1. BRI Funding Opportunities
BRIght Futures Prize
Proposals due June 15, 2013
The project must clearly address a provocative, significant question or challenge related to one of  the stated themes and be scientifically meritorious. The project should be focused and achievable, with a high potential to secure future additional funding
It should focus around one of the 2013 Research Day themes: Allergy, Immunotherapy, Nursing Research, Comparative Effectiveness/PCOR, Microbiome, Regenerative Medicine, Personalized Medicine, Neurodegeneration & Regeneration, Technology & Innovation
The winner will be announced at the 2nd Annual BWH Research Day on Thursday, November 21st
More information:
BRI/ORC MicroGrants: pilot program
Application accepted on a rolling basis
Post-docs, clinical fellows and junior faculty (ranking assistant professor or below) in the BWH research community are invited to apply. Individuals may only be the recipient of one microgrant in this pilot phase.
Applicants must apply in advance of the event requiring support and may not receive support for events that have already occurred.
More information:

2. Upcoming BWH Invitational Award Deadlines
Pew Scholars Program in the Biomedical Sciences Internal Deadline: Monday, June 17, Amount: $240,000 over 4 years More information is available at:
Smith Family Awards For Excellence in Biomedical Research Internal Deadline: Friday, June 28, Amount: $300,000 over 3 years More information is available at:

3. myNCBI Training Available from the BWH Medical Library
NIH Public Access Policy: How to use myNCBI for Progress Reports –June 26 Investigators will need to use myNCBI to enter papers onto progress reports. Learn how to use the myNCBI tool in PubMed to link bibliographies to NIH grant submissions. Dates: Wed., June 26th, 2:00 – 3:00 PM in Bornstein Auditorium. REGISTER: Contact: Anne Fladger, MLS, AHIP, Director, BWH Medical Library & Educational Services,

4. State of the Department
Brigham and Women’s Hospital
Department of Dermatology
10th Annual State of the Department
Thursday, June 20, 2013
12:00 – 5:00
Joseph B. Martin Conference Center
Amphitheatre
If you have not already done so, please RSVP to Marie Thistle:

5. BWH Dermatology Research Presentation Schedule
June 21 T32 presentations- Lilit Garibyan and Esther Freeman
June 28 Adaptive Biotechnologies- Deep sequencing
July 1 Dr. Irene Leigh (Special Monday Meeting – At Noon)
July 5 No Meeting
July 12 Dr. Rheinwald –
Training for & Sustaining a Career in Science