November 19 1998: National Research Service Award (NRSA) Stipend Increase Announced
As published in the NIH Guide, November 19, 1998, the annual stipend levels have been increased for all individuals receiving support through institutional or individual National Research Service Awards (NRSA), including the Minority Access to Research Career (MARC) and Career Opportunities in Research (COR) programs. These awards are effective with all awards made on or after October 1, 1998.
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November 12 1998: Revised PHS 398 and PHS 2590 Application Forms Now Available
As published in the NIH Guide, November 12, 1998, the revised (4/98) PHS 398 and PHS 2590 grant application forms and instructions
are now available, and may now be used by applicants. For the January/February
1999 application receipt dates, use of the revised forms is encouraged. The new
forms must be used for receipt dates of May 10, 1999 and thereafter.
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November 6 1998: New Bioengineering Funding Opportunities Available
As published in the NIH Guide, October 30 1998 (PA Number PAR-99-009), participating Institutes and Centers (ICs) of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) invite applications for Bioengineering Research Grants (BRG) to support basic bioengineering research whose outcomes are likely to advance health or health-related research within the mission of the NIH. A BRG application should propose to apply basic bioengineering design-directed or hypothesis-driven research to an important medical or biological research area.
In parallel, NIH is issuing a PA for Bioengineering Research Partnerships (BRP). BRP applications differ from BRG applications in that they will be funded as R24 awards that support an interdisciplinary group of Partners who work together applying an integrative, multidisciplinary, systems approach to a significant area of basic bioengineering research.
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October 21 1998: Publication of the National Institutes of Health Grants Policy Statement
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) is pleased to announce the publication of the NIH Grants Policy Statement (NIHGPS). The NIHGPS is effective for all NIH
grants and cooperative agreements with budget periods beginning on or after October 1, 1998, and will supersede, in its entirety, the PHS Grants Policy Statement (rev. 4/01/94, and 1/24/95) as a standard term and condition of award.
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September 3 1998: New NIH Web Site For Training Resources
The NIH is pleased to announce a new Web site dedicated to Biomedical Research Training Resources and Opportunities. It is the mission of NIH to discover new knowledge that will lead to better health for everyone. A critical part of this mission is the education and training of the next generation of biomedical and behavioral scientists. This new site has been designed to incorporate information about intramural and extramural training opportunities of the 21 NIH Institutes and Centers.
The Training-related resources previously found on the NIH Grants web site have been incorporated into the NIH Training web site. All links to training resources on the Grants web site now point to the NIH Training web site.
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The NIH is evaluating ways to streamline Federal regulations which govern the conduct of extramural scientific research. Five areas will constitute the initial focus of the examination: animal welfare, human subjects protections, conflict of interest, scientific misconduct, and disposal of hazardous wastes (other than radiation).
The NIH recognizes that this effort, which is intended to improve research, must involve the research community if it is to be successful. Therefore the research community is invited to share with NIH their recommendations for streamlining.
July 1 1998: CRISP on the Web
Effective July 1, 1998, CRISP, the Computer Retrieval of Information on Scientific Projects database, will be accessible via the World Wide Web. The public will now be able to access CRISP records dating from 1972 to the present through the NIH Commons at: https://commons.era.nih.gov/commons/. The searchable CRISP database, which includes information regarding federally funded biomedical research projects conducted at universities, hospitals, and other research institutions, enables users to research scientific concepts, emerging trends and techniques, or identify specific projects and/or investigators. Since 1992, CRISP has been located on a Gopher server maintained by the National Institutes of Health. By relocating the database on the web, NIH improves the public's ability to access and search the CRISP records.
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June 18 1998: Final Report on NIH Implementation of Mandating a Program of Protection for Research Subjects
Final Report of June 15, 1998 - Evaluation of NIH Implementation of Section 491 of the Public Health Service Act, Mandating a Program of Protection for Research Subjects. This is a very large report and is available in PDF Format With Graphics (670K).
The report documents findings from an NIH-sponsored evaluation of the implementation of Section 491 of the Public Health Service Act. For purposes of the evaluation, the study universe was defined as the 491 Institutional Review Boards (IRBs) that in 1995 operated with multiple project assurances (MPA) issued under 45CFR46, and which had conducted more than 10 initial reviews of human subjects research protocols in the previous year. The overarching general conclusion of the evaluation is that the IRB-based human subjects protection program has been implemented consistent with the regulations. Despite some perhaps unforeseen accommodations to the rising volume of human subjects research, the IRB system continues to provide an adequate level of protection at a reasonable cost.
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June 3 1998: NIH Regional Seminar In Program Funding and Grants Administration - An Update
A regional seminar covering topics related to National Institutes of Health extramural program funding and grants administration has been scheduled for Thursday and Friday, July 9-10, 1998, in Salt Lake City, Utah. This seminar, hosted by the University of Utah, is designed to attract participants from the inter-mountain/western region, although interested individuals from other regions are welcome to attend. Individuals from small and minority educational institutions, for-profit research organizations, hospitals, universities and medical centers are encouraged to attend. The two-day seminar will feature both plenary and break-out sessions in order to provide information of interest to academic researchers, scientists, graduate students, postdoctoral researchers, and both new and senior research administrators.
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March 23 1998: NIH Regional Seminar In Program Funding and Grants Administration
A regional seminar covering topics related to National Institutes of Health extramural program funding and grants administration has been scheduled for Thursday and Friday, July 9-10, 1998, in Salt Lake City, Utah. This seminar, hosted by the University of Utah, is designed to attract participants from the inter-mountain/western region, although interested individuals from other regions are welcome to attend. Individuals from small and minority educational institutions, for-profit research organizations, hospitals, universities and medical centers are encouraged to attend. The two-day seminar will feature both plenary and break-out sessions in order to provide information of interest to academic researchers, scientists, graduate students, postdoctoral researchers, and both new and senior research administrators.
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March 10 1998: NIH Establishes Guidelines On The Inclusion Of Children In Research Involving Human Subjects
With this notice (NIH Guide, March 6 1998), the National Institutes of Health (NIH) establishes guidelines on the inclusion of children in research involving human subjects, including, but not limited to, clinical trials, supported or conducted by the NIH. This policy applies to all initial (Type 1) applications/
proposals and intramural projects submitted for receipt dates after October 1, 1998.
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March 2 1998: Warning - Fraudulent Solicitation For NIH Funds
It has come to our attention that an announcement of interest in 'clinical research in the area of neurodegenerative disorders' is being falsely associated with the National Institutes of Health (NIH). The announcement is being sent to 'Medical Providers' on what appears to be official NIH letterhead. The announcement encourages the submission of confidential personal information from individuals that could lead to a potential fraudulent or illegal use of the information. In spite of numerous references to NIH, this announcement, dated '10 February 1998', is not a legitimate solicitation for NIH funds. We caution individuals not to provide sensitive information in response to this application. If you have received what appears to be an unusual request for an application submission to NIH, please notify the Division of Grants Policy, NIH, at 301-435-0949 immediately. We will revise this notice as we have more information on the subject.
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January 13 1998: Point of Contact for Year 2000 Compliant Exchange of Data
All electronic data submitted to NIH from grantee institutions must be Year 2000 compliant. Data that is noncompliant is not accepted. Systems being developed under NIH's Electronic Research Administration (ERA) initiative will also be Year 2000 compliant and will require a four-digit year element. Institutions exchanging electronic data with NIH will need to be able to interface with these systems. NIH's Point of Contact for questions related to Year 2000 data exchanges is:
the Commons, Extramural Inventions and Technical Resources Branch (ComEITR)
Office of Policy for Extramural Research Administration
Office of Extramural Research
6701 Rockledge Drive
Suite 3190
Bethesda, MD 20892
Phone: 301-435-1986
Email: george_stone@nih.gov
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