The National Health Service Corps awarded more than $10 million in funding for loan repayment to 87 medical students in 29 states, the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico, who will serve as primary care doctors and help strengthen the health care workforce, Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius announced.

Full announcement:  http://www.hhs.gov/news/press/2013pres/02/20130206a.html

We are pleased to announce that MAR funding has been posted for the 2013-2014 contract year.  The application deadline is March 15, 2013 for projects that run May 1, 2013 – April 30, 2014.

Funding is a great way to provide health information outreach to a professional or consumer audience, or to pilot a new service you have been wanting to offer.  It is a great way to get recognition within your institution or community.  You are encouraged to review these opportunities and consider applying!

Details are available at:  http://nnlm.gov/mar/funding/
We also encourage you to look at previously funded projects:

• http://nnlm.gov/mar/funding/funded.html (2012-2013)
• http://nnlm.gov/mar/funding/funded2011-12.html

Also, listen to presentations for previously funded projects in our Lunch with the RML series:  http://nnlm.gov/mar/training/lunch_recordings.html

We look forward to seeing your applications.

We are pleased to announce that MAR funding has been posted for the 2013-2014 contract year.  The application deadline is March 15, 2013 for projects that run May 1, 2013 – April 30, 2014.

Funding is a great way to provide health information outreach to a professional or consumer audience, or to pilot a new service you have been wanting to offer.  It is a great way to get recognition within your institution or community.  You are encouraged to review these opportunities and consider applying!

Details are available at:  http://nnlm.gov/mar/funding/
We also encourage you to look at previously funded projects:

• http://nnlm.gov/mar/funding/funded.html (2012-2013)
• http://nnlm.gov/mar/funding/funded2011-12.html

Also, listen to presentations for previously funded projects in our Lunch with the RML series:  http://nnlm.gov/mar/training/lunch_recordings.html

We look forward to seeing your applications.

The NIH has announced it will hold a webinar January 15th “to assist grantee institutions with guidance and resources related to the NIH Public Access Policy, upcoming changes, tools, and how non-compliance will affect awards.”  NIH earlier announced that in the spring, at the earliest, it “will hold processing of non-competing continuation awards if publications arising from grant awards are not in compliance with the Public Access Policy.”

http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/notice-files/NOT-OD-13-016.html

http://www.publichealthreports.org/issueopen.cfm?articleID=2926

NIH published a “Notice of Intent to Publish a Funding Opportunity Announcement for NIH Director’s Workforce Innovation Award.” According to the notice, “The FOA is expected to be published in February 2013. Letters of Intent are encouraged and are due March 30. The application due date is April 30, 2013.” NIH is encouraging “investigators with expertise and insights in training predoctoral students and postdoctoral scholars to begin to consider developing relevant partnerships and applying for this FOA.”

http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/notice-files/NOT-RM-13-005.html

The NIH has announced it will hold a webinar on January 15 “to assist grantee institutions with guidance and resources related to the NIH Public Access Policy, upcoming changes, tools, and how non-compliance will affect awards.” NIH earlier announced that in the spring, at the earliest, it “will hold processing of non-competing continuation awards if publications arising from grant awards are not in compliance with the Public Access Policy.”

http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/notice-files/NOT-OD-13-016.html
http://www.publichealthreports.org/issueopen.cfm?articleID=2926

NIH on Friday published a “Notice of Intent to Publish a Funding Opportunity Announcement for NIH Director’s Workforce Innovation Award.” According to the notice, “The FOA is expected to be published in February 2013. Letters of Intent are encouraged and are due March 30. The application due date is April 30, 2013.” NIH is encouraging “investigators with expertise and insights in training predoctoral students and postdoctoral scholars to begin to consider developing relevant partnerships and applying for this FOA.”

http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/notice-files/NOT-RM-13-005.html

The Center for American Progress has issued a report, “The High Return on Investment for Publicly Funded Research.” The repot highlights a number of breakthrough innovations that were generated from the federal investment in research. The report concludes, “While we have seen huge and tangible results from our research investments in the past, we are not making the level of investments we need to cultivate innovation in the 21st century.

Our national investments in research and development as a percentage of discretionary public spending have fallen from a 17 percent high at the height of the space race in 1962 to about 9 percent today, reflecting a shift in priorities of our government. The biggest decline has taken place in civilian research and development, which has dropped significantly as a proportion of both GDP and federal spending…To ensure that the United States remains a leader in the 21st-century innovation economy, we need to double down on our investments in technology, the enabler of long-term efficiency gains and economic growth, and also change the way we think about the converging fields of science, technology, and business.”  http://tinyurl.com/b2e85xl

MAR would like to congratulate the Schaffer Library of Health Sciences at Albany Medical College.  One of their librarians submitted an entry that was randomly selected in the MAR National Medical Librarians Month Contest to receive an award for registration and airfare to MLA 2013.  Details on the winner and all the entries are available in our Fall newsletter:  http://nnlm.gov/mar/newsletter/2012/11/10/national-medical-librarians-month/.

MAR would like to congratulate the Schaffer Library of Health Sciences at Albany Medical College. One of their librarians submitted an entry that was randomly selected in the MAR National Medical Librarians Month Contest to receive an award for registration and airfare to MLA 2013. Details on the winner and all the entries will be coming soon in The MAReport newsletter. So watch for our announcement when the newsletter is published later this month!

Presenter:      Kate Flewelling, Outreach Coordinator, NN/LM MAR

Location:         Free, Online

Date:                 January 16 – 30, 2013

Three required webinars:
Jan. 16:  3 – 4 pm ET
Jan. 23:  3 – 4 pm ET
Jan. 30:  3 – 4 pm ET

Details / Registration:  http://nnlm.gov/ntcc/classes/class_details.html?class_id=511

Presenters:

Mary Evans, HealthAlliance of the Hudson Valley: Medical Libraries at Benedictine, Kingston, and Margaretville Hospitals

Beth A. Lewis, Fox Chase Cancer Center / Talbot Research Library

Debra Rand, Hofstra North Shore – LIJ School of Medicine at Hofstra University

Mary Jo Russell, Vassar Brothers Medical Center / Health Quest

Location:         Free, Online

Date:                November 29, 2012

Details:             http://nnlm.gov/mar/training/lunch_schedule.html