SHARPhub is offering training sessions to educate research faculty, students, post docs, clinicians, and university grant administrators on the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) programs. Find out about SBIR/STTR program basics, including program purpose, eligibility, and sources of funding. The next session is “Commercialization Planning for SBIR/STTR Orioisaks” on […]

The American Brain Coalition, American College of Neuropsychopharmacology, and the National Alliance on Mental Illness in cooperation with the Congressional Neuroscience Caucus will present a VIRTUAL Congressional Neuroscience Caucus Briefing, “Preserving Mental Health during COVID-19,” on Wednesday, July 29th from 2 to 3pm (CST). The coronavirus outbreak, and the social-distancing measures now in place to […]

The Region VII Disaster Health Response Ecosystem (DHRE) team has announced an upcoming COVID-19 webinar series focusing on current trends in response to the pandemic scheduled for Thursday, July 30th from 2 to 3pm (CST). Led by Nebraska Medicine and the University of Nebraska Medical Center (UNMC), the Region VII DHRE brings together partners from […]

The Cognitive Neuroscience of Development and Aging (CoNDA) Center at UNMC is hosting a new Career Development Series Seminar. “The Grant Writing Process: From Idea to Review” will be presented on Friday, August 7th at noon via Zoom. Writing grant proposals is a critical part of a researcher’s career; however, the grant-writing process can be […]

The Rural Drug Addiction Research (RDAR) Center, in collaboration with the COBRE on Opioids and Overdose, will host a digital screening and panel discussion of the film “Picture a Scientist” for its August Seminar Series event. “Picture a Scientist” is a feature-length documentary film chronicling the groundswell of researchers who are writing a new chapter […]

“Innovation and Entrepreneurship in Promotion & Tenure” will be hosted by ASCEND hub on Thursday, August 20th at 3pm (CST). Rich Carter, PhD, Professor of Chemistry and Faculty Lead for Innovation Excellence at Oregon State University, as well as Karl Mundorff, Executive Director of Innovation and Entrepreneurship Co-Director of the OSU Advantage Accelerator, will be […]

The Cognitive Neuroscience of Development and Aging (CoNDA) Center will host Dr. Nathan Spreng for their next seminar. “Explorations into the Default Network of the Human Brain” will be presented on Friday, August 21st at noon. Dr. Nathan Spreng is an associate professor and the director of the Laboratory of Brain and Cognition at the […]

The Center for Patient, Family, and Community Engagement in Chronic Care Management (CENTRIC) will host a research interest group discussion focused on participant recruitment and retention. “Using Technology to Support Research Study Implementation: Participant Recruitment and Retention, Data and Study Management” will take place on Monday, August 24th from noon to 1pm. Speakers include Sheri […]

On Wednesday, August 26th, the Pediatric Cancer Research Symposium will be presented virtually from 9am to 1pm via the Child Health Research Institute (CHRI) event website and Zoom. Health care providers, faculty, staff, students and the public are invited to attend; the symposium is free to all participants but registration is required. This year’s symposium […]

The NIH Office of Research on Women’s Health, in partnership with the Food and Drug Administration Office of Women’s Health, developed the e-learning course “Bench to Bedside: Integrating Sex and Gender to Improve Human Health.” This online course gives users a thorough and up-to-date understanding of sex and gender influences on health and disease so […]

On Friday, September 4th from 9 to 10am, the National Strategic Research Institute (NSRI) at the University of Nebraska and the Nebraska Business Development Center (NBDC) are hosting a conversation about the U.S. Air Force Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) funding priorities. The newest SBIR & STTR broad agency […]

The Rural Drug Addiction Research (RDAR) Center's Lunch & Learn Series continues on Friday, September 4th from noon to 1pm. Jesse Yedinak and Maxwell Krieger will present “Public Health Surveillance and the Opioid Crisis” via Zoom. Public Health Surveillance, the ongoing and organized collection of data surrounding population health, is essential in measuring how health […]