Research and Development - Iowa City VA Health Care System
Acknowledging VA in Publications
VA investigators or their local research offices are required to notify VHA Research Communications of all scientific publications or presentations, upon acceptance by a journal or meeting sponsor, in accordance with VHA Handbook 1200.19.
All publications and presentations of VA research results must contain the following (or equivalent) acknowledgement:
ü “This material is based upon work supported (or supported in part) by the Department of Veterans Affairs, Veterans Health Administration, Office of Research and Development” (add as applicable Biomedical Laboratory Research and Development, Clinical Sciences Research and Development including the Cooperative Studies Program, Rehabilitation Research and Development Service, and Health Services Research and Development). If funding resulted from an application submitted electronically through Grants.gov and eRA Commons, be sure to include the VA “application number” (e.g., 1 I01 HX000xxxx, 1 IK1 RX000xxxx, 1 IK2 CX000xxxx, or 1 I21 BX000xxxx-01A1), as indicated on the Summary Statement and Notice of Intent to Award.
OR
ü If VA provided no direct research funding, but the research involved the use of other VA resources (e.g., facilities or patients), the publications, or presentations must contain a similar acknowledgement. For example, “This material is the result of work supported with resources and the use of facilities at the Iowa City VA Health Care System.”
The VA Office of Research and Development must be notified of any publications or presentations at national conferences. Please send Kari Steinkamp any publications and the following information prior to presenting at a national conference:
· Title of presentation
· Abstract of the presentation
· Presenter Name
· Conference Name
· Conference Location
· Dates of Conference
