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NIH has provided notification of NIH and AHRQ application due date adjustments to accommodate scheduled federal system downtime. Grants.gov has a planned production system outage from Friday, September 23, 2022 at 12:01 AM ET to Thursday, September 29, 2022 at 11:59 PM ET (see Grants.gov calendar). Grants.gov will use this time to migrate their services to […]
Dr. William Bishai, professor in the Division of Infectious Diseases, recently received a MERIT award from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases. MERIT awards are granted for an initial five-year term, given to outstanding investigators based on superior competence and productivity. Nominees are selected from ROI applicants in the fund able range throughout […]
S. Michelle Ogunwole, fellow in the Division of General Internal Medicine, was selected to be a 2020 Health Disparities Research Institute Scholar by the National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities (NIMHD). The program features lectures on minority health and health disparities research, small group discussions, mock grant review and seminars. Institute participants will […]
Felicia Hill-Briggs, professor in the Division of General Internal Medicine, was invited to present for the NIH Office of Behavioral and Social Sciences Research (OBSSR) Director's Speaker Series. She will present "Advancing BSSR to Address National Priorities for Health Care and Population Health Improvement" in person at the OBSSR on Tuesday, September 24. It will also be available […]
Did you know that NIH actively seeks grants with big ideas that can substantively change how research is done, mechanisms are understood or diseases are treated? Through a Common Fund from all NIH institutes, these High-risk, high-reward grants require a very different application (often fewer pages, no specific aims, no prelim data needed) and provide […]
In order to comply with NIH Grants Policy, visiting scientists, postdoctoral fellows and trainees with foreign support must obtain approval for foreign involvement from the federal sponsor prior to processing of the appointment. To obtain approval, the sponsoring PI should email his/her NIH Program Officer and request approval for the visiting scientist, postdoctoral fellow or […]
Multiple recent NIH interactions have raised compliance concerns over two NIH policies that require your immediate attention. Foreign Component (Involvement): Foreign collaborations involving NIH funding have always required prior approval. Recent congressional concern over the U.S. losing IP to foreign countries has led to a reminder announcement in May, recent close review of RPPR cited […]