NIH creates grant how-to website

Check out this site for answers to basic questions as how to fill out a personal profile, how to view an award notice and how to close out a grant.

More tales of the NSF OIG

Click on "Semiannual Report March 2010." The agency is taking plagiarism very seriously.

Got an NSF grant? Prepare your data management plan

Beginning this fall, NSF will require proposals to include a two-page data management plan as a supplementary document. Click the link for details.

Got an NIH grant? Expect to be a reviewer

NIH needs qualified reviewers. If you have received a grant from the agency, it urges you to provide this service.

NIH help for writing vertebrate animal section

A new optional worksheet is available to help you prepare this portion of your proposal.

NSF RCR FAQ

In English, this is the National Science Foundation's list of frequently asked questions about its new responsible conduct of research policy. The link takes you to the NSF publications page; click on the pdf titled "Responsible Conduct of Research (RCR) Frequently Asked Questions."

NIH & the blizzard

NIH realizes some proposals may be submitted late due to the mid-Atlantic blizzard. Click for details.

Federal government closed due to snow

Click the headline for the latest details from the Washington Post.

NIH: Overall impact vs. significance

These are two distinct topics in NIH's new evaluation criteria. Click the headline for details.

Grants.gov unavailable Feb. 6-9

The system will undergo a major upgrade. Instead, you can watch the Boston Bruins beat the Vancouver Canucks (at least that what the hopefuls want to see). The puck drops at 1 p.m. EST.

NSF grant conference in March in Cleveland

The National Science Foundation will offer its regional grants conference March 22-23 in Cleveland, OH. The event is hosted by Case Western Reserve University. Click the headline for details.

NIH salary limit raised

Effective Jan. 1, 2010, the "Executive Level I" annual salary rate was increased to $199,700. This is the limit on the direct salary a person can receive on an NIH grant. Click the headline for details.

AHRQ application & review changes

The agency will adopt some, but not all, of the changes NIH is making. Check this announcement for details.

NIH frequently requested reports

Lots of information is available at this site. Reports cover topics such as characteristics of investigators (gender, age), awards by institute and awards by grant type.

New NIH RO1 parent announcement

It's the one you need for grants submitted on or after Jan. 25, 2010, and it's available. Click the headline.

Conflict of interest & NIH grants

Read the latest report from the HHS Office of the Inspector General (more commonly known as the OIG) about how NIH grantees manage conflict of interest. When you click the link, go to the "Grants management" section of the report list, then click on "How Grantees Manage Financial Conflicts of Interest in Research Funded by the National Institutes of Health (OEI-03-07-00700)."

"The art of obtaining grants"

An article titled "The art of obtaining grants," by E.B. Devine, was published in the March 2009 issue of The American Journal of Health-System Pharmacy 66(65), pages 580-587. The work was funded by AHRQ grant HS14739.

NIH Regional Seminar June in Portland, OR

NIH will present its seminar on program funding and grant administration June 24 and 25 in Portland, OR. An optional computer workshop is offered June 23. Click the link for details.

Tales of the NSF OIG

In the latest report from the NSF Office of the Inspector General, the agency cracks down on plagiarism in proposals. Also, a former research center employee faces prison for use of a state-issued purchase card to buy personal items. Click on the "Investigations" portion of the report.

NIH guidance on responsible conduct of research training

This notice includes information on best practices and many other useful details.