UCEM Leadership Transition
UAB Office of Research
UAB School of Medicine
Dr. Marcas Bamman has announced his intention to step down as Director of the UAB Center for Exercise Medicine effective July 31, 2020. Marcas established the UCEM in 2011 and has had a major role in the recognition and growth of exercise medicine nationally. The UCEM was awarded a T32 in 2012, and Marcas founded the National Exercise Clinical Trials Network (NExTNet) with UAB as the hub/Coordinating Center that same year. NExTNet subsequently grew to include 77 member institutions from coast to coast. The UCEM continued to attract significant funding including the NIH National Rehabilitation Research Resource to Enhance Clinical Trials, the Coordinating Center for the NIH Medical Rehabilitation Research Resource Network, and was awarded 1 of 6 adult Clinical Centers for MoTrPAC. The UCEM was renewed as a full University Wide Interdisciplinary Research Center in 2019.
We are pleased to announce that Dr. Tom Buford will assume the role of Director of UCEM. Since his arrival at UAB in 2017, Dr. Buford has worked closely with Dr. Bamman as an Associate Director of UCEM. He is also Co-Director of the UAB Nathan Shock Center on the Basic Biology of Aging. Dr. Buford is an accomplished scholar, having published over 120 peer-reviewed manuscripts. He currently holds two R01 awards from the National Institute on Aging, incorporating both human and animal models of exercise. He has served on multiple NIH peer review panels and has also been an investigator on two of the largest exercise clinical trials ever conducted - the LIFE Study and the ongoing MoTrPAC initiative. Tom will assume the role of UCEM Director on August 1, 2020.
In an effort to assist UAB investigators in submitting competitive and successful NIH S10 Shared Instrumentation (https://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-22-080.html) and High End Instrumentation (https://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-22-079.html) grants, a pre-submission and review process is being instituted for 2023. The goal is to assist investigators in proposal development as well as obtaining institutional support necessary for submission. The process will include a letter of intent followpted by a merit-based assessment of each project. The grant's due date is June 1, 2023. The process is as follows:
Submit Letter of Intent (see LOI criteria below): | January 30, 2023 |
Results of LOI review: | February 10, 2023 |
Selected Project PIs meet with IRCP Director: | By February 24, 2023 |
Acquire Letters of Support with commitment level: | By April 17, 2023 |
Full application review by Instrumentation Grant Panel: | By April 28, 2023 |
Final Sign Off | By May 22, 2023 |
Letter of Intent Components (2-Pages + Table):
- Page One
- PI:
- Mechanism: Shared Instrument ($50K to $600K) OR High-End Instrument ($601K to $2M)
- Application Title:
- Equipment make and model + cost estimate/vendor quote:
- Oversight Committee members proposed or actual. (Oversight committees are required for the S10 mechanism)
- Summary of equipment need/Specific Aims
- Page Two
- Brief half-page Administrative plan: in an existing core, department, center or stand-alone (RFA strongly recommends existing cores)
- Brief half-page financial sustainability plan
- Page Three Proposed Users Table including School/College, Department, and grants the instrument would support:
User (Faculty Member) | School/College | Dept. | Supported Grant (Award #) |
The IRCP Director, Mike Bertram, will be available until the LOI deadline for consultation and assistance with LOI materials development.
LOI’s should be submitted to Mike Bertram by 5PM January 30, 2023:
The LOIs will be reviewed for merit by the Institutional Research Core Oversight Committee consisting of broad representation from across the UAB campus, VA Hospital and UWIRCs.
Selected projects will work with the IRCP director to identify and garner Letters of Support along with resource commitments.
Each application will be required to go through the CCTS facilitated Instrument Grant Panel by April 28, 2023, before being submitted by OSP.
In an effort to assist UAB investigators in submitting competitive and successful NSF MRI grants (https://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2023/nsf23519/nsf23519.htm), a pre-submission and review process is being instituted for the 2023-24 cycle. This process replicates what has been used successfully for S10 grants from NIH at UAB. The goal is to assist investigators in proposal development as well as obtaining institutional support. The process will include a letter of intent followed by a merit-based assessment of each project. The process is as follows:
Submit Letter of Intent (see LOI criteria below): | by Aug 11, 2023 |
Results of LOI review: | by Aug 21, 2023 |
Selected PIs meet with IRCP Director: | by Aug 31, 2023 |
Full application review by The Implementation Group (TIG): | by Sep 29, 2023 |
Acquire Letters of Support with commitment level: | by Oct 13, 2023 |
Deadline for NSF submission | Nov 15, 2023 |
Letter of Intent Components (2-Pages + Table):
- PI:
- NSF Track Choice: Track 1 ($100K to $1.4M) OR Track 2 ($1.4M to $4M)
- Application Working Title:
- Instrument location and type, or very brief (1-2 sentences) development plan description:
- Summary of instrument needs and users:
- Summary of broader impacts:
- Summary of management plan (Instrument in a core facility or other model):
- Proposed Users Table including School/College, Department, and grants the instrument would support:
User (Faculty Member) | School/College | Dept. | Supported Grant (Award #) |
The IRCP Director, Mike Bertram and AVP for Research Infrastructure, David Schwebel will be available until the LOI deadline for consultation and assistance with LOI materials development.
LOI’s should be submitted to Mike Bertram by 5:00 PM on August 11, 2023:
The LOIs will be reviewed for merit by the Institutional Research Core Oversight Committee consisting of broad representation from across the UAB campus, VA Hospital and UWIRCs.
Selected projects will work with the IRCP director and Associate Vice President for Research-Facilities and Infrastructure to identify and garner any needed Letters of Support along with resource commitments.
Each application will be required to go through the TIG consultants review by September 29, 2023.
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Mary Heersink Institute for Global Health
The Global Health pilot seeks to catalyze international research partnerships addressing major global health challenges.
ICAR Pilot Funding Program
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CCTS Pilot Funding Program
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Palliative Research Enhancement Project (PREP)
The Center for Palliative and Supportive Care invites research proposals focused on palliative and supportive care.
UAB Nathan Shock Center Pilot/Feasibility Project Awards
The UAB Nathan Shock Center invites proposals examining the mechanistic and/or energetics of aging.
MACS/WIHS Combined Cohort Study Pilot Program
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UAB HSOM Immunology Institute
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