Working Together: A City-Wide Perspective!

2. Working Together: A City-Wide Perspective! Lawson Health Research Institute: Clinical Trials Management & Regulatory Affairs, Negotiating Clinical Trial Agreements, Grants & Contracts Management, Mentoring Scientists/Teams, Budget Development, Institute Sign-off, Risk Management Schulich School of Medicine: Bi-Monthly Grant Development Meetings with Lawson for Strategic Planning, Mentoring and Grant Writing, Funding Western Research Office: Regulatory Approvals (REBs, BioSafety Approvals, Animal User Committee); Research On-Line Approvals (ROLA), External Grants: PSI, NSERC, ERA and CFI LOF WorldDiscoveries(Western/Robarts/Lawson): Patenting 101- Know your rights; Non-Disclosure Agreements, Pre-Reviews of potential commercializations.

3. Lawson’s Legal Structure

5. Lawson Strategic Areas – Lawson Designated Leaders Imaging *Dr. F. Prato **Dr. J. Carson Clinical Therapeutics *Dr. R. Kim ** Dr. R. Tirona Cancer *Dr. J. Koropatnick **Dr. G. DiMattia Mental Health *Dr. C. Forchuk **Dr. L. Donnelle Surgical *Dr. G. King **Dr. A. Sener • London Core • Research Facilities • CSTAR • Imaging • Centre for Clinical Investigation & Therapeutics • Informatics • Genomics and Proteomics • Clinical Research Services • Epidemiology & Biostatistics • London Innovarium Neurosciences *Dr. T. Doherty Critical Illness *Dr. G. Cepinskas Cardiology *Dr. Sam Siu **Dr. S. Lavi Children’s Health *Dr. B. Avison **Dr. K. Speechley Probiotics/ Immunology *Dr. G. Reid **Dr. D. O’Gorman Aging, Rehab & Geriatric Medicine *Dr. R. Petrella **Dr. D. Keast * Assistant Directors/Theme Leaders * *Alternate Theme Leaders – June 2013

6. Lawson’s Grant Facilitation Office Key Responsibilities: Pre-Award Grant Administration, including: administrative review, assistance with budget development Institute Sign-off Managing Internal deadlines for Multiple External Grant Deadlines Team Building for Multidisciplinary Strategic Funding (CFI) Bi-Annual Internal Research Fund Competitions Presentations/Workshops to Faculty/Scientists Lawson External Nominations/Awards/Support Letters

7. Grants vs Contracts “Research contracts are negotiated between the scientist and a company, and may be of the result of the scientist approaching a company, or vice versa” It is extremely important to engage Lawson’s Grants & Contracts office early in negotiations for the following reasons: Institute overhead fees must be negotiated up-front! Proposed budgets to do the research must be reviewed! Contract must have the appropriate clauses to protect our scientists!

8. Lawson’s Signing Process Obtaining Institute Official Signatures: Notify Lawson Grant’s Office when the decision has been made to apply to an external competition Chief/Chair and/or Lawson Theme Leaders must pre-approve by signing “Request for Institute Signature” Lawson Signatures must be obtained at least 2 working days (if not earlier) before the final agency deadline the application, budget, and completed Grant Application Checklist should be submitted to grantsubmission@lawsonresearch.com and copied to one of the staff (Stephanie/Janice) CIHR internal deadlines differ from above!

9. Where to find Funding? LAWSON’s Intranet: https://www.lawsonresearch.com/intra/grant/funding.htm External Funding Database Internal Funding Lawson Internal Research Fund Tips on writing a successful Grant

10. Internal Research Fund • Run twice a year (Spring and Fall) • Allows New Investigators to obtain SEED funding to collect pilot data • Funding Max $15,000 for a total of two years • Basic Requirements: • Must have a faculty appointment at Western • Must be a member of Lawson member • Must hold an primary appointment in a clinical department at either LHSC or St. Joseph’s • Research being proposed must be performed within a building owned by either LHSC or St. Joseph’s

11. Where to find Funding? WESTERN’s Intranet: http://www.uwo.ca/research/funding/index.html

12. Where to find Funding? • EXTERNAL’s Database: • www.pivot.cos.com • Licensed by Western • Sends bi-weekly emails on funding opportunities based on your search keywords • Connects you to potential collaborators who are doing similar research within Western or in the world

13. Questions? Contact Information: Stephanie Bowman, Manager Grants Development Stephanie.bowman@lawsonresearch.com, extension 65575 https://www.lawsonresearch.com/