Office of Research, Health Sciences (OORHS)

The OORHS offers support services, including assistance in developing competitive grant applications, for investigators throughout the Graduate School of Public Health, the School of Dental Medicine, the School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences, the School of Medicine, the School of Nursing, and the School of Pharmacy. To learn more about how the Office of Research, Health Sciences can help you and your research program, please review details regarding our available support services.

In The Spotlight

Kara Bernstein, PhD
Assistant Professor of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, School of Medicine will deliver the next lecture titled "All's Well that Mends Well: Efficient Repair of Double-Strand Breaks" .

Location and Time — Friday, February 10, 2012 12:00 PM -1:00 PM in Auditorium 6 of Scaife Hall. (show location map). The Lecture will be followed by an informal reception.

For information on future lectures in this series, please visit our website or call the Office of Academic Affairs at 412-383-7382.

(Feb 7, 2012 - Feb 28, 2012) CTSI Translational Technologies Resource Cores Seminar Series (New)
(Oct, 2011) HANDBOOK for NEW FACULTY MEMBERS (New)

Highlighted Funding Opportunities

Clinical and Translational Science Institute Sponsored Opportunities

(Feb 22, 2012) CENTER FOR MEDICAL INNOVATION (CMI) Early-Stage Medical Technology Research and Development 2012 PILOT FUNDING PROGRAM (New)
(Mar 15 annually) THE VASCULAR MEDICINE INSTITUTE (VMI) AND CTSI PILOT PROJECT PROGRAM IN HEMOSTASIS AND VASCULAR BIOLOGY (P3HVB) (New)
(Mar 15, 2012) CLINICAL AND TRANSLATIONAL SCIENCE INSTITUTE CLINICAL RESEARCH AND INFORMATICS: TRANSLATION INTO QUALITY PILOT PROJECT PROGRAM (CRITiQ) (New)
(Mar 6, 2012) CTSI Virginia Kaufman Pilot Project Program in Pain Research (P4R)
(Feb 18 & Aug 15 annually) CTSI Basic to Clinical Collaborative Research (BaCCoR) Pilot Program
(Feb 24 annually) CTSI Pilots to Expand Investigator Repertoire (PEIR)
(Mar 25 annually) CTSI Translational Technologies Cores Pilot Program (T2CP2)

Additional Internal Opportunities

(Apr 16, 2012) University of Pittsburgh MIDAS National Center of Excellence - Pilot Research Grants (New)
(Jan 16, May 7, Sep 4, 2012) Department of Radiology and Magnetic Resonance Research Center sponsored Pilot Funding Project (New)
(Jan 5, May 1, Sep 1 annually) Requests for Bridge Funding (Schools of the Health Sciences) (New)
(May 1, 2012) Clinical and Translational Science Institute and Competitive Medical Research Fund Genomics Pilot Program (C2GP2)
(ongoing) UPMC-Brain Mapping Center MEG research Seed Fund

External Opportunities

Calendar of Events & Medical News

Quick Links

Important NIH Notices

Dec 2011 — NOT-OD-12-020 - Adoption and Implementation of the Guide for the Care and Use of Laboratory Animals: Eighth Edition (New)

Nov 2011 — NOT-DK-12-001 - NIDDK Will No Longer Participate in the Parent NIH Exploratory Developmental Research Grant (R21) Funding Opportunity Announcement (New)

Oct 2011 — NOT-OD-12-001 - New Submission Dates for New Investigator R01 Resubmissions (A1)

Sep 2011 — NIH Loan Repayment Program - receive up to $35K annually to repay student loans

Jul 2011 — New R01, R21, R03 Parent Announcements

Jul 2011 — Clarification of NIH Fiscal Policy for Grant Awards – FY 2011

Apr 2011 — NOT-OD-11-057 - Change in Timetable for Opportunity to Shorten the Review Cycle for New Investigator R01 Applications Reviewed in Study Sections Convened by the Center for Scientific Review (CSR) and National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)

Mar 2011 — NOT-OD-11-045 - Modification of the Biographical Sketch in NIH Grant Application Forms (PHS 398, PHS 2590, and the SF 424 R&R) to Permit a Description of Factors that may have Reduced Productivity

Feb 2011 — NOT-OD-11-039 - Notice of Change in Policy on the Submission of Plans for Instruction in the Responsible Conduct of Research for Institutional Training Grant (T and D) Applications

Feb 2011 — Summary of Recent NIH Grant Application Policy Updates/Changes

Jan 2011 — NIH Policy on Late Submission of Grant Applications

To All Health Sciences Investigators:

The Office of Research, Health Sciences encourages you to use the Virtual Handbook for Biomedical Researchers Using Animal Subjects. Available chapters provide information needed by investigators to conduct animal-based research at the University of Pittsburgh. Important links are also provided that assist investigators in the establishment and maintenance of robust research programs.