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February 29, 2012

Limited Submissions

  • U.S. Department of State – Programs to Support the Judiciary and Rule of Law - February 29
  • HRSA - Leadership Education in Adolescent Health HRSA-12-015 - March 1
  • U.S. Department of State – Open Competition for Professional Fellows Program - March 5
  • U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) - Higher Education Solutions Network - March 9

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

CCTS Spring Conference: Appalachian Health Summitt
Abstracts due March 2
Conference Registration due March 16
For more information: http://www.ccts.uky.edu/Events/CCTSConference_ahs.aspx

KBRIN Pilot Grants
UK KBRIN grant has funding for pilot projects that will use either the Ion Torrent Personal Genome Machine in the Advanced Genetic Technologies Center (AGTC) or the Nanostring nCounter machine in the UK Microarray Core Facility.
Applications due March 9
For more information, see PDF (2 pgs.)

February 22, 2012

Limited Submissions

  • NASA International Space Station (ISS) National Lab Education Project (NLEP) - February 27
  • U.S. Department of State – Haiti National Police Recruitment Program and Public Relations Campaign - March 6
  • NIH/NCRR Science Education Partnership Award (SEPA) - March 9
  • RGK Foundation Grants - March 21
  • NSF Integrative Graduate Education and Research Traineeship (IGERT) - March 30

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

Appalachian Health Summit
Mentor Award Nominations due February 24
Abstracts due March 2
Conference Registration due March 16
For more information: http://www.ccts.uky.edu/Events/CCTSConference_ahs.aspx

February 15, 2012

Limited Submissions

  • NIH/NICHD Academic-Community Partnership Conference Series (R13) - PAR-12-102 - Feb 29
  • NIH/NIBIB Research Education Programs for Residents and Clinical Fellows (R25) - PAR-12-085 - March 8

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

UK CCTS COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT MINI-GRANT PROGRAM 2012 - March 2

The University of Kentucky, Center for Clinical and Translational Science (CCTS) Community Engagement Program is requesting applications from community partners for funding to support health outreach projects. Funds will be used to support small-scale evidenced-based and evidence-informed health outreach projects that contribute to the reduction of health disparities in rural and Appalachian communities by developing, implementing, and evaluating community-based projects. Proposals should place special emphasis on reaching people who are medically underserved or residents of rural areas with limited access to health programs or services. Please forward the announcement below to your community colleagues/collaborators that may be interested in applying for this funding.

**Note: Eligible community agencies/coalitions must have 501c3 status or a designated lead fiscal agency (health agency or non-profit). University of Kentucky faculty and staff are not eligible for this award program as project leader/applicant.

Funds will be used to support small scale evidenced-based and evidence-informed health outreach projects that contribute to the reduction of health disparities in rural and Appalachian communities by developing, implementing, and evaluating community-based projects. Proposals should place special emphasis on reaching people who are medically underserved or residents of rural areas with limited access to health programs or services.

For questions or further information, please contact Mary Barron, RN at mabarr2@email.uky.edu or 859.323.4889.

Research Support Grants - April 1

The Vice President for Research supports a number of internal funding opportunities which are listed in the Research Support Guide. The Research Support Grants have a deadline of April 1 for one year of funding to begin June 1 in amounts ranging from $2,000 to $20,000. See http://www.research.uky.edu/vpresearch/guide/rsupportgrants.html for additional details including proposal format. Please contact Kathy Stanwix-Hay (stanwix@uky.edu, 257-5090) or Martha Peterson (mlpete01@email.uky.edu, 257-5294) if you have questions.

February 9, 2012

Limited Submissions

  • Team-Based Design in Biomedical Engineering Education (R25) – PAR-10-140 - March 20
  • International Research Ethics Education and Curriculum Development Award (R25) - March 20
  • NSF Nanotechnology Undergraduate Education (NUE) NSF 12-534 - February 27
  • Craig H. Neilsen Foundation - Quality of Life Grants - February 27

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

Announcement

The Vice President for Research supports a number of internal funding opportunities which are listed in the Research Support Guide. The Research Support Grants have a deadline of April 1 for one year of funding to begin June 1 in amounts ranging from $2,000 to $20,000. See http://www.research.uky.edu/vpresearch/guide/rsupportgrants.html for additional details including proposal format. Please contact Kathy Stanwix-Hay (stanwix@uky.edu 257-5090) or Martha Peterson (mlpete01@email.uky.edu 257-5294) if you have questions.

February 2, 2012

Limited Submissions

  • Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) – 21st Century Museum Professionals (21MP) Grants - February 9
  • National Endowment for the Arts: Grants for Arts Projects FY 2013 - February 13
  • CDC- Development and Testing of a Clinic-Based Intervention to Increase Dual Protection against Unintended Pregnancy and STDs among High Risk Female Teens - February 13
  • Jointly Sponsored Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award Institutional Predoctoral Training Program in the Neurosciences (T32) – February 20
  • NSF - Planning a Partnership Model for a Giant Segmented Mirror Telescope - February 20
  • NSF Scholarships in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (S-STEM) - August 14

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

Internal Approval Form Required for Extramural Proposal Submission

Beginning with applications due on or after April 2, 2012, no proposal shall be submitted to any external funding agency unless a fully executed e-IAF has been received by OSPA at least three business days prior to the sponsor's published deadline. For more, read the pdf memo.

NIH Announces New Salary Cap
(Corrected 2/3/12)

Every year since 1990 Congress has legislatively mandated a provision limiting (capping) the direct salary that an individual may receive/charge under an NIH grant. NIH has issued additional information about the new salary cap of $179,700 which became effective on December 23, 2011 as follows:

  • New competing awards issued 12/23/11 or later; NIH will reduce all years of the award based on the new cap.
  • Non-competing awards issued 12/23/11 or later; NIH will not reduce the budget based on the new cap.  The Principal Investigator may rebudget the excess funds.

For awards issued prior to 12/22/11, the previous salary cap of $199,700 is effective as follows:

  • New competing awards issued 12/22/11 or earlier may use $199,700 for the first budget year; NIH will reduce future years based on the new cap of $179,700.
  • Non-competing awards issued 12/22/11 or earlier may use $199,700 for the first budget year; NIH will not reduce future years based on the new cap of $179,700.  The Principal Investigator may rebudget the excess funds.

New competing grant applications and contract proposals that include a categorical breakdown in the budget figures should continue to reflect the actual institutional base salary of all individuals for whom reimbursement is requested. In lieu of actual base salary, however, applicants may elect to provide an explanation indicating that actual institutional base salary exceeds the current salary limitation. When this information is provided, NIH staff will make necessary adjustments to requested salaries prior to award.

Note that the Issue Date is in the upper right corner of the Grant Award.

The announcement includes examples of adjustments that NIH will make when salaries exceed the cap and can be found at:  http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/notice-files/NOT-OD-12-035.html 

If you have questions, please contact Mary Hickman, associate director of OSPA at 7-4826.

Most ARRA Grants Must End by September 30, 2013

The Office of Management and Budget issued a notice to federal agencies directing them to take steps to ensure American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) projects are completed by September 30, 2013. 

In summary, the affect on grants is as follows:

  • Grants ending on or before 9/30/2012 are allowed a one-time no-cost extension through 9/30/2013 without agency approval.  Prior agency approval is required to extend beyond 9/30/2013.   (Note: if we have already used the one-time extension, agency prior approval is required for a second extension even through 9/30/2013.)
  • Grants ending between 9/1/2012 and 8/31/2013 are allowed a one-time no-cost extension to 9/30/2013 and no further without agency approval.  Prior agency approval is required to extend beyond 9/30/2013.
  • NIH Only:  Grants ending in the month of  September 2013 must have prior agency approval to be extended to the end of September 2013 and beyond.
  • Grants ending after September 30, 2013  cannot be extended without prior agency approval.    It is our understanding that agencies may address these grants individually and PIs may be contacted by  an agency representative. 

If an extension is needed beyond 9/30/2013, the request must be made before 6/1/2012.

It will be rare for the federal agency to grant approval to extend the end date past 9/30/2013.  Below are the only acceptable circumstances to request an extension. 

  • The project is long-term by design and acceleration would compromise core programmatic goals;
  • The project must undergo complex environmental review that cannot be completed within this timeframe;
  • Contractual commitments between the awardee and vendors/subrecipients legally prevent adjusting the timeline for spending;
  • Special circumstances exist where acceleration may cause unnecessary harm or unreasonable risk to vertebrate animals or human subjects involved in the research (such as in ongoing clinical trials).

Here is the complete text of the NIH announcement http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/notice-files/NOT-OD-12-014.html and NSF announcement http://www.nsf.gov/recovery/acceleration.pdf

Principal Investigators of ARRA grants have been notified directly by OSPA. If you have questions, please contact Katie Riley Katie.riley@uky.edu or Debbie Davis ddavis@uky.edu.

Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award (NRSA) Stipends, Tuition/Fees and Other Budgetary Levels Effective for Fiscal Year 2012

Notice Number:NOT-OD-12-033

Issued by:
National Institutes of Health (NIH)
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), (http://www.ahrq.gov/)
Health Resources Services Administration (HRSA), (http://www.hrsa.gov/)

Purpose

This Notice supersedes NOT-OD-11-067, and establishes new stipend levels for fiscal year (FY) 2012 Kirschstein-NRSA awards for undergraduate, predoctoral, and postdoctoral trainees and fellows, as shown in the table below. The Tuition and Fees, Training Related Expenses for trainees, and the Institutional Allowance for individual fellows remain unchanged, and are also provided below.

The budgetary categories described in this Notice are effective only for Kirschstein-NRSA awards made with FY 2012 funds. All FY 2012 awards issued using FY 2011 stipend levels will be revised to increase the stipend category to the FY 2012 level. For institutional training grants already awarded in FY 2012, if trainees have been appointed to the FY 2012 budget period, the grantee institution must amend those appointments to reflect the FY 2012 stipend level once the revised award is received.  Amended appointments must be submitted through xTrain in the eRA Commons.  Retroactive adjustments or supplementation of stipends or other budgetary categories with Kirschstein-NRSA funds for an award made prior to October 1, 2011 are not permitted.

Stipends

Effective with all Kirschstein-NRSA awards made on or after October 1, 2011, the following annual stipend levels apply to all individuals receiving support through institutional research training grants or individual fellowships, including the Minority Access to Research Career (MARC) and Career Opportunities in Research (COR) programs.

Undergraduates in the MARC and COR Programs:

Career Level

Stipend for FY 2012

Freshmen/Sophomores

$8,304

Juniors/Seniors

$11,628

Predoctoral and Postdoctoral:

Career Level

Years of Experience

Stipend for FY 2012

Predoctoral

All

$22,032

Postdoctoral

0

$39,264

 

1

$41,364

 

2

$44,340

 

3

$46,092

 

4

$47,820

 

5

$49,884

 

6

$51,582

 

7 or More

$54,180

These stipend levels are to be used in the preparation of future competing and non-competing NRSA institutional training grant and individual fellowship applications. They will be administratively applied to all applications currently in the review process.

NRSA support is limited to 5 years for predoctoral trainees, and 3 years for postdoctoral fellows. The NIH provides eight levels of postdoctoral stipends to accommodate individuals who complete other forms of health-related training prior to accepting a Kirschstein-NRSA supported position. (The presence of eight discrete levels of experience, however, does not constitute an endorsement of extended periods of postdoctoral research training.)

It should be noted that the maximum amount that NIH will award to support the compensation package for a graduate student research assistant remains at the zero level postdoctoral stipend, as described in NOT-OD-02-017.

Stipend Levels:

Predoctoral—for institutional training grants (T32, T34, T35, T90, TL1) and individual fellowships (F30, F31): One stipend level is used for all pre-doctoral candidates, regardless of the level of experience.

Postdoctoral—for institutional training grants (T32, T35, T90, TL1) and individual fellowships (F32): The stipend level for the entire first year of support is determined by the number of full years of relevant postdoctoral experience when the award is issued. Relevant experience may include research experience (including industrial), teaching assistantship, internship, residency, clinical duties, or other time spent in a health-related field beyond that of the qualifying doctoral degree. Once the appropriate stipend level has been determined, the fellow must be paid at that level for the entire grant year. The stipend for each additional year of Kirschstein-NRSA support is the next level in the stipend structure and does not change mid-year.

Senior Fellows (F33 only): The amount of the Kirschstein-NRSA stipend to be paid must be commensurate with the base salary or remuneration that the individual receiving the award would have been paid by the institution with which he or she has permanent affiliation on the issue date of the fellowship award. In no case shall the stipend award exceed the current Kirschstein-NRSA stipend limit set by NIH. The level of Kirschstein-NRSA support will take into account concurrent salary support provided by the institution and the policy of the sponsoring institution. NIH support does not provide fringe benefits for senior fellows.

Tuition and Fees, Training Related Expenses, and Institutional Allowances for Kirschstein-NRSA Recipients:

The NIH will provide funds for tuition, fees, health insurance, and training related expenses, as detailed below.

A. Tuition and Fees

  • Predoctoral Trainees and Fellows: For institutional training grants (T32, T34, T35, T90, TL1) and individual fellowships (F30, F31) an amount per predoctoral trainee equal to 60% of the level requested by the applicant institution, up to $16,000 per year, will be provided. If the trainee or fellow is enrolled in a program that supports formally combined dual-degree training (e.g., M.D.-Ph.D, D.D.S.-Ph.D.), the amount provided per trainee or fellow will be 60% of the level requested, up to $21,000 per year.
  • Postdoctoral Trainees and Fellows: For institutional training grants (T32, T35, T90, TL1) and individual fellowships (F32, F33) an amount per postdoctoral trainee or fellow equal to 60% of the level requested by the applicant institution, up to $4,500 per year, will be provided. If the trainee or fellow is enrolled in a program that supports postdoctoral individuals in formal degree-granting training, an amount per postdoctoral trainee or fellow equal to 60% of the level requested by the applicant institution, up to $16,000 per year, will be provided.

B. Training Related Expenses on Institutional Training Grants

  • For institutional training grants (T32, T34, T35, T90, TL1) these expenses (including health insurance costs) for predoctoral and postdoctoral trainees will be paid at the amounts shown below for all competing and non-competing awards made with FY 2012 funds.
    • Predoctoral Trainees: $4,200
    • Postdoctoral Trainees: $7,850

C. Institutional Allowance for Individual Fellows

This allowance for predoctoral and postdoctoral fellows will be paid at the amounts shown below for all competing and non-competing awards made with FY 2012 funds.

  • Institutional Allowance for individual fellows (F30, F31, F32, F33) sponsored by non-Federal Public, Private, and Non-Profit Institutions (Domestic & Foreign, including health insurance):
    • Predoctoral Fellows: $4,200
    • Postdoctoral Fellows: $7,850
  • Institutional Allowance for individual fellows (F30, F31, F32, F33) Sponsored by Federal and For-Profit Institutions (including health insurance):
    • Predoctoral Fellows: $3,100
    • Postdoctoral Fellows: $6,750

NIH Fiscal Policy for Grant Awards – FY 2012

Notice Number: NOT-OD-12-036

Issued by National Institutes of Health (NIH)

Purpose:

This Notice provides guidance about the NIH Fiscal Operations Plan for FY 2012 and implements the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2012 (P.L. 112-74), signed by President Obama on December 23, 2011.   The Act provides NIH with $30.7 billion, an increase of less than one percent over FY 2011 (after transfers).  The NIH will continue to manage its portfolio in biomedical research investments in a manner that includes addressing the need for a highly productive pool of researchers by providing support for new investigators.

The following NIH fiscal policies are instituted in FY 2012:

FY2012 Funding Levels:  Non-competing awards will be issued without cost of living/inflationary adjustments in FY 2012; however adjustments for special needs (such as equipment and added personnel) will continue to be accommodated.    This policy applies to all grants (research and non-research) when applicable.    

The NIH will make efforts to keep the average size of awards constant at FY 2011 levels or lower.  For new and competing grants, NIH awarding Institutes/Centers (IC) will develop funding principles consistent with overall NIH goals, considering the funds provided to their IC this fiscal year. 

Inflationary Increases for Future Years:  Inflationary increases for future year commitments will be discontinued for all competing and non-competing research grant awards issued in FY 2012, however adjustments for special needs (such as equipment and added personnel) will continue to be accommodated.   

FY 2012 awards that have already been issued will be revised to adjust the award level and future year commitments in accordance with these principles. 

Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Awards (NRSA):  The NIH will implement a two percent increase at all stipend levels.  Further information about NRSA stipends in FY 2012 will be published in the NIH Guide in the near future.         
New Investigators:   NIH will continue to support new investigators on R01 equivalent awards at success rates equivalent to that of established investigators submitting new (Type 1) R01 equivalent applications.  Achievement of comparable success rates should permit the NIH to support new investigators in accordance with the policies established in FY 2009 and subsequent years and described at http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/notice-files/NOT-OD-09-013.html and at http://grants.nih.gov/grants/new_investigators/index.htm.

Salary Limits:   Section 203 of the Consolidated Appropriations Act prohibits payments for salaries under grants and other extramural mechanisms to rates in excess of Executive Level II.  Guidance related to Section 203 will be published in the NIH Guide in the near future.

Additional Information:   Additional details on Fiscal Operations, including specific funding strategies for ICs will be posted at http://grants.nih.gov/grants/financial/index.htm. 

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Updated 2.29.12 by Karin Pekarchik

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