Base-Modified Nucleotide Analogues. Finally, those involved in human subjects research mustn't forget the recently promulgated requirements for education of all key personnel involved in human subjects research. I sent out in the two month hiatus between the December column and this one, but some of you may have missed them, and I also think it's important to have them archived in the column's back issues. NIH has announced that commitments for increases in no-competing renewals, previously on hold, will now be honored, and previously delayed new grants are now being funded. Smarts runs a targeted search every day using keywords supplied by the investigator and delivers the matches via e-mail to the scientist.
Funding opportunities are from both Federal and private sources.
Call extension 23087 if you have questions or need help entering your profile. This being an odd-numbered year, it will have the biennial competitions for these important grant programs, open only to Texas researchers. Finding a suitable partner requires a marketable idea, contacts, and time , so those considering an ATP application need to be thinking now about possible industrial partners. To help facilitate this process, some time later in February the Office for Research will be holding a workshop about finding and working with industrial partners, so be watching for the announcements and be sure to attend if you have any serious thoughts about submitting an ATP application.