July 29, 2019

Surgery Research Conference Recap:

Office of Technology Development

In Case You Missed It:

• Congratulations to the 2019 We Care Award Winners, Johnny Hong, MD & Raul Urrutia, MD, recipients of the Maggie Z. Schultz award for $150,000, and Terri deRoon-Cassini, MS, PhD, recipient of the $100,000 award!

• Thank you to all 117 attendees for making our 2nd Clinical Research Power Lunch a SUCCESS!

• RFA: AHW Collaborative Research Projects for Improved Health

• RFA: Therapeutic Accelerator Program (TAP) Cycle 2019

GRANT$ Alert

MCW's Department of Pharmacology & Toxicology - Therapeutic Accelerator Program (TAP)
Up to $50,000
LOI Due Date: 8/16/19 by 12 p.m.

 TAP’s mission is to facilitate and accelerate therapeutics and drug discovery by translation of new basic discoveries into therapies. TAP MOVES INNOVATIVE THERAPEUTIC IDEAS FORWARD through a virtual innovation center that leverages existing resources in the Southeast Wisconsin region. TAP identifies the next critical step in therapeutic development and utilizes resources to move the therapeutic forward. Financial support is provided to selected proposals as Project Awards for up to $50,000. TAP will plan, manage, and execute the project as designed during the selection/vetting process.

AHW Collaborative Research Projects for Improved Health
(6) $250,000
LOI Due Date: 8/19/19

AHW’s Call for Collaborative Research Projects for Improved Health aims to foster new or enhanced collaborations along the T0-T5 spectrum to support research aligned with AHW’s three focus areas of heart health, healthy minds and/or cancer. This opportunity is open to full-time or full professional effort MCW faculty within the MCW School of Medicine, and projects should be feasible to complete within a 24-month period, without the option for no-cost extensions.

MCW Research Affairs Committee New Faculty Pilot Grant
$25,000/ year
LOI Due Date: 9/10/19

The Research Affairs Committee (RAC) New Faculty Pilot Grant provides seed funding to faculty within 4 years of their first MCW appointment for the initiation of new projects. The primary goal of the award is to help applicants obtain preliminary results that will enable them to compete successfully for extramural funding. 

Abstract Alerts

MCW Research Day 2019
September 19, 2019
Abstract Deadline: 7/31/19

Wisconsin Surgical Society
September 8-9, 2019, Kohler, WI
Abstract Deadline: 8/22/19

All medical student, resident, fellow, and advanced care practitioner abstracts must be sponsored by a WSS member who should plan to attend the meeting. If the sponsor is not able to attend, the sponsor will need to arrange an alternative WSS member to sponsor the presentation.

15th Annual Academic Surgical Congress
February 4-6, 2020, Orlando, FL
Abstract Deadline: 8/23/19

The ASC is a joint meeting of the two leading associations for academic surgery – the Association for Academic Surgery (AAS) and the Society of University Surgeons (SUS). Together the AAS and SUS boast more than 5,000 members from leading institutions nationwide.

NIH Grants

2019 MCW External Review Schedule

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