July 26, 2006
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New Orleans Investigators: Chance for Additional Funding
Good news for investigators in New Orleans -- you may be able
to receive additional funding from NIH if your research
was disrupted by Hurricane Katrina.
To be eligible, you must have had a single project research
grant when the storm occurred, and you must still be working on the project in New Orleans.
You
can apply for either of the following or both
by August 15, 2006.
- One-year funded extension at the same funding
level as the final year of your grant. Intended to
support
activities
that restore lost or disrupted work.
- One-time administrative
supplement of up to $50,000 in direct
costs. Used primarily to support small pieces of
equipment or their repair, supplies, reagents, and animals.
For more
information, including what you should provide in your
request, see the July
14, 2006, Guide notice.
Electronic Applications: Version Diversion
We've heard from several confused applicants recently,
so we'd like to help clarify the transition to new versions
for electronic Grant Application Packages. The main point to keep in mind is this:
You must use the most current application package shown
for your opportunity.
As soon as a new version is posted, the Grants.gov system can accept that version only. That means there won't be a grace period, and anyone who started filling out the older version has to move their information into the new one instead.
Why the confusion? Not all funding opportunity announcements are changing application packages, and
for those that are, the timing of the transition varies.
Here's what to do: check the transition schedule below, stay informed,
and always use the most current package.
Transition schedule
The schedule is based on the opportunity's start and end date and is designed to avoid major receipt dates.
- If your chosen opportunity was posted after June 15, you have nothing to worry about -- these FOAs already include the Version 2 form packages and a link to the Version 2 application guide.
- If your chosen opportunity expires on or before December
31, you should continue using the original package and
instructions -- NIH is not updating these to Version 2.
- For opportunities posted before June 15 and expiring after
December 31:
- NIH updated the R03, R15, R21, R21/R33, R33, R34, R36, and X01 FOAs with Version 2 application packages on July 18.
- NIH will update SBIR, STTR, and R13/U13 FOAs with Version 2 application packages after September 15.
As explained in the July 14 Guide notice, a few opportunities are exceptions to the schedule above, but NIAID isn't participating in any of them.
Stay informed
If you subscribe at Grants.gov for updates to your opportunity
of interest, Grants.gov will email you when the package is updated.
For other electronic application news, sign up for the appropriate
listserv on OER's Receive
News and Updates.
Always use the most current package
After NIH updates an opportunity to use a Version 2 application package, download and use the latest one even if you see both application packages at Grants.gov.
At NIH Funding Opportunities Relevant to NIAID, follow the link to the Guide notice and then click the "Apply for Grant Electronically" button to reach the download page for your opportunity.
To confirm which version you've downloaded, check the Competition ID field. The updated packages show "VERSION-2-FORMS."
Unfortunately, the only way to move your information from an old
application package to a newer one is to copy and paste each field.
Keyboard shortcuts can save time: highlight your text and hit Control-C
to copy and then control-V to paste.
We announced this transition in last month's article, Revised SF 424 Forms May Affect You.
Reporting Financial Conflict of Interest Is a Must
Occasionally, problems arise regarding financial
conflicts of interest, so this bears repeating: you
must report
any
financial
conflicts
of
interest
before spending
funds under a new grant award.
Additionally, your institution should have a written process to
identify and manage the financial COIs of NIH-supported investigators
and must comply with reporting requirements.
For more information, read our article "Institutions and Contractors: Know Your Financial COI Obligations" and the December 6, 2004, Guide notice.
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New Filter for Our Opportunities List
There are more than 60 entries on our NIH Funding Opportunities Relevant to NIAID, but you might be interested in only
a subset. Thanks to a new feature, you can filter the opportunities
list if you have JavaScript enabled in your Web browser.
To filter the list, use the form at the top of the page. Select
the kind of opportunity you'd like to see by using the pulldown
boxes. Submit your choices with the "Click to Filter" button.
You can use more than one pulldown at a time to make the list even
more specific.
For example, to see only R01 program announcements for DMID, select "PA" for
the opportunity type and "DMID" for the NIAID
division. Then type "R01" in the mechanism code box.
When you "Click
to Filter," the table will display only the results matching
your selections.
If there are no matches, the table will be empty. To
start a new filter or to see all the entries again, click the "Reset" button.
All the entries will reappear.
We hope this helps you. To send us feedback on the filter feature,
email deaweb@niaid.nih.gov.
Updated Small Business Advice Presentations
We've updated and expanded our Advice
on NIH SBIR and STTR Applications. The animated diagrams
and narration offer a step-by-step overview for small business
applicants. You can print out the PDF versions to read offline
or to take notes as you watch.
For ease of use, we've divided the original tutorial into several sections:
- Basics -- NIH small business programs.
- Choices and Historic Data -- FY 2005 data that may help you make some difficult choices for your NIH SBIR or STTR application.
- Grantsmanship -- Writing and preparing an NIH SBIR or STTR grant application.
- Electronic Applications -- Preparation and submission overviews for electronic NIH SBIR and STTR grant applications.
- Timeline -- Whom you should contact at NIH for each stage.
For more information about SBIRs and STTRs including links referred
to in the presentations, see NIAID Small Business Awards. See our popular All
About Grants section for more tutorials.
Get a Feel for Multiple PI Leadership Plans
Are you planning to be part of a grant application that has more
than one principal
investigator? You may want to become familiar with multiple PI-specific features like the Leadership Plan.
You
have some time to get acquainted since NIAID is not participating
in NIH's multiple PI pilot program.
Only a few institutes are
in the pilot; other ICs, including NIAID, will come
on board in January 2007 when the option is slated to open for
all NIH applications.
Go to our Take Heed -- You Might Want to Avoid a Multiple PI Application in the NIH Grant Cycle: Application to Renewal to learn what will be expected
in that section of your application. For samples, check out Examples of Project Leadership Plans for Multiple PI Grant Applications at NIH
Multiple Principal Investigators.
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T32 and T35 Annual Deadline Is Coming Up
Mark September 10 on your calendar. It's NIAID's only annual submission
date for NRSA Institutional Research Training
Grants (T32)
and Short-Term Institutional Research Training Grants (T35).
This year, September 10 falls on a Sunday, so make sure your application is postmarked by Monday.
For more information, go to Training
Grants.
NIH Advice -- Check That Electronic Application!
Well after the two-day viewing window is over, NIH is getting
calls from panicked applicants who belatedly notice serious issues
with their applications.
It is truly important to take advantage of the two-day viewing
period to give your application a final check.
Once your application moves to the CSR's Division of Receipt and
Referral, it is too late to revise it. See How
do I withdraw my application after the two-day review period is
up?
Reader Questions
Writing a Thesis From Another
Location
Meghann Teague, Ph.D. candidate and fellowship recipient, Northwestern
University, wrote:
"To finish my thesis and two papers, must I continue
writing from my institution, or can I do so from another location
(including another country) and receive my award?"
You may go elsewhere to write if your mentor approves. You don't need NIH approval if no money is involved. However, you should contact your grants management specialist if you are leaving your institution and are continuing to receive NIH funds.
Preparing Subcontractor Budgets
Tomasz Zal, Ph.D., assistant professor, University of Texas
M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, asks:
"For my R21 application, must a subcontractor provide
a detailed budget if the primary applicant prepares a modular
budget?"
No. If the application is modular,
include only the name of the subcontractor organization and
total cost for each year in the budget justification. Be sure
to include subcontractor organizations in the list of performance
sites.
On the other hand, nonmodular applications
proposing consortium arrangements
must include a list of performance sites and complete budget
pages for each consortium organization.
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