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Wednesday, November 15, 2017


TIPPING POINTS NOVEMBER 2017

1.    NIH Teams With ORCID to Reduce Researcher Burden and Improve Transparency: ORCID (Open Researcher and Contributor Identification). is a not-for profit organization that assigns unique persistent identifiers to researchers that supports automated linkages between researchers and their professional activities. The goal is to help people find information and to simplify reporting and analysis. Over 7000 journals use ORCID as part of their workflow, and – with the user’s permission – can automatically populate ORCID user accounts with citations when they publish.

NIH applicants can already link SciENcv (Science Expert Network Curriculum Vitae) with their ORCID account to simplify the creation of a biosketch.  eRA Commons is establishing a real-time link with ORCID, which allows users to associate ORCID with their eRA account. For more information visit https://nexus.od.nih.gov/all/2017/11/15/teaming-with-orcid-to-reduce-burden-and-improve-transparency/


2.    Cures Within Reach: A new $50,000-$250,000 Request for Proposals (RFP) is posted on CureAccelerator™, seeking drug, device and nutraceutical repurposing and repositioning projects in adult, adolescent and pediatric mental health conditions.  Projects submitted to this RFP may be immediately funded by one or more current CureAccelerator funders, and will also be used to encourage a large group of international funders of mental health research to focus their attention on repurposing opportunities at their February meeting in Europe. Letters of Intent should be posted on CureAccelerator by Dec. 22, 2017.  To view the RFP online and start a Letter of Intent Proposal, browse as a Guest or Log In to CureAccelerator.  There is no cost to register on CureAccelerator or to submit an LOI.  There are no limits to the number of LOIs you can submit. For additional questions contact Dr. Bruce E. Bloom, CEO, Cures Within Reach


3.    Upcoming Events Sponsored by the Office of Research, Graduate Education, and Faculty Affairs:

A. Online Databases Workshop to explore the landscape of biomedical information on December 6th from 1-2PM. This event will be held in 7-193 WDH on the Twin Cities campus and via ITV in 302 HH on the Duluth campus. Topics include:
a.    The scale of biomedical literature and how to select resources for literature, data, and grants
b.    Problems with the organization of biomedical literature
c.     Strategies for being evidence-based as a researcher

B. Publishing Workshop with Guest Speaker Margaret Semrud-Clikeman, PhD, Professor, Division of Clinical Behavioral Neuroscience, University of Minnesota.  The event will be on Monday, December 18th; 1:30-3:30pm in 1-451 Moos and 160 LSci (Duluth via ITV).  Dr. Semrud-Clikeman will give tips on the best practices for publishing.  A panel discussion will include experienced CoP faculty who will give their tips on sustainable practices in publishing and funding: how to select journals for publications and grant opportunities to target for a sustainable portfolio of scholarship and research productivity. The session will be recorded for those researchers who cannot attend.  A link to the recording will be provided closer to the event.

C. RISE Discussion Series: This forum will give junior faculty and mid-career faculty who have recently switched research directions an opportunity to discuss a research idea in progress with peers and experts on the topic in an environment of interactive discussion and feedback.  One of the goals of this program is to mentor junior faculty and increase their awareness of the ongoing research in the College of Pharmacy.  The program starts in December 2017 and will be held once monthly until May 2018. One investigator will be the focus of each session and will give an informal presentation flowed by Q&A to develop the topic. Each session will be ~1 ½ hours. The location and times are TBD.  Please watch your email inbox for more details and contact eggen004@umn.edu with questions.