Research Notes
October 2023
Research information from the Office of the Vice President for Research
for Brown faculty, grant-related staff, and students
Faculty inventions, startups shine at inaugural Innovation at Brown Showcase
The Innovation at Brown Showcase, held at Venture Café Providence, featured 25 early-stage startups led by Brown faculty, students and alumni, including Providence-based SmolTap, a medical device company working to improve success rates for infant spinal tap procedures. Read the recent news story.
Research Integrity
Seeking Animal Research Compliance (ARC) Advisory Group (AG) members
Did you know there is an ARC AG at Brown composed of mostly laboratory animal managers? We are looking to add more members to the group. For info, please email IACUC@brown.edu.
Cephalopod research - NIH Request for Information
The NIH recently released an RFI on Proposed Guidance to Assured Institutions on Cephalopod Care and Use. If this might pertain to you, please reach out to IACUC@Brown.edu to connect about your current/future research.
IRB tip: Huron protocol migration
Need to populate your Huron study record? We recommend also adding your "Study Team Members" to save time. Visit the HRPP's Huron page for more Protocol Migration Tips.
Meeting dates & submission deadlines
Research Strategy and Development
Submit Brown Research Achievement Award nominations—due 1/16/24
Brown recognizes outstanding research and scholarship through annual Research Achievement Awards. Early Career Awards and Mid-Career Research Achievement Awards will be given in 2024. Nominations (via UFunds) are due by 5PM on 1/16/24.
Apply for OVPR Salomon Research Awards ($15k)—due 11/14/23
Richard B. Salomon Faculty Research Awards fund exceptional faculty research projects with awards up to $15,000. Preference will be given to junior faculty building their research portfolio. Applications (via UFunds) are due by 5PM on 11/14/23.
Nomination opportunities
October is Opportunities Month: what opportunities do you have to nominate a junior colleague at Brown for an honorific or prize? Contact Susan Weiner for ideas.
Resource: Engaged Scholarship and Broader Impacts
Are you developing a proposal that requires a broader impact component, or looking to incorporate outreach and engaged scholarship activities into your research? Utilize these resources from the Engaged Scholarship and Broader Impacts Working Group.
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.
Sponsored Projects
NSF project reporting enforcement pilot underway at three divisions: CCF, CMMI, and IIS
OSP is working with PIs whose annual reports were selected for review. Guidance includes submitting timely reports approved by PO. Overdue reports can result in NSF withholding award cash payments on the grant or cooperative agreement.
Federal Continuing Resolution - National Institutes of Health
Operating under a Continuing Resolution, NIH may issue non-competing research grant awards at a level below that indicated on the most recent Notice of Award. NIH expects institutions to monitor their expenditures carefully during this period.
*New report* Cost Center Manager All Positions Salary
Cost center managers can now see total Institutional Base Salary (IBS) of their employees when additional positions reside outside of their home department. Contact alexandra_gilbert@brown.edu with questions regarding this report.
OSP Virtual Open Hour 11/1/23 @ 1pm
Please bring your questions for an open forum discussion. Space is limited. Sign up to receive a Zoom link.
Update: New NIH requirements for foreign subrecipients research documents
NIH has released a final update regarding data access requirements for foreign subrecipients. New effective date is January 1, 2024. Updates to all existing foreign subawards under NIH funding required by Feb. 29, 2024.
In-Kind Support Job Aid available
If you need assistance completing the In-Kind Support section of your NIH Other Support document, please visit our online In-Kind Support Job Aid.
Mini Case Study with Sally Nose
Help Sally field a question about NIH Other Support from Professor Scope.
September Brown Bag recording available
The slides and video from our Sep 21, 2023 Brown Bag are online at the OSP Brown Bag Series web page.
Technology Innovations
Slater Technology Fund invests in Brown startup XM Therapeutics
Jeff Morgan’s XM Therapeutics has received a new round of funding led by Slater Technology Fund. XM Therapeutics will use this new round of funding to focus on pre-clinical studies and cell-based assays for specific diseases.
Anita Shukla named Top 10 Emerging Leaders
The National Academy of Medicine named Anita Shukla (SoE) as 2023 Emerging Leaders in Health and Medicine Scholars. Shukla's research focuses on designing responsive and targeted biomaterials for drug delivery and regenerative medicine.
Are you curious about start-ups?
Join us for Faculty Entrepreneur Connect to meet entrepreneurially-minded faculty. Our next session features Ted Howell, RI’s legal entrepreneurship guru, speaking on business formation basics. 10/20 @ 10am at the Nelson Center. Register.
Innovation at Brown Showcase awards
BTI held its inaugural event on October 5! This year’s award recipients: Startup of the Year award to Walah Scientific Founder, Will Fairbrother; Inventor of the Year to Wafik El-Deiry; and Innovation of the Year to Kareen Coulombe.
BTI releases 2023 Annual Report
Brown Technology Innovations’ 2023 Annual Report includes stories about faculty inventors, startup company Walah Scientific (William Fairbrother), and new initiatives for FY24.
Research Communications
Highlight your research achievements on Brown Research social media
Promote your research or award on the @brownuresearch channels and share your accomplishments with a broader audience. Fill out the Brown Research/Award Submission form and we'll follow up with social media posts.
Follow @BrownUResearch on social media
@BrownUResearch shares Brown research stories, opportunities, internships, studies, events, and more on Twitter/X, threads, Instagram and Facebook.
IMPACT: Research at Brown 2023
IMPACT magazine tells the stories of Brown faculty and students making a difference in the world through their research, discovery and scholarship.
The 2023 cover story, Discoveries in Aging Research, reports on the inspiring breadth of Brown's research in aging—from basic science to clinical trials to population studies.
View the new issue of IMPACT online or request a print copy.
