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NIH Academic Research Enhancement
Award (AREA) Grant Workshop

August 28, 2009; 10:00 - Lunch

Nessmith-Lane Continuing Education Building

Room 2911

Click here for workshop slides

(Other relevant materials are provided below)

The purpose of the workshop is to increase the awareness of the importance of the NIH AREA Grant program to eligible educational institutions, faculty, and students. 

Speakers will provide a Principal Investigator’s perspective of proposal development and grant management and will share examples/stories of their work to assist applicants in preparing proposals for upcoming submission deadlines. The workshop will address both the special American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) competition due September 24, 2009 and the standard AREA competition cycle with deadlines on the 25th of October, February and June.

Speakers:

Jonathan McMurry, Ph.D., is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry at Kennesaw State University.  Dr. McMurry is an AREA grant awardee investigating the assembly of the bacterial flagellum in Gram-negative bacteria, use of biosensor technology to analyze dynamic protein-protein interactions and the use of biosensors for innovative applications.
   

Dana Nayduch, Ph.D., is an Associate Professor in the Department of Biology at Georgia Southern University.  Dr. Nayduch is a recent AREA grant awardee investigating the symbiosis between houseflies and bacteria, for which they serve as mechanical vectors, towards the goal of elucidate factors (genetic, physiological, physical) that either promote, or deter, fly/bacteria symbioses and thereby affecting overall vector potential.

Information on NIH AREA Grants (R15):

http://grants.nih.gov/grants/funding/area.htm
AREA grants support small research projects in the biomedical and behavioral sciences conducted by faculty and students in health professional schools, and other academic components that have not been major recipients of NIH research grant funds

The three goals of the AREA program are:

  • to support meritorious research
  • to strengthen the research environment of the institution, and
  • to expose students to research.

Students will benefit from participating in meritorious research and will be encouraged to continue studies in the biomedical sciences. The AREA or R15 grant is a research award and not a training award, so the focus is not on course work but on hands-on meritorious research.

Additional Supporting Materials:

Additional information, including Prior PowerPoint presentations and audio conference materials, are provided below to assist interested investigators in learning more about the NIH AREA Grant program.

These resources are provided by the Grant Resource Center. Georgia Southern Faculty/Staff may access these resources using their Novel (GroupWise) login/password. Please contact the ORSSP if you should need any assistance with these resources.

Georgia Southern Workshop Materials - **Requires Novel (GroupWise) login/password**

Note: Format for the current and future NIH Area Grant solicitations may differ. Refer to the current Solicitation provided below.

Denise Russo, Ph.D.; Office of Extramural Research; National Institutes of Health

Laura Letbetter; Director, Proposal Development & Programmatic Research; Kennesaw State University

San Francisco State University's - “AREA R Us” Workshop (6/4/09), Review of the NIH's R15 (AREA) research grant mechanism. (No password required)

Other NIH Resources:

     
 

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