In
Memoriam
Vice President's Message
• FY
04 Annual Research Expenditures Set Record High
• 2004
R&D 100 Award
• Update:
Replacement "SUNY-2" Form
Good News and Coming
Events
• News
• Events
Opportunities and Sponsor Information
• Defense
University Research Instrumentation Program (DURIP)
• Two Interdisciplinary Funding
Opportunities
• Graduate
Student Clinical Research Training Opportunity
• NIH High Priority, Short-term
Project Awards (R56)
• Upcoming
Funding Opportunities
• Export
Controls
• Humanities
Funding
• NSF
Grant Proposal Guide Revisions Effective September
1
• NIH
Centralizing the Receipt of Progress Reports for
All NIH Institutes/Centers
Effective October 1
Essential Policies, Procedures
and Resources
• New
Clinical Trials Resource on Campus
• New
IRB Review Option for Pharma-Sponsored Clinical Trials!
• Brookhaven
Acts on Remote Computer Access
• Equipment
Insurance Rate Change
• Foreign
Travel Information
For More Information
With great sadness we join in acknowledging the passing of two
research colleagues.
Woo Jong Kim,who joined the faculty in 1968,
served as Graduate Program Director for the Department of Applied
Mathematics and Statistics for 23 years. He took a great interest
in the department's graduate students and was regarded as a supportive
and effective mentor to hundreds of students. He was also
a member of the American Mathematical Society and the Mathematical
Association of America, and published extensively throughout his
long career.
His immediate family members were all excellent musicians and
he very much enjoyed music and in helping develop programs for
young musicians.
David L. Williams, a founding member of the Department
of Pharmacological Sciences in the School of Medicine and supervisor
of dozens of doctoral students, was internationally recognized
for his work elucidating the fundamental molecular mechanisms of
blood plasma lipoprotein-cholesterol transport, a process of crucial
importance in understanding the pathophysiology of atherosclerosis,
or hardening of the arteries – the underlying condition in
coronary heart disease, the number one cause of death in the Western
world. He was an internationally recognized leader in two
major areas of investigation. He conducted very broad-based research
on the protein apoA-I, the major apoprotein of high-density lipoproteins
(HDL), or "good cholesterol," and its role as a cofactor
in the selective uptake of cholesterol molecules by certain cellular
receptors, including molecular and structural modifications of
the receptor and its ligand as well as functional characteristics
of the cell membrane using electron microscopy and techniques of
physical chemistry. A recipient of an NIH MERIT Award, he also
pioneered research on another key apoprotein, apolipoprotein E
(apoE). His laboratory was the first to recognize that expression
of the gene for apoE occurred in many tissues, including the brain;
such fundamental observations set the stage for current research
on the role of apoE in Alzheimer's Disease. Further work in the
Williams laboratory pointed other fruitful directions by establishing
a fundamental role of apoE as a protective factor against atherosclerosis
when present in only very small amounts.
Our heartfelt sympathy is extended to these
colleagues’ families,
including Prof. Williams’ wife, Prof. Philomena Ostapchuk
of the Department of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology, and
all members of our community, who mourn their loss.
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Vice President's Message
Congratulations to all members of the Stony Brook research community!
The RF Central FY04 report on annual expenditures is in, and we
have reached a record-breaking $159,939,000 in expenditures: $123,627,000
direct costs and $36,672,000 in F&A. This represents an overall
growth rate of 13%, double last year’s growth rate.
And we still lead the SUNY pack:
Albany $132,118,000
Binghamton $25,353,000
Buffalo $134,315,000
This splendid showing results from manifold efforts by talented
and tenacious individuals and, increasingly, groups of such individuals
across the campus, with the strong support of President Kenny and
the University’s senior academic leadership. Before plunging
into the frenzy of the new academic year, please take a moment
to reflect upon the accomplishment you share with colleagues and
the implications of all our work for the betterment of human health,
the improvement of the regional, state and national economies and
the enhancement of the human experience.
I am delighted also to congratulate our Brookhaven Lab colleague,
biophysicist
and former Biology Department
Chair Bill Studier, a member of the National Academy,
for his selection for a 2004 R&D 100 award. The award recognizes
his development of a new process that simplifies the production
of proteins in the widely used T7 gene expression system, which
was developed and patented at Brookhaven in the 1980s and 1990s.
R&D
Magazine annually presents
these awards to the top 100 technological achievements of the year – typically,
innovations that transform basic science into useful products.
Update:
Replacement "SUNY-2" Form
During the past academic year, in response to an audit by the
State Comptroller, the New York State Ethics Commission introduced
a policy change discontinuing the SUNY faculty exemption from the
annual filing of a full financial disclosure statement directly
with the Ethics Commission (where it is inaccessible to local campus
officials); this policy change also discontinued the Commission’s
previous requirement for a supplemental financial disclosure filing
for grant applicants, the "SUNY-2" form. Since the "SUNY-2" form
was also used to obtain the information needed for implementation
of the campus investigator disclosure/conflict of interest policy,
a replacement device is being put in place.
The new process will involve two parts.
1) A
nonconfidential Conflict of Interest Declaration (CID), in place
of the "SUNY-2," will be required for submission with
all sponsored project and other applications requiring the "four-page
form," beginning on Tuesday, September 7. It is strongly
recommended, however, that investigators begin using the form for
any proposals submitted during the remainder of the summer so that
you may become familiar with it and may share with this office
any comments you may have – particularly any suggestions
for improvement or clarification – during this phase-in period. Please
note that all project investigators, not only the PI, must submit
the form. The
CID, which is straightforward and minimalist in its design, must
be printed out for completion and submission in hard copy; electronic
submission is anticipated before the end of the calendar year.
The CID may be accessed here.
2) If the
CID indicates that there are potential conflicts of interest associated
with the proposal, or there is sufficient
ambiguity about a situation that additional information is needed
for a determination, a second,
confidential document, the Investigator Disclosure Form (IDF),
must be completed. The IDF, which is currently available
for online completion but must be printed out for submission in
hard copy – electronic submission is anticipated before the
end of the calendar year – must be submitted to the
University conflict of interest committee within seven days of
proposal submission. It is the University’s position
that most conflicts of interest can be managed and the conflict
of interest committee will work to that end. The IDF may be accessed
here.
The committee’s draft
revision of this policy, reflecting these procedural changes,
is posted here.
Please email any questions or comments you may have to Ann-Marie
Scheidt, Tel. 632-7006, email
amscheidt@notes.cc.sunysb.edu so that they may receive appropriate attention.
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Good News and Coming Events
News
Please join in rejoicing with colleagues for achievements that have become known since the last issue.
Anthropology and Preventive
Medicine.
US AID Higher Education
and Development for Archaeology and Environmental Health Research
Project, co-directed by Profs. Wajdy Hailoo, Preventive Medicine,
and Elizabeth Stony, Anthropology. We take pleasure in acknowledging
the formal "launch" of the Website for this project,
described in this excerpt from an email from Prof. Stone last week: "The
timing of the official launch of the Website for Stony Brook’s
USAID project in Iraq is timely since it is now that the various
threads of the archaeology component of the project are coming
together. To ensure the modern facilities and communications
equipment that will provide the faculty and students in the Archaeology
and Cuneiform Studies Departments with the tools to return to cutting
edge research, Dr. Jennifer Pournelle is currently in Baghdad,
urging on the contractors and ensuring coordination with the two
universities.
"Back at Stony Brook, Chris Filstrup, Dean of Libraries,
is tracking the cataloging by OCLC of some 2,000 new books and
their preparation for shipping to Mosul and Baghdad, while at the
same time overseeing the sorting of the private library of Dr.
Kirk Grayson of the University of Toronto which will also be sent
to Iraq. Four recently arrived Iraqi students recently are
now working hard on their English language skills at Stony Brook
in preparation for graduate training, while I am leading a 10-week
workshop in Amman desiged to introduce 55 faculty and graduate
students from Baghdad, Mosul and Qadasiyah University Departments
of Archaeology and Cuneiform Studies to the latest ideas, methods
and discoveries in the field. Thus the official launch of the Website
serves as a key point of intersection at a critical time for this
project--a place where the different strands of our work, stretching
from the Middle East to Stony Brook--can be brought together."
The Website may be found at-
http://www.stonybrook.edu/usaidhead/
Biomedical Engineering.
Prof. Yi-Xian Qin has been appointed Associate
Team Leader for the National Space Biomedical Research Institute’s
Technology Development Team. The Technology Development Team focuses
on the design and development of lightweight, compact research
devices and systems, and on developing simple, minimally-invasive
methods of gathering health-related data, to address health issues
facing astronauts on long missions, which can also enhance medical
care on earth.
Neurobiology and Behavior.
Prof. Lonnie Wollmuth has been named a member
of the NIH Biophysics of Synapses, Channels and Transporters Study
Section. He will serve until 2008. Study sections are the vehicle
for accomplishing peer review for funding applications and thus
the means for maintaining the integrity and the excellence of the
Federally supported research enterprise.
Long Island Cancer Center.
We salute the new electronic publication, Pathways to Discovery,
produced by the Long Island Cancer Center (LICC) at University
Hospital. The publication, intended for researchers and others
within and outside the institution, highlights cancer research
within many University departments and disciplines. The first issue,
July-August, 2004, reports on work being done on campus on acute
myeloid leukemia and pancreatic cancer.
http://www.stonybrookhospital.com/index.cfm?id=2097
Events
"The Biological Basis of Personality
and Individual Differences".
Conference: August 13-15, Student Activities Center.
Online registration has closed. For information please contact
the conference organizer, Prof. Turhan Canli, Psychology, Tel.
632-7803, email turhan.canli@sunysb.edu
New Student Convocation
9:30 a.m., Saturday, August 28, LaValle
Stadium. New first-year students enter at Gate 2, new transfer
students and families enter at Gate 6. Required for new first-year
students.
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Opportunities and Sponsor Information
Defense
University Research Instrumentation Program (DURIP) (This
announcement is being rerun for those who may not have seen its
initial publication; the application deadline is August 26.)
DURIP is a multi-agency DoD program within the University Research Initiative designed to improve the capabilities of U.S. institutions of higher education to conduct research and to educate scientists and engineers in areas important to national defense by providing funds for the acquisition of research equipment.
Each year that DURIP is in effect, a complete announcement will provide detailed program information, including the deadline date for submitting proposals. DURIP proposals submitted to ONR should facilitate research in an area of interest to ONR, as described in the Science and Technology section of the ONR Website. Potential proposers may contact the appropriate program managers, listed with each area of interest, to explore possible mutual interests before submitting proposals.
DURIP funds will be used for the acquisition of major equipment to augment current or develop new research capabilities in support of DoD-relevant research. Proposals may request $50,000 to $1,000,000. Proposals for purely instructional equipment are not eligible. General-purpose computing facilities are not appropriate for DURIP funding, but requests for computers for DoD-relevant research programs are appropriate.
The competition is open to U.S. institutions of higher education with degree granting programs in science, math, or engineering.
Submission date for the FY05 DURIP is 26
August, 2004, must be received no later than 4:00pm
Eastern Daylight Time.The full text of the announcement can be
found at:
http://www.afosr.af.mil/pdfs/AFOSR2004-3_DURIP05BAA.pdf.
Two
Interdisciplinary Funding Opportunities
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, in partnership with
the Department of Homeland Security, is seeking applications to
fund a research center on microbial risk assessment needed to support
homeland security objectives. One grant of up to $10 million will
be awarded to establish the center. The goal of the new Cooperative
Center of Excellence on the Methods and Science to Conduct Microbial
Risk Assessment in Support of Homeland Security Objectives will
be to arm policy-makers with the information needed to set decontamination
goals. The new Center will address critical data gaps that block
completion of credible microbial risk assessments for decontamination.
Reliable microbial risk assessments are needed for government agencies
to quickly evaluate and communicate real and potential risks for
high-priority biological threat agents such as anthrax, smallpox,
botulism, plague, viral hemorrhagic fever, and tularemia. The anticipated
grant award is $1,500,000 to $2,000,000 per year for up to five
years of study. Deadline: October 20, 2004. Details may be found
at-
http://es.epa.gov/ncer/rfa/2004/2004_microbial_risk.html.
The second opportunity is also directed by EPA. The
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Office of Research
and Development (ORD) as part of its Greater Opportunities (GO)
research program, is seeking applications proposing research on
nanoscale science, engineering and technology -- collectively referred
to as nanotechnology -- with respect to the environment. EPA is
interested in research concerning the applications of nanotechnology
in three areas: environmentally benign manufacturing and processing;
environmental monitoring devices and sensors; and environmental
treatment and remediation technologies. Deadline: October
14, 2004. Details may be found at-
http://es.epa.gov/ncer/rfa/2004/2004_nano.html.
Please contact Martin Schoonen, Associate Vice President for Research
if you are interested in responding to either of these two opportunities.
Tel. 632-4402, email
martin.schoonen@stonybrook.edu
Graduate
Student Clinical Research Opportunity (This
announcement is being rerun for those who may not have seen its
initial publication in June. Applications will be available in
mid-August.)
For graduate level U.S. students in the health
professions (medicine, nursing, dentistry, and public health).
the NIH's Fogarty International Center (FIC) is sponsoring a program
being managed by the Association of American Medical Colleges and
the Association of Schools of Public Health. The Ellison Medical
Foundation is providing support for the program.
The program offers a one-year clinical research training experience
for graduate level U.S. students in the health professions. This
is an opportunity for highly motivated individuals to experience
mentored research training at top-ranked NIH-funded research centers
in a diverse group of countries, such as Bangladesh, Botswana,
Brazil, China, Haiti, India, Kenya, Mali, Peru, South Africa, Tanzania,
Thailand, Uganda, and Zambia.
The one-year Fellowships will begin with an intensive orientation
on the NIH campus in Bethesda, MD in July 2005. This will be followed
by approximately 10+ months of intense research training at the
foreign site. Applications will be available in mid-August, and
the deadline for receipt of applications is January 7, 2005.
To learn more, please visit: http://www.aamc.org/overseasfellowship
NIH High Priority, Short-term Project Awards (R56)
NIH announces the new NIH High Priority, Short-Term Project Award
(R56). R56 grants will be awarded beginning in Fiscal Year 2005.
The new R56 grant will fund, for one or two years, high-priority
new or competing renewal R01 applications that fall just outside
the limits of funding of the participating NIH Institutes and Centers.
INVESTIGATORS MAY NOT APPLY FOR AN R56 GRANT. Recipients of R56 awards
will be selected by IC staff from R01 applications that fall at or
near the payline margins.
Upcoming Funding Opportunities
August-September Sponsor Deadlines. We would
like to bring a number of upcoming funding opportunities and their
deadlines to your attention:
For the complete list of upcoming deadlines, please go to-
www.stonybrook.edu/research/fndopp/deadlcal.html
August 15
Cancer Research Fund/Damon Runyon-Walter Winchell Foundation: Postdoctoral Research
Fellowships
for Basic and Physician Scientists
http://www.drcrf.org/apFellowship.html
NSF/SBS: Sociology Program
Helen Hay Whitney Foundation: Postdoctoral Research Fellowships
http://www.hhwf.org/HTMLSrc/ResearchFellowships.html
August 26
DOD: Defense University Research Instrumentation Program (DURIP)
http://www.afosr.af.mil/pdfs/AFOSR2004-3_DURIP05BAA.pdf
September 1
Alcoholic Beverage Medical Research Foundation: Research Project Grant, New
Scientist Awards
and Pilot/Preliminary Studies
http://www.abmrf.org/grants.htm
American Lung Association: Career Investigator Award; Research Grants; Clinical
and Training Grants
http://www.lungusa.org/research/awards03.html
Arthritis Foundation: Postdoctoral Fellowships
http://www.arthritis.org/research/ProposalCentral.asp#train
Arthritis Foundation: Arthritis Investigator Award
http://www.arthritis.org/research/ProposalCentral.asp#career
Cystic Fibrosis Foundation: Research Grants
http://www.cff.org/research/research_grants.cfm
Cystic Fibrosis Foundation: Postdoctoral Research Fellowships
http://www.cff.org/research/training_grants.cfm
National Cancer Institute: Cancer Prevention Fellowship Program (CPFP)
http://www3.cancer.gov/prevention/pob/fellowship/
NSF/INT: Africa, Near East, and South Asian Region
(all activities except planning visits that are accepted at
any time)
http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2003/nsf03559/nsf03559.htm
September 7
Fund for U.S. Artists at International Festivals and Exhibitions
http://www.artsinternational.org/programs/the_fund/
Lymphoma Research Foundation: Clinical Investigator Career Development Award
http://www.lymphoma.org/site/pp.asp?c=bfIKIVMIG&b=38487
September 10
NIH: Institutional National Research Service Awards
http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-02-109.html
September 15
Alliance for Cancer Gene Therapy: Young Investigators Award
http://acgtfoundation.org/research.html#young
J. M. Kaplan Fund: Futhermore - Grants in Publishing
http://www.furthermore.org/furthermoregrantapp.pdf
Leukemia & Lymphoma Society: Scholar Award for Clinical Research
http://www.leukemia-lymphoma.org/all_page?item_id=11618
Export Controls (Because of its importance,
this announcement is being rerun for those who may not have seen
its initial publication.)
The devastating events that occurred on September
11th, 2001, coupled with this country's continuing war on terrorism
have brought with them myriad new federal regulations and stronger
enforcement of existing regulations for conducting research, most
notably export controls, which may affect collaborations with researchers
outside the United States. The regulations are subdivided into
three categories – International
Traffic in Arms Regulations, Export Administration Regulations
and Office of Foreign Asset Control Regulations – administered
by three separate entities – the State Department, the Commerce
Department and the Treasury Department, respectively. Violations
of these rules carry both personal (Investigator) and Institutional
(The Research Foundation and SUNY) penalties of jail time and monetary
fines. The level of university compliance is being
scrutinized closely these days due to the intersection
of cutting edge science, technology and engineering research with
national security, foreign policy and homeland security in university
laboratories.
Generally stated, export controls regulate the disclosure, shipment,
use, transfer or transmission of any commodity, material, technology,
information or software appearing on the U.S. government's controlled
technologies lists for the benefit of a foreign person or foreign
entity anywhere. Additionally, export controls regulate transactions
or the provision of services involving prohibited countries, persons
or entities based on trade sanctions, embargoes and travel restrictions
imposed by the US Treasury Department (see Foreign Travel Information
below). Specifically:
International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) control the export
and temporary import of ITAR controlled military items like defense
articles and defense services covered by the U.S. Munitions List
(http://pmdtc.org/reference.htm), inclusive of space and satellite
technologies.
Export Administration Regulations (EAR) control the export and
re-export of dual use (commercial and military/security applications)
items appearing on the Commodities Control List (CCL) (www.bxa.doc.gov/licensing/exportingbasics.htm).
EAR also covers encrypted software.
Office of Foreign Asset Control Regulations (OFAC) enforces economic
and trade sanctions based on U.S. foreign policy and national security
goals against foreign targeted countries or entities, terrorists,
international narcotics traffickers and those engaged in activities
related to the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction. (www.access.gpo.gov/nara/cfr/waisidx_03/31cfr500_03.html)
The targeted countries include those appearing on the T-7 list
of terrorism-supporting countries (www.ustreas.gov/offices/eotffc/ofac/sanctions/index.html)
and to a lesser extent India, Pakistan, China, Russia and Israel.
Please note that individual faculty and staff members should consult
with the Office of Sponsored Programs or Grants Management if they
intend to have foreign visitors in their labs from any of these
countries or are anticipating traveling to or providing services
to these countries. Regulatory interpretation is not necessarily
transparent: for example, the Treasury Department has recently
ruled that if a U.S. faculty member is editing a publication for
a collaborator in one of these countries this could constitute
an OFAC violation.
There is some good news in all of these burdensome and scary regulations.
Even if the research you are conducting appears on the list, export
may still be permissible if the "fundamental research exemption" pertains.
Fundamental research is defined as basic and applied research in
science and engineering conducted at a university located in the
U.S. where the resulting information is ordinarily published (EAR)
or is published (ITAR) and shared broadly within the scientific
community (excluding encrypted software and research conducted
outside the U.S.). Please note that for the exemption to be in
force, the institution cannot agree to any publication restrictions
on an award.
A test scenario: If Prof. A is a faculty member at Stony Brook
and he/she is conducting research that appears on the CCL and the
research is covered under the fundamental research exemption, he
or she should ask a three-pronged question. 1) Is the item on the
controlled list? Yes. 2) What country am I exporting to? If it’s
not one of the countries referenced/listed above you are in good
shape. 3) Who is the intended recipient? If the individual is not
a known terrorist or drug trafficker you again are in good shape.
Under this scenario, the faculty member would be permitted to export
and would be deemed to be a recipient of an EAR99 unilateral license
from the Commerce Department. If the responses aren't as clear
cut as those above, the faculty member should consult with his/her
sponsored programs office for guidance, and that office might have
to initiate a license application to the Commerce Department to
export. This three-pronged test can be used for ITAR controlled
technologies as well.
The Office of Sponsored Programs and the Research Foundation's
Central Office have put together quite a bit of documentation to
steer faculty in the right direction for compliance with these
complex regulations. On the Office of Sponsored Program's website
(www.stonybrook.edu/research/spo/export-controls.pdf) you can view
a presentation from a prominent D.C.-based law firm that specializes
in export control issues. The Research Foundation's Central office
has dedicated an entire webpage (www2.rfsuny.org/comply/controls/)
to export controls (menu list down left side), which include an
Advisory Memo from Executive Vice-President Tim Murphy (see Communications),
Frequently Asked Questions, and Decision Trees to test applicability
(see Research Guidance). The Chancellor has also sent a notice
to University Presidents on the applicability of export controls
to SUNY researchers which will be posted on this website in a few
days. Should you have any questions concerning this issue please
contact Ivar Strand, Director of Sponsored Programs, at 632-4402
or via e-mail at IStrand@notes.cc.sunysb.edu.
--Contributed by Ivar Strand, Director of Sponsored Programs
Humanities Funding
A new report published last month, "Foundation Funding for
the Humanities: An Overview of Current and Historical Trends," shows
that private foundations have more than doubled their giving to
the humanities over the past decade, but that some scholarly disciplines
have actually lost ground. The report, prepared by the Foundation
Center in collaboration with the American Academy of Arts & Sciences,
examines support for the humanities provided by private foundations
in the United States between 1992 and 2002. While support for such
fields as art history, languages, and linguistics increased by
more than two-and-a-half times—from $134 million in 1992
to $335 million in 2002—foundation support for scholarly
research and such core disciplines as literature and the study
of foreign and classical languages actually declined. Sponsored
project expenditures in the humanities disciplines at Stony Brook
grew by some 42% during this period, reaching $7.3 million in 2002.
The full report, as well as further information about the projects
of the Humanities Initiative, can be found at the Academy's Web
site at-
www.amacad.org/projects/humanities.htm.
NSF Grant Proposal Guide Revisions Effective
September 1
In July, the National Science Foundation published a revision
to its Grant Proposal Guide (GPG) that becomes effective for any
proposal submitted on or after September 1, 2004. The GPG
revision, (NSF publication # 04-23) is available on the NSF web
site- http://www.nsf.gov/
A summary of significant changes is included in the GPG (pp 4-5). A
number of new sections have been added to provide general information
for new (and seasoned) applicants; to direct applicants to NSF's
electronic application modules in FastLane; and to outline grantee
responsibilities. Greater emphases in the areas of proper
attribution for authorship, completing the application (margin
and spacing requirements, completing the cover sheet and budget
pages), use of human subjects, and electronic project management
and reporting are included in the GPG revisions.
NIH Centralizing the Receipt of Progress
Reports for All NIH Institutes/Centers Effective October 1
Effective with non-competing progress reports due on/after October
1, 2004, NIH is centralizing receipt and initial processing of
all NIH non-competing progress reports. The new centralized
mailing address for all NIH Institutes/Centers (IC) will be announced
in a separate NIH Guide Notice issued after September 1, 2004.
This new business process affects only non-competing progress
reports currently mailed directly to NIH ICs. It does NOT
change the Center for Scientific Review mailing address used for
all new and competing grants nor that process. The new non-competing
process will use a unique address.
The full text of the announcement can be found at-
http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/notice-files/NOT-OD-04-054.html
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Essential Policies, Procedures and Resources
New Clinical
Trials Resource on Campus
The Clinical Trials Service (CTS), in conjunction with the Office
of Sponsored Programs (Office of the Vice President for Research),
announces the creation of a budget review service for those faculty
who are submitting protocols for industrial sponsorship. The service
is strictly voluntary and will provide a 24 hour turn around time
from submission to pick-up by the faculty. This service is designed
to aid principal investigators of clinical trials in requesting
rates for procedures, etc. that are in accordance with current
institutional standards. Interested faculty should submit their
protocols and budgets to the CTS via the Sponsored Programs Outreach
Office (HSC L-4, Room 172A). Recommendations for adjustments in
the proposed budget will be communicated directly to the principal
investigators by the Clinical Trials Service. For additional details,
please contact either CTS-Director Dr. Edward Langenback Tel. 444-6959
email elangenback@notes.cc.sunysb.edu or Clinical Trials Administrator
Leigh Gentilcore.
--Contributed by Leigh Gentilcore, Clinical Trials Administrator,
Tel. 632-4949, email
lgentilcore@notes.cc.sunysb.edu
New
IRB Review Option for Pharma-Sponsored Clinical Trials!
The Office of the Vice President for Research
and the School of Medicine recently announced that SBU investigators
wishing to conduct industry-sponsored biomedical studies may choose
bet ween the IRB services provided locally by SBU's IRBs (CORIHSa,
CORIHSb) and those provided by our associate, Chesapeake Research
Review Inc. (CRRI). Representatives from CRRI came to our campus
during the spring semester to introduce their service to our investigators.
At this 'Town Hall' event, CRRI’s application
materials, and general processes and philosophy were discussed.
In addition, details concerning the responsibilities that SBU will
still retain relative to the studies that undergo IRB review by
CRRI were delineated. Please note that the CRRI option
is only available for non-investigator-initiated studies sponsored
by pharmaceutical companies.
Application requirements and general information concerning the
CRRI option are available at the ORC website at- www.research.sunysb.edu/humans/humansubjects.html
If you would like to find out more information about CRRI, please
contact either:
Jennifer Stephenson
Assistant Project Manager
(P) 443-283-1519
jstephenson@irbinfo.com
or
Kim Palmer
Senior Project Manager
(P) 443-283-1535
kpalmer@irbinfo.com
--Contributed by Judy Matuk, Director of Research Compliance, Tel.
632-9036 , email jmatuk@notes.cc.suny.edu
Brookhaven Acts on Remote Computer Access
In case you access Brookhaven Lab’s computer network remotely,
you may wish to know that the Lab’s Information Technology
Division (ITD) has announced the disabling of certain accounts
that remotely access the network via Secure Shell (SSH) gateways.
Earlier this year the Laboratory adopted a new policy on remote
access to computers (https://sbms.bnl.gov/standard/38/3800t011.htm),
under which only active employees, guests, and contractors may
be given an account on BNL computers. To enforce this policy, ITD
recently reviewed the accounts on its SSH gateways -- ssh1.bnl.gov,
ssh2.bnl.gov, ssh3.bnl.gov, and ssh4.bnl.gov - and found more than
300 accounts that either belonged to people who had left the Laboratory,
or for which the owner could not be identified, and these accounts
were disabled on August 2.
This information was disseminated recently in the Lab’s electronic
bulletin by Kathy Hauser, Acting Chief Cyber Security Officer, Tel.
344-2223, email khauser@bnl.gov
Equipment Insurance
Rate Change*
*The Office of the Vice President for Research strongly recommends
that you carry insurance on your critical research equipment. A
modest premium which is an allowable direct cost expenditure that
covers theft, water damage and other adverse events.
RF Central has advised campuses of notification from the property
insurance carrier that as of July 1, 2004, the renewal rate
for the Property Floater Insurance Policy is being increased to
.95 per $100.00 value in lieu of .92. Further information is provided
on the OVPR Website at- http://www.research.sunysb.edu/research/gmo/equipins.html
Please download the Guide to see the information.
Foreign Travel Information
Foreign Travel Alert re: "T-7" Countries – Cuba,
Iran, Iraq, Libya, North Korea, Sudan, Syria. As reported in
previous issues, all travel and the performance of services to
the "T-7" countries under an RF-administered award
requires a license from the Treasury Department prior to engaging
in the activity. The only exception to this policy is for activities
that are part of the U.S.-sanctioned reconstruction effort in
Iraq. Even if an individual grant's main purpose is to travel
or provide services to one of these countries and the cost is
separately budgeted for and approved by the Federal sponsor,
a license is still required. This law is far-reaching in its
application and requirements, potentials for violation are numerous
and severe impacts may be felt by both the administering entity
(RF and/or the campus and/or SUNY) and the individual violators
(PI's and staff). Therefore, please bring all such activity to
the attention of the Office of Sponsored Programs (at proposal
submission time) or the Office of Grants Management (if processing
an expenditure item) well before the activity is scheduled to
take place to avoid any unforeseen and unpleasant impacts on
the individual research project and/or the individual investigator
and to allow RF to submit a license application. Please note
that these regulations also pertain to activities not under the
jurisdiction of RF.
Medical, safety and security, and travel information is available
24 hours a day, 7 days a week, through the Research Foundation
public Web site http://www.rfsuny.org/ at
the Assistance Abroad portal. Membership in International SOS
is sponsored by the RF and is free to RF and state employees
who are on official RF business, including research travel on
RF-administered projects. Travel warnings for individual countries
and announcements for particular regions are available at-
http://travel.state.gov/travel/warnings.html .
Health information
from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control on specific destinations
is available at- http://www.cdc.gov/travel/
For those on travel outside the U.S. on official RF business, such as conducting sponsored research, for 14 days or more, please forward your location, number of people working on your Research Foundation activity and the time period of your travel to Cori Ribaudo, Benefits Administrator Human Resources, Tel. 632-6163, or e-mail cori.ribaudo@sunysb.edu.
The Provost’s Office has just issued an International
Travel Policy containing policies and procedures that apply to
all persons who travel overseas under University auspices. If
you did not receive this email, you may wish to contact this
office or Dean of International Academic Programs William
Arens to obtain
it.
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