NIH Transitions from FORMS-F to FORMS-G

Applicants applying to the National Institutes of Health (NIH) funding opportunities with due dates on or after January 25, 2022 must use updated application forms and instructions identified with a Competition ID of “FORMS-G.”

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NIH Clarifies Guidance for Preparing Applications During the COVID Pandemic and Extends COVID Flexibilities

The National Institutes of Health (NIH) has reminded applicants that while grant applications should not include contingency or recovery plans for problems resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic, investigators may address effects due to the pandemic on productivity or other scoreable issues in the personal statement of the biosketch. If needed, NIH will assess plans to resolve specific problems arising from the COVID-19 pandemic prior to funding.

NIH will extend through December 31, 2021 existing COVID flexibilities permitting online training applying to all awards requiring instruction in the responsible conduct of research, including research training grants, fellowships, individual and institutional career development awards, and research education awards. Grant recipients do not need to seek prior approval to do so.

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SAMHSA Webinar: How to Develop a Competitive Grant Application

The Office of Financial Resources at the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) will be conducting a webinar on how to develop a competitive grant application. There is no need to pre-register. If you would like to receive the slides prior to the webinar, send an email to GPOtraining@samhsa.hhs.gov.

  • Thursday, September 30, 2021
    2:00 pm EDT
  • Thursday, October 28, 2021
    2:00 pm EDT

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NIH Offers Fall 2021 Virtual Seminar on Program Funding and Grants Administration

The National Institutes of Health (NIH) is offering the NIH Virtual Seminar on Program Funding and Grants Administration November 1–4, 2021. The event will include discussions on the NIH grant application, review process, award and post-award processes, and other policies. To register for this free event, visit the seminar website.   Read more

UF IRB: Update to Human Subject Payment Program SSN Collection Policy for Compensating Subjects

Prior to August 2021, UF Human Subject Payments (HSP) required investigators to collect social security numbers (SSNs) when compensating participants more than $75 for being in a study. On August 25, 2021, HSP revised this limit upwards to $200.

If your study is impacted by this, please submit a revision updating your informed consent form(s) and the Information Sources and Identifiers Smart Form (Q3.0). Please be sure to describe any processes for destroying SSNs already collected. If the only revision to your informed consent form(s) is changing the compensation language to reflect the new $200 limit, you do not have to reconsent your participants.

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Awarded Projects for August 2021

Congratulations to Philip Poekert for his subcontract award Vinik Family Foundation Flow Through from the UF Foundation; Paige Pullen for her award from Pinellas County Schools; and Sindia Rivera-Jimenez and Pengfei Zhao for their award from the National Science Foundation.

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Submitted Projects for August 2021

Best wishes to Thomasenia Lott Adams, Pasha Antonenko, Philip Poekert, Masoud Gheisari, and Markus Santoso for their proposal to the National Science Foundation; Christopher Anthony for his subcontract proposal IES Flow Through from Northeastern University; Pasha Antonenko and Kara Dawson for their proposal to the National Science Foundation; Bruce MacFadden, Pasha Antonenko, and Jeremy Waisome for their proposal to the National Science Foundation; Anthony Botelho, Walter Leite, Seyedahmad Rahimi, and Wanli Xing for their proposal to the Institute of Education Sciences; Mary Bratsch-Hines, Paige Pullen, Walter Leite, and Wei Li for their proposal to the Institute of Education Sciences; Catherine Cavanaugh, Jose de Leon Alejandro, and Eunjin “Jinnie” Shin for their subcontract proposal IES Flow Through from Arizona State University; Chris Curran for his proposal to the U.S. Department of Justice/NIJ; Zhihui Fang for his proposal to the Spencer Foundation; Frank Fernandez for his subcontract proposal William T. Grant Foundation Flow Through from Northern Illinois University; Maya Israel for her subcontract proposal U.S. Dept. of Education Flow Through from the Broward County School Board; Herman Knopf for his proposal to the Early Learning Coalition of Palm Beach County; Kathrin Maki for her subcontract proposal IES Flow Through from the University of Missouri; Philip Poekert for his proposal to Lauren’s Kids; Philip Poekert for his proposal to the School Board of Seminole County; Eunjin “Jinnie” Shin, Holly Lane, and Walter Leite for their subcontract proposal TD Charitable Foundation Flow Through from the University of Alberta; Wanli Xing and Kara Dawson for their subcontract proposal U.S. Dept. of Ed. Flow Through from Texas Tech University; and Wanli Xing for his proposal to the National Science Foundation.

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