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CALS Research Division and RSP (Research and Sponsored Programs) are here to help PIs get their awards in place as quickly as possible so that they may begin their research/projects. In order to speed up the process, please be aware of the review process and what your responsibilities are. When you have been notified that a proposal will be funded, the first step is to contact Ginger Freitag (gfreitag@cals.wisc.edu, 0-1648) at the CALS Research Division. Be prepared to address the following topics:

1. Compliance
2. Subaccounts
3. Spending edits
4. Effort commitments (more…)

CALS Research Division is seeking an individual that will be responsible for planning, design, and development in support of research administration, research compliance, graduate education, WAES, outreach throughout the college, campus, and beyond, and other functions/missions as directed. This IT position will be a development/project lead. The position will report directly to the Associate and Assistant Deans for Research and the Assistant Director of the WAES. For more information, view the complete listing.

Requesting a no-cost extension requires consideration of your budget, personnel, and of course, effort. In order to cover a PI’s effort commitment in a period of extension, we have added a paragraph into the request addressing whether the effort will remain that same or be reduced. (more…)

Diane Barrett, Assistant Director if Pre-Award Services for the Office of Research and Sponsored Programs, who has long been a driving force behind RSP, has accepted the position of Associate Dean for Research in the School of Human Ecology. (more…)

Wisconsin’s Focus on Energy Environmental and Economic Research and Development Program (EERD) is looking for projects that study the environmental or economic impacts of renewable energy and energy efficiency initiatives, biomass energy production and use, or impacts of climate change in Wisconsin. (more…)

Several department contacts have recently changed within the CALS Research Division. For assistance in proposal development and award management, the following departments should contact Julene Gaspard at 890-2590 or jgaspard@cals.wisc.edu. (more…)

Deadlines are approaching on the following funding opportunities. For more information use the links below or go directly to the funding page on the CALS Research Division website at www.cals.wisc.edu/research

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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration, part of the Department of Health and Human Services, has released for public comment draft guidance on the regulation of genetically engineered (GE) animals. The guidance document is intended to clarify the FDA’s regulatory authority in this field, as well as the requirements and recommendations for producers of GE animals and products derived from GE animals. (more…)

The 2008 Farm Bill, a.k.a. the Food, Conservation and Energy Act of 2008, makes some changes in the agency’s flagship competitive grants program. That program, currently called the National Research Initiative, will be renamed the Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (AFRI). Funding for the AFRI will be authorized at $700 million per year, with 60 percent of appropriated funds going to basic research and the remaining 40 percent to applied research programs. (more…)

• Grant submission program Cayuse424 unveils updates
• Info on payroll encumbrances for 142 formula grants
• All gift accounts converted to fund 233
• Updates to WISPER desk references (more…)