Volume II, Issue 3
March, 2002
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IUPUI Vice Chancellor for Research and Graduate Education Featured as Panelist for March 19 NCURA Videoconference
Mark L. Brenner, Vice Chancellor for Research and Graduate Education, IUPUI, will participate as a panelist for the NCURA Videoconference program, From a Culture of Compliance to a Culture of Concern: Building a Compliance Education Program That Works on March 19, 2002. As a panelist, Brenner will provide input as a university research administrator regarding creating effective research education initiatives. For more information see: http://www.ncura.edu/meetings/
videoseries/2001/vidcon2001.pdf

Research and Sponsored Programs has registered the IUPUI campus for the series of live satellite videoconferences sponsored by The National Council of University Research Administrators (NCURA) and invites all who are interested to attend. The next program in this series, From a Culture of Compliance to a Culture of Concern: Building a Compliance Education Program That Works, will be March 19, 2002, 11:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. in the University Library - Lilly Auditorium, Lower Level. To register, please contact Mrs. JoAnn Pipkin rspinfo@iupui.edu. For additional videoconferences and information go to: http://www.iupui.edu/~resgrad/
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Criteria for Maximum Blood Draws
The Executive Committee of the IUPUI/Clarian Institutional Review Board approved new criteria for maximum blood draws at their February 21, 2002 meeting. For adults participating in a research study, a total blood draw should not exceed 10.5 ml/kg, the subject's known hemoglobin should be above 12.5, and the subject should be instructed not to participate in any other blood draws within an 8 week period.
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New Neurology and Psychiatry IRB Study Submission Requirements
Effective April 1, 2002, Neurology studies involving human subjects will be reviewed at the IUPUI/Clarian Institutional Review Board-02 meetings and Psychiatry studies involving human subjects will be reviewed at the IUPUI/Clarian Institutional Review Board-05 meetings. As a result, the IRB submission dates for the departments of Neurology and Psychiatry will also change. Neurology studies intended for review at the April IRB meeting must be received by the Research Compliance Administration office by the IRB-02 deadline on Friday, March 22, 2002 at noon. Psychiatry studies intended for review at the April IRB meeting must be received by the Research Compliance Administration office by the IRB-05 deadline on Monday, April 8, 2002 by noon. More information pertaining to the IUPUI/Clarian IRBs and deadlines can be found at: http://www.iupui.edu/~resgrad/
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Accountability in Clinical Research: April 24-26, 2002
The Indiana University School of Medicine, together with the National Patient Safety Foundation and 13 other convening organizations, invite you to attend a conference April 24 to 26, 2002 in Indianapolis at the University Place Conference Center entitled Accountability in Clinical Research: Balancing Risk and Benefit. The program will bring in national authorities in the field of human subjects research and utilize a mixture of unique presentation formats. This inaugural conference will examine the funding, management, conduct and accountability of research involving human subjects from the operational, regulatory and ethical
perspectives.
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New NIH Forms and Instructions in
Effect
Effective January 10, 2002, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) requires that the new PHS 398 and PHS 2590 forms be used for all proposal submissions. In addition to the new forms, the instructions for completing the forms have also been revised. Please make sure to download the current version of the forms each time you submit a proposal. The links to these forms are available at http://grants.nih.gov/grants/forms.htm.

NRSA Stipend Increase
New stipend levels for National Research Service Awards are in effect for the fiscal year 2002. These rates are applicable for proposals submitted to the National Institutes of Health (NIH), Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, and Health Resources Services Administration. For more information see http://grants.nih.gov/grants/
guide/notice-files/NOT-OD-02-028.html.

NIH Increases Salary Limitation
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) recently announced an increase in the salary cap for grants funded from FY2002 appropriations. Effective January 1, 2002 the cap was raised from $161,200 to $166,700. For more information see http://grants.nih.gov/grants/
guide/notice-files/NOT-OD-02-030.html
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What's New at R&SP?
Research and Sponsored Programs (R&SP) proudly announces two new additions to our staff. Kimberly Anderson has accepted the position of Grant Assistant for the Sponsored Program Administration office and Kristy Raths has accepted the position of Administrative Secretary for the Research Compliance Administration office.

Please join us in welcoming Kimberly and Kristy to R&SP! To view the complete R&SP organization chart see: http://www.iupui.edu/~resgrad/
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