Stimulus Bill Funding listserv

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Recent news updates regarding the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (Stimulus Bill) include:

• $1.1 billion allocated for comparative effectiveness research
  Members of new "Federal Coordinating Council for Comparative Effectiveness Research" also named. More>>

• NSF Director outlines key elements of Recovery Act implementation
  Notice no. 131 includes information on programs that will receive Stimulus funding, prioritization, and special award conditions.

• Proposal deadline calendar now available
  Includes a brief description of the announcement, deadlines, links to useful information, and any applicable limited submission criteria. The (sadly, pdf) document will be updated as new information becomes available.

• Researchers who are considering an interdisciplinary research proposal that includes the use or creation of high throughput data, as well as the associated issues of data management, analytics, and sharing, can contact Dr. Anne-Francoise Lamblin for guidance on proposal preparation. Anne-Francoise is the newly appointed Coordinator for the University's Interdisciplinary Informatics Initiative within OVPR. Anne-Francoise can be reached at 612.625.7414 or lambl001@umn.edu.