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Also visit the Grant Deadlines page for program deadlines for the upcoming three months.
For current Grants Bulletin items, visit News for Faculty February 20, 2003 National Council of University Research Administrators Subawards and Subcontracts: A Workshop Primer March 4, 2003 Sponsored by the Office of Sponsored Projects Administration Putting together a multi-institution project takes the cooperation of everyone from principal investigators to department administrators, from sponsored programs officials to procurement specialists, from research coordinators to accountants, as well as the cooperation of all their counterparts at collaborating institutions. It also involves the full spectrum of research administration activities from proposal writing to contract negotiations, from budget building to expenditure reporting, from sole source procurements to invoice analysis. Join the workshop faculty as they explore subawards vs. subcontracts, FAR flowdowns, A-110 requirements, and the latest in subaward- agreement forms and contract clauses. Faculty
To sign up, please call Angela Knapp at 859/257-4826 or e-mail her at aknapp2@uky.edu. Lunch will be provided for participants who register prior to the conference. NIH Salary Cap Increases According to the NIH Office of Policy for Extramural Research Administration, the NIH salary cap for FY2003 has increased to $171,900. An individual's base salary is not constrained by the legislative provision for a limitation of salary. The rate limitation does limit the amount that may be awarded and charged to NIH grants and contracts. Competing grant applications and contract proposals that include a categorical budget breakdown should continue to reflect the actual institutional base salary of all individuals for whom reimbursement is requested. Individuals may elect to not provide institutional salary detail on proposals, but the proposal should indicate that the individual's actual salary exceeds the current salary limitation. NIH "Other Support" Reminder NIH requires submission of complete and up-to-date "other support" information before an award can be made. Other support includes all financial resources, whether federal, non-federal, commercial or institutional, available in direct support of an individual's research endeavors, including but not limited to research grants, cooperative agreements, contracts, and/or institutional awards. Training awards, prizes, or gifts are not included. Applicants should not include information on other support in the PHS 398 competitive grant application submission, but should be prepared to follow "just-in-time" procedures to submit current other support information upon the request of NIH Institute/Center staff when the application is under consideration for funding. Grantees must also report any changes in other support as a part of the annual progress report. Information on other support assists awarding agency staff in the identification and resolution of potential overlap of support. Overlap, whether scientific, budgetary, or commitment of an individual's effort greater than 100 percent, is not permitted. The goals in identifying and eliminating overlap are to ensure that sufficient and appropriate levels of effort are committed to the project; that there is no duplication of funding for scientific aims, specific budgetary items, or an individual's level of effort; and that only funds necessary to the conduct of the approved project are not included in the award. Budgetary overlap occurs when duplicate or equivalent budgetary items (e.g., equipment, salary) are requested in an application but are already provided for by another source. Commitment overlap occurs when a person's time commitment exceeds 100 percent, whether or not salary support is requested in the application. While information on other support is requested only for key personnel (excluding consultants), no individuals on the project may have commitments in excess of 100 percent. Scientific overlap occurs when (1) substantially the same research is proposed in more than one application or is submitted to two or more different funding sources for review and funding consideration, or (2) a specific research objective and the research design for accomplishing that objective are the same or closely related in two or more applications or awards, regardless of the funding source. The Institute/Center scientific program and grants management staff review other support information prior to award. Resolution of overlap occurs at the time of award in conjunction with applicant institution officials, the principal investigator, and awarding agency staff. NIH staff continue to monitor changes to other support information throughout the project as part of the annual progress reviews. Source: NIH Guide, NOT-OD-03-029, February 13, 2003 NIH Delays in Grant Application Submissions The recent winter storms have led to closures of institutions and the Federal Government. The NIH realizes that this may cause problems for investigators who are submitting grant applications for special receipt dates (RFAs and PARs) for the week of February 17, 2003. Applications for special receipt dates that are submitted late because of the storms or other extraordinary circumstances should include a cover letter noting the reasons for the delay. It is not necessary to get permission in advance for weather-related delays in grant application submission; please do not call the Division of Receipt and Referral to request such permission. It is important that applications due the week of February 17 be received by NIH no later than February 26 so that they can be identified before the arrival of the March 1 unsolicited applications. Because March 1 falls on a Saturday, applications will be on time if they are sent by Monday, March 3, 2003. The critical date is the submission date, not the arrival date. If the recent storms or other extraordinary circumstances lead to a delay in submission for March 3, please include a cover letter explaining the reasons for the delay; again, please do not call to request permission to be late. Reference: NIH Guide, NOT-OD-03-030 Maintained by Research Communications |
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