External Updates

For ongoing selected policy updates from the NIH and NSF, please refer to the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts

http://grants.nih.gov/grants/policy/notices.htm

and the NSF Policy Office:

http://www.nsf.gov/bfa/dias/policy/

 

**NEW NIH Application Forms**

NIH will require newly structured application forms for ALL new and resubmission applications due on or after Januray 25, 2010!!!  For details, please refer to the following notice:

http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/notice-files/NOT-OD-09-149.html

 

2009 News

*6/12/2009 - NIH (NOT-OD-09-106) -  Announcing New Business Processes and Confirming the Transition of Individual National Research Service Award (NRSA) Fellowship (“F”) Applications to Electronic Submission

*4/3/2009 - NIH (NOT-OD-09-080) - Recovery Act of 2009: NIH Award Terms and Additional Information for Recipients Receiving Recovery Act Grant Funding

*4/3/2009 - NIH (NOT-OD-09-079) - ARRA Administrative Supplements and Competitive Revisions: Clarifications on Programmatic Limitations and use of Modular Budgets

*4/3/2009 - NIH (NOT-OD-09-078) - Recovery Act Notice: NIH ARRA Funding Considerations for Applications with Meritorious Scores that Fall Beyond the Pay-line

*3/27/2009 - NIH/AHRQ/HRSA (NOT-OD-09-075) - NOT-OD-09-075: Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award (NRSA) Stipend and Other Budgetary Levels Effective for Fiscal Year 2009

*3/19/2009 - NIH (NOT-OD-09-069) - Salary Limitation on Grants, Cooperative Agreements, and Contracts

*3/10/2009 - NIH - (NOT-RR-09-009) - Web Seminar regarding application process for RFA-RR-09-007 (Core facilities improvement projects) and RFA-RR-09-008 (Construction, renovation and repair improvement projects)

*3/4/2009 - NIH - (NOT-OD-09-054) - Recovery Act of 2009: NIH Review Criteria, Scoring System, and Suspension of Appeals Process

*2/27/2009 - NIH/AHRQ/CDC/FDA - (NOT-OD-09-055) - Restore Two Day “Error Correction Window” for Electronic Grant Applications Effective March 1, 2009

*1/16/2009 - NIH - (NOT-OD-09-037) - Salary Limitation on Grants, Cooperative Agreements and Contracts Under the Current Continuing Resolution

Effective January 1, 2009, the Executive Level I salary level increased to $196,700.

 

2008 News and earlier

*12/12/2008 - NIH - Transition of Individual Career Development (K) Applications to Electronic Submission (Grants.gov) New Business Processes and Other Information (NOT-OD-09-029)

*12/9/2008 - NOT-OD-09-028: Impact of NIH Transition to Adobe Forms on Appointed Members of NIH Chartered Study Sections (NOT-OD-09-028)

12/5/2008 - American Heart Association (AHA) - Grants@Heart Newsletter

*12/2/2008 - NIH - Enhancing Peer Review: The NIH Announces Enhanced Review Criteria for Evaluation of Research Applications Received for Potential FY2010 Funding (NOT-OD-09-025)

*12/2/2008 - NIH - Enhancing Peer Review: The NIH Announces New Scoring Procedures for Evaluation of Research Applications Received for Potential FY2010 Funding (NOT-OD-09-024)

*12/2/2008 - NIH - Enhancing Peer Review: The NIH Announces Updated Implementation Timeline (NOT-OD-09-023)

*12/1/2008* - NIH/AHRQ/CDC/FDA - NIH to Migrate Approximately 100 FOAs in Early Dec; Applicants Will Receive Automated E-mail from Grants.gov (NOT-OD-09-022)

*11/21/2008* - NIH/AHRQ/CDC/FDA - Reminder and Clarification on NIH/AHRQ/CDC/FDA Transition to Adobe-based forms for SF424 Research and Related (R&R) Electronic Submissions through Grants.gov (NOT-OD-09-020)

11/10/2008 - American Heart Association (AHA) - Sponsored Projects Administration (SPA) is now responsible for submitting applications to AHA. In the past, investigators submitted his or her own applications. SPA will be submitting applications online via Grants@Heart. For more information on this change, go to the Help Documents provided by AHA.

11/7/2008 - NIH- Clarification on New NIH Policy on Resubmission (Amended) Applications (NOT-OD-09-016)

10/14/2008 - NIH - Revised PHS 416-1 (Individual Fellowship Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award Application) Now Available (NOT-OD-09-004)

10/14/2008 - NIH - NIH Announces Changes in Business Process on PHS 416-1 Grant Applications, PHS 416-9 Progress Reports and Prior Approval Requests for Individual Fellowships (NOT-OD-09-007)

10/1/2008 - NSF - Announcement regarding Revised version of the NSF Proposal & Award Policies & Procedures Guide (PAPPG), NSF 09-1

9/26/2008 - NIH - Encouraging Early Transition to Research Independence: Modifying the NIH New Investigator Policy to Identify Early Stage Investigators (NOT-OD-08-121)

9/23/2008 - NIH - Reminder Concerning Grantee Compliance with Public Access Policy and Related NIH Monitoring Activities (NOT-OD-08-119)

*9/22/2008* - NIH/AHRQ/CDC/NIOSH/FDA - Announcing Transition Schedule for NIH/AHRQ/CDC/NIOSH/FDA to Adobe-based forms for SF424 Research and Related (R&R) Electronic Submissions through Grants.govAnnouncing Transition Schedule for NIH/AHRQ/CDC/NIOSH/FDA to Adobe-based forms for SF424 Research and Related (R&R) Electronic Submissions through Grants.gov (NOT-OD-08-117)

4/7/2006 - NIH - NIH Announces Change in Business Process: Replacing Principal Investigator Signature on Grant Applications, Progress Reports, and Prior Approval Requests with an Institutional Compliance Requirement (NOT-OD-06-054)