NIAID Funding News Back Issues, 2009

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November 12, 2009, NIAID Funding News

News Articles

• The Art of Application
• NRSA News: Fs Open to Scientists at Small Businesses, Ts Go Electronic
• Attention ARRA Awardees: Report Clinical Participants
• ARRA Success Stories -- We Want You

Opportunities and Resources

• The Roadmap Proposal Less Traveled
• Are You Eligible for Continuous Submission?
• Continuous Submission and Big Grant Applications
• Getting a Handle on 2009 H1N1 Influenza

Advice Corner

• Reader Questions
  • After my Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) application and resubmission were not funded, I am considering submitting a substantially different application with some overlap. Would this be considered a new application?
  • I have two questions: Are bonuses included in direct costs, and if so, are they added to the base salary? Can amounts in excess of the salary cap be included as an indirect cost?
  • Can ARRA money be used to pay for any direct and indirect expenses that occurred before the official start date for my STTR award?
  • Whom can I contact to ask questions about applying for a Mentored Patient-Oriented Research Career Development Award (K23)?
  • When will NIAID release the remaining paylines?

New Funding Opportunities

• See the list.

October 28, 2009, NIAID Funding News

News Articles

• Are You Ready for the New Forms?
• Rating Applications: Scores and Percentiles
• Picked for Peer Review Survey? Please Participate
• Reminder: NIH Requires Data on Graduate Students, Postdocs, and Others
• Office of Research Training Gets a Helping Hand
• Thanks and Kudos to NIAID Committee Members

Opportunities and Resources

• Latest Concepts Get Green Light -- See What We're Planning
• Few ARRA Opportunities Are Left
• Get Free NIAID Bioinformatics Software
• Leadership Position Opens at NIAID

Advice Corner

• Reader Questions
  • How soon after I am awarded a K23 grant can I apply for an R21?
  • It is difficult to determine if research is considered human subjects. Since my IRB is pending approval, do I need to complete the human subjects section?
  • As a college senior interested in studying EEG neurofeedback to treat seizure disorders, which grant type can I apply for?
  • How do we apply for NIAID support for the ISOPOL XVII meeting

New Funding Opportunities

• See the list.

October 14, 2009, NIAID Funding News

News Articles

• New Interim R01 Payline for New Investigators
• ARRA Awards -- You Can Now Take Them With You
• ClincialTrials.gov Registration – You May Be On Your Own for Now

Opportunities and Resources

• Find Unique Research Reagents for Nonhuman Primate Studies
• Close the Career Gap With NIAID's Help

Advice Corner

• Clinical Investigators: Protect Privacy
• Progress Reports -- Use New Form, Make ARRA Section
• Reader Questions
  • What is allowable under the Training Related Expenses category on a T32?
  • If I received $50,000 in 2009 for a K award supplement, will I get another $50,000 in 2010, or do I have to reapply?
  • Can I include capital equipment in the budget for a U01?

New Funding Opportunities

• See the list.

September 23, 2009, NIAID Funding News

News Articles

• Get a Handle on the New Application Forms
  • Getting the Form Right
  • About the New Forms
  • What's Coming When
  • Where to Find Information
  • Have Your Say
• NIAID is Working on Changes to Clinical Research Infrastructure
• Will Recovery's Reporting Rules Become Standard?
• Get a Head Start on Your Loan Repayment Program Application
  • In Other News, LRP Gets New Director
  • Where to Send Questions and Issues for LRP and Training, Fellowship, and Career Development Awards
• NIAID's New Investigators Hit Their Stride in FY 2009

Opportunities and Resources

• New Reagent for Topical Microbicide Studies Is Universal and Convenient
• All Road(map)s Lead to a Meeting on Interdisciplinary Research
• ARRA Reporting -- What PIs Need to Know
• New Form Will Zip Your ARRA Story to Our Mailbox
• We Want Your Newsworthy Topics

Advice Corner

• Reader Questions
  • May I use funds from my ARRA supplement for summer interns to support students during the year?
  • I received my Ph.D. in December 2001 and completed two postdoctoral positions from January 2002 to May 2006. If I was ineligible to apply for R01-equivalent grants during that time, does my ESI status begin in 2001 or 2006?
  • Can I request my R01 be assigned to NIH's Office of Rare Diseases Research, and does ORDR announce its paylines like NIH institutes?

New Funding Opportunities

• See the list.

September 9, 2009, NIAID Funding News

News Articles

• The Times, They Are A-Changin'
• How We Plan for Science Opportunities and Needs
  • Broad Input Is Key
  • How Can You Benefit?
• ARRA: Finding Answers, Your Reporting Role
• For Public Access, Know Your Limits
• T32 Applicants: No Pre-Enrollment Data for Tables? No Problem
• No Exceptions or Challenge Grant Cost Caps

Opportunities and Resources

• Small Business News: Updated Presentations, New Opportunities
• Thinking Out of the Box? Consider the NIH Roadmap, NIAID Initiatives

Advice Corner

• Attention Fellowship Applicants -- Act Quickly on Reference Letters, Sponsor Info
• Reader Questions
  • Where can I find how much a grant was awarded?
  • If I receive ARRA Bridge funding for one year, can I request a no-cost extension if those funds and the project are not completed in that first year?
  • Can an ARRA administrative supplement to retain a postdoctoral position be used to hire a research technician if the postdoctoral fellow moved to a new position?
  • Do the letters of reference, letters from mentors, and letters from advisory committee members need to be new if want to resubmit a K23 Mentored Patient-Oriented Research Career Development Award application?
  • A post-DVM student working in my laboratory garnered a new fellowship with a third of the costs ($20,000) to be paid by me. Can I use my R21 funds to pay for this?

August 26, 2009, NIAID Funding News

News Articles

• Next Year's Budget -- Caution's the Word
• Prime Yourself for New Applications, Peer Review
• ARRA Grantees -- Know Your Reporting Requirements
• Think About CER When Planning Your Research
• Dr. Collins Reveals His Plans
• Redoing a Challenge Grant Application? Know When You Can Submit

Opportunities and Resources

• Taking Grants.gov to Account

Advice Corner

• Watch Out With Multiple PI Applications
• Reader Questions
  • My submission generated "warnings and/or errors" from the eRA Commons. How can I tell whether NIH accepted my application?
  • Given the extensive reporting requirements for ARRA awards, is it acceptable to budget for administrative support (salary and fringe benefits)? 
  • Is the deadline for an AIDS application resubmission different from the deadline for an initial AIDS and a non-AIDS application?
  • If salary increases are built into my budget, does my institution have to give the salary increase?

New Funding Opportunities

• See the list.

August 5, 2009, NIAID Funding News

News Articles

• Your Noncompeting Funds 100 Percent Restored
• Human Embryonic Stem Cell Research Gets a Green Light
• Obama Nominates a New NIH Director
• Two NIAID-Supported Scientists Get Top Presidential Award
• Health Disparities in the Spotlight at NIH Summit
• ARRA Makes a Difference -- Read How

Opportunities and Resources

• Sign up Now for the SBIR Niche Assessment Program
• Check Out Tetramer and Epitope Resources
• Heads Up: RFAs for NIH Director’s Pioneer Award Program
• T32s: Don’t Table Official Data Tables

Advice Corner

• Use the Financial Conflict of Interest Module -- It's "Commons" Sense
• Underrepresented Fellows: Know Where Your Letter Goes
• Can I Keep Receiving Grant Funds if Furloughed?
• Reader Questions
  • Can I use my allowed SBIR fee to pay for reporting or other administrative assistance, and are these costs direct or indirect costs?.
  • Can I transfer my ARRA award from my current institution to another institution when I relocate?
  • Any idea when I'll hear about my F32 for ARRA funding if I submitted my just in time information in May?
  • If I used the older data table formats for my T32 application last September 25, may I use them again for my resubmission?

New Funding Opportunities

• See the list.

July 29, 2009, NIAID Funding News -- Special Recovery Act Issue

News Articles

• ARRA Funding -- Where We Are
  • Resolve Bars Now
  • Why Your Award May Be Delayed
  • ARRA Award Numbers
• Making Funding Decisions for Challenge Grants
• Who Are Our Challenge Grant PIs?
• Register Soon for ARRA Quarterly Reports
• Tell Us Your ARRA Success Stories

Advice Corner

• Unfunded Challenge Grant? You'll Need a Strategy
• Challenge Grant Applicants: Send Us Your Just-In-Time Information
• Was Your Application Withdrawn?

July 1, 2009, NIAID Funding News

News Articles

• ARRA Reporting Deadline Pushed Back
• Paylines and Progress Take Center Stage at Executive Retreat
• First Glimpses Into the New Peer Review
• No More Cooperative Agreements for Collaborative Research Partnerships
• Resolve Bars to Award ASAP

Opportunities and Resources

• Loan Repayment Programs Can Take Your Debt Away
• Want to Collaborate on HIV-1 Vaccine Research?
• It's Good to Be a Reviewer
• Fellows: Don't Forget to Submit Applications Electronically

Advice Corner

• For an Application to Be New, Slight Changes Won't Do
• Reader Questions
  • Can I revise and resubmit my F31 application and if so, are the due dates the same as for a new application?
  • When are the new shorter R01s going to be in effect, and how long will resubmissions be for applications that were originally 25 pages?
  • As of June 2009, how many resubmissions are allowed for new investigators after the first scored or unscored R01 application?
  • I am looking for funds to continue my postdoc in Switzerland; can I apply for a career development grant?
  • What are the qualifications for the F31 individual research grant?

New Funding Opportunities

• See the list.

June 17, 2009, NIAID Funding News

News Articles

• Staying on Top of ARRA
  • Win-Win for a Lab and a Summer Student
  • After Challenge Grants
  • Mixing Funds
  • Future Reporting Update
• Submit FCOI Reports in the Commons
• New RePORTER Is a Crisper CRISP
• May Concepts -- Worth a Look

Opportunities and Resources

• Coming Up for Training Grants: Important Date, Don't Be Late

Advice Corner

• Forget to Identify Yourself as a New Investigator?
• Reader Questions
  • What opportunities are there for new PIs and ESIs as part of the Recovery Act??
  • Once you are awarded an ARRA grant, what are the expectations?
  • If the new peer review scores are supposed to be between 10 and 90, how can the R21 payline be 137?

New Funding Opportunities

• See the list

June 3, 2009, NIAID Funding News

News Articles

• ARRA Stays Hot for Summer
• From Diversity Supplement to Tenure: A Success Story

Opportunities and Resources

• New Sample R01 Packs a Double Punch
• IOM Reports on Conflict of Interest

Advice Corner

• Paylines and Percentiles -- a Tale of Two "Ps"
• Note to Business Offices: Copy Grants on Correspondence
• Make That Publication Public
• Reader Questions
  • If I qualify as a new or early-stage investigator, would being a co-investigator on a second R01 with a more senior professor who will be the PI jeopardize my new investigator status? 
  • Can I transfer an ARRA award from one institution to another if I relocate?
  • How do you determine the amount for R56-Bridge award?
  • How do you decide the amount of a two-year ARRA R01?
  • If after the award of a two-year ARRA R01 the PI receives a better score, will you consider changing the ARRA award to a regular one?

New Funding Opportunities

• See the list.

May 20, 2009, NIAID Funding News

News Articles

• In the Throes of ARRA
• Fighting the Flu
• Missing Percentiles -- an NIH Mystery?
• Send NIH Feedback on Financial Conflict of Interest Regulations

Opportunities and Resources

• Immunology Database and Analysis Portal -- See What's New
• Planning for Lab Animal Care During a Pandemic

Advice Corner

• Reader Questions
  • Is there a deadline or process to submit supplemental information that pertains to my project?
  • How will you fund an R01 application responding to an RFA with ARRA monies?
  • I submitted a supplement application for equipment, which I need as soon as possible. May I purchase the equipment from the parent grant now and pay with the supplement later?
  • My institution submitted my request for a FY 2009 ARRA administrative supplement several weeks ago. How can I know that the request is 'in the mill'?
  • Is a permanent U.S. resident from Kenya, who is black, working in the U.S. considered by NIH to be a member of a minority group?
  • How do I get on your mailing list?

New Funding Opportunities

• See the list.

May 6, 2009, NIAID Funding News

News Articles

• What's Happening With ARRA?
• Draft Stem Cell Guidelines -- Weigh In, Learn Impact
• Don't Expect Notice of Award Emails
• Commons Goes Offline Memorial Day Weekend
• Correction Window Still Open for Challenge Grants
• Late Applications Due to Flu-Related Closings -- Not a Problem

Opportunities and Resources

• Updates to Our Small Business High-Priority Areas
• Catching Up With Malaria Research
• Learn More About Peer Review

Advice Corner

• Reader Questions
  • Do PIs need to submit revised Specific Aims if they accept a one-year R56-Bridge award?
  • Can a PI request a one- or two-year ARRA administrative supplement for 2009 through July 17?
  • When can I expect my FY 2009 ARRA administrative supplement?
  • Is NIAID funding ARRA applications from RFAs, including R21s?
  • Do you provide sequencing services, for example sequencing the Sphingobium indicum B90A genome using pyro/Solex and Sanger sequencing, and if so at what cost?
  • As an associate in a department of pathology with seven years of postdoctoral experience, am I eligible to apply for a K01?

New Funding Opportunities

• See the list.

April 17, 2009, NIAID Funding News

News Articles

• Keeping Up With ARRA
• New Investigators -- Four Years or Five?
• Commons New Conflict of Interest Module -- It's Not a Choice
• Public Access Is Here to Stay
• NRSAs: Fs Go Electronic, Stipends Go Up, T32 Review Criteria Go Down
• Commons and Grants.gov Are Busier Than Ever

Opportunities and Resources

• Get ARRA Funds for Summer Interns
• New Sample R01s -- at Last!
• Sign Up for ARRA Updates!
• Have Your Say About Expanding ClinicalTrials.gov

Advice Corner

• Reader Questions
  • On a multiple-investigator grant application, does the $250,000 cap for a modular budget apply to each investigator or are their direct cost amounts combined?
  • If I submit a request for a two- year administrative supplement for the April 17, 2009, deadline, does the two years have to end on the same date as the parent grant?
  • Is there a dollar limit to how much can be requested in an administrative supplement?
  • I submitted an R21 application that was assigned to NIAMS as a primary institute and NIAID as a secondary institute. Whom should I contact to have my application be considered for stimulus funding?
  • What is meant by significant unexpended balances for administrative supplements?  Is a balance greater than 25 percent of the current year's total approved budget significant?

New Funding Opportunities

• See the list.

April 1, 2009, NIAID Funding News

News Articles

• Breaking Budget News: New Payline, Bridges
• Make the Most of the Stimulus
• Grants.gov Put to the Test -- What You Need to Know
• Getting Newsworthy Topics Into the News
• Watch a Video on Enhancing Peer Review
• Upcoming Grants Policy and Management Training Workshop

Opportunities and Resources

• National Science Foundation Releases Recovery Act Plans

Advice Corner

• Reader Questions
  • For a diversity supplement, can we add fringe benefits to the $50,000 salary cap for postdocs and faculty or does the cap include fringe benefits?
  • I heard NIAID would be funding R01s to the 25 percentile -- but NIAID Paylines says the R01 payline is the 12 percentile. Which is correct?

New Funding Opportunities

• See the list.

March 18, 2009, NIAID Funding News

News Articles

• Can You Benefit From the Stimulus?
• Stimulus Grants Get Top Priority
• FY 2009 Budget -- More Money for NIH
• Working for You: Government Watchdogs at Recovery.gov
• New AIDS Czar Takes Charge
• Snowed Under? Application Delays Are OK With NIH

Opportunities and Resources

• HIV Researchers: Check Out a New PA
• SBIR and STTR Opportunities for FDA-Approved Products and Manufacturing-Related Technologies

Advice Corner

• Recombinant DNA Incidents -- Let Us Know
• Attention New PIs: Our Automated Tracking May Bungle Your Status
• Reader Questions
  • How confidential is my grant application?
  • What are the guidelines for a trainee or postdoctoral fellow on a T32 training grant to take parental leave?
  • After four years of biochemistry, I want to learn more applied research approaches. With the new stimulus package, what are the chances that I would be awarded another fellowship, or should I try for a career development award?
  • Can you tell me what training grants are available to non-US citizens, specifically post-doctoral fellows?

New Funding Opportunities

• See the list.

March 4, 2009, NIAID Funding News

News Articles

• NIH Joins the Nation in the Path to Recovery
• Research Planning at NIAID
• Use Concepts to Your Advantage
• How to Tell if You are a New or Early-Stage Investigator
• Application Correction Window Reverts to Two Days
• PureEdge Is Gone for Good

Opportunities and Resources

• Try an NIH Regional Grants Seminar
• New Spanish and French Translations of the NIH Grant Cycle and More

Advice Corner

• No Auto Reminders for Progress Reports
• Reader Questions
  • I plan to leave my organization for another academic job but want to continue working as the PI. Which grant type will give me a better chance at doing that: an SBIR or STTR?
  • Do I need advance permission from NIAID to apply because the total grant would be over $500,000?
  • If my original submission had a four-year budget, can I request five years in my resubmission?
  • I started my postdoc training in October 2003, so I don't qualify for a career transition award. At the same time, I am ineligible to apply for R series grants. What am I to do?

New Funding Opportunities

• See the list.

February 18, 2009, NIAID Funding News

News Articles

• How Do You Know if You May Apply Late?
• Applications Correction Windows Get Longer -- For Now
• Getting Used to Adobe Application Forms
• Clarifying When the New Salary Cap Applies
• On Hold: Electronic Submission for Fellowships
• For K Grants, Part-Time Appointments Now Allowed
• New Faces in Congress
• Susan Plaeger -- Familiar Face at Helm of DAIDS Program
• Welcome New Council Members

Opportunities and Resources

• Our New International Grants Course -- a Resource for the World
• Minority-Serving Institutions: These Opps Are for You
• Are You Interested in International Partnerships?
• NIAID Posts New Strategic Plan

Advice Corner

• Reader Questions
  • Is eight years' NRSA support the maximum a person can receive?
  • How can I find an archive of NIAID contract awards and names of awardees?

New Funding Opportunities

• See the list.

February 4, 2009, NIAID Funding News

News Articles

• Even if You're New, Consider an R01
• Ceilings for PI Salaries Slated to Rise
• NIH Releases First Biennial Report of the Director
• NIH Loan Repayment Programs: A Penny for Your Thoughts
• Attention Phase II SBIR and STTR Applicants: New Threshold for F&A Costs

Opportunities and Resources

• Looking for That Special Reagent or Cell Line?
• Free Minicourse on Filariasis Coming in March
• Students Get a Taste of the "SciLife" With Popular NIH Program

Advice Corner

• When Applying, Know Who Helps You at Each Stage
• Reader Questions
  • For a K08 electronic application, which budget portions should we fill out? Where should we include travel?
  • To pay compensation on a T32 grant, who verifies that the trainee's employment will not detract from or prolong the training?

New Funding Opportunities

• See the list.

January 21, 2009, NIAID Funding News

News Articles

• Can You Get More Time as an ESI?
• All New Investigators -- Not Just ESIs -- Must Update Commons Profiles
• Peer Reviewers: New Payment System Is Ready to Roll
• RCDC Debut -- a Fresh View of NIH Funding
• Citations: It's All in the Numbers
• For P01s: New Review Criteria, Multiple PIs
• New Sketches of CSR Study Sections

Opportunities and Resources

• NIH Podcast Highlights Research Training
• Have Your Say About Improving Core Facilities

Advice Corner

• Reader Question: If I am listed as a key personnel, will it affect my new investigator status?

New Funding Opportunities

• See the list.

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