Newsworthy Items for the Sponsored Programs Community
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News related to the American Reinvestment and Recovery Act (ARRA) will be posted here, as received,
beginning March 2009
New NIH Policy on Resubmission (Amended) Applications October 8, 2008
NIH announces a change in the existing policy on resubmission (amended) applications (see http://grants.nih.gov/grants/policy/amendedapps.htm). Beginning with original new applications (i.e., never submitted) and competing renewal applications submitted for the January 25, 2009 due dates and beyond, the NIH will accept only a single amendment to the original application. Failure to receive funding after two submissions (i.e., the original and the single amendment) will mean that the applicant should substantially re-design the project rather than simply change the application in response to previous reviews. It is expected that this policy will lead to funding high quality applications earlier, with fewer resubmissions.
The significant changes include:
- Entirely new guidance that addresses and implements the mentoring requirement of the America COMPETES Act;
- A major revision of NSF’s faculty salary reimbursement policy, to limit compensation for senior personnel to no more than two months of their regular salary in any one year from all NSF-funded grants;
- Debut of the Grants for Rapid Response Research (RAPID) and EArly-concept Grants for Exploratory Research (EAGER) mechanisms, that replace the SGER program; and
- Revision of the definition of co-PI for greater consistency with guidance issued by OSTP.
National Science Foundation Requests $6.85 Billion for Fiscal Year 2009
National Science Foundation (NSF) Director Arden L. Bement, Jr., has presented the agency's proposed $6.85 billion budget for fiscal year (FY) 2009, a 13 percent increase over NSF's actual FY 2008 budget.
Grants.gov transitioning to Adobe Acrobat Reader for proposal submissions
Grants.gov, the federal portal for proposal submission, is in the process of transitioning applications away from PureEdge Viewer-format files to Adobe Acrobat Reader 8.1.1 files.
$500 Incentive for Proposal Submissions
Proposals submitted through the University from January 1 through June 30, 2008 will be eligible for faculty incentive funds equal to 1% of the proposal budget, up to $500.
NIH Fiscal Policy for Grant Awards – FY 2008
NIH Revised Policy on Enhancing Public Access to Archived Publications Resulting from NIH-funded Research
Beginning April 1, 2008, NIH-funded proposals will require resulting publications be submitted to PUBMED Central.
NSF Announcement on Transformative Research
Beginning January 1, 2008, proposals submitted to the National Science Foundation should include, when possible, information on the project's transformative potential in the Intellectual Merit review criteria.
NSF IDs to Replace SSNs as Unique Identifier in FastLane
NSF no longer will be using social security numbers as login identification numbers. All SSNs have been replaced with 9-digit unique identifiers.
Updates to NSF Policies and Procedures
The National Science Foundation has released a new version of the Grant Proposal Guide, effective January 15, 2008.
Community of Science Introduces New Search Interface
The Community of Science Funding Opportunities database has introduced a more user-friendly, intuitive search interface.