NIAID Funding News

NIAID Funding News provides funding, policy, and other timely information to NIAID's extramural research community and Institute staff.

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Newsletter Issues -- 2008

Back issues: 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005, 2004

September 3, 2008, NIAID Funding News

News Articles

• Paylines: What to Expect for FY 2009
• Concepts for New Initiatives -- Should You Tune In?
• Clinical Trial Applications at NIAID -- How We're Different
• Delay Is OK for Applications Affected by Storms

Opportunities and Resources

• Let Our Checklists Help You Write Your Application
• Apply for a Conference Grant Well in Advance
• Get In On the SBIR Niche Assessment Program
• Learn How to Avoid Conflicts of Interest
• Check Out IACUC Workshops
• It's Time for PEPFAR Submissions

Advice Corner

• Citing NIH Support: Don't Make This Mistake
• Reader Question on K24s

New Funding Opportunities

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August 20, 2008, NIAID Funding News

News Articles

• Tell Us How We Can Ease Your Financial Conflict of Interest Burden
• Diversity Supplement Jump-Starts Successful Career
• Congress Is Concerned Over NIH Funding
• Help Guide the Future of Human Subjects Protection Training

Opportunities and Resources

• New Web Site Makes DMID Services Easier to Find
• NIAID RFA Is Pilot for Adobe-Based Forms

Advice Corner

• Rules for Application Graphics: The Big Picture
• Have You Customized Your Email Alert Profile?
• Reader Question
  • When it comes to applying for NIH grants and scholarships, who qualifies as an underrepresented person?

New Funding Opportunities

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August 7, 2008, NIAID Funding News

News Articles

• PAVE 100 -- The Final Word
• Conflict of Interest -- Take It Seriously
• Stop, Drop, and Roll -- But What About Your Application?
• Electronic Training Grant Applications Are Around the Corner
• Sign Up for the RCDC Listserv

Opportunities and Resources

• Stay Savvy With Power Tools
• Packing More Opportunities Into One List
• Get Your Education Loans Off Your Back
• Growing Opportunities in the World of High Containment Biosafety Training

Advice Corner

• If You Don't Succeed, Try, Try Again
• Reader Question on the Length of R01

New Funding Opportunities

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July 16, 2008, NIAID Funding News

News Articles

• Are You Ready For New Paradigms?
• Don't Expect a Notice of Award Email
• When Can You Send More Application Materials?
• Pay Attention: Payback Agreements Must Now Be Originals

Opportunities and Resources

• New Funding Opportunities from amfAR
• Three More Places to Look for Funding
• NIH's Animals in Research Site Gets a Facelift
• Can You Renew an SBIR or STTR Phase II Grant?

Advice Corner

• Reader Questions
  • What is the proper format for bibliography and references in a grant application?
  • Can an NIH institutional training award supplement a stipend for a transition from fellow to faculty? 
  • Can I apply for a Small Business Innovation Research award if I won't qualify for the award until later?

New Funding Opportunities

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July 2, 2008, NIAID Funding News

News Articles

• HIV Vaccines and B Cells -- A Promising Pair
• October Pilot for Adobe Forms
• Peer Reviewers Can Wave Goodbye to CCR
• Dr. Fauci Receives the Presidential Medal of Freedom

Opportunities and Resources

• How Does NIAID Fund Scientific Meetings?
• National Science Advisory Board for Biosecurity Meeting
• Check Out RePORT

Advice Corner

• Reader Questions
  • Subawards and DUNS Numbers
  • Allowable F32 Expenses
  • Foreign Grantees and Grant Funds
  • Grant Writing Workshops

New Funding Opportunities

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June 18, 2008, NIAID Funding News

News Articles

• Peer Review Proposals -- Poised to Go
• NIAID Makes New Appointments for DAIDS
• Training Grants Get New Data Table Formats
• Training and Career Awards Move to Electronic Application

Opportunities and Resources

• The K99/R00: So Many Applications, Why So Few Awards?

Advice Corner

• Reader Questions
  • Can we use the old PHS 398 forms to resubmit a paper application for an RFA?
  • Should foreign principal investigators use salary caps?

New Funding Opportunities

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June 4, 2008, NIAID Funding News

News Articles

• Reminder Regarding rDNA Research
• DAIDS Thanks You...Twice
• Webinar to Brief Grantees and Others on RCDC

Opportunities and Resources

• Look Again at Bioethics Resources
• How to Save Time Searching PubMed
• NIH's RePORT Tool, New Home for CRISP

Advice Corner

• What's Up With Paylines?

New Funding Opportunities

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May 21, 2008, NIAID Funding News

News Articles

• CSR reorganization Is Done
• NIAID's Research Agendas -- Matching Scientific Opportunities With Public Interest
• NIH Moves to Adobe Submission Forms
• Your Input Will Affect NIH's Roadmap
• Review Committee Service Not Appealing? NIH Hears Your Concerns

Opportunities and Resources

• Our Foundations List -- Better Than Ever
• Protect Your Sensitive Data
• Message from CSR -- Use The Suggested Cover Letter Format

Advice Corner

• Reader Questions
  • Can I respond to an RFP and RFA at the same time?
  • Can we submit an SBIR application electronically without a password?
  • Would NIAID be interested in reviewing my K23 Proposal? I've included a draft of my specific aims for feedback.
  • Can Medical Science Training Program participants apply for NIH grants?

New Funding Opportunities

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May 7, 2008, NIAID Funding News

News Articles

• Human Subjects? It's Yes or No
• Council Member Represents NIAID on NIH AIDS Advisory Committee
• Mentored Ks and Concurrent Support: Revised Policy Kicks In
• Send Your Suggestions for HIV/AIDS Vaccine Research
• New Director of Office of Clinical Research Affairs in DMID

Opportunities and Resources

• Step Up to Use STEP Specimens
• Learn How to Protect Human Subjects
• Make Transient Molecular Complexes Less Complex

Advice Corner

• Reader Questions
  • Progress Reports Copies
  • The Last Year's Progress Report
  • P01 Review by Different Study Sections
  • New Investigator Status and SBIR Subcontracts

April 16, 2008, NIAID Funding News

News Articles

• Damaged Pipeline in the Spotlight
• CSR Rearranges Study Sections, IRGs
• NIAID Summit on HIV Vaccine Research and Development

Opportunities and Resources

• What's New on Immunology Database and Analysis Portal
• HHMI Offers $300 Million to New Investigators
• Gain "International Insights" Into Foreign Collaborations
• Web Resources: Reports, Conflict of Interest, and Flu Planning

Advice Corner

• Your Next Grant: Planning That Renewal
• Reader Question on K08s and Professional Licenses

New Funding Opportunities

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March 19, 2008, NIAID Funding News

News Articles

• Hop on the NIH Grant Cycle
• Animal Welfare Assurance Format and Process Updates
• Antimicrobial Resistance Clarified in Category C

Opportunities and Resources

• Learning Good Clinical Practices
• Paging All Physicians -- NIAID Has Job Openings for You

Advice Corner

• Reader Question on Progress Reports and Confidentiality

New Funding Opportunities

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March 5, 2008, NIAID Funding News

News Articles

• Working Together on Peer Review
• Sharing and Accessing Data for Genome-Wide Association Studies
• Only NIH Awards Affect New PI Status
• Summit on HIV Vaccine Research and Development

Opportunities and Resources

• International Extramural Associates Research Development Award
• Coming Soon From the Gates Foundation: Grand Challenges Explorations
• Give These New Research Tools a Try
• Support for Radiological Threat Products

Advice Corner

• Report Any Financial Conflicts of Interest

New Funding Opportunities

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February 20, 2008, NIAID Funding News

News Articles

• NIH Funding: Hitting the Wall, Not Your Head
• Join NIAID’s Summit on HIV Vaccine Research and Development
• NIH Makes Public Access Policy Mandatory
• More Select Agents on NIAID's Priority Pathogens List
• New DAIDS Director Is No Stranger
• OGR Welcomes New Director

Opportunities and Resources

• Coming Soon -- "HIT-IT" Initiative on Interrupting HIV Transmission
• Can a Primary Caregiver Supplement Help You Out?
• NIH Expands Director's Bridge Award

Advice Corner

• Reader Questions
  • Examples of a Data Sharing Plan
  • Foreign Collaborators as Co-PI

New Funding Opportunities

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February 6, 2008, NIAID Funding News

News Articles

• Unscored Application? Not a Reason to Give Up
• Small Business Investigators Can Be "New"
• New Financial Management Plan
• Maximum PI Salary Rises
• Check Out the Guide and Other Announcements
• You Really Like NIAID's Web Site

Opportunities and Resources

• Pathways to Protein and Pathogen Research
• One Application -- Potentially Two Awards
• New AIDS Research Funding Opportunities

Advice Corner

• Reader Questions
  • Subcontractors
  • New Investigators and R21s

New Funding Opportunities

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January 16, 2008, NIAID Funding News

News Articles

• NIAID's FY 2008 Budget -- Not As It Appears to Be
• Get the Latest Revised Forms and Instructions
• Peer Reviewers Get More Flexibility in Submitting Grant Applications
• Submit on CD: Appendices for Paper Applications
• Authenticate Your Cultured Cell Lines
• E-Application Correction Window: Two Days
• Certify That You've Registered With ClinicalTrials.gov
• Welcome Five New Council Members
• Congratulations to Presidential Award Winner Susan M. Kaech

Opportunities and Resources

• Coming Soon: Initiative on Centers for Immunity and Biodefense
• Wanted: Intramural Tenure-Track Investigator
• Introducing the NIAID Good Clinical Practices Learning Center
• Just the Facts for NIAID
• Resource for New Investigators

Advice Corner

• Reader Questions
  • Adjusting Person Months for Other Support
  • PI Changing Institutions
  • Preaward Costs and Noncompeting Grants

New Funding Opportunities

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