RESEARCH

The NASA Science Mission Directorate (SMD) is planning to release several solicitations in the next two years, including Announcements of Opportunity (AOs), Cooperative Agreement Notices (CANs), and the ROSES NASA Research Announcement (NRA). SMD's current snapshot of planning for future solicitations through mid-2009 has been posted on the SARA website at http://science.hq.nasa.gov/research/sara_grant_sols.html. (select "Planned SMD Solicitations" in the middle of the page).

Applications are due May 1, 2008, for NASA's 20th Annual Planetary Science Summer School, which will hold two sessions this summer, July 21-25 and August 4-8, at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, California. Science and engineering recent PhDs, post-doctoral and doctoral students with a strong interest in careers in planetary exploration are encouraged to apply. For further information and to fill out an application, visit http://pscischool.jpl.nasa.gov/.

The Food and Drug Administration and the National Institutes of Health have been working together to develop a unified federal approach to adverse event reporting. FDA and NIH's collaboration, effective in September 2007, "will result in a Web-based method for consumers, health professionals, investigators, sponsors, and other parties to electronically submit AE reports." The agencies said the project will include, at a minimum, (1) a "Rational Questionnaire" — an interactive help system that will assist reporters of information in determining what specific data need to be submitted and to whom, and (2) a prototype to test the feasibility of a central, federal Web-based portal to provide direct, seamless, online submission of adverse event reports to appropriate agencies.

Link: http://a257.g.akamaitech.net/7/257/2422/01jan20081800/edocket.access.gpo.gov/2008/pdf/08-496.pdf.

While the University continues its search for a new Associate Vice President for Research, please use the following list to determine who you should contact for research-related questions:

• Pre- and Post-award questions (for all schools except Medicine)
  Diane Domanovics
  Director, Sponsored Projects Accounting
  (216) 368-5930
  diane.domanovics@case.edu



• Compliance-related questions
  Christian LaMantia
  Assistant Vice President, Research Compliance
  (216) 368-4513
  christian.lamantia@case.edu



• Research ShowCASE
  Cindy Barker
  Director of Communications and Development
  (216) 368-1072
  cynthia.barker@case.edu