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Biometrics Section News for April

1 April 2015 379 views No Comment
Edited by Sheng Luo, Biometrics Section Publications Officer

The Biometrics Section will sponsor two Continuing Education courses and six invited sessions at the 2015 Joint Statistical Meetings in Seattle, Washington. View the list of courses and invited sessions, as well as the winner of the travel awards and Byar Young Investigator Award, here.

Grant Opportunity

The section invites applications for funding to support initiatives developing innovative outreach projects focused on enhancing awareness of biostatistics among quantitatively talented U.S. students. Of particular interest are projects that encourage students to pursue advanced training in biostatistics.

The section will fund up to three projects, with total funding of $3,000 to $5,000 per project this year. The project timelines are from 1–1.5 years. Investigators at all levels are encouraged to apply.

Award recipients must be ASA and Biometrics Section members prior to project initiation.

A three-page application is due May 30 in the following format:

  • Title, Objectives, and Specific Aims
  • Background, Significance, and/or Rationale
  • Design and Methods
  • Deliverables/Products
  • Personnel/Budget

Permitted expenditures include supplies and other program costs, domestic travel when necessary to carry out the project, professional expertise (e.g., instructional designer or webmaster), and cost of computer time. Nonallowable expenditures include secretarial/administrative personnel, tuition, foreign travel, faculty salaries, research expenses, and honoraria and travel expenses for visiting lecturers to the investigator’s home institution.

A project period with a start date no earlier than July 1 and an end date no later than December 31, 2016, also should be specified.

Applications should be submitted electronically to the strategic initiatives subcommittee chair, Roslyn Stone, at Roslyn@pitt.edu.

All investigators will be expected to submit a brief report at the conclusion of the project to the subcommittee chair. Questions should be addressed to either Stone or the subcommittee co-chair, Page Moore, at PMoore@uams.edu.

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