Clinical Research Feasibility Funds (CReFF)

The CRC is currently soliciting applications for the Clinical Research Feasibility Funds (CReFF) Program

This award is intended to support pilot studies. Eligibility is limited to junior faculty (ranks equal or less than assistant professor) or senior faculty only if they have a change in the research career path. Support is available for up to $20,000 for one-year renewable projects.

The deadline for submissions is December 6, 2004. Please call Kathleen Jensen, CRC Administrator at 5-6409, with any questions.

Please read the CReFF guidelines and/or  download the guidelines for submission.

K-23 Young Investigator Award

ELIGIBILITY AND ASSIGNMENT OF K23 APPLICATIONS TO NCRR:

Candidates must have a clinical degree: M.D., D.D.S., or an equivalent degree. Candidates eligible for assignment to the NCRR K23 must meet additional criteria. At a minimum, the candidate will have an academic appointment at an institution hosting an NCRR-sponsored Clinical Research Center (CRC). The individual must have approval of the CRC Program Director (letters in support of the application are required) to use CRC resources to accomplish the research goals outlined in the proposal. The candidates must also have a mentor, who is an active CRC-based investigator.

The successful candidate typically has an interest in pursuing career development in patient-oriented research that provides the impetus for becoming an independent clinical investigator. The applicant may also wish to pursue didactic course work and/or learn sophisticated research techniques, and should address these needs in application. As of February 1, 2000, guidelines for the NCRR K23 will supersede all previous CAP guidelines, with the exception of provisions that remain in effect for current CAP awardees. 

Applicants fulfilling these eligibility criteria should indicate their desire to have primary assignment to NCRR in a cover letter that should be submitted concurrently with the application. 

For more information on the K23 award, please visit: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-00-004.html

MEDICAL AND DENTAL STUDENTS:

The CRC grant may provide support for a "Mentored Medical Student Clinical Research Program" whereby a medical student could take time off from medical school to engage in a mentored program of up to one year of supervised participation in clinical research, didactic coursework related to patient-oriented research, and/or acquisition of laboratory skills that can be applied to patient-oriented clinical research efforts.    For further information, please contact Dr. John Gerich, CRC Program Director, at (585) 275-6408.

Presentations

Informatic presentations such as these are available for discussion and training purposes. The information learned can be used by your research staff in designing, capturing, and maintaining your collected protocol data.

• Sharing Clinical Research Through Web Services Technology
• The Application of Database Concepts to Clinical Research Informatics
• The Principles of Data Warehousing
• Successful Data Mining Strategies

Contact Will DiGrazio for more information at 275-5783.

Videos

• MS Office Training
• Building Screen Control with SAS FSP/AF
• Using SQL in SAS
• Getting Started with SAS Report Procedure
• Getting Started with SAS CALC
• Using SAS Macro Variables

These videos are available for sign-out by contacting the CRC Informatics Core at 275-5783.

Software

Customized training also available upon investigator request.

Introduction to Informatics as a part of the K-30 Training Grant

The CRC Informatics Core and Miner Library partner together to present the Introduction to Informatics workshop offered by Dr. Pearson's K-30 Rochester Clinical Research Curriculum. The precursor to the Advanced Research Informatics workshop, this workshop is offered during the summer of the first year in the program. More information regarding the RCRC curriculum can be found at: http://www.urmc.rochester.edu/cpm/education/rcrc/curriculum.html.

• Community & Preventive Medicine hosts the Rochester Clinical Research Curriculum Series (RCRC) held on Tuesdays 12:15 - 1:15 pm throughout the academic year.  This weekly seminar is part of an NIH-funded training initiative for clinical researchers known as a K30 Award.  As Principal Investigator of the K30, Dr. Thomas Pearson kicked off this year's series on September 21st with "Clinical Research at the University of Rochester - Program Update".  The theme for the first semester is:  "Cost Effectiveness Analyses".  The theme for the second semester is "Translational Research".  For further information contact Reenie Marcello, Box 644, 275-2191.

Other Educational Opportunities

• Educational and Training Opportunities offered through Office for Human Subject Protection (University of Rochester).  The Office for Human Subject Protection has introduced a number of training and educational opportunities including compulsory training programs in research ethics and human subjects safety, a monthly seminar series for research personnel, training courses in the proper conduct of clinical trials and Good Clinical Practices, University wide department training sessions, and assistance with obtaining certification for Clinical Research Coordinators.
• Human participant protections education for research teams of the National Cancer Institute.  This free, web-based course presents information about the rights and welfare of human participants in research. The two-hour tutorial is designed for those involved in conducting research involving human participants. It satisfies the NIH human subjects training requirement for obtaining Federal Funds. You will have the option of printing a certificate of completion from your computer upon completing the course.
• US DHHS Office for Human Research Protections (OHRP) Education. This section of the OHRP offers educational activities and materials with online Human Subject Assurance training.
• NIH-based videocasts on bioethical issues

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