Category: NIH
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NIH Releases Updated Application Kits for Grants with Due Dates On or After September 25, 2013
NIH has also announced that they are transitioning to updated electronic application forms packages. The new packages will be identified by a Competition ID stating FORMS-C. These new application form packages include changes to the SP424 (R&R) Cover, project information, fixes to R&R Budget and Associated Subaward budget, R&R Sr/Key Person, and the project/performance site…
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NIH Announces Electronic Submission of Multi-Project Applications
On August 1, 2013, NIH announced that it is requiring electronic submission of P01, P20, P50, and U19 applications with due dates on or after September 25, 2013. NIH has developed a new system called ASSIST (Application Submission System & Interface for Submission Tracking) for electronic submission of these mechanisms, unless an applicant institution can…
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NIH Public Access Policy Reminders
As NIH moves toward enhanced enforcement of their Public Access Policy, please bear in mind these important reminders. Applicability The policy applies to all peer-reviewed articles that arise, in whole or in part, from direct costs funded by NIH that are accepted for publication on or after April 7, 2008. Publications that are accepted for…
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NIH Transition to Research Performance Progress Report (RPPR)
The National Institutes of Health has announced that use of the Research Performance Progress Report (RPPR) will become mandatory for awards under the Streamlined Noncompeting Award Process (SNAP) and Fellowship Awards (F series) which have budget start dates on or after July 1, 2013. (SNAP continuation proposals for these awards are due no later than…
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NIH Policy Guidance on Changes to Human Subjects Research and Delayed Onset Awards
On August 2, 2012, the National Institutes of Health issued notices containing policy guidance on two important topics: NIH prior approval requirements for changes involving human subjects during the course of active awards and NIH prior approval requirements for awards initially submitted without definitive plans for human subjects involvement (also called Delayed Onset Awards). For…
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NIH Streamlines Technology Transfer Process
excerpted from NIHPress: The National Institutes of Health is launching the electronic Research Materials catalog (eRMa)(link) to streamline the federal government’s technology transfer process. This project addresses one of the important directives in a Presidential memorandum related to the commercialization of federal research and support for high-growth business potential. the new system will streamline the…
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NIH Notice: NOT-OD-11-091 Request for Information (RFI): Input on Reduction of Cost and Burden Associated with Federal Cost Principles for Educational Institutions (OMB Circular A-21)
On June 28th, the NIH issued a Request for Information, Notice: NOT-OD-11-091, requesting input on ways to reduce cost and burdens associated with OMB Circular A-21. The official purpose of the request, as stated in the notice is to offer the opportunity for educational institutions to provide input on ways that “could reduce administrative burden…
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NIH Notice Number NOT-OD-11-068: Fiscal Policy for Grant Award – FY 22011
The Notice, issued on April 25, 2011, provides guidance about the NIH Fiscal Operations Plan for FY 2011 and implements the Department of Defense and Full-Year Continuing Appropriations Act of 2011 (P.E. 112-10). The Act provides NIH with $30.9 billion or nearly 1 percent less than the total FY 2010 budget authority level of $31.2…
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NIH Notice
Notice Number: NOT-OD-11-057 change in Timetable for Opportunity to Shorten the Review Cycle for New Investigator R01 Applications Reviewed in Study Sections Convened by the Center for Scientific Review (CSR) and National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) “…To give New Investiagtors who wish to use the consecutive review cycle option more time to prepare their…
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NIH Notices
excerpted from NIH Notice Number: NOT-OD-11-045 Beginning with applications submitted for May 25, 2011 and subsequent receipt dates, the biosketch instructions will include a modification of the personal statement section to remind applicants that they can provide a description of personal issues that may have reduced productivity. The revised instructions for the personal statement are…