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Report Evaluates NIH’s Management of Conflict of Interest Regulations - The Office of Inspector 
General for the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has issued a report  on the National Institutes of 
Health (NIH)'s oversight of federal conflict of interest regulations for institutions that receive research grants. The 
Inspector General (IG)'s report comes from the review of more than 400 financial conflict of interest reports filed 
with NIH by research grantees for fiscal years 2004 through 2006. Based on that review, the IG recommends that 
the NIH: 1) increase oversight of grantee institutions to ensure compliance with federal financial conflicts of interest 
regulations; 2) require institutions to provide details of the nature of such conflicts and how they are managed, 
reduced, or eliminated; and 3) require the NIH's institutes and centers to forward all financial conflict of interest 
reports from grantee institutions to a centralized office and ensure that the information is maintained in an NIH 
database. http://www.aamc.org/newsroom/pressrel/2008/080118.htm

Science Group Reports on Trends in Funding, Research and Development - The U.S. National Science 
Board (the oversight body for the National Science Foundation) has released "Science and Engineering Indicators 
2008," the latest in a series of biennial reports analyzing funding and other trends in research and development. The 
two-volume compendium provides comprehensive data on all aspects of national science policy, from K-12 math and 
science education to the nation's global competitiveness. The report shows evidence that U.S. science dominance is 
eroding, relative to other nations. http://www.nsf.gov/statistics/seind08/

Commonwealth Fund Issues Two Reports Related to Healthcare Coverage - An overwhelming majority 
of Americans favor keeping a role for employers in paying for health insurance but believe that coverage should be the 
shared responsibility of employers, individuals, and government, a new survey by the Commonwealth Fund 
(http://www.commonwealthfund.org/index.htm) finds. According to The Public's Views on Health Care Reform in 
the 2008 Presidential Election, 81 percent of Americans believe that in order to help reach the goal of health insurance 
for all, employers should either provide health insurance to their workers or contribute to the cost of their coverage. 
Indeed, nearly nine out of ten (88 percent) Democrats, three out of four (73 percent) Republicans, and four out of five 
(79 percent) Independents said they would support such an employer "play or pay" requirement. In addition, 67 percent 
of Democrats, 66 percent of Republicans, and 70 percent of Independent voters believe that health insurance costs 
should be shared by individuals, employers, and the government. A majority of Americans also were strongly or somewhat 
in favor of requiring individuals to have health insurance coverage, with government help for those who cannot afford it. 
http://fconline.foundationcenter.org/pnd/10010795/story

Proceedings of the Surgeon General’s Workshop on Improving Health Literacy - On September 7, 2006, 
Acting Surgeon General Kenneth Moritsugu held a Surgeon General's Workshop on Improving Health Literacy. The goal of the 
workshop was to present the state of the science in the field of health literacy from a variety of perspectives, including 
those of health care organizations and providers, the research community, and educators. During the course of the one-day 
workshop, participants identified the public health consequences of limited health literacy and established an evidence base 
for taking action. Recently, the Department of Health & Human Services made the proceedings of the Surgeon General's 
Workshop on Health Literacy available online.  

      http://www.surgeongeneral.gov/topics/healthliteracy/toc.htm

Project Coordinator – New York University Center of Excellence in the Elimination of 
Disparities (NYU CEED), New York, NY - The NYU CEED B-Free Project is a five-year community based 
participatory research project.  The goal of the project is to create a national expert center by building an infra-
structure to develop, coordinate, evaluate, and disseminate evidence-based practices aimed to address and eliminate 
hepatitis B disparities in Asian and Pacific Islander (API) communities. Contact Simona C. Kwon at 
simona.kwon@nyumc.org 

 Healthy Eating Research Program - Deadline: February 6, 2008 – Healthy Eating Research is 
a national program of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. The program supports research on environmental and 
policy strategies to promote healthy eating among children to prevent childhood obesity, especially among low-income 
and racial/ethnic populations at highest risk for obesity. Findings will advance the Foundation's efforts to reverse the 
childhood obesity epidemic by 2015. http://www.healthyeatingresearch.org/

 Intel Schools of Distinction Program to Honor Excellence in Math and Science Education - 
Deadline: February 14, 2008 – Every year, Intel honors U.S. schools that have demonstrated excellence in math and 
science education as Intel Schools of Distinction. One elementary, one middle, and one high school in each of two 
categories -- math and science -- receive $10,000 cash grants and more than $100,000 in products and services from 
sponsors. One of the six winning schools is chosen as the Star Innovator and receives an additional $15,000 grant from 
the Intel Foundation as well as additional products and services. 
http://fconline.foundationcenter.org/pnd/10010363/schoolsdistinct

 US Conference of Mayors (USMC) Accepting Proposals for HIV/AIDS Prevention Grants 
Program - Deadline: February 25, 2008 – The HIV/AIDS Prevention Grants Program aim is to strengthen local capacities 
to carry out effective HIV/AIDS prevention activities. Proposals will be accepted for the following funding priority: 
Implementation of HIV/AIDS Prevention Services Targeting Women of Color at High Risk of HIV Infection. USCM plans to award 
grants totaling approximately $420,000 to local health departments, nonprofit community-based 501(c)(3) organizations, and 
Native American tribes for the implementation of HIV/AIDS prevention projects targeting high-risk women of color. 
http://fconline.foundationcenter.org/pnd/10010367/usmayors

 Lance Armstrong Foundation (LAF) Now Accepting Proposals for 2008 Grants - Deadline: 
March 14, 2008 (research letters of intent); March 24, 2008 (community program letters of intent) – The LAF is 
offering 2 grant types during the 2008 grant cycle, community grants and research grants. The LAF works for survivorship, 
living strong and improving the quality of life of cancer survivors, 
http://www.livestrong.org/site/c.khLXK1PxHmF/b.2662747/

 Community Action for a Renewed Environment (CARE) Program - Deadline: March 17, 2008 – 
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has announced that around $3 million will be available in 2008 to support 
community-based partnerships to reduce pollution at the local level through the CARE program.  Informational webcasts in 
January and February. http://www.epa.gov/air/grants_funding.html#0802 