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Fed Update: COGR News Digest
Follow COGR on LinkedIn 9/11/26Science NSF moves to overhaul funding approach in line with White House priorities The major funder of basic science has not said how its new initiatives will be funded — but staff worry streamlined approach will further squeeze cash for core sciences. 9/11/26Science Department of Energy bets on ‘open’ AI models…
Read MoreUC Irvine selected as new home of UC Global Health Institute
UC Global Health Institute move to UC Irvine expands research partnerships and advances health equity to improve lives in California and around the world. It further establishes the Joe C. Wen School of Population & Public Health as a world-class leader in public health research, education and innovation. The UC Global Health Institute will continue…
Read MoreHuman Research Protections Office Hours
Have questions about your human subject research submission? Check in with a member of the Human Research Protections (HRP) team if you have questions about your Institutional Review Board (IRB) or human stem cell research oversight (hSCRO) submissions. Most HRP hold regular office hours where you may “drop by” and connect via Zoom to discuss…
Read MorePadilla visits UC Irvine to spotlight research and innovation
U.S. Sen. Alex Padilla visited UC Irvine on Sept. 8 to learn how university research is improving health, driving innovation and advancing the search for new treatments for Alzheimer’s disease and other forms of dementia. Padilla met with campus leaders for presentations on UC Irvine’s research portfolio, UCI Health, Beall Applied Innovation and UCI MIND…
Read MoreFed Update: COGR News Digest
Follow COGR on LinkedIn 9/8/26NOT-OD-26-114 Continuation of Modifications to Peer Review Practices This notice is to provide NIH's extramural community with information on the continuation of select peer review practices implemented following a lapse of appropriations in 2025. 9/8/26Inside Higher Ed Democrats Condemn NIH-DOD Research Agreement The Defense Department could tap up to $2 billion…
Read MoreYouTube Tuesday: Internal Control Types
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Read MoreRMS Downtime – TONIGHT, Sept. 4th from 5PM – 10PM
Dear RMS Users, RMS will be unavailable tonight, Friday, Sept. 4th from 5PM thru 10PM for system maintenance. No RMS jobs will run in this time frame. Please contact the IACUC Team (iacuc@uci.edu) if you have any questions or concerns. Thank you, The ERA Team Need Help? Open a ticket – ERA Support Desk (New!)…
Read MoreFed Update: COGR News Digest
Follow COGR on LinkedIn 9/4/26Inside Higher Ed OMB Grants Rule Delayed Until Mid-December President Trump signed legislation this week that will fund the government through Dec. 11 and delay a proposed rule that would give political appointees more power over grant making. AIP, COGR Director Krystal Toups quotedSee also Congress Delays OMB Grantmaking Rule with Stopgap…
Read MoreNCURA Webinars
Dear Colleagues: The Office of Research is providing the campus community with free access to the following upcoming live virtual NCURA webinars. To register, please use the corresponding unique registration links listed below. Please do not share these links with anyone outside the UC Irvine community. You must register using your “uci.edu” email address, or…
Read MoreStopping chronic pain before it starts
Researchers discovered that after an injury, support cells are temporarily rewired to trigger nerve cells to produce sticky beta-amyloid protein fragments best known for their role in Alzheimer’s disease. In mice, blocking this process shortly after injury prevented pain from becoming persistent without dulling the initial, acute pain response. The findings, published in Science Translational…
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