Research Notes

In what could be a significant finding on the solar system, asteroid Ryugu seems to have lost much of its water content before being fully formed. That's the conclusion of Brown planetary scientist Ralph Milliken and senior research associate Takahiro Hiroi, using a Japanese mission's data. Read more.

 Resuming Research

Resuming research requests for the spring semester are being reviewed. All previously approved plans may continue. For new plans or requests to change a plan, PIs must include an updated list of in-person lab personnel to include full name, position, essential designation status and degree of contact. Read more.

Office of Research Integrity

Virtual Love Data Week 2021: February 8-12                                                                Featuring lectures by John Friedman, Ashish Jha, Megan Ranney and others, this year’s Love Data Week theme is Data: Delivering a Better Future. Visit our website to register for over a dozen events, learn about our raffles, and more.

Annual Conflict of Interest Cycle Kickoff: February 10
Faculty and researchers who are required to complete an annual conflict of interest (COI) disclosure electronically in InfoEd will receive an email prompting them to report their activities and interests from calendar year 2020.

New IRB Policy
The Policy on the Authority, Appointment Procedures, and Roles and Responsibilities of the Institutional Review Board is for appointed members and consultants to understand the authority, roles, and responsibilities of IRB service.

License Now Required for Academic Conferences in Cuba
Brown faculty, students, and staff wishing to attend a professional meeting or conference in Cuba, will now need to apply for a specific license from the Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC). See here for details.

Meeting Dates & Submission Deadlines

Office of Research Development

Research Development and Grant Writing Newsletter
This newsletter offers strategies on how to compete successfully for research funding and highlights new funding opportunities. Catch up on past issues here.

Federal Agency Newsletter Guide
This new resource from ORD provides direct links to subscribe and manage subscriptions to many federal agency newsletter and policy updates.

Research Administration Information Systems

New Job Opening for Research Services Business Analyst                                          RAIS has a new opening for a Research Services Business Analyst. The full position description can be read here at REQ168522.  Get to know who we are and consider joining our growing team.

Subscribe to the RAIS Newsletter (eRAF)
This newsletter offers the opportunity to receive updates focusing on electronic research administration systems, updates from external agencies on research administration, Workday Grants & Effort, and sponsored reporting. Subscribe here.

Office of Sponsored Projects

Now Available:  Zoom Recording of December Brown Bag Meeting
Through quarterly sessions, the Brown Bag Series covers topics of interest to Brown's Research Community.  All are welcome to attend. Email Resadmin@brown.edu to be added to the mailing list for notifications.

Collaborators are closer than you think 
Ever find yourself wondering how much research NIH supports near you? Check out what the modernized RePORTER site has to offer in three easy steps.

Recommended new year reading from NIH
From struggles to successes, 2020 deserves a look back and thoughts about what may be in store for the year ahead from the NIH perspective.    

Brown Technology Innovations

Welcome Melissa Simon to Brown Technology Innovations     
Brown Technology Innovations is thrilled to have Melissa Simon join our team as Business Development Director. She will work with Dave Potter supporting life science researchers and inventors.

Biogen “Golden Ticket” for Startup from Justin Fallon’s Lab
A startup based on research by Justin Fallon and Ashley Webb, Bolden Therapeutics, recently won the “Golden Ticket” award from BioGen.

Patent Award: Lighting and Circadian Rhythm
Disturbances in sleep regulation often play a role in industrial and engineering disasters. Brown and Bradley Hospital received a US Patent for Eliza Van Reen’s invention of a lighting system for circadian control and performance enhancement. Read more.

Spotlight on BBII
The Brown Biomedical Innovation to Impact fund received special attention in the Dean’s report from the Warren Alpert Medical School. See page 37 of their full research report.

Funding & Awards

Music and Health: Understanding And Developing Music Medicine
This NIH funding opportunity is intended to increase our understanding of how music affects the brain when it is used therapeutically and/or use that knowledge to better develop evidence-based music interventions to enhance health.

Limited Submission Funding Opportunities
Limited submissions require institutional nomination or endorsement from Brown. Interested? See the featured funding database of searchable limited submission opportunities here. 

NIH Federal Updates

Required Two-Factor Authentication Using Login.Gov for eRA's External Modules
NIH/eRA and its partner agencies are now expanding the use of two-factor authentication via login.gov for all user communities that access eRA’s modules including Commons, Commons Mobile, Internet Assisted Review (IAR) and ASSIST.