Research Updates and Funding Opportunities from DRA
| Research Updates and Reminders |
| ***DRA’s Meet the Researchers Series!*** |
| Please join Dental Research Administration for the Meet the Researcher Series on January 24th! These events will be an opportunity to learn about the research your colleagues at TUSDM are doing, make connections within the research community, and inspire future collaborations. The event will include a few brief presentations, lunch, and time to network with colleagues. Featured speakers include Dr. Karin Arsenault, Maggie Norcross Devin, and Dr. Jonathan Garlick. RSVP HERE. |
| **Bates Day 2024 – Registration/Abstract Submission Open!** |
| This year’s annual TUSDM Bates-Andrews Research Day will be held on Wednesday, March 6, 2024 . Research poster presentations and commercial exhibitors will be from 11:00am – 2:30pm on the 14th and 15th floors of the dental school, followed by the Keynote speech and Awards announcement and Reception. For predoctoral and postgraduate students wishing to present posters at this year’s Bates Day: Confirm that the research has received appropriate IRB or non-human subjects approval through Dental Research Administration (should have occurred prior to study initiation) Make sure that your faculty advisor has approved your abstract prior to submission Follow the abstract writing guidelines available HERE. Please use the following Google form to register and submit your finalized research abstract. The deadline to submit your Bates Day registration and abstract is Friday, January 26, 2024 at 11:59pm. Feel free to contact Eileen Doherty with any questions. |
| DRA’s FAQ of the Week: Where could I find funding opportunities for a research idea I have? |
| Subscribe to our Dental Research E-list to receive research updates and funding opportunities. You can also search for funding opportunities on OVPR’s website and using the Tufts Pivot tool. When you find an opportunity of interest, submit the DRA Proposal Intake Form, and our team will assist in the application process. |
| New Study Finds that Scientists are Censoring Themselves |
| The paper, published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, said researchers censor scientific findings for what they described as prosocial reasons. READ MORE |
| Pre-Award Deadlines for Winter Break |
| Please be aware of the following Internal OVPR Pre-Award deadlines for December: Proposal Due Dates – 12/21 – 1/2 – 1/3 – 1/4 – 1/5 5 Business Days Due to Pre-Award – 12/15 – 12/18 – 12/19 – 12/20 – 12/21 December 20th is an internal Pre-Award deadline to receive the following in order to process RPPRs due 1/1 before the break. For outgoing subawards, please use processing times here: https://viceprovost.tufts.edu/about-central-pre-award to estimate when the information would have to be sent to Subaward Team for processing before the break. |
Highlighted Funding Opportunities
| 1) International Team for Implantology (ITI) Foundation, Research Grants (Small & Large) About: Twice a year, the ITI Foundation supports preclinical and clinical research in implant dentistry and related fields. The ITI’s goal in funding research projects is to have their results published in an international peer-reviewed scientific journal. This makes them accessible to dentists across the globe. The priority research areas for 2021 to 2023 are: (1) Peri -implant health and disease; (2) Innovative regenerative strategies/ Personalized medicine; (3) Big Data and PROMs in implant dentistry; and (4) Best practice treatment protocols and workflows. For small research grants, funding requests must not exceed $50,00; for large grants, funding requests must not exceed $200,000 Eligibility: Grants are only awarded to applicants who are affiliated with an academic institution. Independent applicants are requested to get in touch with ITI HQ before submitting their applications. For small grants – intended for research proposals submitted by newer investigators who have been working within established groups and wish to expand their scope and level of responsibility or want to establish a track record in implant dentistry. This may be by pursuing their own research interests or by building up their own research group. For large grants – will be awarded only to experienced researchers or research groups that have established a reputation for credibility and thoroughness in the field as demonstrated by a continuous publication record in internationally recognized, peer-reviewed journals. Deadline: February 28, 2024 More Information: https://www.iti.org/research/research-grants |
| 2) Maternal and Child Health & Improving Oral Health Integration Demonstration Projects (MCH-IOHI Projects) About: MCH-IOHI Projects will aim to improve access to integrated preventive oral health care (integrated POHC) in primary care services accessible to MCH populations at increased or higher risk for poor oral health. Funding will support an MCH-IOHI Alliance (Alliance), to include key state stakeholders such as policy, practice, and public health leaders; healthcare providers; healthcare payers; and public health surveillance experts. The Alliance will implement a two-tier, state and local, improvement approach that’ll address three core functions: 1) Policy and Practice; 2) Education and Outreach; and 3) Data, Analysis and Evaluation. State level improvements, in support of the local approach, will aim to inform state policy and practice decisions that promote integrated POHC (such as Medicaid payment for oral health services and health professions’ state practice acts); increase oral health literacy across the state using an organizational health literacy approach; and enhance the state’s oral health surveillance (for example, data collection and trends analysis). The local improvement approach will aim to establish, implement, and validate evidence-based models of integrated POHC in communities underserved by oral health care. MCH-IOHI Projects will take part in an MCH-IOHI Consortium-led learning collaborative. Eligibility: No agency restrictions; Please follow Tufts PI eligibility policies. Deadline: Jan 22, 2024 More Information: HRSA-24-039 |
| 3) Specialized Programs of Research Excellence (SPOREs) in Human Cancers for Years 2024, 2025, and 2026 About: Through this Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO), the National Cancer Institute (NCI) invites applications for P50 Research Center Grants for Specialized Programs of Research Excellence (SPORE). Based on the research proposed, applications may be jointly funded with the National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research (NIDCR). The program will fund P50 SPORE grants to support state-of-the-art investigator-initiated translational research that will contribute to improved prevention, early detection, diagnosis, and treatment of an organ-specific cancer or a related group of cancers. For this NOFO a group of highly related cancers are those that are derived from the same organ system, such as gastrointestinal, neuroendocrine, head and neck, and other cancers. Other programmatically appropriate groups of cancers may include those centered around a common biological mechanism critical for promoting tumorigenesis and/or cancer progression in organ sites that belong to different organ systems. Eligibility: No agency restrictions; Please follow Tufts PI eligibility policies. Deadline: January 25, 2024 More Information: PAR-23-284 |