Office of Research, Health Sciences (OORHS) Mission

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

Diana M. Metes, MD
Assistant Professor of Surgery and of Immunology School of Medicine will deliver the next lecture titled Cellular Mechanisms of Epstein-Barr Virus Control in Pediatric Heart Transplant Recipients.

Location and Time — Wednesday, July 25, 2009 12:00p.m.-1:00 p.m. 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.

Highlighted Funding Opportunities

Stimulus Funding

(Sept. 1) Recovery Act Limited Competition: Biomedical Research, Development, and Growth to Spur the Acceleration of New Technologies (BRDG-SPAN) Pilot Program (RC3)(New)
(LOI Sept 15; submission deadline Oct 15) Recovery Act Limited Competition: Protection of Human Health by Immunology and Vaccines (U01, U19)(New)
NIH Recovery Act Administrative Supplement Funding Opportunities(New)

Helpful ARRA resources and links

Internal Opportunites

(July 8) RAND- University of Pittsburgh Health Institute (PHI) and the Clinical and Translational Science Institute Pilot Grant Program(New)
(Aug 15) Basic to Clinical Collaborative Research Pilot Program (BaCCoR)
(Suspended until further notice) EXcellence in Progressive, Leading-edge, Original REseaRch (EXPLORER) Award
(ongoing) Pilot Imaging Program (MRI, PET)
(Jan, annually) Competitive Medical Research Fund (CMRF)
(Sept 1) Health Sciences Bridge Funding Program

External Opportunites

(Aug 1)Fulbright Scholars Program (New)
(Internal Deadline Aug 21, noon; External Deadline Nov 2)Pew Scholars Program In the Biomedical Sciences (New)
(July 22)Hartwell Foundation Individual Biomedical Research Awards (New)
(Internal Deadline July 9, noon; external deadline Sept 25) Searle Scholars Program (New)
FY 2009 NIH Director’s Bridge Awards (NOT-OD-09-068) (New)
NIH Pathway to Independence Award (K99/R00)
Research Supplements to Promote Diversity in Health-Related Research
Research Supplements to Promote Re-Entry into Biomedical and Behavioral Research Careers
NIH Supplements for Protein Functional Studies
All Current NIH Opportunities
All Current NSF Opportunities
DoD Medical Research Programs

Important NIH Notices

Dec 31, 2008 — Request for Extension of Early Stage Investigator Period (NOT-OD-09-034)
New — Comparison of Existing and New NIH Peer Review Processes
Dec 2, 2008 — Enhancing Peer Review: New Timeline (NOT-OD-09-023)
Dec 2, 2008 — New NIH Grant Scoring Procedures (NOT-OD-09-024)
Dec 2, 2008 — New NIH Review Criteria (NOT-OD-025)
Oct 9, 2008 — New NIH Policy on Resubmission (Amended) Applications
Oct 31, 2008 — NIH Revised New and Early Stage Investigator Policies

Calendar of Events & Medical News

Quick Links

To All Health Sciences Investigators:

The Office of Research, Health Sciences encourages you to use the Handbook for Biomedical Researchers. Available chapters provide convenient information and links needed to conduct animal-based and human subjects research at the University of Pittsburgh. An upcoming chapter will address intellectual property protection and technology transfer. We welcome suggestions for additional research-related topics for which handbook entries would be useful.