New Investigator Toolkit
This toolkit is designed to provide answers or links to any research-related information a new investigator might need. Everything from finding appropriate funding opportunities to properly using a grant award, and from properly using and caring for research subjects to reporting on research accomplished with the award, can be found here. If what you need is not here, please send an email request to research.helpdesk@utmb.edu.
Links
Getting Started
Communicate - Join UTMB Research Listserv
EHS Biological and Chemical Safety Program New PI Setup Packet
EHS Biological and Chemical Safety training and NOU forms
Frequently asked questions
Glossary of Grant Terms and Acronyms
New faculty VIP tour
NIH Career Tracks for MDs
NIH Career Tracks for PhDs
NIH activity codes
NIH career award wizard
NIH New Investigator website
NIH tutorial
NSF Prospective New Awardee Guide
PI Quick Reference Guide to Research Compliance
Role definitions on a grant
Roles & responsibilities in the life cycle of a sponsored project
Success rates for new investigators 1980-2006
UTMB eResearch Yellow Sheet
What is a sponsored project?
Who is eligible to be a PI?
Your eRA commons account
Agency Guidelines
American Heart Association
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
DOD Congressionally Directed Medical Research Grant Program
Department of Defense, Doing business with
Department of Energy
Health Resources & Services Administration
National Endowment for the Humanities
National Institutes of Health
Grants Policy & Guidance
Guide to PHS398
Guide to SF424
Resources
Standard Due Dates
Training Grants Policy
Award Administration Guide
Grant Proposal Guide
Proposal & Award Policies & Procedures
Texas Dept. of State Health Services
Educational Opportunities
Mandatory training in grants management
Animal care and use training
CITI - Collaborative Institutional Training Initiative for human subject protection
Optional training
Safety training provided by Environmental Health & Safety (EHS) Biological & Chemical Safety Program
Funding
Funding search tips
InfoEd SPIN funding database
InfoEd SMARTS funding alert service
Grantsnet
Grants.gov
SciVal Funding
Intramural funding at UTMB
Limited competitions
Funding opportunities for new and young investigators
More databases and alerts
Search request Form
Collaborators, Mentors and Consultants
BiomedExperts
Consultant Guidelines
GrantWatch - funded awards at UTMB
InfoEd GENIUS CV search
NIH RePorter - search for NIH-funded awards
ResearchCrossroads
Sample NSF Postdoc Mentoring Plan
USES - UTMB Scientific Expertise Search
Authorship
Grant authorship
International Committee of Medical Journal Editors Authorship guidelines
NIH public access policy
UTMB Suggested authorship guidelines
Grant Writing
Pre-award toolkit
How to submit a new grant proposal
How to submit a contract
How to submit a new clinical trial agreement
Guide to subcontracts
Grantwriting aids online
NIH face page information
Proposal checklist
Proposal Help: Standard paragraphs, NIH template language, text, tables & models and background information on UTMB
NIH 101 - "Leaping the Hurdles and Navigating the Maze: Getting Funded by the NIH" (Susan Newcomer, August 2007 – ppt)
Grantsmanship: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly: or How to Swim with the Sharks and Survive! (Jerrold Heindel, September 2006 – ppt)
Grant Writing for Success (Anthony Coelho, April 2004)
Sample Grants
R01 NIAID sample research project grants
Awards
UTMB Forms
IACUC Forms
Animal Resource Center (ARC) Forms
Institutional Biosafety Committee (IBC) Notification of Use (NOU) Forms for Biological Agents, rDNA, and Human Products
IRB Forms
Pre-Award Forms: Applications, Routing, Reports, Authorizations and other important forms
Post-Award financial forms and grant termination forms
Electronic Submission
Electronic submission instructions (via Grants.gov)
eRA Commons
Grants.gov
NSF Fastlane
proposalCENTRAL
Submitting just-in-time information
NIH Peer Review
CSR study sections rostersInstitutes and Centers Scientific Review Groups
New Grantsmanship at NIH—How Is It Going? (Panel discussion, 7/22/2010)
NIH Peer Review Revealed - Provides a front-row seat to a review peer review meeting
NIH Tips for Applicants - Gives applicants practical advice and insights
Study section trends: Re-Submissions (April 2008 – ppt)
Study section trends: K-Awards (January 2008 - ppt)
Study section trends: Significance as a Factor (September 2007 – pdf)
Subject Protection
IRB Protocol Forms
IRB required training
IACUC Policies and Forms
IACUC required training
Good Laboratory Practices (GLP)
Animal Resources Center
ARC home
Compliance checklist
Policies and procedures
Protocol Pre-review Service
Clinical Research
Clinical trials information for researchers
FDA good clinical practices
DHHS Office of Human Research Protections (OHRP)
Clinical Research Center
How to Submit a Clinical Trial to OSP
Translational Research
Institute for Translational Sciences
Post-Award
Costs you can charge to your grantEffort reporting
Final HHS 568 technical reports and invention statement
Finding postdocs for your lab
How to submit a progress report
NIH Progress Report (PHS 2590 – PDF)
NIH relinquishing statement
Post-Award Toolkit
Inventions and Intellectual Property
Center for Technology Development
UTMB Support and Services
Animal Protocol Pre-review Services from ARC
Core Labs Search (UTMB)
Environmental Health & Safety, Biological & Chemical Safety Program (UTMB)
Federal Acquisition Regulations (FAR)
Laboratory Disaster Preparedness Annual Meeting
OMB Circular A-21 Cost Principles
OMB Circular A133 Audit
Post Approval Monitoring (PAM)
Research Ethics Consultation Service
Research Technology Support (RTS)
Resources
Pre/Post Award Analysts by Department Assignment 
Find out who to contact fast in Office of Sponsored Programs.
SciVal Funding
InfoEd SPIN/SMARTS GENIUS
Log in to Search one of the largest databases of funding opportunities in the world (UTMB only).
UTMB Research Listserv
Communicate with your colleages at UTMB.