- 1. Recent Grant Awards
- 2. CUSON Grants Fund Pilot Projects
- 3. Recent Grant Submissions
- 4. Funding Opportunities
- 5. Awards and Accolades
- 6. Changes in Columbia University Research Administration
- 7. Transitioning to Electronic NIH Grant Submissions
- 8. Resources on the Shared F: Drive
- 9. Continuing Education and Training Courses
- 10. Statistical Assistance
- 11. Research Bulletin Board
- 12. Conferences - 2006
- 13. Publications
- 14. New Policy for Progress Reports
Research Newsletter
9. Continuing Education and Training Courses
On May 9, the Office of Research Resources held its spring 2006 continuing education course: “NIH Grant Reviews: Assignment & Peer Review Process.” The course was opened with a brief overview presentation by Kristine Kulage which covered the journey of a grant through the Center for Scientific Review and touched on the new NIH eRA Commons. Click here to download the Powerpoint presentation. Handouts from the course are also available for download.
The highlight of the course was a presentation and question & answer session by a School of Nursing Expert Panel:
- Nancy Reame, PhD, FAAN, spoke about the peer review process
- Suzanne Bakken, DNSc, RN, spoke about the scoring process
- Pat Stone, PhD, RN, spoke about how to be “kind” to your reviewers
The course was co-sponsored by The Center for Interdisciplinary Research on Antimicrobial Resistance.
A fall 2006 Office of Research Resources continuing education course is planned which will consist of several training sessions in the new NIH electronic grant submission process and Columbia University InfoEd system. Date TBA. Please e-mail Kristine if you would like to be notified when plans for this upcoming course are finalized.
“Research Training: Preparing Nurse Scientists” is a FREE online course offered by the National Institute of Nursing Research. Previously, there has been a 3 ½ day in-residence course on the campus of the National Institutes of Health. The content of the course is now provided via the web and supplemented by videotapes. This online course provides 5 contact hours through the Maryland Nurses Association. The online portion of the course is free and can be taken at http://ninr.nih.gov/ninr/news-info/nurse_scientists.html. There are also instructions to purchase the videotapes.
View the Mayo Clinic Continuing Nursing Education Conference Calendar
The Columbia University Academic Information Systems (AIS) computer workshops for Summer 2006 include:
- Courses on the research software, NVIVO, including NVIVO I: importing documents and setting up codes, and NVIVO II: searching and reporting on coded data.
- Courses on the bibliographical software EndNote, including EndNote 1: Creating EndNote Libraries, and EndNote 2: Creating Bibliographies & Citations. Courses on RefWorks, alternate bibliographical software, are also available.
- Basic courses on Microsoft Word, PowerPoint, and Excel, as well as Filemaker Pro.
- Courses on image and text scanning and Adobe Photoshop.
All courses are FREE to Columbia faculty, staff, and students, but registration is required. Click here for more information and to register.
The Columbia University Health Sciences Library software workshops for Summer 2006 include courses on OVID and PubMed. These courses are FREE to Columbia faculty, staff, and students.
The Columbia University Human Resources Office Summer 2006 Training and Development Program includes courses on:
- Professional Development – Communication, Administrative, Project Management, Supervisory Essentials
- Executive Development – Communication and Influence, Finance and Accounting, Leadership, Project Management
- Brown Bag Workshops and Other Programs
View the full course descriptions and register.