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  • Coming in May 2025: Investigators Must Use SciENcv To Format NIH and NSF Personnel Documents

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    Authors: Deepika Bhatia, AVP, (RCRA) & Kimberly Eck, Sr. AVP, (SVPR) SciENcv is an application in My NCBI that helps you create and manage documents in support of grant applications with participating agencies. In SciENcv you can document your education, employment, research activities, publications, honors, research grants, and other professional contributions. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sciencv/ For NIH: Biosketches…

  • Effective January 25, 2025 – A Revised NIH Grant Review Process with a Focus on Scientific Merit & Reputational Bias Reduction

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    By: Erica Pitre, Office of Research Development The National Institutes of Health (NIH) has taken steps to simplify its grant review process for most research project grants for applications with due dates of January 25, 2025 or later. Upcoming changes have been undertaken in order to address the complexity of the peer review process and…

  • NIH Boosts Pay for Postdocs and Graduate Students

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    Author: Katie Langin, Associate Editor, Science Careers Source: Science Journal (AAAS) The U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH) announced pay increases today for early-career scientists who are recipients of its Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Awards (NRSAs), after an  NIH advisory group recommended raises in December 2023. Postdocs will now be paid at least…

  • NIH Workplace Conduct Requirements

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    NIH supports safe and respectful work environments that are free from harassment, including sexual harassment, discrimination, or other forms of inappropriate conduct that can result in a hostile work environment. Learn who to contact with questions or concerns, and what NIH’s expectations are for institutions and the individuals supported on NIH-funded awards.  In accordance with…

  • NIH Revises Grant Review Process – Focus on Scientific Merit & Reputational Bias Reduction

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    After gathering significant feedback from the extramural community, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) will begin taking steps to simplify its grant review process.  The simplified review framework will focus peer review on the key questions needed to assess the scientific and technical merit of proposed research projects – should and can the proposed research…

  • NIH Application Instruction Updates

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    Source: National Institutes of Health (NIH) Budgeting for Data Management and Sharing Plan Costs On NIH proposals due October 5, 2023, and later, costs for Data Management and Sharing (DMS) plans will now be requested in the appropriate cost categories (personnel, supplies, etc.). Total DMS costs will be estimated, and that estimate will be included in the ‘Budget Justification’…

  • NIH Updates (February 2023)

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    Below is a summary of upcoming changes at the National Institutes of Health (NIH). These changes apply to new forms and requirements for data management and data sharing.  Proposal Preparation  Applications for NIH opportunities with receipt deadlines on or after January 25, 2023, must use FORMS-H grant application forms and instructions.  For more details, please…

  • Institutional Biosafety Committee

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    The Environmental Health and Safety Office (EHSO) partners with the Emory Community to provide environmental, health, and safety (EHS) practices that enhance and support our world-renowned, cutting edge research. This is accomplished by managing EHS risks to reduce the potential for workplace injury or illness.  A primary focus of EHSO is managing the safe use…

  • Federal Agency Updates – NIH and NSF

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    Agency updates are provided to keep you apprised of what’s happening with some of our major federal sponsors. Many of these updates impact investigators directly. National Institutes of Health (NIH) NIH is rolling out new forms and data management and sharing policies effective January 25, 2023. Look for specific I/Cs to issue guidance on data…

  • NIH Closeout Procedures (From the PI Perspective)

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    Now that you are nearing the end of your NIH project do you know how to properly close out the award? When you accept an NIH grant you are agreeing to the terms and conditions included in your Notice of Award.  The terms include the NIH policy requiring submission of three types of final reports…