Chair

APA 2014

Mentorship program for graduate students and post-docs at 2014 APA Convention

Application deadline is March 15, 2014

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A mentoring and networking opportunity is being offered at the 2014 Convention of the American Psychological Association (APA) for promising new scientists in the fields of behavioral neuroscience, comparative psychology, experimental psychology, and psychopharmacology.  The program is sponsored by APA Divisions 3 (Experimental Psychology), 6 (Behavioral Neuroscience & Comparative Psychology), and 28 (Psychopharmacology), and the APA Committee on Animal Research and Ethics (CARE).

Both advanced graduate students and scientists in post-doctoral training are eligible to apply; they may conduct research with either humans or non-human animals.  APA membership is not required.  Up to fourteen applicants will be selected to receive a travel award to attend the APA Convention in Washington, DC (August 7-10, 2014), where they will participate in professional development activities designed to help them:  develop meaningful contacts with one another, senior scientists in their fields, and funding agency officials; navigate the increasingly diverse professional settings that they will encounter in their research careers; and identify with APA as a professional home.

This program also aims to make the research community more inclusive; toward this end, applications from scientists from underrepresented groups are strongly encouraged.

The travel award of up to $1,000 is provided to defray each awardee's travel, accommodations, and registration costs.  Attendance at all program activities, including participating in workshops and making a brief research poster presentation, is expected as a condition of the award.

To apply for the award, submit a statement of your research interests, a CV, and a copy of a recent paper (published or in press) by March 15, 2014, to Sangeeta Panicker, PhD, Director, Research Ethics Office, Science Directorate. Applicants will be notified of the outcome of the selection process by mid-April, 2014.