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November 30, 2009

Limited Submissions:

  • Effectiveness Research on Smoking Cessation in Hospitalized Patients - Research Coordinating Unit - Dec. 11
  • Engineered Nanomaterials: Linking Physical and Chemical Properties to Biology - Dec. 11

To view these and other limited submission competitions, visit the Proposal Development Office's site.

Restructured NIH Application Forms and Instructions for Application Due Dates on or after January 25, 2010

Notice Number: NOT-OD-10-016
Release Date: November 23, 2009
Related Notices
  • October 26, 2009 - See Notice NOT-OD-10-008 Announcing the Transition of Institutional Training and Institutional Career Development Programs to Electronic Submission for due dates on/after January 25, 2010.
  • October 8, 2009 - See Notice NOT-OD-10-002 Clarification on Timing and Page Limits for Restructured Application Forms and Instructions that are required for Due Dates on or after January 25, 2010.
  • September 16, 2009 – See Notice NOT-OD-09-149 Restructured Application Forms and Instructions for Submissions for FY2011 Funding.

This notice announces the availability of new application instructions and forms for both paper-based PHS 398 applications and electronic SF 424 (R&R) applications. The new application instructions and forms must be used for applications intended for due dates on or after January 25, 2010.

Summary of Changes

  • Changes to Implement the Enhancing Peer Review Initiative: These new application guides (paper and electronic) implement the goals of the NIH Enhancing Peer Review Initiative and include the following changes:

    • The Research Plan is restructured and aligned with peer review criteria.
    • Shorter page limits are adopted.
    • The Biographical Sketch now requires a Personal Statement, and encourages applicants to limit the number of publications to 15.
    • Instructions for describing Resources are modified to address the scientific environment and the institutional investment in Early Stage Investigators.

  • Removal of New Investigator Checkbox: In the PHS398 paper forms and in the PHS398 Cover Page Supplement component used in electronic application packages, the checkbox for “new investigator” has been eliminated. This information is now collected electronically in the eRA Commons Personal Profile.

  • Personal Data Form: In the PHS398 paper application, the Personal Data Form page is eliminated. This information is now collected electronically in the eRA Commons Personal Profile.

  • New and Early Stage Investigator Policies Implemented: The PHS 398 and SF 424 (R&R) application instructions describe new and early stage investigator policies in Part III, 1.15.

  • New Assurance for Institutions Receiving Awards for Training of Graduate Students for Doctoral Degrees: The new assurance for institutions receiving awards for training of graduate students for doctoral degrees is required, as applicable (see Part III, 2.16 for details), and the training table 12A, required for institutional research training applications, is modified accordingly. Training tables 7a and 7b are modified to no longer require applicants to submit pre-enrollment data on individuals with disabilities and individuals from disadvantaged backgrounds in accord with NIH Guide Notice OD-09-153. The training tables are also reformatted to comply with Section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act. Note these changes to the training tables are incorporated only in the versions now available on the SF 424 (R&R) Application and Electronic Submission website for use with submissions due on/after January 25, 2010.

  • Instructions Relocated to Accommodate Electronic Submission: Career Development Award instructions are now included in Part 1, Section 7 of the SF 424 (R&R) Application Guide for NIH and Other PHS Agencies, and instructions for Institutional Research Training Applications Including Ruth L. Kirschstein - NRSA Applications are now included in Part 1.Section 8 of the SF 424 (R&R) Application Guide, to reflect the transitions of these applications to electronic submission.

  • Other changes: Other policy changes that have been published in the NIH Guide since the 11/07 version of the PHS 398 and the Adobe-Forms-A version of the SF 424 (R&R) are also incorporated.

Applicant Instructions


SF 424 (R&R) Applicants:

  • Although the application instructions are now available for viewing, Applicants MUST return to the FUNDING OPPORTUNITY ANNOUNCEMENT (FOA), or the reissued Parent Announcement, to download the new application forms for due dates on or after January 25, 2010.

  • Updated FOAs with new language and links to the new, restructured application forms are currently being posted. Parent Announcements and FOAs with due dates of January 25, 2010 will be reposted in early December; and FOAs with later due dates will be reposted by early 2010 (reposted FOAs will be made available 1-2 months before the due date).

  • For a period of time between now and early February, applicants must carefully select which version of the FOA and application package (forms and instructions) they should be using. Anyone submitting an application intended for due dates before January 25, 2010 (or before February 7, 2010 for those eligible for continuous submission on AIDS R01, R21, and R34 applications) must use the archived version of the FOA and SF 424 (R&R) ADOBE-FORMS-A application forms and instructions. Anyone eligible for continuous submission who is submitting a non-AIDS application should use the archived version of the FOA and SF 424 (R&R) ADOBE-FORMS-A through January 24, 2010, and use the updated version of the FOA and SF 424 (R&R) ADOBE-FORMS-B application forms and instructions provided with the updated version of the FOA on or after January 25, 2010. Applicants can access the archived version of the FOA via a link in the updated version, and vice versa.

  • Because institutional research training awards will be transitioning to an electronic application process, these FOAs will be reissued with new announcement numbers rather than being updated. Beginning with submissions intended for the January 25, 2010 receipt date, applicants must use the SF 424 (R&R) application instructions and forms. Institutional research training applications with due dates prior to January 25, 2010 must use the paper 11/07 version of the PHS398 forms and instructions.

PHS 398 Applicants:

Important Notes

Any application submitted using incorrect application forms (including applications that have an incorrect mix of old and new forms) will be delayed and may not be reviewed.
Application instructions for the following activity codes will be available in early 2010, since due dates occur later in the review cycle:

  • Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR [R43/R44])/Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR [R41/R42]) applications
  • Individual Kirschstein National Research Service Award (NRSA) Fellowship applications (F30, F31, F32, and F33)

Additionally, FOAs and application packages for Conference Grants (R13/U13) are expected in early 2010.

Inquiries

Questions should be directed to grantsinfo@od.nih.gov.

For more information on NIH’s Enhancing Peer Review effort, visit http://enhancing-peer-review.nih.gov/.

November 19, 2009

Limited Submissions:

  • NIMH - Leveraging Existing Health Care Networks to Transform Effectiveness Research - Dec. 7
  • U.S. Dept. of State study of the U.S. Institutes for Student Leaders - Dec. 10
  • Damon Runyon Clinical Investigator Award - Jan. 20

To view these and other limited submission competitions, visit the Proposal Development Office's site.

"Compensation for Research-Related Injury: Strategies for Harmonizing Language in the Study Contract and the Consent Form" - Dec. 2

University of Kentucky Clinical Research Development and Operations Center (CR-DOC) Clinical Research Update

Deborah K. Davis
Director, Office of Sponsored Projects Administration

and

Thomas Foster, PharmD
Professor, Colleges of Pharmacy, Medicine & Public Health
Executive Chairman, Medical IRB

Date: Wednesday, December 2, 2009
Location: HG611 (Hospital Auditorium)
Time: Lunch 11:30 a.m., Presentation Noon to 1 p.m.
Registration: Please call or e-mail the UK CR-DOC office to reserve your place. 323-8545 or crdoc@email.uky.edu.

Upon completion of the program, participants will be able to:

  • Examine language in research contracts/agreements versus the "compensation/medical treatment for injuries" provisions in the consent form for payment of research related injury
  • Describe various insurmountable tensions between sponsors and academic institutions leading to the inability to conduct the research or undecipherable consent language
  • Develop strategies for harmonizing the research contract and consent form leading to decreasing tensions and contributing to successful research outcomes

November 13, 2009

Limited Submissions:

  • Clinical and Translational Research Awards in Liver Disease - Dec. 3
  • US Dept. of State Benjamin Franklin Summer Institutes - Dec. 7
  • USDA International Science and Education (ISE) - Dec. 8
  • NASA Digital Learning Network - Dec. 9
  • NEH Challenge Grants in U.S. History and Culture - Dec. 9

To view these and other limited submission competitions, visit the Proposal Development Office's site.

NIH Non-Competing Grant Awards under the Current Continuing Resolution
NOT-OD-10-012

The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) continues to operate on a continuing resolution (CR), Public Law 111-88 signed on October 30, 2009, making appropriations for the Department of the Interior, environment, and related agencies, including NIH, and for other purposes for FY 2010, which currently extends through December 18, 2009. The current CR applies the terms of the FY 2009 appropriations for the period covered by the CR.

Until the final FY 2010 appropriation is enacted, NIH will issue non-competing research grant awards at a level below that indicated on the most recent Notice of Award (generally up to 90% of the previously committed level). This is consistent with our practice during the CRs of FY 2006 - 2009. NIH will consider upward adjustments to these levels after the final appropriation is enacted, but expects institutions to monitor their expenditures carefully during this period.

November 6, 2009

Limited Submissions:

  • Ellison Medical Foundation New Scholar Award in Aging - Dec. 7
  • Camille Dreyfus Teacher-Scholar Awards Program - Dec. 8

To view these and other limited submission competitions, visit the Proposal Development Office's site.

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