Announcements

NIH’s “Inclusion of Children” Policy is Now “Inclusion Across the Lifespan” – Learn How to Address This Change in Your Applications.

NIH has adopted new guidelines for how grant applications must justify the rationale for excluding any group of study participants based on age in the Inclusion of Women, Minorities and Children section of the PHS Human Subjets and Clinical Traials Information Form (Section 2.4). This rationale is to be provided in the Inclusion of Women, Minorities, and Children section of the PHS Human Subjects and Clinical Trails Information For

Plan Your NIH Funding Strategy! Updated Resources for NIH Institute or Center Funding Strategies are Now Available

The NIH Funding Strategies page provides researchers pursuing NIH Institute or Center funding with updated information specific to each institute or center, including a budgetary overview and NIH fiscal policies to help them plan their funding strategy. The NIH Data Book has also been redesigned to provide researchers at-a-glance statistical analysis of NIH funding trends by Institute or Center.

Updates and Changes to NIH/AHRQ applications and review criteria (scientific premise/human subjects) for January 25, 2019 and beyond.

For applications due on January 25, 2019 and beyond, the term “rigor of the prior research” will replace “scientific premise” under the Significance section for most research grant and career development award applications.

New URL to Access the Pivot Database

Beginning March 1, 2019, Pivot, UK’s primary funding search and expertise database, is moving to a new URL,

Updated Privacy Policy for Pivot Database

Please note that after May 25, 2018, all Pivot users wishing to take advantage of the full user account features of Pivot will be prompted to provide their consent to allow Pivot to maintain a user account and to store personal information.

NSF Proposal Preparation and Submission Site, Research.gov, Launches April 30, 2018

Research.gov is the new National Science Foundation’s (NSF) site providing research information and grants management services, all in one location. Beginning on April 30, 2018, proposers will be able to prepare and submit full, research non-collaborative proposals in the Research.gov system. The initial release of this new Research.gov capability will run in parallel with existing FastLane proposal preparation and submission capabilities.

NSF Guidelines on Collaborators and Other Affiliations

The National Science Foundation (NSF) requires that Collaborators and Other Affiliations (COA) information must be separately provided for each individual identified as senior project personnel in grant proposals. NSF has issued a set of FAQs on the Collaborators and Other Affiliations Template to guide use of the COA template.

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