Psychology Faculty Receive Major Recognition     Dr. Larry Steinberg   Dr. Larry Steinberg was awarded the Presidential Citation from the American Psychological Association, “in recognition of his contributions to multiple substantive areas within the field of adolescent development and his extraordinary impact in the areas of socioemotional development, juvenile justice, child labor, family relationships, and developmental psychopathology.” The recognition cites more than 30 years of groundbreaking research in human development and Dr. Steinberg’s unique and critically important appreciation of the integration of basic and applied issues to improve the life chances of young people and families. As a mentor to a generation of scientists, he is credited with sharing the value of using science to guide public policy and as a nationally and internationally renowned public spokesman for important current issues of adolescent well-being.                         Dr. Lauren Alloy   Dr. Lauren Alloy was awarded this coming year’s James McKeen Cattell Fellow Award for a lifetime of achievements in applied psychological research from the Association of Psychological Science. She shares this award with her colleague Lynn Abramson of the University of Wisconsin - Madison for their groundbreaking and continuing contributions to the field of depression and emotional and affective disorders.

Temple Joins Federal Demonstration Partnership
Temple University representatives to the Federal Demonstration Partnership attended the September meeting of the group in Amelia Island, Florida from September 7-9, 2008. The meeting was the first of three that will be held this academic year. Temple University is new to the FDP, having been approved by the FDP membership committee after completing an application process last spring.The meeting highlighted many benefits of Temple's involvement in the partnership. more


New Fringe Benefit Rates for FY08
Temple University has recently completed negotiations with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to determine the employee benefit billing rates for the upcoming fiscal year. This agreement will support our claim for employee benefit reimbursement on grants and contracts. In addition, rates for non-government grants and contracts are developed employing consistent methodologies. These rates apply to the year ending June 30, 2009. Full announcement is here.


Temple Accepted Into Federal Demonstration Partnership
The Office of the Senior Vice President for Research & Strategic Initiatives has announced that Temple University has been accepted into FDP. The Federal Demonstration Partnership (FDP) is a cooperative initiative among 10 federal agencies and over 100 institutional recipients of federal funds; its purpose is to reduce the administrative burdens associated with research grants and contracts. The FDP is a unique forum for individuals from universities and nonprofits to work collaboratively with federal agency officials to improve the national research enterprise. At its regular meetings, FDP members hold spirited, frank discussions, identify problems, and develop action plans for change. Then these new ways of doing business are tested in the real world before putting them into effect. more


OVPRSI Supporting Life Science Projects with Formula Funds
The Office of the Senior Vice President for Research and Strategic Initiatives is soliciting concept papers to identify research projects to be supported with FY2008 tobacco settlement formula funding. Our intention is to support development of research projects focusing on life science and other health-related research problems. The intent of this program is to support research leading to major external grant awards. more


OVPRSI Announces Return Of Overhead Research Incentive Program
The deadline for submission of proposals for the Spring '08 Return of Overhead Research Incentive Grant Program funded by the Senior Vice President for Research and Strategic Initiatives is Friday, April 18. Proposals submitted to this round will be reviewed in May and funded prior to June 1, 2008. This year's program will target three groups of researchers: (1) the Junior Faculty Grant Program is designed to provide tenure track junior faculty with support needed for submission of competitive grant proposals to external funding agencies; (2) the Bridge Grant Program is designed to provide resources to established faculty so that they can continue working on either previously funded projects whose continued funding has been threatened and (3) new projects whose first application for funding was denied but favorably reviewed. more


IMPORTANT NOTICE: Revised Policy on Enhancing Public Access to Archived Publications Resulting from NIH-Funded Research
As of April 7, 2008, investigators who receive NIH funding must submit their final peer-reviewed manuscripts to PubMed Central no later than 12 months after acceptance for journal publication. In addition, for all applications, proposals or progress reports submitted for the NIH's May 25, 2008 due date or beyond, investigators will need to include a PubMed Central reference number when citing articles they have authored or co-authored with support from an NIH award. more


Town Hall Meeting for FY2009 Non-Formula Fund
See attachment for details. more


IMPORTANT NOTICE: New Law on ClinicalTrials.gov
The Food and Drug Administration Amendments Act of 2007 codified into law the requirements for registration of clinical trials on CLINICALTRIALS.GOV. The law is consistent with the previous registration requirements issued by International Committee of Journal Medical Editors (ICMJE) for publication rights. The U.S. Government does now mandate additional data elements (that were previously optional) and has enhanced the clinicaltrials.gov site to facilitate full compliance. memo


Report on the External and Internal Research Activity of Temple University – FY2007
The Report on the External and Internal Research Activity of Temple University – FY2007 is now available online. This report presents a summary of the internal and external research activity of each department, college/school, center/institute, and unit of Temple University. Information is provided on grant expenditures, indirect cost recovery, grant awards, number of proposals submitted, and other research-related activities. more


New Fringe Benefit Rates for FY08
Temple University has recently completed negotiations with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to determine the employee benefit billing rates for the upcoming fiscal year. This agreement will support our claim for employee benefit reimbursement on grants and contracts. In addition, rates for non-government grants and contracts are developed employing consistent methodologies. These rates apply to the year ending June 30, 2008. Full announcement