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To avoid Grants.gov error messages, please assure that the all PI Profile information within the NIH Commons is complete prior to grant proposal submittal.
Two proposals recently submitted to Grants.gov were rejected during the electronic submittal process because the PI Profile in the NIH Commons was missing information in the Citizenship section related to "citizen" or "permanent resident".
Questions regarding this issue can be directed to Debbie Caulfield,Grant Team Manager.
Continuing to Track Mac Viewer Progress
NIH continues to closely track IBM’s progress towards providing a Mac-compatible viewer. The Grants.gov website has just been updated with a download to a new version of the viewer that addresses some of the major concerns of the early release. [more...]
OSR Training Offers Introduction to Sponsored Research Class
The first live offering of the Introduction to Sponsored Research class will be held Friday, February 23rd from 8:30 am-12:00 pm in the Laurel Heights Regents Room. This basic fundamentals class is geared towards staff members who are new to research administration. To sign up for the class and for more information, please access the registration form.
Space in this class is limited. Additional class dates will be offered. For questions, contact Jennifer Knowles
Committee on Human Research Update: Paperwork Reduction
CHR has implemented changes to their procedures [more...]
The Neurobehavioral Core for Rehabilitation Research to Support Translational Research
multi-user neurobehavioral core will be opening within the new barrier facility on the Parnassus campus in spring 2007. This core will offer classic automated tools to assess cognitive/motor/sensory function and will be a platform to conduct studies of environmental enrichment and activity-based restorative therapies. [more...]
Announcing Hellman Awardees and John Merck Scholars Program in Biology of Developmental Disabilities in Children UCSF Nominee
2006- 07 Hellman Awardees
| Aditi Bhargava: Surgery | Kristen Bibbins-Domingo: Medicine |
| Nancy Burke: Comprehensive Cancer Center | Jyu-Lin Chen: Nursing |
| Li Gan: Neurology | John Gross: Pharmaceutical Chemistry |
| Anda Kuo: Pediatrics | Karen Mechstroth: Ob, Gyn & Repro Sci |
| Melanie Ott: Medicine | Diane Rittenhouse: Family & Community Medicine |
2007 John Merck Scholars Program in Biology of Developmental Disabilities in Children
- Erik Ullian: Ophthalmology & Physiology
Congratulations!
NIH/AHRQ Confirms Plans to Transition Certain Grant Mechanisms to Electronic Submissions
The research community is reminded that certain grant mechanisms will transition to electronic submission using the SF424 (R&R) form through Grants.gov for applications intended for the May 25, 2007, submission date and beyond. more...]
Interim Guidance on Salary Limitation for Grants, Cooperative Agreements and Contracts
NIH has announced interim salary cap guidance. [more...]
Once the Department of Health and Human Services Appropriation Act for FY 2007 is enacted NIH will publish the final guidance on the salary cap. In the meantime, C&G Announce provides guidance.
NIH Fiscal Policy for FY 2007 Awards
Inflationary adjustments for existing non-competing renewal awards will not be made in FY2007. [more...]
Notice of New NIH Policy for Funding of Tuition, Fees, and Health Insurance on Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Awards
It clarifies that the new policy applies to all grant mechanisms that use NRSA funding authorities; corrects the stipend levels shown for postdoctoral trainees and fellows in the tables; clarifies F&A applicability under the new policy; and includes minor clarifications to the language. [more...]
Limits on Resubmission of an Application
NIH will not consider a third resubmission (A3) or higher to any application for extramural support. However, there is no time limit for the submission of the first and second resubmissions (A1 and A2). [more...]
U.S. House Throws Science a Lifeline
Tomorrow, the U.S. House of Representatives is expected to pass a belated 2007 spending bill that treats research much more favorably than science advocates had dared hoped -- and avoids budget cuts that many had feared. [more...]
Cho, A. et. al., (2007). U.S. House Throws Science a Lifeline. Retrieved 1/31/07, from ScienceNOW Web site: http://sciencenow.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/full/2007/130/1
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