Everyone with an eRA Commons password must update their password before February 22, 2012 or you will no longer be able to access this system. Just 4 easy steps:
Login ERA Commons
Select “Admin” tab
Select “Change Password” tab
Enter your current password, then your new password.
You should receive a confirmation that your password has changed successfully. Here is the full announcement from NIH:
eRA Information: ACTION REQUIRED Password Changes and Upcoming Password Expiration for Accounts
Friday, February 10, 2012
Hurry, don’t delay, time is literally ticking away on your eRA Commons password! In October the eRA Commons moved to establishing a new NIH/Agency Log-in process. As a result of this change, passwords for the accounts within eRA Commons were given an expiration date of February 22, 2012.
To avoid the lines, you will want to change your password as soon as possible.
Do it now and enjoy these awesome benefits:
·No waiting! All lines are open!
·Avoid future regret and disappointment!
·Get a FREE confirmation message on your computer screen when you have successfully changed your password!
·Ensure access to your account – especially if you have a submission in progress or are planning a submission in the near future.
Are you newto eRA Commons? Have you recently changed your password? If your account was created, or you have changed your password since October 08, 2011, then you are OFF THE HOOK! You need not change your password.
From: Used by OER for communications to grantees [mailto:NIH-ALERT@LIST.NIH.GOV]On Behalf Of NIH-Alert (NIH/OD) Sent: Wednesday, February 08, 2012 10:49 AM To:NIH-ALERT@LIST.NIH.GOV Subject: Acknowledgement of NIH funding
Dear NIH grantee institutional official,
The transfer of NIH grants from the National Center for Research Resources (NCRR) to other NIH funding components has led to questions about the acknowledgement language to be used in publications, press releases, etc. Please reference both the NCRR and the new funding component on all products resulting from grants that have been transferred, as per the example below.
“This project was supported by the National Center for Research Resources and the [new funding component] of the National Institutes of Health through Grant Number XXXXX.”
Thank you for your continued support of the NIH mission.
We are getting clarification on the new HHS mandates issued in January and have tried to summarize the policy. As always it does get confusing! We have also included an excerpt from the HHS Policy and the full Policy below.
·The policy on food applies to grants, contracts and cooperative agreements.
·No food can be purchased under a contract unless specifically allowed in writing by the contract officer
·Food may not be purchased with HHS funds on conference grants. You would need to use program income from registration or UW or 3rd party cost sharing.
·This policy does not further restrict paying for per diem costs of travel.
·Routing purchase of food on grants and contracts may not be restricted but it is important to have approval from your grants officer so we recommend checking before you purchase food for meetings.
1.Grants and Cooperative Agreements: When a grantee conducts a conference as an ancillary effort under its grant or cooperative agreement, food-related costs may be considered allowable as prescribed in OMB Circular A-21 (cost principles applicable to educational institutions), OMB Circular A-122 (cost principles applicable to non-profits), HHS’ Awarding Agency Grants Administration Manual, and HHS’ Grants Policy Statement. Such grants and cooperative agreements are not subject to the approval requirements below. However, as a matter of Departmental policy, when the primary purpose of the grant or cooperative agreement is to conduct a conference, such as NIH’s Support for Conferences and Scientific Meetings R13/U13 grants and other similar grants, the requirements in Section 2.4 below apply.
Both OMB Circular A-21 and the HHS GPS and NIH GPS do allow reasonable expenditures for food for working lunches where grant related work is conducted. One key thing auditors may look carefully at is the reasonableness of the expense in light of this new directive.
We have good news from the Gates Foundation on F&A recovery. Last week the Gates Foundation announced a new policy on F&A for grants and contracts. The policy is attached below but we have provided a few key points as well.
·The UW Foundation may receive 15% F&A. Therefore we will submit all proposals from UW through the UW Foundation and then transfer the award to the UW through OSP. We have discussed this with Gates Foundation in the spirit of transparency.
·The policy covers both grants and contracts.
·The policy allows full F&A on most direct cost categories. The list is provided in the policy and also included is a listing of costs that Gates considers indirect costs. Direct costs include:
Administrative and clerical salaries may be charged as a direct cost,
Sub-grants and sub-contracts
Travel and per diem
Supplies
Consultants
·Certain items will be considered direct costs only if directly attributable to the project AND newly acquired for the project including. If they are direct costs, F&A may be calculated:
Equipment may be a direct cost if newly purchased for the project
Facility charges will be direct costs only if they are newly acquired or newly expanded specifically for the project.
·Rates and limitations apply to both sub-awardees and prime awardees. Each may receive F&A up to their applicable rate.
·Community Colleges are now eligible for a 10% F&A rate.
PROCESS FOR SUBMITTING GATES FOUNDATION PROPOSALS
·Submit your proposal through the UW Foundation.
·Dr. Connie Kravas will be the signatory on the proposal.
·The proposal will be submitted by the UW Foundation on behalf of the University of Washington
·Proposals should use the address (see below) and EIN (94-3079432) for the UW Foundation.
·The payment address is the UW Foundation rather than GCA.
·The award will be made to the UW Foundation
·When the award is made, the UW Foundation will facilitate transferring the award to the UW through OSP.
·An eGC1 will be completed by the PI/Department and sent through SAGE for routing to OSP.
·OSP Administrator will review the agreement and negotiate the agreement with the Gates Foundatoin as necessary. OSP will then forward the agreement with the acceptable terms and conditions to Connie Kravas for her signature
·Upon receipt of the signed agreement from the UW Foundation, OSP Administrator will issue a Funding Action and release it to GCA to establish account.
NOTE: Submitting the proposal through the UW Foundation will not affect the normal re-allocation of F&A to campus.
If you have questions, please do not hesitate to contact either Dondi Cupp, Assistant Vice President for Corporate and Foundation Relations or to Lynne Chronister. Our contact information is below.
This morning Marcia Hahn with NIH OPERA clarified that it is acceptable to continue to budget using standard inflationary rates in the NIH budgets. NIH will reduce the budgets as appropriate.
From: Federal Demonstration Partnership Main List [mailto:FDPMAIN-L@LSW.NAS.EDU]On Behalf Of Wright, David Sent: Friday, January 20, 2012 12:19 PM To:FDPMAIN-L@LSW.NAS.EDU Subject: FDP - Several NIH Announcements
All,
The NIH Guide contains several announcements today that may be of interest. See the list & links below.
Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award (NRSA) Stipends, Tuition/Fees and Other Budgetary Levels Effective for Fiscal Year 2012 (NOT-OD-12-033)
Notice of Legislative Mandates in Effect for FY2012 (NOT-OD-12-034)
Notice of Salary Limitation on Grants, Cooperative Agreements, and Contracts (NOT-OD-12-035)
Innovative Science Award AnnualAward Amount: $200,000 Two Year Award with Possible Third Year
The Western States Affiliate is offering a NEW Innovative Science Award for scientists in California, Nevada, Utah, Alaska, Arizona, Hawaii, Idaho, Montana, Oregon or Washington.
The one-time grant will support highly innovative, high-risk, high-reward research that is, or could lead to, translational research and could ultimately lead to critical discoveries or major advancements that will accelerate the field of cardiovascular and stroke research.
The process for applying will be implemented in two-phases. Phase 1 requires a Letter Of Intent (LOI), which is due on January 30, 2012 (11:59 p.m., CT). Phase 2 requires a completed application, and is by invitation only.
This is to announce the Spring 2012 round of the Royalty Research Fund (RRF).Proposals are due on Monday, March 5, by 5:00 PM.
The RRF proposal submission and review process is electronic - all proposals must be submitted using SAGE (System to Administer Grants Electronically).Briefly, the RRF application consists of an eGC1 (electronic Grant and Contracts Form 1, created online in SAGE), the proposal documents, and the suggested reviewers memo.The proposal documents are gathered into a single PDF file and attached electronically to the eGC1. The completed application is then routed electronically to all of the individuals that need to approve the proposal (Chairs, Directors and Deans).It is then automatically routed to RRF staff who review the proposal for adherence to instructions/program rules. The suggested reviewers memo is submitted separately to a special email account; this completes the submission process.
In our ongoing efforts to improve service, the RRF program continues to evolve and there are changes to the rules and/or application instructions each round. Therefore, please advise your faculty and staff that it is essential that applicants thoroughly read and carefully follow all instructions each round. Proposals that do not adhere to the guidelines will be returned for immediate correction and resubmission if time permits; otherwise, they will not be considered eligible for funding. Additionally, it is the applicants’ responsibility to find out how much lead time is required by each unit which needs to approve their proposal, through the Dean’s level.We strongly encourage all applicants to monitor the progress of their application throughout the approval process. Applications not fully approved by the RRF deadline will not be accepted - NO EXCEPTIONS.
Below, please find a more extensive cover letter. The RRF application instructions, including specific directions for completing the eGC1, are currently available at the Office of Research web site located at:
As a reminder, Deans, Directors and Chairs should only be approving RRF proposals for faculty who are eligible for the program; see the full eligibility section on the RRF home page referenced above. Faculty with acting, affiliate, or visiting appointments are not eligible. In addition, if a UW faculty member holds an eligible rank but is based at another institution (i.e. Seattle Children’s or Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center), his/her extramural grants must be run through the UW in order to be eligible for an RRF award.
Please don’t hesitate to contact the RRF administrative staff if you have questions about the program; new applicants should contact Peter Wilsnack, 685-9316, and existing awardees should contact Barbara Thompson, 616-9089. Questions about SAGE and the eGC1 should be directed to the SAGE Help Desk, sagehelp@uw.edu, (685-8335).
Please forward this information to all interested parties.
Judy Ramey
Professor, Human Centered Design and Engineering and Chair, Royalty Research Fund
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January 17, 2012
TO:Deans, Directors and Chairs
FROM:Judith A. Ramey
Professor, Human Centered Design & Engineering and Chair, Royalty Research Fund
RE:Royalty Research Fund and Royalty Research Fund Scholar Applications
This is to announce the Spring 2012 round of the Royalty Research Fund (RRF). Proposals are due Monday, March 5, by 5:00 PM.Awards will be announced by June 15, 2012.
Unlike agency-funded grants, RRF grants arenotawarded to supplement or continue existing successful research programs.The purpose of the Royalty Research Fund (RRF) is to advance new directions in research, particularly:
in disciplines for which external funding opportunities are minimal, and/or
for faculty who are junior in rank, and/or
in cases where funding may provide unique opportunities to increase applicants’ competitiveness for subsequent funding.
Proposals must demonstrate a high probability of generating important new creativeactivities or scholarly understandings, new scholarly materials or resources, significant data or information, or essential instrumentation resources that are likely to significantly advance the reputation of the university, lead to external funding, or lead to developing a new technology. Proposals should include well-justified budgets of less than $40,000.
We also continue to seek proposals for the Royalty Research Fund Scholar program to support faculty release time for one quarter in conjunction with support of a meritorious research proposal. RRF Scholar applicants must teach four or more “regular and substantial courses per year.” Independent study and dissertation supervision are not included in these courses, as the intent is to release the faculty from the responsibility of classroom preparation time and in-class hours to concentrate on scholarly activities. While we expect most RRF Scholar proposals to come from the arts, humanities and social sciences, all qualifying faculty are eligible to apply. RRF Scholar proposals include funds for a teaching replacement, and may also include a modest budget for other project expenses.
All proposals will be peer reviewed through one of the three Royalty Research Fund Review Committees. The evaluators are faculty colleagues and therefore will not necessarily be specialists in the applicant’s subfield. Thought should be given, therefore, to crafting the proposal so that a wider audience may understand it. Although technical field-specific information will be expected, the major features of the proposal should also be accessible to non-specialists.
The Royalty Research Fund is made possible by income generated from royalties and licensing fees derived from intellectual property created by University faculty. No funds recovered through indirect costs are used for the RRF.
Proposals are due the last Monday in September and the first Monday in March. Please inform your faculty about this opportunity. Proposals from all disciplines are welcome.
The RRF proposal submission and review process is electronic - all proposals must be submitted using SAGE (System to Administer Grants Electronically).Briefly, the RRF application consists of an eGC1 (electronic Grant and Contracts Form 1, created online in SAGE), the proposal documents, and the suggested reviewers memo.The proposal documents are gathered into a single PDF file and attached electronically to the eGC1. The completed application is then routed electronically to all of the individuals that need to approve the proposal (Chairs, Directors and Deans).It is then automatically routed to RRF staff who review the proposal for adherence to instructions/program rules. The suggested reviewers memo is submitted separately to a special email account; this completes the submission process.
In our ongoing efforts to improve service, the RRF program continues to evolve and there are changes to the rules and/or application instructions each round.Therefore, please advise your faculty and staff that it is essential that applicants thoroughly read and carefully follow all instructions each round. Proposals that do not adhere to the guidelines will be returned for immediate correction and resubmission if time permits; otherwise, they will not be considered eligible for funding. Additionally, it is the applicants’ responsibility to find out how much lead time is required by each unit which needs to approve their proposal, through the Dean’s level.We strongly encourage all applicants to monitor the progress of their application throughout the approval process. Applications not fully approved by the RRF deadline will not be accepted – NO EXCEPTIONS.
The RRF application instructions, including specific directions for completing the eGC1, are currently available at the Office of Research web site located at:
Please don’t hesitate to contact the RRF administrative staff if you have questions about the program; new applicants should contact Peter Wilsnack, doogieh@uw.edu, (685-9316)and existing awardees should contact Barbara Thompson, bthompso@uw.edu(616-9089). Questions about SAGE and the eGC1 should be directed to the SAGE help desk, sagehelp@uw.edu, (685-8335).
Please forward this information to all interested parties.
eRA Enhancements: Electronic Submission of Administrative Supplements Pilot Begins Feb. 1; January 19 Downtime for eRA Commons
Tuesday, January 17, 2012
eRA will deploy software updates to enhance various sections of Commons as part of its January system-wide release this week. The updated functionality will be available to users Friday, January 20.
eRA Commons will be unavailable beginning at 9 p.m. ET Thursday, January 19 until about 7 a.m. ET Friday, January 20 to deploy this release.
The highlight of this release is:
Submitting and Tracking Administrative Supplement Requests Electronically
As you may be aware, NIH is piloting two programs for the electronic submission of administrative supplement (non-competing Type 3) requests, one through a “streamlined system” in the eRA Commonsand one through Grants.gov for the benefit of researchers at system-to-system institutions. The open pilot programs will begin on February 1, 2012 (See NIH Guide Notice NOT-OD-12-024).
eRA will be implementing changes to provide grantees the ability to create, edit, and submit an electronic version of the administrative supplement request using the eRA Commons. Whether submitted through the eRA Commons or through the Grants.gov portal, users will be able to track the administrative supplement requests in eRA Commons.
These new options are open to all grant types (with the exception of complex grants) and we encourage anyone already planning to submit a supplement to try it. It is fast and easy. Submitting through eRA Commons streamlines the process since you will find much of the application pre-populated with information from the parent grant data while you are guided step by step through the rest of the application. Submitting through Grants.gov allows users to leverage the same process used for competing grant application submissions – an especially nice feature for system-to-system users.
Not yet ready to try it? Not to worry. The traditional “paper” process is still available if you wish.
The electronic submission of administrative supplement (non-competing Type 3) requests is the next step in moving to a fully electronic submission process.
Joe Schumaker
eRA Communications
Division of Communications and Outreach
NIH Office of Extramural Research
Questions?Please contact the eRA Help Desk athttp://era.nih.gov/help(Preferred method of contact); Toll-free: 1-866-504-9552; Phone: 301-402-7469; TTY: 301-451-5939; helpdesk@od.nih.gov.
Help us improve our communications; send your suggestions and feedback to eRACommunications@mail.nih.gov or call 301-435-8185.
The OSP Outgoing Subcontracts Team has a new group email address - ospsubs@uw.edu.
Please use this email to contact anyone on the team to provide:
new agreements
modifications
amendments
If you have any general questions, please direct those to the Subcontract Administrator or Grant & Contract Coordinator who contacted you regarding a specific subcontract.
This message is being sent by SRA International, on behalf of the National Science Foundation
January 2012 marks a new step forward in the National Science Foundation’s modernization of FastLane and transition to Research.gov. Financial administrators on projects funded by NSF must now access financial services through Reseach.gov and revised policy requires that institutions prepare and submit Federal Financial Reports (FFR) using the website’s FFR service.
Accessing Financial Functions on Research.gov
All financial users with the following access permissions – Cash Request User, Grantee EFT User, FFR Preparer and FFR Certifier – must use Research.gov to access NSF financial services. This means that you will log into Research.gov using your FastLane credentials to request cash transfers; modify and certify banking information for Electronic Funds Transfers (EFTs); and view your organization’s NSF financial reporting activity, cash requests and EFT updates. All financial users who try to access financial services through FastLane will be transferred directly to Research.gov to login.
Using the Research.gov FFR Service
Revised NSF policy requires that grantees prepare and submit quarterly Federal Financial Reports (FFRs) through Research.gov beginning with reports that are due on February 1, 2012. For further information, review Article 9 of the NSF Agency Specific Requirements to the Research Terms & Conditions posted at www.nsf.gov/pubs/policydocs/rtc/nsf_212.pdf.
The process of preparing and submitting FFRs in Research.gov is similar to FastLane and has been available on Research.gov since November 2008. You can access the FFR service from the home page, after logging into Research.gov.
Making the Move to Research.gov
2013will bring more change to Research.gov, including the introduction of a new award payment service and a new service for submission of annual, final, and interim progress reports. The financial services change may not impact you today, but now is thetime to start or continue your own transition to Research.gov.
What can you do? Try the following steps and make Research.gov a part of your daily work:
·Login using your FastLane credentials
·Bookmark Research.gov
·Use Research.gov as your “portal” to Financial Services
·Stay tuned for future changes
Research.gov Help Desk
For assistance, please contact the Research.gov Help Desk, 7 AM - 9 PM Eastern Standard Time, Monday through Friday (except for federal holidays).You can contact the Research.gov Help Desk by emailing rgov@nsf.gov or by calling 1.800.381.1532.
eRA Information: Maintenance Downtime for eRA Commons Saturdays, Jan. 7 and Jan. 14
Wednesday, January 4, 2012
eRA Commons will be unavailable from 10 p.m. Saturday, January 14 until 5 a.m. Sunday, January 15. This downtime is required for critical security and performance patching to eRA systems to enhance IT security and increase network reliability.
This maintenance is in addition to our regularly scheduled maintenance this upcoming weekend, starting at the usual time of 10 p.m. Saturday, January 7 until 5 a.m. Sunday, January 8.
We are sorry for any inconvenience this may cause.
Please Note: eRA posts the 2012 Maintenance Schedule on the eRA Web site. Users should check these calendars regularly for updates.
From: Federal Demonstration Partnership Main List [mailto:FDPMAIN-L@LSW.NAS.EDU]On Behalf Of Wright, David Sent: Tuesday, January 03, 2012 5:44 AM To:FDPMAIN-L@LSW.NAS.EDU Subject: FDP - News from NSF about Research.gov and Fastlane
All,
NSF is transitioning all of their financial services to Research.gov this year. Attached <below> is information concerning this transition.
SUBJECT: For Your Information: National Science Foundation is transitioning all financial services to Research.gov
January 2012 marks a new step forward in the National Science Foundation’s modernization of FastLane and transition to Research.gov. Financial administrators on projects funded by NSF must now access financial services through Reseach.gov and revised policy requires that institutions prepare and submit Federal Financial Reports (FFR) using the website’s FFR service.
Accessing Financial Functions on Research.gov
All financial users with the following access permissions – Cash Request User, Grantee EFT User, FFR Preparer and FFR Certifier – must use Research.gov to access NSF financial services. This means that you will log into Research.gov using your FastLane credentials to request cash transfers; modify and certify banking information for Electronic Funds Transfers (EFTs); and view your organization’s NSF financial reporting activity, cash requests and EFT updates. All financial users who try to access financial services through FastLane will be transferred directly to Research.gov to login.
Using the Research.gov FFR Service
Revised NSF policy requires that grantees prepare and submit quarterly Federal Financial Reports (FFRs) through Research.gov beginning with reports that are due on February 1, 2012. For further information, review Article 9 of the NSF Agency Specific Requirements to the Research Terms & Conditions posted at www.nsf.gov/pubs/policydocs/rtc/nsf_212.pdf.
The process of preparing and submitting FFRs in Research.gov is similar to FastLane and has been available on Research.gov since November 2008. You can access the FFR service from the home page, after logging into Research.gov.
Making the Move to Research.gov
2013 will bring more change to Research.gov, including the introduction of a new award payment service and a new service for submission of annual, final, and interim progress reports. The financial services change may not impact you today, but now is the time to start or continue your own transition to Research.gov.
What can you do? Try the following steps and make Research.gov a part of your daily work:
·Login using your FastLane credentials
·Bookmark Research.gov
·Use Research.gov as your “portal” to Financial Services
·Stay tuned for future changes
Research.gov Help Desk
For assistance, please contact the Research.gov Help Desk, 7 AM - 9 PM Eastern Standard Time, Monday through Friday (except for federal holidays).You can contact the Research.gov Help Desk by emailing rgov@nsf.gov or by calling 1.800.381.1532.
The University of Washington was ranked 13th in the world in a measure of universities’ scientific impact and their involvement in scientific collaboration.
The ranking was conducted by the Centre for Science and Technology Studies of Leiden University in the Netherlands.
The new study does not rely on subjective measures of an institution’s quality but is based on analysis of a large database of publications in the sciences and social sciences.
The National Institutes of Health announced plans on Tuesday to spend $416-million over the next four years on genomics research at universities and medical centers across the country. The biggest chunk of the money will go to existing large-scale sequencing programs at the Broad Institute in Massachusetts, the Genome Institute at Washington University in St. Louis, and the Human Genome Sequencing Center at Baylor College of Medicine, in Houston. Other participating institutions include the University of Washington at Seattle, Yale University, the Johns Hopkins University, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, in Boston, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. http://chronicle.com/blogs/ticker/nih-plans-416-million-for-genomics-research/38840
The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation has awarded Dr. Shiu-Lok Hu a $6.7 million grant that will enable his research team to join the Consortium for AIDS Vaccine Discovery (CAVD), an international network of scientists launched by the Gates Foundation to design novel HIV vaccine candidates and advance the most promising candidates to clinical trials. Read the article in UW Today: http://www.washington.edu/news/articles/uw-scientist-gets-major-boost-in-search-for-hiv-vaccine-1
Cystic fibrosis, sickle-cell anemia and muscular dystrophy are among some 6,000 inherited disorders caused mainly by the mutation of a single gene.
And though each defect affects a relatively small number of people, together they may provide the clues that will unlock treatments for more common diseases such as cancer or heart disease.
That’s the theory behind a four-year, $416 million effort announced Tuesday by the National Human Genome Research Institute to help accelerate the use of genetic information in medical care. The grants will fund two programs at the University of Washington and others at selected universities around the country. Read the full Seattle Times Article at:http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2016950298_genes07m.html
We have been experiencing intermittent issues with the Commons eSNAP functionality.
If you are attempting to access information in eSNAP and experience an error, please contact the eRA Help Desk before proceeding.
The eRA Technical team is working to identify the problem and determine a solution. We will provide additional information when it is available.
We are sorry for the inconvenience.
Joe Schumaker
eRA Communications
Division of Communications and Outreach
NIH Office of Extramural Research
Questions?Please contact the eRA Help Desk athttp://era.nih.gov/help(Preferred method of contact); Toll-free: 1-866-504-9552; Phone: 301-402-7469; TTY: 301-451-5939; helpdesk@od.nih.gov.
This grant opportunity is open until January 25, 2012 at 10:00 a.m. Pacific Standard Time.
Gut Function Biomarkers Grant Opportunity
Grand Challenges in Global Health is seeking letters of inquiry for the new grant program Biomarkers of Gastrointestinal (Gut) Function and Health. The program is committing $9 million to develop non-invasive measures of intestinal functioning as a way to assess infant health and development .
This grant opportunity is open until January 11, 2012 at 10:00 a.m. Pacific Standard Time.
Preventing Preterm Birth Grant Opportunity
Grand Challenges in Global Health, in coordination with the Global Alliance to Prevent Prematurity and Stillbirth (GAPPS), is seeking letters of inquiry for the new grant program Preventing Preterm Birth. The program will invest US $20 million in the discovery and development of interventions to prevent preterm birth and stillbirth by limiting infection and improving nutrition.
This grant opportunity is open until January 31, 2012.
RELATED OPPORTUNITY FROM OUR PARTNER:
Rising Stars in Global Health
Grand Challenges Canada is seeking emerging innovators (within 10 years of graduation from a Masters level or Phd) from developing countries. The program is looking for innovative ideas to address complex real world challenges that involve a scientific or technological solution (new or
existing) alone or in combination with social and/or business innovations.
UW Medicine researchers Kenneth Krohn and Janet Eary have received a $7 million five-year renewal grant award from the National Institutes of Health/National Cancer Institute to continue research in molecular imaging of cancer and its response to therapy. This new award is funded through 2016. It is one of the longest running funded research projects of its kind and includes investigators at the UW and Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center in Seattle. Read more at UW Today: http://www.washington.edu/news/articles/uw-medicine-researchers-continue-pioneering-molecular-imaging-agents-to-individualize-cancer-therapy-1
Subject: System Maintenance Alert for December 3 - 4, 2011
Please be advised that Grants.gov Production and AT07 Training Environments will be unavailable on Saturday, December 03, 2011 at 12:01 AM ET until Sunday, December 04, 2011 at 11:59 PM ET for system maintenance. The Grants.gov PMO suggests that no application submissions or activity take place during this maintenance period. The system will be back online December 05.
·Jeff Cheek, Associate Vice Provost for Research Compliance and Operations
·Shelley Kostrinsky, Assistant Vice Provost for Academic Personnel, Office of the Vice Provost for Academic Personnel
·Lauren Exnicios, Director of Regulatory Guidance, School of Medicine Dean’s Office
·Fiona Wills, Director, UW Center for Commercialization Technology Licensing
Who is invited to attend:
·Faculty, post doctoral fellows and research scientists may attend in person or via webcast. To attend in person we encourage registration, but it is not required.
·Administrators and staff may attend via the webcast only
Archived webcasts, PowerPoint slides, video links and handouts for the past brown bag sessions are now available:
eRA Update: eRA Commons is Back Online and Available
Tuesday, November 22, 2011
The eRA technical team working with other NIH teams have reported the problem with the central NIH Log-in has been resolved; as a result, eRA Commons is currently available for use.
We will continue to monitor the situation closely.
Per the NIH Guide Notice NOT-OD-12-018 issued today:
Due to aproblem that disrupted eRA Commons availability this week, November 21, 22 and 23 submission deadlines will be extended to Monday, November 28. This change is being made to accommodate applicants who were unable to track their applications in the eRA Commons and view their assembled application image or their electronic submission errors and warnings due to the unavailability of the eRA Commons system today.
Small Business Innovation Research to Develop New Therapeutics and Monitoring Technologies for Type 1 Diabetes (T1D) Towards an Artificial Pancreas [(SBIR) (R43/R44)]
NIH will provide two full business days to view your application in eRA Commons (not including the day of submission or Monday, Nov. 21 and Tuesday, Nov. 22 and Thursday, Nov. 24). Please remember that changes to your application after the due date will result in a late application unless a system issue causes the application image to look differently from what you submitted.
Note that submission deadlines for Monday, Nov. 21 and Tuesday, Nov. 22, were previously extended to Wednesday, Nov. 23, via NIH Guide Notice NOT-OD-12-016. These deadlines have now been extended until Monday, Nov. 28, with this notice.
The two-week window of consideration for late applications (NIH Guide Notice NOT-OD-11-035) for the November 5 R01 deadline that expired on Monday, November 21, will be handled on a case-by-case basis.
The problem with the central NIH Log-in that occurred yesterday has resurfaced today; as a result, eRA Commons is currently unavailable or extremely slow. The eRA technical team is working with other NIH teams to resolve the issue.
For applications with submission dates for yesterday and today, please review the NIH Guide Notice NOT-OD-12-0-16 for more information.
We are sorry for this inconvenience and will keep you updated.
ITHS Core Services Voucher Awards for Pilot Studies
Application Due Date: December 27, 2011
The Institute of Translational Health Sciences (ITHS, iths.org) is pleased to announce the availability of voucher awards for ITHS Core Services, designed to assist investigators in conducting small pilot studies. These voucher awards provide access only to the ITHS core services listed on the application rather than providing direct funding to the researcher.
These vouchers are designed to assist faculty members (or those with equivalent titles) in obtaining preliminary findings, testing “proof of concept,” or conducting other research activities designed to prepare and support competitive, full-scale grant applications.
Projects are one year in length, with a possible no-cost extension. You may request a combination of ITHS core services totaling $10,000 or one service priced greater than $10,000.
The Institute is supported by grant UL1RR025014 from the NIH National Center for Research Resources.Please help us continue to support your research by citing our grant number in publications we supported.
eRA Alert: eRA Commons Downtime November 9 - 10 for Software Release
Wednesday, November 9, 2011
eRA Commons will be unavailablebeginning at 9 p.m. ET today,Wednesday, November 9 until about 7 a.m. ET Thursday, November 10.
This downtime is necessaryto release software updates that will enhance components of the eRA systems. eRA Commons will be available to users on Thursday, November 10.
From: NSPIRES-Help NSPIRES-Help@nasaprs.com Sent: Friday, October 28, 2011 7:51 AM To: NSPIRES-Help Subject: NSPIRES unavailable on November 5, 2011
Please note that NSPIRES will be unavailable from 12:00am ET Saturday, November 5 until 12:00am ET Sunday, November 6. During this time, the system will be undergoing database and system upgrades.
We are reorganizing the OSP reception lobby and paper documents for pickup can now be found to the right of the reception desk on the small table. Each document will be placed in a 8×10 envelope labeled with the PI name, department and box number. If you have any questions when you arrive to the office, just ask Shirley or Guada at the front desk and they will be happy to assist you. Should your department not pick up the documents within two weeks, we will send them via interoffice campus mail to the box number provided in the corresponding eGC1.
Some additional information:
Does your sponsor require a hard copy with ink signature from OSP? If yes, please request that OSP place the hard copy signed document in our front office reception area so that you can pick it up when it becomes available.
All signed or otherwise approved documents are available for view and download from the SAGE system.
We hope this new process will make it easier for you to find your documents for pick up. Your comments and suggestions are welcome, so feel free to let us know how we are doing at OSPhelp@uw.edu.
eRA Update: Visibility Issue With Grant Application Image Resolved
Thursday, October 26, 2011
The issue in eRA Commons that delayed the visibility of the grant application image by one business day for Signing Officials (SOs) and Administrative Officials (AOs) has now been resolved. SOs and AOs can now view the application image as soon as it is available in Commons.
eRA Alert: Deadlines Extended for Funding Opportunities with Deadlines This Week
Tuesday, October 25, 2011
An issue in eRA Commons is delaying the visibility of the grant application image by one business day for Signing Officials (SOs) and Administrative Officials (AOs). Principal Investigators (the Contact PI on an application) and their delegated assistants are able to view the application image immediately.
To ensure that application institutions have the full opportunity to review submitted applications before they move on for further processing, NIH has extended the deadline by one business day for all funding opportunities that require electronic submission that have due dates that fall on or between today, Tuesday, Oct. 25 and Friday, Oct. 28, 2011.
NIH assures us that there is no problem in the submission process itself or the application data. It is only the visibility of the application image that is delayed for SOs and AOs.
Note that those affected by this delay will still have two days to check their application image in Commons per the normal submission process.
The Office of Sponsored Programs is committed to providing excellent service to our campus and external partners. Your comments and suggestions are welcome, so feel free to let us know how we are doing at OSPhelp@uw.edu
Following the eRA Commons technology upgrade on October 7-8, some issues were discovered in the system. We are pleased to announce that a release today took care of issues that could not wait until the next Commons release in January 2012.
As of Thursday, October 20, the following issues have been corrected:
·Fixed the eAdditions link in the Grant Folder.
·Corrected various log-in menu issues.
·Ensured that emails are being sent to Principal Investigators and Grants Management staff when Signing Officials submit a No-Cost Extension.
·Enabled xTrain users to submit PHS 2271 State of Appointment forms for grants with suffixes.
·Extended the thirty character email address size limit for Account Administrators to eighty characters. This defect was temporarily preventing institution registration in Commons, if the Account Administrator’s email address exceeded 30 characters.
·Corrected the eSNAP Clinical Trial question for NIH Phase III participation so that the answer can be updated from Yes to No.
·Enabled Commons users with a PI role to submit and initiate an eSNAP for international institutions.
·Limited the query results to 500 records for queries performed in Account Management.
A list of outstandingKnown Issuessince the Oct. 7-8 release can be found on the eRA Web site.
(Original message below sent Saturday, October 8, at 7:08 a.m.)
eRA Information: eRA Commons Service Restored; Minor Issues Exist
Saturday, October 8, 2011
We have completed a successful technology upgrade of the eRA Commons. The system is up and running and is available for your use.
This was an expansive project, requiring updates to a significant portion of the Commons technology. We are aware of a handful of known issues in the system. Please see the List of Known Issues posted on the eRA website.
If you are experiencing system issues that arenot documented on the known issues list, please contact the eRA Help Desk, so we can look into the matter. Please note that the eRA Help Desk will be closed on Monday in observance of the federal holiday and will reopen on Tuesday, October 11. You may use the e-mail address or the web ticketing system on Monday, and a member of the help desk will get back to you as soon as possible next week.
(Original message below sent Thursday, October 6, at 4:44 p.m.)
eRA Reminder: Changes Coming to eRA Commons October 8, 2011
Thursday, October 6, 2011
On Friday, October 7 and Saturday, October 8, 2011, eRA Commons will undergo a ‘technical refresh.’ The new functionality will be available to users on Saturday, October 8.
eRA Commons will be unavailable from 9 p.m. (ET) Friday, October 7, until as late as 7 a.m. Saturday, October 8to complete this work.New features to be released are described below.
Commons Login and Welcome screens
We have updated the appearance of the Commons login and welcome screens, though Commons users will continue to log in using their username and password as before.
Program Directors/Principal Investigators (PD/PIs) affiliated with more than one institution will be able to select which institution to work with for their current session. The name of the default institution will appear in the top right corner (Welcome section) of each Commons page; PD/PIs can click the link to access the Change Affiliation screen, where they can select the institution they wish to work under.
Admin
New Features
·A new Delegations menu item within the Admin tab will open a My Delegations screen, from which Commons users can review, assign, revoke, and edit certain capabilities to other Commons users. These actions, called ‘delegations,’ will all take place in this centralized location. The authorities that you are able to delegate to other Commons users depend on your Commons role, as well as the role(s) of the user(s) you wish to delegate to.
·Signing Officials (SOs) will be able to delegate authority to a user on behalf of another Commons user from the Delegate Progress Report and Delegate Sponsor links on their My Delegates screen.
Commons Institution Registration
New Features
A new link for registering institutions in the Commons (Register Grantee Organization) will exist in the top right area of the Commons Login screen.
Selecting the Register Grantee Organization link will open the new registration form, which will no longer require the inclusion of the organization’s fax number(s).
Signing Officials and Account Administrators at newly registered organizations will each receive separate e-mails with their temporary usernames and passwords. Previously, only the Signing Official received these e-mails, which included the SO’s temporary login information, as well as the AA’s.
xTrain
New Process for Self-Registration
xTrain users invited to use Commons by the PD/PI will receive a series of e-mails directing them through the process of creating their accounts. The first e-mail will invite the user to create an account in Commons. The e-mails to follow will walk the user through completing the process.Accounts set up by Account Administrators will function the same as before.
An $18.5 million grant has been awarded by the National Science Foundation for establishment of a new Engineering Research Center for Sensorimotor Neural Engineering at the UW. Researchers at the centre will develop “neurobotics”, which is development of robotic replacement limbs that can be controlled with the mind. See UWW Today: http://www.washington.edu/news/articles/uw-will-lead-18.5-million-effort-to-create-mind-machine-interface
The first Faculty Brown Bag session is today, October 14, 2011, in Gerberding 142 from 12-1pm. All faculty and post docs are invited to attend in person and encouraged toregister. Nona Phillips will be talking about the Protection of Animal Subjects in Research.
The session will be webcasted live and faculty, administrators and staff are welcome to attend in this fashion. The webcast link is -http://uofw.adobeconnect.com/brownbag/. The webcast will be archived next week for viewing at any time in the future.
The Washington Global Health Fund is pleased to release a request for proposals for commercialization grants. Complete applications are due November 2nd. Please see the RFP for more information and send additional questions to Vajra Allan, Project Manager, Washington Global Health Fund, vallan@wghalliance.org or 206.302.4562.
NIH announced that on Friday, October 7 and Saturday, October 8, eRA Commons will undergo a ‘technical refresh.’ This downtime will not affect the October 5 R01 application submission deadline or the subsequent application viewing window.
A message from Kate Riley, Project Manager, UW Global Support Office.
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Hello
I want to draw your attention to a terrific new web resource for providing administrative support for international activities. It’s the International Resource Center (IRC) site at http://irc.nacubo.org. The site provides a broad range of information on a number of important topics that we all deal with including cash management, finance, HR, legal, reporting and compliance, and risk management. The site also features profiles of 30 countries that contain key information about doing business there.
The development of the IRC site was led by NACUBO (National Association of College and University Business Officers) with strong support from CUGH (Consortium of Universities for Global Health). High Street Partners, which has a focus on consulting with universities that need to establish international operations, was also an important partner in the collaboration. The site was rolled out at the NACUBO meeting this summer and will again be profiled at the upcoming CUGH conference in Montreal this November.
Many of our colleagues at the UW contributed to the content and design of the site. The site features various checklists and other job aids that have been developed by the Global Support Project. Thanks to all of you who participated in the website oversight team and the individual sub-teams. Ann and I believe the work we all have done at the University of Washington played a substantive role in the development of this site.
Check out the site and let us know what you think.
From: Update from the NIH Office of Extramural Research to the external biomedical research community. EXTRAMURALNEXUS@LIST.NIH.GOVOn Behalf Of NIH Extramural Nexus (NIH/OD) Sent: Monday, October 03, 2011 1:55 PM To:EXTRAMURALNEXUS@LIST.NIH.GOV Subject: NIH Update: Analysis of Career Development Awards, Career Options for PhDs, and a New Funding Opportunity
I recently came across an interesting article by Fuhrmann et al. that talks about the range of career options that eventually attract graduate students. Continue reading →
I wanted to let you know about a relatively new program. The NIH Director’s Transformative Research Awards fund big, bold, paradigm-shifting science. Continue reading →
Science literacy has grown among the adult citizenry of the United States during the past couple decades, and we need to continue this positive trend. Continue reading →
I am pleased that the White House has re-announced the Presidential Awards for Excellence in Science, Mathematics, and Engineering Mentoring. Continue reading →
If you are new to NIH, take a look at this video for an overview of what happens to your grant application once it comes in the door. Continue reading →
Congratulations to Dr. Shwetak Patel, a faculty member in Computer Science & engineering and Electrical Engineering, for being named a 2011 MacAuthor Fellow.
Please join us for NCURA’s “YouTube” Tuesdays where each week your colleagues will be sharing tips and information on topics of interest to research administrators on NCURA’s YouTube Channel!
From one of the Scientific Review Officers at NIH provided this information to her Study Section:
I have listed below other submission related issues that NIH would not consider an acceptable reason for late submission. I have also listed the link to NIH’s most recent late submission policy. Please note that correcting submission errors is not considered an acceptable reason for late submission. Your application must be complete and error free by 5:00 PM local time.
Examples of events that would NOT be considered ‘System Issues’:
·Failure to follow funding opportunity instructions.
·Failure to follow application guide instructions.
·Failure to complete required organization or investigator registrations prior to deadline.
·Failure to correct Grants.gov or eRA identified errors/warnings after a deadline.
·Local internet problem at institution on deadline day.
·Problems with local submission system (e.g., system-to-system solution).
·Grants.gov AOR not authorized to submit for organization.
·Unable to see final application status (errors/warnings or image) in Grants.gov or eRA Commons within half a business day of submission. (See System Issue bullet above for greater than half a business day).
·Forgot credentials.
·Discovered application image issue after the application viewing window.
·Failure to notify the eRA Commons Help Desk of submission issues by deadline or of application image issues within application viewing window.
·Rejected/Refused an application by accident.
·Did not receive Grants.gov or eRA notifications, but status available in Grants.gov or eRA Commons.
The upcoming Faculty Orientation to Researchis moving to Johnson Hall Auditorium 102. For those people participating in the Faculty Fellows Program (separate event), the program schedules are complimentary and co-located in Johnson Hall for your convenience.
We especially encourage new faculty and post docs from the last two years to register for this two hour event.
In preparation of fall deadlines the Research Administration Learning Program is offering 7 classes in September. These courses were collaboratively developed with OSP, GCA, MAA and campus representatives with staff and administrators in mind. See the Training website for a full list, descriptions and registration.
September classes:
·Introduction to Research Administration
·How to Prepare a Basic Budget
·Grants.gov – The Basics
·Cost Share Essentials
·The Nuts & Bolts of Outgoing Subcontract Administration
Coming soon:
·What’s Audit Got to Do with It? (this class will be added in the next 10 days)
The Office of Sponsored Programs is committed to providing excellent service to our campus and external partners. Your comments and suggestions are welcome, so feel free to let us know how we are doing at OSPhelp@uw.edu.
NIH eRA Commons Items of Interest – August 29, 2011
Good morning everyone, and good riddance to Irene! We are open for business at NIH, with all systems running normally, and we hope that those of you on the East Coast made it through the storm with little to no damage. We have some eRA Commons news for you, so let’s get started!
If you had the opportunity to attend any OER outreach events (regional seminars or small business conference) this year, you probably heard us mention that “Commons is changing.” What does this mean? Well, it’s a little too early to be able to show you what is changing, but here is some information about what you can expect.
In October, eRA Commons will undergo a “technical refresh.” As a part of this work, we’ll be able to update and enhance various sections of the system. Here’s a sneak preview of some of the upcoming changes:
Login Screens
We recently conducted a Commons Usability Study to determine what we can do to begin bringing Commons up to speed with the technology of the 21st century (Commons was “born” in the 1980s!) The study told us something we’ve suspected for awhile—the visual design of Commons could use some work. It will take time to refresh the look of the Commons as a whole, but in October you’ll see that we started the refreshing process with the login screens. In addition to having an improved look and feel, the login screens will provide eligible federated users with the ability to login to Commons using their home organization credentials. Stay tuned for more details.
Delegations
Did you ever think that it would be so much easier to delegate tasks in Commons if all of the delegations were in one place? Well, come October, all available delegations will be located under one ‘Delegations’ tab on the top menu bar in Commons. Our documentation and communications teams will release FAQs, ‘How To’ steps, and other materials to help you when this change takes place. The Help Desk will be well informed and able to answer your questions about the new way to perform delegations.
Stay tuned for additional communications regarding the upcoming technical refresh of eRA Commons!
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Additional Items of Interest:
Mandating Use of No-Cost Extension (NCE) in Commons
We have just released a guide notice (NOT-OD-11-098) detailing our plan to mandate the use of the No-Cost Extension feature in eRA Commons when you need to notify NIH that you will exercise your one-time authority to extend (without additional funds) the final budget period of your grant. The majority of you are already using NCE for this purpose, but the new policy requiring its use will go into effect on October 1, 2011. As of that date, NIH will no longer accept these notifications via other communication channels.
Implementation of Research Performance Progress Report
We continue to work hard on our plans to implement the federal-wide Research Performance Progress Report (Guess what? Another acronym! RPPR). While we are currently working on internal technical development, we plan to open a pilot of the RPPR feature in eRA Commons (which will replace the eSNAP feature) early next year. Full implementation of the RPPR will occur next summer. For more information, see the posted implementation plan: DHHS/NIH (and Other PHS Agencies).
If you managed to make it this far…thanks for reading our Commons Items of Interest! Should you have any questions about the above content, or any questions/topics you wish for us to address in a future Items of Interest, please feel free to send an e-mail to our communications team at eRACommunications@mail.nih.gov.
If the UW has only received a federal grant to conduct its own trial and there is no clinical trial agreement is involved, then this particular announcement does not apply.
The Second Annual Faculty Orientation to Research will be held on Friday, September 16th from 8:30-10:30am in Johnson Hall Auditorium 102. Mary Lidstrom, Vice Provost of Research, is giving the opening remarks.Additional Presentations will be provided by Lynne Chronister (OSP), Tami Sadusky (GCA) and Patti McClure (ORIS).
Who should attend?
New faculty and post docs who are involved or will be involved with research. Please encourage them to attend. Coffee and breakfast goodies will be provided.The Orientation Session is open only to new faculty. However, we will be offering web access to the year long orientation program throughout the year and these sessions will be available for all faculty and staff (see below).
Is registration required?
We are strongly encouraging faculty and post docs to register from the website, but this is not required.
What information will they receive?
·Impact of UW research on the community, nation and the world
·Responsibilities of OSP, GCA and ORIS
·PI Responsibilities
·Navigating the Pre and Post award processes
·GIM 19, F&A
·SAGE Suite
How is the event being communicated?
·Announcement and email to MRAM
·Email to the DDC (Deans, Directors, Chairs)
·Email to new faculty and post docs (last 2 years)
·Announcements posted on the Research and OSP websites
·Attached is the flyer for the event – consider printing several and posting them in your department
Beginning in October two Brown Bag Series will be offered for faculty and post docs. They will be webcasted and archived versions will be posted to the web the following week – an excellent way for anyone to participate in the sessions, including faculty, post docs, administrators and staff. Additional announcements and information will be sent in late September. A list of topics is found on this web page.
·Track I – Compliance
·Track II – Building Your Research Program
If you have any questions, please contact:
Gretchen Davis Richey, Learning & Communications Specialist
The Office of Sponsored Programs is committed to providing excellent service to our campus and external partners. Your comments and suggestions are welcome, so feel free to let us know how we are doing at OSPhelp@uw.edu.
University-Industry Demonstration Partnership (UIDP) AND The National Council of Entrepreneurial Tech Transfer (NCET2)
Present
Government Research Funding Programs Series Sponsored this month by the ARPA-E
SERIES DESCRIPTION:
As federal and state investments in research and development grow, researchers have sought to increase the funding they receive from these sources. In order to bolster the awareness of these programs, the National Academies’ UIDP and NCET2 will hold a series of regularly scheduled webinars that highlight specific agencies and their programs that support research and development funding to researchers, faculty, students, universities and industry.
“Funding Opportunities at ARPA-E” Wednesday, August 17, 2011 , 4:00-5:00 pm ET
Presenter: Dr. Mark Johnson Program Lead Grid-Scale Rampable Intermittent Dispatchable Storage (GRIDS)
ABOUT THIS WEBINAR:
Recognizing the need to reevaluate the way the United States spurs innovation, the National Academies released a 2006 report, “Rising Above the Gathering Storm,” that included the recommendation to establish an Advanced Research Projects Agency—Energy (ARPA-E) within the Department of Energy (DOE). ARPA-E seeks to support energy technology conferences, workshops, and other events that will involve the exchange or dissemination of technical data and information, the transfer of advanced energy technologies to the private sector, the education of targeted audiences about energy technologies and their potential impact(s), the promotion of investment or business opportunities for advanced energy technologies, and the formation of new partnerships, collaborations, and networks among energy researchers, technologists, entrepreneurs, and investors. ARPA-E also seeks to support student participation in energy conferences and other events in order to educate the next generation of energy researchers and technologists, attract researchers and technologists to energy-related fields and disciplines, and connect students with entities involved in the development and deployment of advanced energy technologies.
Moderated by:
Russell Thomas Managing Director, Springboard North Carolina State University
COST: Free, but registration required by clicking on the link above. We thank the ARPA-E for their financial sponsorship of this month’s webinar allowing it to continue to be free to attendees.
HOW TO PARTICIPATE?: This series is online. You need a computer with web access for the visual/audio. Q&A is conducted by a chat box to the speakers. Once registered to the webinar series you will receive a separate email with the webinar url 24 hours before the start of the webinar.
WHO SHOULD PARTICIPATE IN THE WEBINAR?: These webinars are open to anyone interested in how universities and industry can seek funding for their collective efforts . This can include university chief research officers, directors of economic development, corporate business development directors and academic liaisons, university professors and corporate researchers.
* While the University-Demonstration Partnership (UIDP) is pleased to be a sponsor of this webinar series in concert with NCET2, the views expressed are those of the presenters and not necessarily those of UIDP, its National Academies sponsor, the Government-University-Industry Research Roundtable (GUIRR), or the National Academies.
Please note that most links to RFAs, PAs, and Guide Notices will take you to the NIH Web site. RFPs will take you to FedBizOpps. Links to RFPs will not work past their proposal receipt date. Archived versions of RFPs posted on FedBizOpps can be found on the FedBizOpps site using the FedBizOpps search function. Under “Document to Search,” select Archived Documents.
The e-mail notification that the eRA system automatically sends to grant applicants after the application viewing window elapses (see sample e-mail at the end of this message) is not being sent under certain conditions. Applicants who submitted on Friday, August 5 will not receive the e-mail notification that would, under normal conditions, be sent to them on midnight this evening (Tuesday, August 9), alerting them that their application has moved forward for additional processing and funding consideration.
Cause:
The eRA system automatically forwards electronic grant applications to NIH staff two business days after the assembled application image is made available in eRA Commons.When the system has to handle an extremely high volume of applications, the process fails, and eRA staff must intervene manually in order to make the applications available to NIH staff for funding consideration. When this occurs, the ‘auto verified’ e-mails are not being sent to applicants. This issue does not affect any other eRA notifications that are sent throughout the electronic application process.
Corrective Action:
We are monitoring our systems closely and ensuring that all applications move forward for funding consideration after the application viewing window elapses. We will correct this issue during our software release this fall.
What can you do?
Although you may not receive an e-mail, your application status is available through eRA Commons. During the application viewing window, the eSubmission Status will display as ‘Pending Verification’. Once the application viewing window elapses and the application has moved forward for funding consideration, the eSubmission Status will change to ‘Submission Complete’.
Just when you became familiar with ADOBE-FORMS-B1 application form packages, NIH and its partner agencies (AHRQ, CDC, FDA and NIOSH) have released ADOBE-FORMS-B2. Don’t panic!
eRA Commonswill be unavailable from 9 p.m. (ET) Thursday, July 21 until 7 a.m. Friday, July 22 in order for eRA to perform internal software enhancements.
“Do you ship items outside the U.S. or travel outside the U.S. for UW business? Export control law applies to these activities. All UW staff and faculty should know whether there are export controls on what is being shipped or transported, whether a license is needed, whether the end-user is restricted, and know the end-use of the item before shipping.
Exports@uw.edu can assist in determining your export licensing needs before you ship items or travel abroad with items. Please visit the shipping and travel guidance on the OSP Export Control website for more information.”
Effective October 1, 2011, NIH is requiring grantees to use the No-Cost Extension feature in the eRA Commons to notify NIH when they exercise their one-time authority to extend, without additional funds, the final budget period of a grant. NIH will no longer accept these notifications via other communication channels. Read the full announcement (NOT-OD-11-098).
From: Table of Contents for the NIH Guide for Grants & Contracts NIHTOC-L@LIST.NIH.GOVOn Behalf Of Guide TOC Sent: Friday, July 15, 2011 11:39 AM To:NIHTOC-L@LIST.NIH.GOV Subject: NIH Funding Opportunities and Notices for July 15, 2011 (The NIH Guide TOC)
Weekly NIH Funding Opportunities and Notices
NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts July 15, 2011 Table of Contents (TOC)
Notices
NIH Offers SBIR Niche Assessment Program to Phase I Awardees (NOT-OD-11-094) National Institutes of Health
NIH and Other Agencies Serviced by eRA Commons Extend Deadline for Applications Due on July 12, 2011 (NOT-OD-11-095) National Institutes of Health
NIH, AHRQ, CDC, FDA and NIOSH to Release Updated Electronic Application Forms ADOBE-FORMS-B2 (NOT-OD-11-096) National Institutes of Health Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality Food and Drug Administration National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
Modification of Eligibility Criteria for Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Awards (NRSA) for Individual Postdoctoral Fellows (Parent F32) (NOT-OD-11-097) National Institutes of Health
Mandating Use of the Commons to Submit No-Cost Extension Notifications (NOT-OD-11-098) National Institutes of Health
Notice of Updated NIAMS Policy for Investigator-Initiated Clinical Trials (NOT-AR-11-020) National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases
NCCAM Policy on Support of Clinical Trials in Individual Postdoctoral Fellowship Applications (F32) and Under the Auspices of Institutional Training Grant (T32) Fellowships (NOT-AT-11-005) National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine
New NIDCR Policy: Investigator-Initiated Clinical Trials Include Biomarker Clinical Evaluation Studies (NOT-DE-11-002) National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research
Change in Eligible Doctoral Degrees for NIDDK PAR-09-223: NIDDK Small Grants for Clinical Scientists to Promote Diversity in Health-Related Research (R03) (NOT-DK-11-013) National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases Office of Dietary Supplements
Notice of Availability of Administrative Supplements to Enable Continuity of Research Training of M.D./Ph.D.s during Clinical Training (NOT-MH-11-014) National Institute of Mental Health
NINDS Policy for the Requirement of Authorization from the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to use an Investigational Drug, Biologic Product or Device in a Clinical Trial Prior to Submission of an Application (NOT-NS-11-018) National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke
NINDS Parkinson’s Disease Biomarkers Program Strategy (NOT-NS-11-020) National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke
Requests for Applications
Quality by Design for Orally Inhaled Drugs: Chemistry, Manufacturing, and Controls (U01) (RFA-FD-11-029) Food and Drug Administration Application Receipt Date(s): August 15, 2011
Collaborating Centers of Excellence in Regulatory Science and Innovation (U01) (RFA-FD-11-033) Food and Drug Administration Application Receipt Date(s): August 15, 2011
Research to Understand and Inform Interventions that Promote the Research Careers of Students in Biomedical and Behavioral Sciences (R01) (RFA-GM-12-002) National Institute of General Medical Sciences Application Receipt Date(s): October 21, 2011
Rehabilitation Research Career Development Programs (K12) (RFA-HD-12-208) Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Application Receipt Date(s): November 14, 2011
Pediatric Scientist Development Program (PSDP) [K12] (RFA-HD-12-209) Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Application Receipt Date(s): November 22, 2011
Instrument Development for Biomedical Applications (R21) (RFA-RR-11-005) National Center for Research Resources Application Receipt Date(s): October 11, 2011
International Tobacco and Health Research and Capacity Building Program (R01) (RFA-TW-11-003) John E. Fogarty International Center National Cancer Institute National Institute on Drug Abuse Application Receipt Date(s): September 15, 2011
Program Announcements
Translational Research in Pediatric and Obstetric Pharmacology (R01) (PAR-11-246) Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Application Receipt/Submission Date(s): October 4, 2011, January 10, 2012, May 15, 2012, September 12, 2012, January 10, 2013, May 15, 2013
Translational Research in Pediatric and Obstetric Pharmacology (R03) (PAR-11-247) Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Application Receipt/Submission Date(s): October 4, 2011, January 10, 2012, May 15, 2012, September 12, 2012, January 10, 2013, May 15, 2013
Translational Research in Pediatric and Obstetric Pharmacology (R21) (PAR-11-248) Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Application Receipt/Submission Date(s): October 4, 2011, January 10, 2012, May 15, 2012, September 12, 2012, January 10, 2013, May 15, 2013
Institutional Research and Academic Career Development Awards (IRACDA) (K12) (PAR-11-255) National Institute of General Medical Sciences Application Receipt/Submission Date(s): September 22, 2011
The purpose of this guide notice is to alert applicants that NIH, AHRQ, CDC, FDA and NIOSH are phasing in use of updated electronic application forms packages.
The ADOBE-FORMS-B2 packages will be used with new funding opportunity announcements (FOAs) posted on/after July 22, 2011. In addition, NIH will reissue R01, R03, and R21 parent announcements with the new forms on July 22 and expire the current parent R01, R03, and R21 FOAs on January 8, 2012 . Applicants may use either the current parent FOAs with ADOBE-FORMS-B1 or the new parent FOAs with ADOBE-FORMS-B2 packages for deadlines on/before January 7, 2012, but NIH strongly encourages applicants to use ADOBE-FORMS-B2 whenever possible. Applicants downloading forms from the current parent announcements will encounter a splash screen directing them to the new parent announcements once they are posted.
COGR and AAU have teamed up to publish an article that describes the plight of research universities in this new era of federal regulation. Here is the link to that article.
eRA Commons and Internet Assisted Review (IAR) have been restored to full service. eRA will continue to monitor the systems closely.
For applicants submitting a K series renewal, resubmission, and/or revision application, NIH has released a guide notice announcing an extension of today’s deadline in light of these system issues. Today’s K series application deadline has been extended to tomorrow, Wednesday July 13. Please refer to guide notice NOT-OD-11-095.
Thank you for your patience, and please contact us if you have any questions or concerns.
eRA Alert: Commons and IAR are Currently Unavailable
Tuesday, July 12, 2011
eRA Commons and Internet Assisted Review (IAR) are currently unavailable due to technical difficulties. eRA is working to diagnose the problem and will provide additional details as soon as possible.
WASHINGTON STATE LIFE SCIENCES DISCOVERY FUND HELPS LAUNCH THREE NEW PROGRAMS TO ADVANCE HEALTH RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT
SEATTLE, Washington, JUNE 27, 2011— The Life Sciences Discovery Fund (LSDF) today announced awards to three multi-institutional teams to support development of improved therapies and key resources for medical researchers and health-care policymakers. LSDF will allocate up to $8 million among the three programs.
The programs will be led by University of Washington investigators in partnership with collaborators across the state. Dr. David Flum will work with health-care providers, insurers, and information technology experts to create databases of clinical practices, patient outcomes, and medical costs that can be used to assess the comparative effectiveness and cost effectiveness of specific health-care strategies. This work builds upon an LSDF project grant that Dr. Flum received in 2007.
A second program, led by Dr. Michael Schwartz, will develop new human stem cell-based treatments for type 1 diabetes that avoid the problems of tumor formation and immune rejection that have previously limited the use of such therapies. The research team anticipates that their treatment approach can ultimately be applied to other diseases.
The third program, directed by Dr. John Slattery, will establish a system for collection and statewide distribution of human biological specimens required to answer important research questions and ultimately improve disease diagnosis and treatment. The specimens will be linked to biologically relevant data on the donors, and the program will be constructed to protect patient privacy and rights. This program will complement the cancer biospecimen resource that Dr. Peggy Porter of the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center is developing under an LSDF 2009 program grant.
The three awards were made in the 2010 program grant competition, which supports the launch of new collaborative initiatives that address major health problems and position organizations for future competitiveness and leadership.
According to LSDF executive director Lee Huntsman, the new cohort of awards is anticipated to reap health and economic impacts that are broad in both magnitude and scope. “In addition to improving treatment of a specific condition-namely, type 1 diabetes-these grants will create robust resources to accelerate development of diagnostics and therapies for a multitude of diseases.”
Huntsman added that “the grant to Dr. Flum will allow Washington’s health-care community to answer vital questions regarding the value of various treatments and determine the best uses of our limited health-care dollars.”
The LSDF board of trustees selected the awardees from 11 proposals that were evaluated by national experts convened by the American Association for the Advancement of Science. In a highly competitive two-phase process, proposals were rated on scientific merit and the potential to improve health and health care in Washington and provide statewide economic benefit.
Lura Powell, chair of the LSDF board of trustees, noted that the impact of the new awards would likely be felt throughout Washington. “These grants support cutting-edge research as well as widespread distribution of high-quality specimens and health-care data. Together, they will help ensure that our state maintains its leadership position in medical research and delivery of cost-effective health care.”
Funding for program grant awards comes from Washington’s allocation of payments under the Master Tobacco Settlement Agreement of 1998, revenues arising from multi-state litigation with tobacco product manufacturers.
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The Life Sciences Discovery Fund, a Washington state agency established in May 2005, makes grant investments in innovative life sciences research to benefit Washington and its citizens.
The Office of Research is pleased to introduce the newRequired Trainings site, developed in partnership with multiple central UW compliance offices and UW researchers. The goal of this site is to help members of the UW research community easily identify training required for their area of research.
On June 13th of this year a bill was introduced in the US House of Representatives that would extend ARRA-type reporting to all federal research awards. This bill, HR 2146 (http://www.govtrack.us/congress/billtext.xpd?bill=h112-2146), if passed into law would repeal FFATA, but add significant reporting burden to all federal awards. Attached is a joint statement from AAU, APLU and COGR about the bill. You can also find this document on the AAU web site, http://www.aau.edu/.
The nation’s research university community is deeply concerned about the potential impact of HR 2146, the Digital Accountability and Transparency Act of 2011, on our nation’s innovation capacity.This legislation would impose substantial new costs on universities’ research enterprises, significantly reducing productivity with little benefit to the nation.
Scientific research is, by its nature and by already-existing laws, regulations, and reporting requirements, a transparent and accountable process.The Recovery Act imposed substantial added paperwork and other administrative burdens on scientists and administrators, with little evidence that they produced significant and useful information for the public or policymakers.The time and resources expended could have been devoted to actual research and education.Yet H.R. 2146 seeks to perpetuate these additional requirements.
In fact, preliminary data being collected by the Federal Demonstration Partnership suggests that the paperwork and other administrative costs of the Recovery Act reporting requirements for just under 100 research institutions alone were $87 million, or about $7,900 per research award.If these costs are extended throughout the entire federal research enterprise, they could amount to hundreds of millions of dollars each year.
The public rightfully demands that its tax dollars be spent usefully and wisely.Money is wasted, however, when researchers and administrators are forced to spend their time making needless calculations and filling out forms.
Both Congress and the Administration have been taking action to reduce the burden of unnecessary or unproductive regulation on the American economy.This legislation goes in exactly the opposite direction, and it should be rejected.
Please see the attached memo from DOD Under Secretary Ashton Carter regarding the end of the facilities and administrative costs cap on DOD basic research awards.
Allowability of Administrative/Clerical Salaries on Federally Sponsored Projects
Guidance for the University of Washington research community in preparation of grant and contract applications and post-award administration
Background
At educational institutions, administrative and clerical costs are considered indirect costs incurred for common or joint objectives and not readily or specifically identifiable to a particular sponsored project.
The federal government allows for the recovery of administrative costs on sponsored projects, both on and off campus. The U.S. Congress limits this reimbursement to 26% of the modified total direct costs of a project.
In order to track consistent treatment of administrative and clerical charges across all sponsored projects, the University of Washington, Office of Management Accounting and Analysis (MAA) periodically evaluates job codes that are considered administrative and clerical. This analysis is done on a University-wide basis. For a complete list of the University of Washington payroll titles that are considered administrative or clerical in nature, please see Grants Information Memorandum 23.
Federal Policy
Administrative/Clerical salaries cannot be directly charged to a sponsored project unless the nature of the work under the sponsored project requires: 1) an extensive amount of administrative or clerical support that is significantly greater than the routine level of support provided to a project within an academic department/unit AND 2) the increased level of support is allocable to a specific sponsored project. These circumstances must be identified explicitly in the grant application or contract proposal.
GIM 23 includes specific examples provided by the Federal Office of Management and Budget (OMB) that illustrate circumstances where direct charging of administrative and clerical salaries may be appropriate.
Proposal Review by the Office of Sponsored Programs
All sponsored project applications are reviewed by the Office of Sponsored Programs (OSP). OSP will review the circumstances that are being presented to the sponsor in support of the direct charging of administrative/clerical salaries in light of the federal cost principles and GIM 23.
Administrative/clerical salaries proposed in a grant or contract budget as a direct cost or as cost-share must meet each of the following criteria:
The salary falls within the special circumstances specified by OMB, Circular A-21 Section.F.6.b Interpretation (see GIM 23 for text);
The title, effort level and salary of the position are stated in the proposal; and
The special circumstances warranting direct charging of the services are justified in the proposal budget justification
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The Sponsor specifically allows the direct charging of administrative/clerical costs due to the type of grant or contract and this is documented in the funding opportunity announcement (FOA).
If the above criteria are not met at time of proposal, OSP reserves the right to return the proposal to the Principal Investigator, unapproved.
Post – Award Administration: Administrative/Clerical Salary Expenditures
It is the Principal Investigator’s responsibility to document the roles, duties, and effort devoted to a sponsored project for all personnel. Therefore, the duties of any administrative or clerical position described in the justification to OSP should be reflected in the departmental record as the project is carried out.
Grant and Contract Accounting (GCA) reviews administrative/clerical job code expenditures charged to federal budgets. At the time of budget set-up, OSP notifies GCA when administrative and clerical salaries have been appropriately justified and funded. GCA denotes this in the accounting system and then performs subsequent compliance checks to ensure that administrative and clerical salaries are appropriate when charged to a federal award. If the appropriate flags are not noted in the accounting system and administrative and clerical charges are found by GCA on a federal project, GCA will ask the PI to move any unjustified expenditures from the federal budget to an appropriate alternative non-federal budget.
If charging an administrative/clerical salary was unforeseen at the time of proposal but the need to do so arises after time of award, the same criteria in Section 3 apply. The PI/dept must send an appropriate justification to OSP for OSP review and notification to GCA.
It is important to recognize that there are instances where project personnel are employed under an administrative/clerical payroll title but the duties of those personnel on the project are research or technically based technical (e.g. not administrative or clerical in nature). It is advisable to select the most appropriate payroll title for the individual carrying out work on the project.
If an administrative/clerical payroll title is necessary for an individual with research-based effort on the project, notification to OSP is required. OSP will request documentation for any individual with the admin/clerical payroll title and will notify GCA, either through the funding action (FA) or a post-award change (PAC), in order to prevent later notification from GCA to the PI.
In addition to increased audit risk and risk the cost will ultimately be deemed unallowable, continued charging of administrative/clerical job code expenditures on a federal budget without required documentation as set out above may lead to escalation of the matter initially to the Departmental/Division Chair and subsequently to the Dean.
Frequently Asked Questions:
Is being off-campus sufficient justification for direct charging administrative salaries?
No. Conducting a project off-campus is not an adequate explanation to justify the direct charging of administrative/clerical salaries. An exceptional and unlike circumstance must exist to justify charging administrative and clerical salaries directly to the project, regardless of the location of the project.
Is direct charging small percentages of administrative/clerical effort (salaries) among several off-campus sponsored agreements allowable per OMB Circular A-21 guidelines?
Generally, no. If the effort applied toward those activities is performed for common or joint objectives shared across several projects, then these costs are unallowable as direct charges. If there are exceptional and unlike circumstances that require administrative/clerical support above and beyond the norm, and this effort can be specifically attributed to a particular project, then these charges will be allowable.
If administrative/clerical salaries were proposed in the application and the sponsor did not specifically disallow them in the award, are they allowable?
Sponsors expect the University to apply consistent cost accounting standards which includes consistent treatment of expenditures across all projects and activities. If expenditures for administrative and clerical support were justified to the sponsor at the time of proposal using the OMB Circular A-21 guidelines, then those costs are more likely to be allowed when incurred. If, however, the exceptional and unlike circumstance warranting the direct charging of administrative/clerical salaries was not documented at the time of the proposal, these expenditures may be considered unallowable as direct charges by the sponsor.
What about the treatment of administrative and clerical costs on non-federal awards?
In limited situations, the clerical and administrative costs can be charged to non-federal sponsored projects if the sponsors of those projects do not specifically disapprove the cost in the award or in other notices it gives to the University.
For questions on the allowability of administrative or clerical salaries charged on sponsored projects, please visit the Office of Sponsored Programs (OSP) website and locate your OSP point of contact or call (206) 543-4043.
Did you hear? The UW Grant Information Memoranda are being updated by OSP, GCA and central office business partners over the next 18 months. New GIMs are being added and some GIMs will be deleted with a portion of the content moving to the OSP website. All current GIMs will eventually be reformatted into a new template for a standard layout. Guidance information will no longer be included in the GIM, but will be linked from the GIM.
The OSP Policy webpage was streamlined to provide the GIMs in numerical order and all non-GIM guidance and information listed on the right side.
Deleted GIMS = 4, 8, 12, 16, 25
Subcontracts Policy, GIM 7, uses the new template format.
New GIM = Closeout of Sponsored Programs, GIM 39. At the May MRAM meeting a presentation was given and a Closeout Checklist distributed to MRAM.
If you have any questions, please contact osp@uw.edu. Thank you.
While not shared with reviewers, a cover letter submitted to NIH with a grant application can “help in referring your application to a particular review group and give us other information that will help us conduct the review,” according to a post in the applicant section on the website of the Center for Scientific Review. CSR is the division within NIH that reviews the majority of grant applications. The post suggests “popular reasons to use a cover letter,” with details about each; it also explains how such a letter can be composed. CSR also posted its May “Peer Review Notes Newsletter.”
From: Update from the NIH Office of Extramural Research to the external biomedical research community. EXTRAMURALNEXUS@LIST.NIH.GOV On Behalf Of NIH Extramural Nexus (NIH/OD) Sent: Wednesday, June 01, 2011 8:04 AM To:EXTRAMURALNEXUS@LIST.NIH.GOV Subject: NIH Update: Mapping Pubs to Grants, Update on Grants per PI, and More on the Top 20
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A message from Erin Fay, Manager - Equipment Inventory Office
TRAVELING OUT OF THE COUNTRY WITH UNIVERSITY OWNED EQUIPMENT? CHECK OUT THE UPDATED CUSTOMS PROCEDURES EFFECTIVE 6/3/11!
When University faculty, students, or staff are traveling out of country with University equipment that is less than 6 months old (as carry-on or checked baggage), be prepared to document the original purchase upon returning to the United States to avoid having to pay duty tax.
The traveler should keep supporting documentation of the equipment purchase with the equipment as it leaves the country, while it is in the foreign country, and most importantly, when the equipment returns to the United States. Appropriate supporting documentation includes:
·The Original Receipt for the purchase of the item (Preferred Support),
·A Customs Letter prepared by the department, or
·U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Form 4457
ITHS is sponsoring a presenation by Tory Lake, regulatory Affairs Director at the FHCRC. The FDA recently issued new guidance on safety reporting that went into effect March 28, 2011.
A live webcase via your desktop computer is available or you can attend in person. It will be archived ont he ITHS website for future viewing.
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June 2011 - ITHS Clinical Research Education Series (CRES)
When: Tuesday 14 June 2011 at 12:00 to 1:00 PM
Where: Foege Auditorium room S060 (Genome Sciences) is located at south end of 15th Ave NE and Pacific St.
Presentation: Changes in FDA Investigational New Drug Safety Reporting Requirements
by Tory Lake, Regulatory Affairs Director at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center.
Live webcast and recording for later viewing at: https://www.iths.org/node/[number pending]
Go to the presentation link. At the bottom of the page you will find another link for the Adobe Connect Meeting. You will be prompted to provide some basic information first but there is no password needed.
Light refreshments: Come early for salad, drinks, and cookies or bring your own lunch.
CRES Notification: If you or colleagues who like to be notified of the upcoming CRES presentation or you want to be removed from the mailing list, use the link below.
The ITHS Clinical Research Education Series is a monthly seminar series for investigators, scholars, and research staff to provide continuing education in the research regulations and conducting studies in compliance with Good Clinical Practice standards. Particular emphasis is placed on providing practical advice and tools and on working within the UW and ITHS partner institutional systems (e.g., Seattle Children’s, Fred-Hutch, WWAMI region).
In short, the clarification is applicable to Non-competing awards and clarifies how inflation adjustments will be determined for future year commitments, including FY2012. The inflation adjustments are specified for Non-modular and Modular awards. Note, the original April 25 notice referenced a 2 percent inflation adjustment factor – this reference has been eliminated in the clarification.
NIH announces a 2% increase in NRSA stipend levels effective 10/1/2010
Dear UW Faculty and Administrators:
On April 25, 2011 NIH sent out Notice No. NOT-OD-11-67to announce 2% increase in the stipend levels paid to NRSA trainees and fellows for awards made with fiscal year 2011 funds. This applies to predoctoral trainees and postdoctoral Senior Fellow Trainees with stipends on NRSA grant sources.Only NRSA trainees appointed and receiving funds from awards made since October 1, 2010 are eligible for this stipendincrease.NRSA trainees presently funded on awards made with federal fiscal year 2010 funds continue to receive the previous stipend levels until their appointments are funded from federal fiscal year 2011 award funds.This is NIH’s standard practice whenever NRSA stipend levels are adjusted.
The stipend is not compensation for services.The salary freeze the university is currently operating under does not restrict increasing the stipends for these trainees.
NIH will send revised Notice of Awards for NRSA awards made on or after October 1, 2010 to reflect the new stipend levels. Upon receipt of the revised Notice of Award, Office of Sponsored Programs will issue a Funding Action to Grant and Contract Accounting to increase the stipend levels for the NRSA award.
When the Funding Action is in place, the department must use xTrain to adjust the stipend levels for only the trainees appointed on or after 10/1/2010 on these awards.It is recommended that departments 1) increase the stipend in the first available pay period to address the 2% increase for prior months; and (2) increaseremaining stipend payments in the trainee’s appointment period to the new stipend levels for the duration of the appointment. If assistance is needed, please contact the payroll office.
Questions regarding this announcement may be directed to Ted Mordhorst at 616-8678, tedm2@uw.edu or Sinh Simmons at 685-7165, ssimmons@uw.edu .
This week, OSP will begin sending e-mail notifications to PIs with federal awards ending the week of June 27th. The e-mails serve as reminders on the closeout responsiblities for federal funding . Federal sponsors typically require that all closeout reports be submitted within ninety (90) days after the award end date.
If OSP does not receive a copy of the final technical report by 120 days past the award end date, OSP will not submit new proposals on behalf of the delinquent PI. OSP has implemented GIM 39 to ensure that federal sponsors do not withhold funding or otherwise penalize the University for delinquent final reporting. Please contact the OSP Closeout Specialist at closeout@uw.edu if you have questions on reporting requirements.
The presentation on closeouts and GIM 39 is available on the MRAM website.
NIH Grantees can now purchase Lexicon mice through Taconic or The Texas A&M Institute for Genomic Medicine (TIGM) with funds from grants under the same terms as NIH contract (NOT-DA-11-019) National Institute on Drug Abuse http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/notice-files/NOT-DA-11-019.html
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) and a Correction regarding Foreign Applicants for RFA-HL-12-007 (Life after Linkage: the Future of Family Studies (R01)) (NOT-HL-11-144) National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/notice-files/NOT-HL-11-144.html
Notice of Expiration of NLM Express Research Grants in Biomedical Informatics (R01) (PAR-08-080) and Reissuance of NLM Express Research Grants in Biomedical Informatics (R01) (PAR-11-208) (NOT-LM-11-004) National Library of Medicine http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/notice-files/NOT-LM-11-004.html
Clinical Trial Planning Grants in Type 1 Diabetes (R34) (RFA-DK-11-010) National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke Application Receipt Date(s): March 15, 2012 http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-DK-11-010.html
Food Protection Rapid Response Team and Program Infrastructure Improvement Implementation Project (U18) (RFA-FD-11-013) Food and Drug Administration Application Receipt Date(s): June 14, 2011 http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-FD-11-013.html
Clinical Trials Planning Studies for Rare Thrombotic and Hemostatic Disorders (U34) (RFA-HL-12-023) National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute Application Receipt Date(s): October 13, 2011, October 15, 2012, October 17, 2013 http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-HL-12-023.html
Limited Competition: Strengthening Behavioral and Social Science in Medical School Education (R25) (RFA-OD-11-004) National Institutes of Health National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine National Cancer Institute Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development Office of Behavioral and Social Science Research Application Receipt Date(s): July 07, 2011 http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-OD-11-004.html
National Cancer Insitute’s Fiscal Picture and Grant Support for FY2011
Update from Harold Varmus, NCI Director
I am writing to bring you up to date on the fiscal picture confronting the National Cancer Institute (NCI) for the rest of FY2011 and to ask your help in making the best possible use of the reduced resources available to us this year.
Three weeks ago, Congress passed and the President signed a full-year Continuing Resolution (CR) for the government for FY2011. While the outcome is not as good for the NIH as we would like it to be - and is short of what the agency could use to take advantage of all of the envisioned opportunities and needs - the outcome could have been worse. (For instance, if HR1 had been enacted, not just passed by the House of Representatives, the NIH budget would have been cut by nearly 5%.) Furthermore, it is a relief to end the protracted uncertainties associated with short term CRs.
Having said that, pending final resolution of the numbers with the Department of Health and Human Services, the total NIH budget of approximately $30.7 billion represents an almost 1% decrease from the NIH budget in FY2010. This drop reflects two major decreases from last year’s NIH appropriated budget level: (i) a $260 million reduction (comprised of a $210 million cut to be distributed proportionately among the Institutes and Centers [ICs] and a $50 million cut in support for NIH buildings and facilities), and (ii) an across-the-board reduction of 0.2% for all discretionary programs. For NCI specifically, these two reductions are approximately $35 million and $10 million, respectively, resulting in an NCI budget of about $5.059 billion for FY2011.
In these constrained circumstances, NCI’s first priority is to preserve funding for Research Project Grants (RPGs), to ensure that as many new RPGs as possible are awarded to our investigators, especially our young investigators, to allow them to pursue new ideas. Over the past two years, we have made about 1,250 competing awards of RPGs per year, exclusive of awards made with funds from the Recovery Act (ARRA). This year, for reasons that will be explained below, we will be unable to achieve these numbers; but, by trimming virtually all NCI budget categories, we believe we can award approximately 1,100 new RPGs, while also absorbing the costs of approximately 138 grants initiated with ARRA funds.
We are facing an especially difficult situation at the NCI this year because of several factors that contribute to an increased commitment base. When combined with the smaller budget for FY2011, the enlarged commitment base has reduced the funds available for making new awards. The largest factor is a substantial increase (approximately $40,000) that occurred in the average size of our competing RPGs in FY2010. In addition, as implied above, NCI made a decision in FY2009 to use appropriated dollars in FY2011 and FY2012 to extend some of the grants that were originally awarded with ARRA funds. Furthermore, the money available for new RPGs has been further reduced by costs associated with the ongoing construction of a new administrative facility in Shady Grove, Maryland, a project that can’t be stopped or suspended without much greater losses, although we have been able to cut some costs in existing construction contracts.
NCI has been hit harder by the confluence of such budgetary events than many of our sister ICs. For example, most other ICs sustained increases in the average size of their competing RPGs in FY2009 and were able to absorb that increase in FY2010, whereas the analogous change at the NCI did not occur until FY2010, requiring us to absorb the increase in FY2011. As a result, the measures we must take to preserve core funding for RPGs in FY2011 will need to be correspondingly greater. Thus, while other ICs will be reducing their non-modular, noncompeting (Type 5) awards by 1% below the FY2010 level, NCI will fund all of our noncompeting RPGs, both modular and non-modular, at 3% below the FY 2010 level. This will reduce the NCI’s cash shortfall for RPGs by approximately $48 million compared to the hypothetical payment of the same awards at their FY 2010 level.
We recognize that this situation may create difficulties for our current grantees, who already face loss of customary inflationary adjustments - which they had hoped for and which they deserve - but it will allow more than 100 investigators to obtain grants that would otherwise not be made and, thereby, to carry out their highly meritorious projects.
To be able to provide enough funds to support 1,100 new RPGs, as well as the grants initiated with ARRA funds, the NCI also will need to make modest reductions (between 2 and 5%) in virtually all budgets for our many activities - including the intramural programs, contracts at NCI-Frederick and elsewhere, the NCI-designated Cancer Centers, and the operating budgets of all NCI components. Unfortunately, there is simply no way to get through this fiscal situation without taking these largely unprecedented steps. However, for competing awards, the other Institute Directors and I have agreed that the average cost should be as close to FY2010 levels as possible, acknowledging that ICs can’t completely control the average costs.
These adjustments still leave us operating at a slight deficit, but one that we believe is manageable. We will continue to track the budget closely and expect to realize savings during the rest of the fiscal year. And if Congress passes the President’s budget proposal for FY2012, we will aim to restore the levels of noncompeting awards to what they would have been if the NCI had not taken measures this year that are more severe than those taken by other ICs.
As you can see from the foregoing analysis, this will be a difficult year for the NCI. I am asking for your help and forbearance as we deal with the consequences of reduced appropriations and an increased commitment base, while also trying to maximize the number of competitively awarded research grants. At times like these, we need to make a concerted effort to use our still-considerable resources - more than $5 billion this year - in the best possible way to sustain the pace of discovery, broaden our understanding of cancer as a biological phenomenon, and turn our increased knowledge into better ways to prevent, diagnose, and treat cancers of many types. I am confident that we can do this while we adapt to this year’s budgetary stringencies and attempt to improve the situation in the years to come.
Thanks for your understanding and for your devotion to the cause of cancer research.
Harold Varmus, M.D.
Director, NCI
Note: This message is a slightly edited and updated version of a memorandum sent to all NCI staff on April 27th.
Notice of Legislative Mandates in Effect for FY2011
Notice Number:NOT-OD-11-072
Related Notice: May 4, 2011 - See Notice NOT-OD-11-073. The intent of this Notice is to provide information on the statutory provisions that limit the use of funds on National Institutes of Health (NIH) grant, cooperative agreement, and contract awards for FY2011.
The Department of Defense and Full-Year Continuing Appropriations Act of 2011 (P.L. 112-10) provides funding to NIH for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2011. The intent of this Notice is to provide information on the following statutory provisions that limit the use of funds on NIH grant, cooperative agreement, and contract awards for FY2011. P.L. 112-10 continues all legislative mandates in effect for FY2010. The Notice of Legislative Mandates for FY2010 was published on January 6, 2010, NIH Guide Notice NOT-OD-10-040 .
FY 2010 Legislative Mandates that remain in effect are as follows:
(1) Dissemination of False or Misleading Scientific Information [Section (517b)] (2) Continued Salary Limitation (Section 203) (3) Anti-Lobbying (Section 503) (4) Restriction on Distribution of Sterile Needles (Section 505) (5) Acknowledgment of Federal Funding (Section 506) (6) Restriction on Abortions (Section 507) (7) Exceptions to Restriction on Abortions (Section 508) (8) Ban on Funding Human Embryo Research (Section 509) (9) Limitation on Use of Funds for Promotion of Legalization of Controlled Substances (Section 510) (10) Certification of Filing and Payment of Taxes (Section 527)
(1) Dissemination of False or Deliberately Misleading Scientific Information (Section 517b). “None of the funds made available in this Act may be used to disseminate scientific information that is deliberately false or misleading.”
(2) Continued Salary Limitation (Section 203) “None of the funds appropriated in this Act for the National Institutes of Health, the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, and the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration shall be used to pay the salary of an individual, through a grant or other extramural mechanism, at a rate in excess of Executive Level I.” Executive Level I of the Federal Executive Pay Scale effective January 1 through December 31, 2009 was $196,700. Effective January 1, 2010, this amount increased to $199,700. However there has been no increase in 2011; consequently the salary cap continues in FY2011 at the same level. Further information on the NIH Salary Limitation can be found in NIH Guide Notice NOT-OD-11-073 published on May ?, 2011.
(3) Anti-Lobbying (Section 503) “(a) No part of any appropriation contained in this Act shall be used, other than for normal and recognized executive-legislative relationships, for publicity or propaganda purposes, for the preparation, distribution, or use of any kit, pamphlet, booklet, publication, radio, television, or video presentation designed to support or defeat legislation pending before the Congress or any State legislature, except in presentation to the Congress or any State legislature itself. (b) No part of any appropriation contained in this Act shall be used to pay the salary or expenses of any grant or contract recipient, or agent acting for such recipient, related to any activity designed to influence legislation or appropriations pending before the Congress or any State legislature. ”
(4) Restriction on Distribution of Sterile Needles (Section 505) ” None of the funds contained in this Act may be used to distribute any needle or syringe for the purpose of preventing the spread of blood borne pathogens in any location that has been determined by the local public health or local law enforcement authorities to be inappropriate for such distribution.”
(5) Acknowledgment of Federal Funding (Section 506) “When issuing statements, press releases, requests for proposals, bid solicitations and other documents describing projects or programs funded in whole or in part with Federal money, all grantees receiving Federal funds included in this Act, including but not limited to State and local governments and recipients of Federal research grants, shall clearly state: (1) the percentage of the total costs of the program or project which will be financed with Federal money; (2) the dollar amount of Federal funds for the project or program; and (3) percentage and dollar amount of the total costs of the project or program that will be financed by non-governmental sources.”
(6) Restriction on Abortions (Section 507) “(a) None of the funds appropriated under this Act, and none of the funds in any trust fund to which funds are appropriated in this Act, shall be expended for any abortion. (b) None of the funds appropriated in this Act, and none of the funds in any trust fund to which funds are appropriated in this Act, shall be expended for health benefits coverage that includes coverage of abortion. (c) The term ‘‘health benefits coverage’’ means the package of services covered by a managed care provider or organization pursuant to a contract or other arrangement. “
(7) Exceptions to Restriction on Abortions (Section 508) “(a) The limitations established in the preceding section shall not apply to an abortion— (1) if the pregnancy is the result of an act of rape or incest; or (2) in the case where a woman suffers from a physical disorder, physical injury, or physical illness, including a life endangering physical condition caused by or arising from the pregnancy itself, that would, as certified by a physician, place the woman in danger of death unless an abortion is performed. (b) Nothing in the preceding section shall be construed as prohibiting the expenditure by a State, locality, entity, or private person of State, local, or private funds (other than a State’s or locality’s contribution of Medicaid matching funds). (c) Nothing in the preceding section shall be construed as restricting the ability of any managed care provider from offering abortion coverage or the ability of a State or locality to contract separately with such a provider for such coverage with State funds (other than a State’s or locality’s contribution of Medicaid matching funds). (d)(1) None of the funds made available in this Act may be made available to a Federal agency or program, or to a State or local government, if such agency, program, or government subjects any institutional or individual health care entity to discrimination on the basis that the health care entity does not provide, pay for, provide coverage of, or refer for abortions. (2) In this subsection, the term ‘‘health care entity’’ includes an individual physician or other health care professional, a hospital, a provider-sponsored organization, a health maintenance organization, a health insurance plan, or any other kind of health care facility, organization, or plan.
(8) Ban on Funding of Human Embryo Research (Section 509) “(a) None of the funds made available in this Act may be used for: (1) the creation of a human embryo or embryos for research purposes; or (2) research in which a human embryo or embryos are destroyed, discarded, or knowingly subjected to risk of injury or death greater than that allowed for research on fetuses in utero under 45 CFR 46.204(b) and section 498(b) of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 289g(b)). (b) For purposes of this section, the term “human embryo or embryos” includes any organism, not protected as a human subject under 45 CFR 46 as of the date of the enactment of this Act, that is derived by fertilization, parthenogenesis, cloning, or any other means from one or more human gametes or human diploid cells. “
(9) Limitation on Use of Funds for Promotion of Legalization of Controlled Substances (Section 510) “(a) None of the funds made available in this Act may be used for any activity that promotes the legalization of any drug or other substance included in schedule I of the schedules of controlled substances established under section 202 of the Controlled Substances Act except for normal and recognized executive-congressional communications. (b)The limitation in subsection (a) shall not apply when there is significant medical evidence of a therapeutic advantage to the use of such drug or other substance or that federally sponsored clinical trials are being conducted to determine therapeutic advantage.”
(10) Certification of Filing and Payment of Taxes (Section 521) “None of the funds appropriated or otherwise made available by this act may be used to enter into a contract in an amount greater than $5,000,000 or to award a grant in excess of such amount unless the prospective contractor or grantee certifies in writing to the agency awarding the contract or grant that, to the best of it’s knowledge and belief, the contractor or grantee has filed all Federal tax returns required during the three years preceding the certification, has not been convicted of a criminal offense under the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, and has not, more than 90 days prior to certification, been notified of any unpaid Federal tax assessment for which the liability remains unsatisfied, unless the assessment is the subject of an installment agreement or offer in compromise that has been approved by the Internal Revenue Service and is not in default, or the assessment is the subject of a non-frivolous administrative or judicial proceeding.”
If additional questions remain, after visiting the posted websites, please contact the awarding grants or contracts management office in the appropriate NIH Institutes and Centers.
This message is to inform you that new versions of the Research Terms and Conditions have been posted on the NSF website:
·Research Terms and Conditions, dated June 2011
·Appendix B: Subaward Requirements, dated June 2011
·Appendix C: National Policy Requirements Matrix, dated June 2011
While there were NO changes made to the actual side-by-side version of the Research Terms, since the appendices are formally a part of the Research Terms, the document was simply re-dated and reposted to the NSF website. Using the date of June 2011 will provide sufficient time for all agencies to make any necessary changes to their systems to adjust to this new date.
A summary of the significant changes made to the Appendices is included below. If you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to let me know. I greatly appreciate all the assistance provided by the research agencies, and the NSF Office of the General Counsel, during the update process.
·Updated USDA/CSREES to reflect name change to USDA/NIFA, and other associated changes
Changes made to Appendix C: National Policy Requirements Matrix
New Categories of Requirements
·Created New Category, Health and Safety Standards
·Created New Category, National Security Guidelines
·Created New Category, General/Miscellaneous Requirements, and alphabetized listing of items that fall under this category
Federal-wide Requirements:
·Added DUNS requirement
·Added CCR requirement
·Added FFATA
·Added Hotel and Motel Fire Safety Act
·Added Text Messaging While Driving
·Added Prohibition on ACORN funding
·Updated assurance language for NEPA to read: “Before a funding decision is made by the federal agency, identify to the awarding agency all potential impacts this award may have on”
·Consolidated False Claims Act provisions and updated reference for EPA
·Modified Human Stem Cell Research – updated and corrected
·Updated Government-wide Debarment and Suspension references
·Updated Paperwork Reduction Act by adding reference to M-11-07 “Facilitating Scientific Research by Streamlining the Paperwork Reduction Act Process”
·Updated Research Misconduct reference for USDA/NIFA
·Updated Environmental Standards reference for EPA
·Updated Clean Air Act reference for EPA
·Updated Metric System reference for EPA
·Updated National Historic Preservation reference for EPA
·Updated Utilization of Small Business Concerns reference for EPA
Agency Specific:
·Added Federal Information System Security Management Act (HHS awards only)
·Added Cert of Filing and Payment of Taxes (NIH awards only)
·Added “and Exceptions on Restrictions on Abortions”
·Added Training of Grad Students for Doctoral Degrees
·Deleted “Restriction on Employment of Unauthorized Alien Workers (deleted from FY10 appropriations)
Establishes the new stipend levels (2% increase) for the remainder of FY2011 and further summarizes tuition and fees, training related expenses, and institutional allowances for the NRSA awards.
Below are some of the latest research funding-related developments that might be of interest to universities and faculty researchers provided by the Academic Research Funding Strategies, LLC.
Their website provides some details and additional links.
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NSF Issues New Nanosystems ERC Solicitation
The Nanosystems Engineering Research Centers (NERC) solicitation is a “focused call” for ERC projects that focuses on “Transformational Nanotechnology Engineered Systems.” …more here.
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New EERE Funding Opportunity Announcements
DOE’s Energy Efficiency & Renewable Energy recently released several new funding opportunities focused on photovoltaics… more here.
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New NETL Funding Opportunity Announcements
The National Energy Technology Laboratory recently released an FOA entitled Advanced Gasification: Improvements in Existing Systems Availability, Novel CO2 Utilization Systems, and Low Rank Coal IGCC Optimization, which seeks to develop the technologies and approaches… more here.
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New Announcements from NIH and AHRQ
NSF recently released the following new (as opposed to reissued) announcements, and AHRQ has issued two IT-focused Program Announcements. … more here.
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Recently Released Dept. of Education Funding Opportunities Focused on Higher Ed
The Dept. of Ed recently released the new solicitations for FIPSE and several other higher education-focused programs … more here.
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DOE Advanced Hydropower Development
The Wind and Water Power Program of the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) is seeking applications to the Advanced Hydropower Development FOA … more here.
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HHS Early Child Care and Education Research Scholars
HHS’ Administration for Children and Families recently released two funding opportunities related to Early Child Care and Education… more here.
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Research Development & Grant Writing News – back copies now available for purchase
Academic Research Funding Strategies, LLC started publication in September of a subscription-based monthly electronic newsletter for faculty on how to compete successfully for research and education funding from federal agencies and foundations. Articles and resources in Research Development & Grant Writing News address how faculty can use proven competitive strategies to achieve success in a very difficult funding climate. The first issue is available for free as a sample for those considering subscribing. It can be downloaded here.
In addition, the first six issues of Research Development & Grant Writing News are now available for purchase as a package. For more information, click here.
Articles in March 2011 issue include: Writing the NSF STC Preliminary Proposal: Part 2; Finding Funding & Writing Grants in the Humanities, Writing Proposals to the US Dept. of Ed: An Intro; Funding Research in the Geosciences: An Intro; NSF CAREER – Writing the Education Plan; Preparing an NRSA Predoctoral Application; and IGERT Revisited. For information on how to subscribe, go here.
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For a full list of recently-released funding opportunities, see the links listed under “Compilations of Funding Announcements” on our Finding Funding page.
The National Institutes of Health recently posted new “all about grants” podcasts, which address “navigating through” a funding opportunity to be sure no details are missed and essential elements of writing a cover letter to go with the grant application.
The podcasts are described as “conversations with NIH staff members…designed for investigators, fellows, students, research administrators, and others” and provided by the Office of Extramural Research. In the podcasts, updated every other week, staff “provide insights on grant topics from those who live and breathe the information.”
A message from Curt DeVere, Director, UW International Scholars Office.
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Greetings!
Effective February 20th, employers filing H-1B petitions with U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) must make attestations regarding the release of controlled technology or technical data to the foreign employee named in the H-1B petition.This is required for all H-1B petitions being filed, including both initial and extensions.USCIS requires this attestation only in conjunction with the filing of an H-1B. For information about other situations in which the UW may require deemed export information, contact the UW Office of Sponsored Programs (OSP).
Most of us are familiar with the concept of exporting technology by shipping it overseas. However, an export of technology can also be “deemed” to take place when it is released to a foreign national within the United States. Controlled technology or technical data is considered “released” for export when it becomes available to foreign nationals for visual inspection, or when technology is exchanged orally, or when technology is made available by practice or application under the guidance of persons with knowledge of the technology.
Deemed exports must be authorized through an export license issued by the responsible government agency. If an export license is required, the employer must attest on the H-1B petition that it will not release to or otherwise provide the H-1B beneficiary with access to controlled technology or technical data until it has received the required license.
Universities have been required to comply with export control regulations for years. And most types of technology are not controlled for export or release to foreign nationals, so the export license will be required for only a small number of H-1B employees. However, a determination of whether the export license is required now must be conducted by the Office of Sponsored Programs before the International Scholars 0ffice (ISO) can submit any H-1B petition to USCIS. This is a new and important requirement.
Beginning immediately, all UW departments preparing to sponsor an H-1B must complete, sign, and send a “Deemed Export Compliance Attestation” form to exports@uw.eduas an attachment. The attestation form must be signed by the H-1B beneficiary’s Principal Investigator(s), the Department Chair, and the designated Dean’s/Chancellor’s Office signatory official. OSP will review, make a determination, sign, and forward the attestation form to ISO.Questions about the form should be directed to OSP.In most cases, this new step will not add any time to ISO’s processing of H-1B petitions, although it may add time to UW departmental processing.
Attached please find the related Export Control Memorandum. All signatories should read this memorandum prior to completing the attestation form.
Many colleges/schools have already appointed a Dean’s/Chancellor’s Office signatory official to review and sign the Deemed Export Compliance Attestation form.These individuals are named below. In this person’s absence, the attestation could be signed by the Dean. No other representatives within a college or school, including designees, will be authorized to sign the Deemed Export Compliance Attestation form. Please contact your dean’s office to discuss internal procedures for processing the form.
For more information about export control requirements, please contact OSP.
The next deadline for the Royalty Research Fund (RRF) submissions is approaching - it’s Monday, March 7. The Office of Research accepts proposals up until 5:00pm on Monday, March 7. (GIM 19 deadlines do not apply for internal funding opportunities).
For process related questions, please contact Peter Wilsnack (doogieh@uw.edu, 685-9316) and for technical support please contact the SAGE Help Desk (sagehelp@uw.edu, 685-8335).
The Environmental Health & Safety (EH&S) Research Project Hazard Assessment (RPHA) Form is now named the Biological Use Authorization (BUA) Application. In addition to the new name, the application has undergone minor revisions including an expanded gene insert description section, an expanded transgenic animal use section, and a modified location description section. These revisions were also incorporated into the EH&S Request for Change to BUA Form. Beginning February 1, 2011, the former RPHA form will no longer be accepted for new projects, renewals, and requests for changes to current BUAs.Please note that your BUA Application must be accurate and complete in order to be reviewed by the EH&S Research & Biosafety Office and/or the Institutional Biosafety Committee (IBC).
The National Science Board’s (NSB) Merit Review Task Force is undertaking a thorough review of the National Science Foundation’s two merit review criteria (Intellectual Merit and Broader Impacts). The merit review process is at the heart of NSF’s mission, and the merit review criteria form the critical base for that process. Moreover, in the recently enacted America COMPETES Reauthorization Act,the Broader Impacts Review Criterion was specifically mentioned.
The Task Force is now gathering input from a wide variety of stakeholder groups, and will be developing its report and recommendations during 2011.
To ensure that all interested parties have an opportunity to provide input, NSF has established a web site through which you can submit your thoughts and ideas on several issues of interest to the Task Force (http://www.nsf.gov/funding/meritreviewform.cfm). Please take this opportunity to provide comments and suggestions for improvements, as the Task Force undertakes this important review.
We also encourage you to forward this message to your faculty members, so that the Task Force may obtain their perspectives on this important topic.
This announcement was sent on behalf of the National Science Foundation.
The National Science Foundation has recently developed and posted additional guidance regarding recipient reporting for awards made under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA). To assist the ARRA reporting community in submission of these reports, NSF has developed a tip sheet of Common Reporting Errors Guidance. This document provides solutions and additional reporting guidance to common errors found in NSF ARRA quarterly reports.
We hope that this and other guidance on the NSF ARRA Recipient Reporting website will assist the research community in meeting their ARRA reporting obligations. For NSF-specific questions regarding Recovery Act recipient reporting, contact policy@nsf.gov.
This notice is being sent on behalf of the National Science Foundation.
“Creating Successful Research projects: Navigating the Process”
December 16, 2010
75 people participated in this new faculty orientation. The slides and resource handout have been posted to the OSP Learning webpage. Please send any questions to osptrain@uw.edu.
The NIH Office of Extramural Research recently started a blog. This month Dr. Sally Rockey writes about NIH supplements to support a technical replacement for a postdoctoral research associate that may need to be away from the lab because of illness, disability or family care responsibilities. You may subscribe to receive the blog directly by using the link on the right side of the blog page, directly under the search box.
Lynne Chronister Ass’t Vice Provost for Research and Director of Sponsored Programs lchronis@uw.edu 206-543-4043
The Office of Sponsored Programs is committed to providing excellent service to our campus and external partners. Your comments and suggestions are welcome, so feel free to let us know how we are doing at OSPhelp@uw.edu.
More than 75 faculty, administrators and staff attended one of the three campus sessions this past week which reviewed the recent changes to the NIH Error Correction Window and GIM 19, discussed when a proposal is “Ready to Submit”, and distributed tools and checklists to help submit clean proposals.
FROM: Judith A. Ramey, Professor, Human Centered Design & Engineering and Chair, Royalty Research Fund
RE: Royalty Research Fund and Royalty Research Fund Scholar Applications
This is to announce the Spring 2011 round of the Royalty Research Fund (RRF). Proposals are due Monday, March 7, by 5:00 PM. Awards will be announced by June 15, 2011.
Unlike agency-funded grants, RRF grants are not awarded to supplement or continue existing successful research programs. They are intended for faculty and researchers with PI status (either individuals or groups, at either junior or senior rank) who are embarking on a new research path. RRF grants are especially valuable for bridging transitional stages (either in the career of an individual, or in the research directions of a group), for high-risk projects, or to bring a larger project to the level of technical credibility and maturity where a competitive proposal to an agency or foundation would succeed. Proposals should include well-justified budgets of less than $40,000.
We also continue to seek proposals for the Royalty Research Fund Scholar program to support faculty release time for one quarter in conjunction with support of a meritorious research proposal. RRF Scholar applicants must normally teach four or more “regular and substantial courses per year.” Independent study and dissertation supervision are not included in these courses, as the intent is to release the faculty from the responsibility of classroom preparation time and in-class hours to concentrate on scholarly activities. While we expect most RRF Scholar proposals to come from the arts, humanities and social sciences, all qualifying faculty are eligible to apply. RRF Scholar proposals include funds for a teaching replacement, and may also include a modest budget for other project expenses.
All proposals will be peer reviewed through one of the three Royalty Research Fund Review Committees. The evaluators are faculty colleagues and therefore will not necessarily be specialists in the applicant’s subfield. Thought should be given, therefore, to crafting the proposal so that a wider audience may understand it. Although technical field-specific information will be expected, the major features of the proposal should also be accessible to non-specialists.
The Royalty Research Fund is made possible by income generated from royalties and licensing fees derived from intellectual property created by University faculty. No funds recovered through indirect costs are used for the RRF.
Proposals are due the last Monday in September and the first Monday in March. Please inform your faculty about this opportunity. Proposals from all disciplines are welcome.
The RRF proposal submission and review process is electronic - all proposals must be submitted using SAGE (System to Administer Grants Electronically). Briefly, the RRF application consists of an eGC1 (electronic Grant and Contracts Form 1, created online in SAGE), the proposal documents, and the suggested reviewers memo. The proposal documents are gathered into a single PDF file and attached electronically to the eGC1. The completed application is then routed electronically to all of the individuals that need to approve the proposal (Chairs, Directors and Deans). It is then automatically routed to RRF staff who review the proposal for adherence to instructions/program rules. The suggested reviewers memo is submitted separately to a special email account; this completes the submission process.
In our ongoing efforts to improve service, the RRF program continues to evolve and there are changes to the rules and/or application instructions each round. Therefore, please advise your faculty and staff that it is essential that applicants thoroughly read and carefully follow all instructions each round. Proposals that do not adhere to the guidelines will be returned for immediate correction and resubmission if time permits; otherwise, they will not be considered eligible for funding. Additionally, it is the applicants’ responsibility to find out how much lead time is required by each unit which needs to approve their proposal, through the Dean’s level. We strongly encourage all applicants to monitor the progress of their application throughout the approval process. Applications not fully approved by the RRF deadline will not be accepted – no exceptions.
The RRF application instructions, including specific directions for completing the eGC1, are currently available at the Office of Research web site located at:
Please don’t hesitate to contact the RRF administrative staff if you have questions about the program; new applicants should contact Peter Wilsnack, doogieh@uw.edu, (685-9316) and existing awardees should contact Barbara Thompson, bthompso@uw.edu (616-9089). Questions about SAGE and the eGC1 should be directed to the SAGE help desk, sagehelp@uw.edu, (685-8335).
Please forward this information to all interested parties.
The University of Washington Center for Commercialization (C4C) and Institute for Translational Health Sciences (ITHS) are pleased to sponsor a new Ignition Award focused on early-phase translational research. These funds are intended to support the development of important new medical products and enhance the opportunities for their commercialization. These projects could either be appropriate for licensing to an existing company or could serve as the focus for a start-up within a two to four year time frame.
To increase the likelihood that the selected projects will be successful, the C4C/ITHS Ignition program will be integrated with other services and resources from the UW Center for Commercialization, the Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship (CIE), and the ITHS. Some examples of in-kind services and resources available to grant recipients include the following:
ITHS Preclinical Regulatory Consulting
ITHS Assessment of Clinical Indication
An Entrepreneur-In-Residence (EIR) or New Ventures Mentor (NVM) to provide expertise in the project domain/industry
A CIE second-year MBA student to conduct additional market research and commercialization assessment
A UW Center for Commercialization Patent Agent to conduct freedom-to-operate and other patent landscape analyses
Fund sourcing, either through grant programs or equity-based sources
Technology commercialization/entrepreneurship programs and workshops
A total of $50,000 (no indirect costs can be charged) will be awarded. It may be awarded to one project, or split between several smaller projects each up to 12 months in duration.
Key Dates:
February 18th: Pre-Applications due
March 18th: Investigator notified of status
April 11th: Full Applications due
June 3rd: Applicants notified
July 1st: Budget Initiated
All UW faculty members or those with equivalent titles are eligible to apply. Note: All applicants must submit an Record of Innovation to UW C4C on the subject matter of the grant application and join ITHS prior to submitting an application. All resulting intellectual property will be managed by UW C4C. If a UW faculty member has additional appointments to other institutions, there must be an agreement in place prior to award regarding management of intellectual property.
ORIS has posted classes and materials to support the January SAGE System update:
New online tutorial to explore the improvements to managing people in your eGC1
SAGE Budget drop in sessions- multiple sessions, multiple locations
SAGE 101 class scheduled for January
You can access these materials from the ORIS Learning webpage.
Who should attend SAGE Budget Drop-In Sessions?
Researchers and administrators who currently work with budgets, as well as those interested in learning more about the features just released
What will you learn?
The difference between the budget page and the budget building capabilities of SAGE Budget
An overview of how to use SAGE Budget, demonstrating the newest features to create your budget quickly
How to use the power of SAGE Budget for real time salary, benefit and F&A rates and generate a budget that can be attached to your current or new eGC1.
How to copy budgets to create templates for future use.
Is there a cost for these classes?
No, all of these classes are free of charge. Registration is required to ensure enough class room space and materials are available.
NSF has instituted a new requirement for data management and sharing of the products of research. All new proposals submitted or due on or after January 18, 2011 must include a supplementary document of no more than two pages labeled “Data Management Plan”. Note that if a Data Management Plan would not be applicable to the proposed scope of work, a clear justification should be included. If it is applicable, the supplement should describe how the proposal will conform to NSF policy on the dissemination and sharing of research results (see AAG Chapter VI.D.4), and may include:
1.the types of data, samples, physical collections, software, curriculum materials, and other materials to be produced in the course of the project;
2.the standards to be used for data and metadata format and content (where existing standards are absent or deemed inadequate, this should be documented along with any proposed solutions or remedies);
3.policies for access and sharing including provisions for appropriate protection of privacy, confidentiality, security, intellectual property, or other rights or requirements;
4.policies and provisions for re-use, re-distribution, and the production of derivatives; and
5.plans for archiving data, samples, and other research products, and for preservation of access to them.
Data management requirements and plans specific to the Directorate, Office, Division, Program, or other NSF unit, relevant to a proposal are available at: http://www.nsf.gov/bfa/dias/policy/dmp.jsp. If guidance specific to the program is not available, then the requirements established in this section apply.
OSP is offering three sessions in January to review the changes to the NIH 2 Day Error Correction Window and to GIM 19, explain what “Ready to Submit” actually means, and provide tools/checklists to reduce the error rate of your proposals. Each session is 60 minutes and you only need to attend one.
Please use the Learning Registration Tool on the OSP website to secure a spot for the date of your choice.
Over the last few months many notices have been posted in the NIH Guide for Grants & Contracts regarding application process and policy changes to take place in January 2011 (NOT-OD-11-021).
I’ve polled some of my colleagues to see what advice they would give to our applicants in the coming year. Here is what they had to say…
“Something as important as a grant application deserves the time and attention needed to submit it error-free and on-time. Please take advantage of the application guide; it is here to help you.” Advice from the Office of Policy for Extramural Research Administration (these folks literally write the policy and the application guide)
We are often asked, “Do you really expect us to read the Application Guide – it’s over 250 pages?” To which we always reply with an unapologetic “Yes!” OK, it isn’t a gripping piece of literature. It does, however, hold all the information needed to submit your grant application to NIH. So, read through the applicable sections at least once and then use it as an on-line resource as you fill out your applications.
Your applications propose to spend large amounts of tax dollars to perform important scientific studies. Getting the application right is just the first step to successful completion of a research project – give it the same care and attention to detail.
Remember, you will no longer have the “error correction window” as a safety net to work through any errors encountered by eRA Commons beginning with the January 25 deadlines (see NOT-OD-10-123). An application submitted beyond the due date to correct errors/warnings will be considered late and not assigned for peer review or funding consideration. Carefully reading and following the provided instructions is critical to successful, on-time submission.
“Don’t ‘Overstuff’ Your Applications” Sage advice from the NIH Division of Receipt and Referral (these folks are usually the first NIH eyes to look at your application after submission – of course, they still see it after you)
With shorter applications and tighter restrictions regarding what can and can’t be included in your application or submitted post submission, it is tempting to find ways to stuff more information into areas of the application that were never intended to collect it.
A few reminders…
NIH has policy guidelines regarding materials that are acceptable in a grant application appendix. Some opportunities have additional restrictions or don’t allow appendix material at all. Be sure to check your Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) instructions. Remember, FOA instructions supersede application guide instructions.
Your research strategy must be self-contained and can’t link out to Web sites or include embedded files to provide additional information. In fact, such links will be inactivated during processing.
Only use the Other Attachments section of the R&R Other Project Information Form when explicitly instructed to do so in the FOA or application guide instructions.
I think this excerpt from NOT-OD-10-077 brings the ‘overstuffing’ point home quite nicely…
If inappropriate material is included in an appendix (e.g., an extension of the Specific Aims or Research Strategy section) then the Scientific Review Officer (SRO) will instruct peer reviewers not to read or consider the material in their review of the application. In particularly egregious cases NIH has the authority to withdraw the application from review or consideration for funding.
‘Nuff said.
“Use the Application Viewing Window” Advice from your eRA Customer Relationship Manager for eSubmission (that’s me)
Yes, the “error correction window” is going away. But, the “application viewing window” is here to stay. You have two-business days, after your application is error free and the assembled application image is available in eRA Commons, to preview the same document that will be seen by reviewers.
It is important to catch errors while you still have time to correct them. Build enough time into your submission schedule to carefully review the application image and make any needed adjustments BEFORE the deadline. The new NIH policy on post-submission application materials (NOT-OD-10-115) restricts post-submission changes to those resulting from unforeseen administrative issues and eliminates the chance of replacing an out of date biosketch or incorrect version of Specific Aims post-submission. Once your application viewing window elapses or the deadline hits (whichever comes first), you’re submission must be complete.
In case you’re still not convinced…Checking your application image in Commons is also the only definitive way to verify that NIH has successfully received your submission. If you can’t VIEW it, we can’t REVIEW it!
“Help Us Help You!” Plea from our User Support Branch (these folks work tirelessly to answer your questions and resolve your issues)
There are several things you can do to improve your customer service experience:
Submit early. Allow plenty of time to resolve unexpected submission problems and correct any errors encountered. If you wait until the last minute, you will be competing for limited support resources and increase your stress level!
Give us a call. If you have a time-sensitive question threatening your ability to meet a deadline, then pick up the phone and give us a call (see Finding Help). Submitting a ticket via the Web is a great way to document your issue when working through a confirmed system problem.
Check access to key accounts well before your deadline. Grants.gov and Commons passwords expire every 90 days. Login 1-2 weeks prior to your deadline to avoid last minute scrambling. Both Grants.gov and eRA Commons provide links to Reset or Unlock passwords just below where you enter your credential information on the login screens. Take advantage of these self-help tools.
Keep your Commons profiles up to date. You will need access to the email address in your Personal Profile if you need to reset your password. We may also use this information to contact you when needed.
Thought for The Day –lyric from “Just the Two of Us” by Grover Washington Jr. and Bill Withers
Good things might come to those who wait Not to those who wait too late.
Well, there you have it – the last eRA eSubmission Items of Interest for 2010. We hope you find these informal tip & advice emails useful. As always, we welcome your feedback on how we might improve. Drop us a note at askera@mail.nih.gov if you have any ideas or suggestions.
On behalf of Scarlett, myself and the whole eRA team – Have a Happy & Safe New Year!
UW Libraries are providing several resources:
* New web resources
* Hosting a webinar by ICPSR on January 12th (you can register to attend or to watch the webinar on your own computer)
* Open email listserv for the dissemination and/or discussion of library data policies, issues, events
* Contact Stephanie Wright, Data Services Coordinator at UW Libraries if you have questions
NSF has a new requirement for data management and sharing of the products of research. All new proposals submitted or due by January 18, 2011 must include a supplementary document of no more than two pages labeled “Data Management Plan”. Note that if a Data Management Plan would not be applicable to the proposed scope of work, a clear justification should be included. If it is applicable, the supplement should describe how the proposal will conform to NSF policy on the dissemination and sharing of research results (see AAG Chapter VI.D.4), and may include:
1.the types of data, samples, physical collections, software, curriculum materials, and other materials to be produced in the course of the project;
2.the standards to be used for data and metadata format and content (where existing standards are absent or deemed inadequate, this should be documented along with any proposed solutions or remedies);
3.policies for access and sharing including provisions for appropriate protection of privacy, confidentiality, security, intellectual property, or other rights or requirements;
4.policies and provisions for re-use, re-distribution, and the production of derivatives; and
5.plans for archiving data, samples, and other research products, and for preservation of access to them.
Data management requirements and plans specific to the Directorate, Office, Division, Program, or other NSF unit, relevant to a proposal are available at: http://www.nsf.gov/bfa/dias/policy/dmp.jsp. If guidance specific to the program is not available, then the requirements established in this section apply.
Simultaneously submitted collaborative proposals and proposals that include subawards are a single unified project and should include only one supplemental combined Data Management Plan, regardless of the number of non-lead collaborative proposals or subawards included. Fastlane will not permit submission of a proposal that is missing a Data Management Plan. Proposals for supplementary support to an existing award are not required to include a Data Management Plan.
A valid Data Management Plan may include only the statement that no detailed plan is needed, as long as the statement is accompanied by a clear justification. Proposers who feel that the plan cannot fit within the supplement limit of two pages may use part of the 15-page Project Description for additional data management information. Proposers are advised that the Data Management Plan may not be used to circumvent the 15-page Project Description limitation. The Data Management Plan will be reviewed as an integral part of the proposal, coming under Intellectual Merit or Broader Impacts or both, as appropriate for the scientific community of relevance.
Beginning with due dates on or after January 25, 2011, NIH will eliminate the error correction window from the application submission process. This applies to electronic and paper-based submissions.
During the process of submitting a grant application electronically, applicants may receive a notification from the eRA Commons regarding errors or warnings that need to be corrected to complete the application process. NIH currently allows applicants to correct errors or warnings during the two (2) business days after the submission deadline. This time is referred to as the “error correction window.” To make any corrections, the original application submission must have been submitted on time with all appropriate registrations in place. Note: Errors stop applications from processing and must be corrected. However, warnings do not stop application submission and are corrected at the discretion of the applicant
*IMPORTANT NOTE! NIH has eliminated the two day error correction window for due dates of January 25, 2011 and beyond. See NOT-OD-10-123 for more information.
This document is applicable to all applications submitted, or due, to NSF on or after January 18, 2011. Any questions regarding the new Guide should be submitted electronically to policy@nsf.gov.
ALL applicants proposing projects to NSF on/after January 18, 2011 should checked that they are using the correct application guide.
From the revised Guide:
SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT CHANGES
Chapter V – Section 2, SF 424 (R&R) (Cover Sheet), 2.15 Enter Estimated Project Funding (Field 15 on the Form), includes information related to NSF’s implementation of the National Science Board’s recommendations regarding cost sharing (see GPG, Chapter II.C.2.g(xi), Cost Sharing). Applicants are advised that the amount entered in the Total Non-Federal Funds (Field 15.b) will be entered on Line M of the NSF budget for those programs where cost sharing is required, when entered into the NSF FastLane System. Review of the solicitation’s guidance on cost sharing is vital since inclusion of voluntary committed cost sharing is prohibited for most solicitations. NSF-required, mandatory cost sharing will only be required when explicitly authorized by the NSF Director.
Chapter V – Section 4, R&R Other Project Information, 4.12 Add Other Attachments contains a clarification of NSF’s long standing data policy. All proposals must describe plans for data management and sharing of the products of research, or assert the absence of the need for such plans. The attachment name must include the words “Data Management Plan”. NSF will not permit submission of a proposal that is missing a Data Management Plan. The Data Management Plan will be reviewed as part of the intellectual merit or broader impacts of the application, or both.
CLARIFICATIONS AND OTHER CHANGES
Chapter III –Section 6, Proposal File Update – Post Submission, has been revised to explain that the Proposal File Update Module can no longer be used to submit revised budgets. They must now be submitted via the FastLane Revised Proposal Budget Module.
Chapter III.Section 6, Warning Messages has been supplemented to make it clear that failure to submit all required sections of the application may result in the application being returned without review Chapter V – Section 4, R&R Other Project Information, 4.12 Add Other Attachments, has been clarified to show that a mentoring plan is not required for postdoctoral researchers who are listed as Senior Personnel in Section A of the Budget.
Carol Blum Director, Research Compliance and Administration Council on Governmental Relations (COGR) 1200 New York Ave., NW, Suite 750 Washington DC 20005 202-289-6655, ext. 17 cblum@cogr.edu
A new half-day faculty orientation to the central research support offices on campus will be held on Thursday, December 16th from 7:45am to 12:15pm in the Walker Ames Room, Kane Hall. This event is targeted at faculty who joined the UW in 2009 or 2010.
Please register to reserve a space and ensure we have enough handouts and breakfast treats.
This workshop provides an introduction to the central research support offices who ensure your sponsored projects successfully maneuver through the multiple regulatory considerations within the grant lifecycle. Come learn how to successfully navigate submitting proposals to external sponsors while managing both the pre and post award process here at the University of Washington. Representatives from each central office will provide a short orientation to the compliance area they manage/oversee, describe the business process in use for their areas, and provide hints for quick success. Join us for this informative session, meet some of your fellow faculty members and take with you valuable handouts and resources for later use.
Early Warning: Grants.gov December Downtime Announced
Grants.gov will be down from Dec. 11 at midnight, EST, until noon the following day for “database upgrades.” According to a notice on the Grants.gov blog, “The system may be visible during this upgrade due to testing efforts,” but that doesn’t mean the system is operational. If the notice announcing the downtime is missing, that will “indicate availability of the system” by noon Dec. 12. Link: http://grants-gov.blogspot.com/2010/11/system-unavailable-during-database.html
The National Science Foundation has published a revised version of the NSF Proposal and Award Policies and Procedures Guide (PAPP), NSF 11-1, effective for proposals submitted on or after January 18, 2011. Changes include revisions to the cost sharing section to implement National Science Board recommendations regarding cost sharing (voluntary committed cost sharing is prohibited), and a revision to the Cover Sheet to make it consistent with the requirements of the Federal Funding Accountability and Transparency Act.
In the Notice Number NOT-OD-10-072 http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/notice-files/NOT-OD-10-072.html, NIH announces the requirement to use the xTrain module in eRA Commons. Effective January 1, 2011, the PHS Form 2271 Statement of Appointment and the PHS Form 416-9 Termination Notice must be submitted to NIH electronically via xTrain.
In order to access the xTrain module, departmental staff must have an Assistant role (ASST) in the eRA Commons. Department Administrator has the ability to assign ASST role for departmental staff. The Faculty Investigator will then access his/her training grant in eRA Commons to assign the xTrain role for the departmental staff who would assist and complete the appropriate forms mentioned above in eRA Commons. Steps-by-step instructions can be viewed via the eRA Commons at: https://commons.era.nih.gov/commons/
Before this requirement becomes effective, we strongly encourage you to access the xTrain demo website at: https://commonsdemo.era.nih.gov/commons-demo/ to practice and get familiar with the requirement and process. Questions and concerns about xTrain can be directed to Sinh Simmons at 685-7165 or ssimmons@uw.edu.
Many UW faculty, staff, and administrators have asked for a quick description of the two new UW programs to provide visas for international non-matriculated graduate students coming to the UW for one-year internship programs (the Visiting International Student Internship and Training Program, or VISIT) or for two-year non-matriculated research fellowships (the Visiting International Students Engaged in Research Program, or VISER).
Please see descriptions of the two programs below, which are administered on a fee basis by UW Professional and Continuing Education.
If you have questions about either of these programs, please contact uwvisit@uw.edu for additional details.
As always, if you have general questions about UW’s policies on global research, education, and training, feel free to contact me at vpoga@uw.edu.
The Visiting International Student Internship and Training Program (VISIT)
VISIT permits students pursuing degrees at foreign universities to participate in full-time supervised research and work-based learning experiences at the University of Washington. Applicants may request a maximum stay of up to twelve months for each degree level. VISIT internships must consist of at least 32 hours of structured activities per week and may not duplicate any previous experience the intern has had. Clerical work may not exceed 20% of the internship, and must not involve unskilled or entry-level labor, or clinical or other tasks related to patient care or contact.
VISIT program links:
Information for Academic Departments or Programs Interested in Hosting a Visiting Intern
The Visiting International Students Engaged in Research Program (VISER)
VISER permits students pursuing degrees at foreign universities to engage for a period between 13 to 24 months in a full-time prescribed course of study with a specific educational objective at the University of Washington.VISER students must either be substantially supported by their home government or other non-personal sources, or be part of a written exchange agreement between the UW and the foreign educational institution, which is signed by the Vice Provost of Global Affairs.
VISIT and VISER interns enter the United States on J-1 visas.Although they cannot receive wages or any type of payment for work, they may receive a stipend from the UW, which requires no service expectations or employment relationship.Such payments may not be funded by any externally-funded award unless the award sponsor specifically approves payment of a stipend to an international visitor.
Please contact uwvisit@uw.edu or 3-6242 (International & English Language Programs, UWEO) for more information about VISIT and VISER internships.
From:grants@arts.gov Sent: Monday, November 22, 2010 1:06 PM Subject: Important information regarding the required Final Descriptive Report Importance: High
Dear National Endowment for the Arts Award Recipient:
Important information regarding the required Final Descriptive Report
Last year, the Final Descriptive Report (FDR) was expanded to three parts to include the Geographic Location of Project Activity form (GEO) as Part III. Today, we announce that the GEO component must now be completed online (the paper version is no longer available). The online version is on the NEA’s website at www.arts.gov under the Manage Your Award section.
Go to www.nea.gov/manageaward/Organizations.* The online GEO is accessible through the FDR link in the Final Reports section. Click on “Final Descriptive Report including the NEW Online GEO.” This will take you to the FDR web page with links to “Part I & II: Narrative and Activity Data” and “Part III: Geographic Location of Project Activity.” Fax “Part I & II” to the Grants & Contracts Office at 202/682-5609 or 5610.
Click on the link to the online GEO to enter the location of project activity. Enter your award number to find the General Instructions. You do not have to input all the data at once. You will be able to save drafts of the GEO right up until you click the “Finalize Report” button to submit it. Review “Frequently Asked Questions” here before you begin. We strongly encourage you to print out the instructions before you begin.
Please remember that all three parts of the FDR must be submitted for the FDR to be complete.
If you have any questions regarding the online GEO, please contact the Office of Research & Analysis at 202-682-5420 or geoquestions@arts.gov. If you have questions on “Part I & II: Narrative and Activity Data” of the FDR, contact the Final Reports Officer in the Grants & Contracts Office at 202-682-5403.
“Creating Successful Research Projects: Navigating the Process”.
A new half-day faculty orientation to the central research support offices on campus will be held on Thursday, December 16th from 7:45am to 12:15pm in the Walker Ames Room, Kane Hall. This event is targeted at faculty who joined the UW in 2009 or 2010.
Please register to reserve a space and ensure we have enough handouts and breakfast treats.
This workshop provides an introduction to the central research support offices who ensure your sponsored projects successfully maneuver through the multiple regulatory considerations within the grant lifecycle. Come learn how to successfully navigate submitting proposals to external sponsors while managing both the pre and post award process here at the University of Washington. Representatives from each central office will provide a short orientation to the compliance area they manage/oversee, describe the business process in use for their areas, and provide hints for quick success. Join us for this informative session, meet some of your fellow faculty members and take with you valuable handouts and resources for later use.
The National Science Foundation is back up and running today after the fire in their building on Wednesday. They managed to get their transformer replaced or repaired.The Fastlane User Support telephone lines are not available so inquiries must be emailed to fastlane@nsf.gov with your name and telephone number. But the Web site is up.
Yesterday the National Science Foundation’s building was evacuated after an apparent lightning strike caused an electrical fire which damaged both the transformer providing power to the building and to NSF systems. NSF is closed today and their website is down. We will provide you updates as we get more information.
Note: While we anticipate that NSF could extend upcoming deadlines we cannot assume that deadlines will be moved. Please continue to prepare your proposals as if they will be due on their original deadlines. OSP will work diligently to ensure they get submitted on time.
Please contact your OSP Administrator if you have questions related to a specific application.
From: eSubmission system-to-system info sharing [mailto:NIH_ESUB_SYS2SYS-L@LIST.NIH.GOV] On Behalf Of eRA Communications Office Sent: Friday, October 15, 2010 9:11 AM To: NIH_ESUB_SYS2SYS-L@LIST.NIH.GOV Subject: eRA Alert: NIH Extends Deadline for Applications Due on October 15
eRA Alert: NIH Extends Deadline for Applications Due on October 15, in Light of Grants.gov Outage
Friday, October 15, 2010
It has been a longstanding principle of the NIH that grant applicants are not penalized for Federal system failures.
We are aware that Grants.gov has experienced an extended service interruption today, October 15, 2010, and that during the interruption applicants have been unable to submit to Grants.gov. Given that the service interruption occurred on today’s submission deadline for RFA-GM-11-004, NIH has extended the submission deadline for this opportunity by two days. The new submission deadline for RFA-GM-11-004 is Tuesday, October 19, 2010.
The two-business-day error-correction window will remain in place on Wednesday, October 20 and Thursday, October 21. We ask, however, that you make every effort to address any errors quickly so that the applications can be processed in a timely manner.
A guide notice containing these details will be released shortly.
Important Note:NIH will continue to communicate with Grants.gov throughout the resolution of this service issue. We are evaluating the impact for submission deadlines on Saturday, October 16, 2010. Keep in mind that when an NIH submission deadline falls on a weekend, the deadline automatically shifts to the next business day (Monday, October 18). We will shortly release a follow-up communication regarding potential contingency plans for these grant programs.
We appreciate your patience and are sorry for any inconvenience.
As you may be aware, Grants.gov experienced a hardware failure during the night that has resulted in the entire system being down for most of today, October 15th. They have identified the problem, but expect additional time will be required to restore the database and restart the system. For now, applicants are advised not to submit applications or otherwise access the Grants.gov web site until further notice.
Generally speaking, grant applicants are not penalized for Federal system failures. Updates will be posted to theGrants.gov Blogand theNIH eRA Commons Newswebpage.
Applications due during the outage:
You are advised to contact the Agency Contact in your application package or the Grants.gov Contact Center at 1-800-518-4726 or support@grants.gov for further instruction on how to handle your application.
NIH applications:
The NIH has already extended the submission deadline for opportunity RFA-GM-11-004 by two days. The new submission deadline for RFA-GM-11-004 is Tuesday, October 19, 2010. NIH is currently evaluating the impact for submission deadlines on Saturday, October 16, 2010. Keep in mind that when an NIH submission deadline falls on a weekend, the deadline automatically shifts to the next business day (Monday, October 18).
Additional information will be sent via the MRAM mailing list as it becomes available.
The Office of Sponsored Programs is committed to providing excellent service to our campus and external partners. Your comments and suggestions are welcome, so feel free to let us know how we are doing at OSPhelp@uw.edu.
Eligibility The applicant must be a Ph.D. student, must be currently enrolled in a U.S. university, and must have completed all course requirements and qualifying or comprehensive examinations for the doctoral degree before initiating IAF-funded field research.
The competition is open to U.S. citizens and citizens of independent Latin American and Caribbean countries (except Cuba). Proposals for field research in Puerto Rico or the Dutch, French and British territories are not eligible.
Applicants must speak and read the language(s) appropriate to the research. An evaluation is required.
Each applicant must demonstrate a planned, substantive collaboration during the field research period, with a development or applied research institution in the Latin American or Caribbean country of the research. A letter confirming this affiliation is required.
IAF Fellows cannot receive funding from other sources in support of research conducted during the period funded by the Fellowship without the IAF’s prior written consent. The IAF will not disburse funds for benefits duplicated by another donor.
IAF Fellowship requirements prohibit application by an individual who, at the time of submission and during the period when such application is under consideration, is a party to a contract with the Inter-American Foundation to perform in-country services or is a director, officer, employee, or contractor of an in-country service organization under contract to the Inter-American Foundation. During their field research period, IAF Fellows are prohibited from being a party to a contract with the Inter-American Foundation to perform in-country services or from holding the position of a director, officer, employee or contractor of an in-country service organization under contract to the IAF.
IAF Fellowship requirements prohibit the award of an IAF Fellowship to individuals employed by and on payroll of a U.S. government agency during the field research period, and to past IAF employees during the 12-month period following their separation from the IAF.
The NIH Center for Scientific Review (CSR) has produced a series of videos to give you an inside look at how scientists from across the country review NIH grant applications for scientific and technical merit.
New and established applicants will find insights and understanding that can empower them to improve the applications and increase their chances for receiving a more positive review.
Participants Receive Up to $35,000 Annually to Repay Student Loans
New Application Deadline is November 15, 2010
The 2011 application cycle for the National Institutes of Health’s Loan Repayment Programs is now open, and applications can be found online at www.lrp.nih.gov. The LRPs repay the outstanding student loans of researchers who are or will be conducting nonprofit biomedical or behavioral research, and opportunities are available in five research areas – clinical, pediatric, health disparities, contraception and infertility and clinical research for individuals from disadvantaged backgrounds. Applications will be accepted until 8:00 p.m. Eastern time on November 15, 2010.
Please share this e-mail with researchers in your organization who may benefit from this career-enhancing opportunity.
BENEFITS: New LRP contracts are awarded for a two-year period and repay up to $35,000 of qualified educational debt annually. Tax offsets also are provided as an additional benefit. Participants may apply for competitive renewals, which are issued for one or two years. Undergraduate, graduate, medical school, and other health professional school loans qualify for repayment. An NIH grant or other NIH funding is not required to apply for or participate in the LRPs.
ELIGIBILITY: Applicants must possess a doctoral-level degree (with the exception of the contraception and infertility research LRP); be a U.S. citizen, national or permanent resident; devote 20 hours or more per week to conducting qualified research funded by a domestic nonprofit, university or government entity; and have qualified educational loan debt equal to or exceeding 20 percent of their institutional base salary.
AWARDS: Each year, nearly 1,600 research scientists benefit from the more than $70 million NIH invests in their careers through the extramural LRPs. Twenty-six percent of awards are made to individuals within one to five years of receiving their doctoral degree. More than 75 percent of awards go to individuals within 10 years of receiving their doctoral degree. Approximately 40 percent of new applications and 70 percent of renewal applications are funded.
QUESTIONS? Visit the LRP website at www.lrp.nih.gov for more information and to access the online application. For additional assistance, call or e-mail the LRP Information Center at (866) 849-4047 or lrp@nih.gov. Also, receive application cycle updates through Twitter @NIH_LRP or www.twitter.com/NIH_LRP.
This training will discuss roles, responsibilities, and best practices for monitoring financial and research performance of subcontracts. Using case studies to explore the possible challenges which may occur during subcontract monitoring, we will discuss ways to troubleshoot performance problems. You will receive a copy of the new subcontract monitoring guidelines, helpful checklists and a sample monitoring form.
Presenters: Mike Blackwell, Lynne Chronister and Verenice Barbosa from OSP; Suzi Freelund from Financial Services; and Wendy Star Smith from the Chemistry Department.
Go to the OSP Learning webpage to see a list of class dates & times.
This note is a reminder that many graduate and post-doctoral fellowships require an institutional signature and/or are submitted through an electronic submission process like Grants.gov. When this is required, these applications fall under the GIM 19’s, 10, 5 and 2 day rule for transmittal through SAGE to OSP.
To avoid the possibility of these applications not being submitted, please share this information with your departments. OSP management and administrators would be very happy to help with providing information and training if that would be helpful.
The Office of Sponsored Programs is committed to providing excellent service to our campus and external partners. Your comments and suggestions are welcome, so feel free to let us know how we are doing at OSPhelp@uw.edu
The Academic Research Funding Strategies, LLC, announces the following funding news for research faculty, administrators and staff. More information for all items….
NSF announces latest competition for Basic Research to Enable Agricultural Development (BREAD). The objective of the BREAD Program is to support innovative basic scientific research that can use advances in genomics to address key constraints to smallholder agriculture in the developing world.
NSF releases New Materials World Network solicitation. The Materials World Network funds cooperative materials research projects between US researchers and their counterpoints abroad.
DOE Early Career Research Preapplications due in August (reminder).
eRA Enhancements: New Features and Fixes Coming July 21 for eRA Commons
Monday, July 19, 2010
eRA will deploy software updates to enhance various sections of Commons as part of its July system-wide release this week. The updated functionality will be available to users Wednesday, July 21.
Please note that eRA Commons will be unavailable from 9 p.m. (ET) Tuesday, July 20 until 7 a.m. (ET) Wednesday, July 21 for deployment.
New features and fixes slated for this release are listed below.
eSNAP (electronic Streamlined Non-competing Award Process)
New Features
The Publications section of the Upload Science screen now features data columns that can be sorted, including “Valid NIHMSID,” “Associate with this eSNAP,” and “Citation Source.” Users can click the arrows on the columns to sort or reverse the displayed data.
The Upload Science and Edit Business – SNAP and Other Progress Report Questions & Checklist screens now will only accept PDF files for uploading. If a user attempts to upload file in a different format, an error message will display.
Previously, the Save & New button on the Edit Business – All Personnel screen would save the information but would not clear the data to prepare for new data entry. This issue has been resolved.
Previously, when a user entered information into an editable field on the Inclusion Enrollment Form, the Total of All Subjects fields did not reflect the new information and automatically calculate new totals. This issue has been resolved.
xTrain
New Features
PD/PIs now can submit more than one appointment to the Agency in a batch. If any errors or warnings occur, the PD/PI will be able to review the errors and warnings for each appointment. PD/PIs can view their pending submissions by clicking the new “View Pending Submissions” link on the My Grants screen.
All prior Kirschstein-NRSA support (paper and electronic) that a trainee had prior to the current award, including fellowship grants F30, F31, F32, and F33, now will be displayed on the PHS 2271 form.
xTrain now accepts appointments for the KM1 activity code (institutional career development awards funded by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act). xTrain will treat KM1 awards the same way it treats K12 and KL2 awards.
xTrain’s early termination process has been modified. Now, if a trainee terminates an appointment early, only that appointment, as well as all previous ones, will be terminated with the early termination date. All future appointments, including those in the same budget period, will not be terminated.
If there is an existing work-in-progress appointment for a trainee, the “Initiate TN” link in the Action column of the Trainee Roster will not display for that trainee.
Fix
·On the Trainee Roster screen, xTrain will no longer display “Initiate TN” and “Amend 2271” links when an amendment to an original appointment is in work-in-progress status, or when the termination process has been initiated and is in work-in-progress status.
Personal Profile
New Features
The following columns on the List of Publications screen now can be sorted by users: “Valid NIHMSID,” “Citation Source,” “Grant Number,” and “Paper-Grant Association.” Users can click the arrows on the columns to sort or reverse the displayed data.
The ability to enter citations manually into Commons has been removed. If a PD/PI wants a new citation to appear in Commons, he must now link his Commons account to a new or existing My NCBI account. Within My NCBI, the PD/PI can add the new citation to the My Bibliography tool, and it will automatically appear in Commons. For more information, read the recently released guide notice: “My NCBI Tool to Replace eRA Commons for Bibliography Management.”
FSR (Financial Status Report)
New Feature
Users can now submit one FSR when both the parent grant and supplement(s) are funded by ARRA. Only when the parent grant is completed will the supplement and the parent grant show up in a search for FSRs that are due.
eRA Communications
Division of Communications and Outreach
NIH Office of Extramural Research
Questions?Please contact the eRA Help Desk athttp://era.nih.gov/help(Preferred method of contact); Toll-free: 1-866-504-9552; Phone: 301-402-7469; TTY: 301-451-5939; helpdesk@od.nih.gov.
Reminder! eRA’s quarterly system-wide software release (July 20 – 21) will be followed by a database upgrade scheduled for July 29 – August 1. eRA Commons will be unavailable during this upgrade, which is part of eRA’s initiative, titled ‘Evergreening,’ to modernize NIH’s core grants administration systems.
Help us improve our communications; send your suggestions and feedback to eRACommunications@mail.nih.gov or call 301-435-8185.
We apologize if you receive duplicates. This notification was sent to multiple distribution lists.
Grants.gov will be unavailable Saturday and Sunday, July 24 and 25, 2010 from 12:01 a.m. EDT through Sunday, July 25, 2010 23:59 p.m. EDT due to System Build - 2010-02. Although the site may be visible at times, the system will be unavailable to Find and Apply for opportunities during this time. The maintenance taking place is to enhance system functionality and add new features. More information will be available on these system enhancements on the Site Features and Enhancements page.
The Grants.gov training environment, AT07, will be unavailable all day Monday, July 26, 2010 from 12:01 a.m. EDT through 23:59 a.m. EDT due to System Build - 2010-02. Although the site will be visible, the system will not be at full functionality until the notice is removed. Usage of the site during the system build is not recommended.
The Life Sciences Discovery Fund (LSDF) is now accepting pre-proposals for opportunity grants. Opportunity grants allow the LSDF Board of Trustees to consider extraordinary proposals with the potential to advance life sciences research or research infrastructure within Washington’s non-profit and public institutions.
“Opportunities” are expected to arise infrequently, and only the most compelling proposals will be supported. Consequently, potential applicants are strongly encouraged to contact LSDF before applying to discuss the appropriateness of their ideas for an opportunity grant.
Submission of a pre-proposal is required. There is no deadline for pre-proposal submission. LSDF staff will evaluate pre-proposals on an individual basis as they are received, according to the following criteria:
• the “opportunity” must be of an urgency or nature that cannot be aligned with LSDF’s annual competition cycles;
• LSDF must be able to significantly leverage its investment against funding from other sources;
• there must be a high probability that the LSDF investment will attract future financial resources, lead to commercialization of research discoveries, or improve the quality and cost effectiveness of health care; and
• there must be strong potential for statewide benefit.
Only those pre-proposals that are determined to be consistent with the opportunity grant goals will be invited to submit a full proposal. Proposals will be evaluated on an individual basis as they are received, according to their potential to leverage the LSDF investment and advance LSDF’s mission. The LSDF Board of Trustees, informed by external expert review of the proposals, will make the final award decisions.
The Office of Sponsored Programs in partnership with GCA and MAA is excited to announce that we have developed the first Budget Class. We offer this course as a basic grant budgeting class and have an advanced class in process.
BASIC GRANT BUDGETING 101:
Preparing budgets for sponsored programs (grants & contracts) can be tricky and complicated. This new introductory class simplifies the process by familiarizing you with the steps to build a successful budget and then practice those skills in class.
Who should attend?
This course is perfect for anyone new to the budgeting process, or those who want to build this skill set for future use.
What will be included in the class?
We will cover UW and sponsor budgeting terminology; how to find and use the accurate rates to calculate benefits, inflation factors, facilities & administration fees; special considerations for subcontracts; and the principles behind UW budget guidelines and federal regulations. We will do this though discussion, lecture and numerous hands-on exercises.
Who is the instructor?
Gretchen Davis Richey, Assistant Trainer, OSP. Please contact her if you have any questions.
How to I register?
Visit the OSP Learning Page which contains all courses offered by the Office of Sponsored Programs.
The Fundamentals of Grant & Contract Management is designed for individuals with limited experience in the administration of sponsored projects at the UW. Content covers basic administrative requirements, pre-award to post-award, for conducting sponsored research at the UW. It includes:
UW research policies and procedures for compliance
Costing policy and budgeting
Description of award provisions and range of acceptable terms
Basics of award administration
This two day class is the perfect foundation of knowledge for anyone with responsibilities in the area of research administration. See the OSP Learning webpage for a link to the registration site.
Prepare for sponsor deadlines coming this spring and summer by taking Grants.gov - the Basics. Classes are offered in April and May at no cost. See the OSP Learning webpage for more details.
Friday, the 5th of February was a big NIH deadline and we want to say thank you to campus. Proposals generally got into OSP in great shape and were Ready to Submit in good time.As a result, frequently after multiple tries, OSP was able to successfully submit all of the proposals by the deadline. However, we did have great difficulty in getting them through the pipeline. The Grants.Gov website is now down until Wednesday the 10th of February. We are hoping that we do not get too many error messages and since Grants.gov took down the website, we will respond to any error messages as soon as possible.
We have another challenge coming up! Since February 16th is another NIH deadline, I would like to strongly encourage early submission to OSP in part due to the difficulty we had getting the proposals submitted for last Friday’s deadline. In addition, with the holiday on the 15th of February, the OSP absolute deadline is Thursday the 11thof February. We will need the proposals by Tuesday the 9th of February at the latest for a thorough review to ensure timely submission toGrants.gov, OSP will need to have all proposals submitted to Grants.gov by no later that Friday the 12th of February.
On February 17th certification updates with Grants.gov will be taking place.. This certification is required by Grants. Gov. If you are submitting a Grant Runner application for the February 16th deadline and see an error message on the History, contact your OSP administrator for the correct status information. The Grants.gov emails will continue to provide correct status information.
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Two training sessions were held on campus (January 11 & 12) to discuss the restructured Grant.gov forms (Forms B) and how to prepare for the February 5 deadline. Approximately 135 people attended. See the PowerPoint below and the handout for more information.
Two opportunities for hands-on Grants.gov training are available on January 13th and 14th. Start the new year off with some learning! See the OSP Learning page for details and registration.
This 60 minute training reviews the Grants.gov application form changes (called Forms B) which are effective beginning 1/25/2010. We will discuss the modifications to the forms, reduced page limits and new requirements such as the new personal statement in the biosketch. Also learn what you can do to prepare a successful funding application for the upcoming February 5th deadline.
Please join us for one of the following sessions!
Monday, January 11th
10:30-11:30 am
UW Tower Auditorium
Tuesday, January 12th
2:00 - 3:00 pm
Health Science Building, K069
Since new years are always a time for change, the National Institutes of Health is keeping with tradition. NIH has recently made significant changes in the application forms and requirements. These changes are effective the 25th of January. A summary of these changes has been posted to the OSP website to help you navigate through the February submission deadlines.
In January, OSP will provide two to three information sessions to go through the changes. We will announce the dates, times and locations shortly. With the holiday coming up soon we felt that early January may work best.
I, and all of the OSP staff, are urging early submission of proposals, well before the required 10, 5 and 2 day UW final deadlines. We anticipate a large number of submissions and a larger than usual number of Grants.gov and ERA Commons error reports. Proposals received only by the 2 day deadline may very likely not make it through the submission process. A reminder also that complete proposals must be submitted to OSP no less than 5 days prior to the deadline for review.
Waivers will not be approved for proposal that miss the 2 day advance deadline unless they fall under the GIM 19 guidelines.
Thank you! Please do not hesitate to contact me or any of the OSP Administrators if you have question on the NIH changes.
Have a wonderful holiday!
Lynne
Lynne Chronister, Assistant Vice Provost for Research and Director of Sponsored Programs lchronis@uw.edu 206-543-4043
A Message from the NIH Office of Extramural Research
Are you planning to submit an NIH grant application? If so, please note that all applications intended for due dates on or after January 25, 2010* require the use of new forms and instructions. Major changes include:
Restructured forms to align with review criteria
Significantly shorter page limits
These changes apply to all competing applications, so whether you are submitting a new, renewal, resubmission or revision, you must take action now to ensure a successful submission!
Return to the updated funding opportunity announcement or reissued parent announcement to download the new application package and instructions.
FOAs are in the process of being updated. See timeline for more information.
Be sure to choose the correct forms. Applications intended for due dates on or after January 25 require new forms.
For Electronic SF 424 (R&R): ADOBE-FORMS-B
For Paper PHS 398: Revision date “June 2009”
Read the updated FOA and new application instructions carefully
For more details the Enhancing Peer Review Web site, which has a page dedicated to the upcoming application changes, as well as a number of additional resources including:
The Primary Performance Site should reflect the location where the research is being performed and the indirect cost rate used on the application. All on-campus research and projects at Harborview Medical Center should use the OSP address, while all other locations should use their building address. If more than one location is used, then the primary site should be entered first, followed by all other sites. This guidance reflects the negotiated federal Facilities and Administrative (F&A) Cost Rates.
F&A Rate
Address
75% Primate Center (other)
Washington National Primate Center, Box 357330, Seattle, WA 98195-7330
44% Primate Center (core)
Washington National Primate Center, Box 357330, Seattle, WA 98195-7330
66% South Lake Union (SLU sites)
815 Mercer Street, Seattle, WA 98109-4714
56% On Campus (including Harborview)
4333 Brooklyn Ave NE, Box 359472, Seattle, WA 98195-9472
Verifying completion of training in the protection of human research subjects is now quicker and easier, as is generation of a report for printing or direct submission to the Office of Sponsored Programs (OSP). A new, web-based tool is available on the HSD web site for training verification and reporting.
Those who need training verification can view a single individual’s completion record or generate a list of participants who have completed training, for example from a single study. The online form makes it possible to print a report. Researchers and research staff may also enter a study’s eGC1 number and submit a report directly to OSP, which will be provided to the sponsor / funding agency.
Reminder: Training completions are posted to the HSD web site each Monday from the preceding week (Monday - Sunday).
