Holiday Grant Deadlines

The Office of Research Administration (ORA) requires three full days lead time to review grant applications. Investigators and departments will have to plan ahead to accommodate the Thanksgiving and Christmas holiday schedules. Grants due Monday, December 1 should be in the ORA no later than Friday, November 21. Grants due Thursday, January 1, should reach the ORA no later than Tuesday, December 23, to assure adequate time for processing. Thanks for your cooperation.

NIH Clinical Trial Planning Grant (R34)

The NIH has announced its Clinical Trial Planning Grant (R34) program. The purpose of this program is to provide support for the development of a Phase III clinical trial, including the establishment of the research team, the development of tools for data management and oversight of the research, the definition of recruitment strategies, and the finalization of the protocol and other essential elements of the study included in a manual of operations/procedures.

The Clinical Trial Planning Grant is not designed for the collection of preliminary data or the conduct of pilot studies to support the rationale for a clinical trial. The planning grant is designed to permit early peer review of the rationale and design of the proposed clinical trial and to provide support for the development of a detailed Manual of Procedures (MOP) including all elements essential to the launching of a trial. More detailed information and application procedures can be found here: http://grants2.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-04-008.html.

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