Sally Rockey, Deputy Director for Extramural Funding at NIH talks about percentile scoring of grant proposals on her blog. To read her comments on percentile scoring, click here.

The longer a laparoscopic colectomy for cancer takes, the less its advantages over an open colectomy in terms of morbidity and mortality, researchers reported at the annual meeting of the American Society of Colon and Rectal Surgeons.

UK NORTH FORK VALLEY DENTAL OUTREACH TEAM PARTNERS WITH UK CENTER OF EXCELLENCE IN RURAL HEALTH TO GIVE KIDS A SMILE®

Hazard, Ky. (June 18, 2013) – An estimated 150 children will receive free preventive dental care in Perry County. The service will be provided by the University of Kentucky (UK) dental outreach team from the UK North Fork Valley Community Health Center (NFVCHC) in Hazard, and partners at the UK Center of Excellence in Rural Health (CERH), as part of the American Dental Association’s Give Kids A Smile® Program.

NIH along with other government granting agencies is transitioning to updated electronic forms packages.  The new packages are called FORMS-C and will be required for any submissions after September 25, 2013.  NIH has provided detailed information regarding the changes to the forms.  To read more, click here.

IMPORTANT REMINDER: The University’s policy, as instituted by the Vice President for Research in April 2012, mandates that eIAFs for sponsored research proposals be fully routed 3 business days prior to the sponsor’s proposal deadline. Anyone in an investigator role must provide their own certification. Chairs, Directors, and Deans can set up a delegate to provide the required certification if they won’t be available. Your CGO can provide assistance to make these arrangements, if needed.