HBC April-May 2020 News Bulletin

 

Equipment Award Competition

The HBC is offering investigators in HBC participating departments a chance to participate in an equipment award competition.  A Beckman Coulter SW 41 Ti Swinging-Bucket Rotor Package will be awarded to one investigator.  In October of 2015, Beckman Coulter offered this rotor to HBC at a third its purchase cost because of a large order.  Since then it has been nearly unused. The current list price for one of these rotors is $32,000.  You can view Technical documentation on the Beckman Coulter website but keep in mind that this particular item was purchased in 2015 and that any improvements made post 2015 will not be applicable to it.  If you are interested in applying please review the application criteria and submit the application form to hbcevents@ku.edu by May 21, 2020, at 5:00 pm. 

 

J.R. & Inez Jay Fund Proposal Submission

We would like to thank everyone who submitted a J.R. & Inez Jay Fund proposal application for consideration.  We received seven proposals this year.   The award recipients will be announced sometime late May or early June.

 

HBC Office

Although the on-site HBC office is closed (the HBC stockroom is open as usual), we are still available to assist you.  Our contact information is:

Pre- Award	Donna Burruss	785-864-3718	dburruss@ku.edu
	Mickie Gillispie	785-864-2570	mgillisp@ku.edu
	Angela Loch	785-864-8015	aloch@ku.edu
Post-Award	Matt Stevens	785-864-5549	mstevens@ku.edu
Sr. Principal Analyst	Nicole Suchy	785-864-3572	nsuchy@ku.edu
Research Support Services Manager	André Faucher	785-864-3751	dagon1@ku.edu
Associate Director of Finance and Operations	Paula Hinman	785-864-0908	phinman@ku.edu
Interim Director	John Stobaugh	785-864-3996	stobaugh@ku.edu

 

NIH Updates

• Reminder: for all NIH grant applications due on or after May 25, 2020, the NIH will require the use of updated instructions and application forms (FORM-F).  The application guide and forms are available for version F.
• PIs can now use SciENcv (Science Experts Networks Curriculum Vitae) to create their NIH biosketch.  SciENcv helps users develop a biosketch by automatically extracting information from the NIH eRA Commons and from PubMed and it also formats the biosketch according to the NIH requirements.  This interface can also be used for NSF and IES (Institute of Education Sciences )  grant submissions.  Furthermore, the NSF will require the use of SciENcv for all biosketches and other supports starting June 1, 2020.

 

Have a great summer!

The next HBC News Bulletin edition will not be published until late July.   Therefore, the HBC staff would like to take this opportunity to wish everyone the best summer possible under these unusual circumstances.