Advance Notice: NIH and AHRQ Announce Upcoming Changes to Policies, Instructions and Forms for Research Training Grant, Fellowship and Career Development Award Applications for due dates on or after May 25, 2020
As posted in the Sponsored Programs Blog on 12/3/19, NIH and AHRQ recently announced plans to transition to updated application forms and instructions for due dates on or after May 25, 2020 (Forms-F; NOT-OD-20-026). Notice Number: NOT-OD-20-033 provides additional information on the planned changes to forms and instructions affecting research training grant, fellowship, and career […]
Save the date! Coffee with Colleagues – Sponsored Research Audits – February 25, 2020
Save the date for our upcoming session of Coffee with Colleagues on the topic of Sponsored Research Audits. Formal invitation with RSVP coming soon. Have any burning questions about Sponsored Research Audits? We want to know what your questions are – ever wonder how research grants get chosen, or who the auditors are, or maybe […]
Advance Notice: NIH “Forms-F” Grant Application Forms and Instructions Coming for Due Dates on or after May 25, 2020
NIH and AHRQ have announced upcoming changes to grant application forms and application guide instructions for applications with due dates on or after May 25, 2020 in Notice Number: NOT-OD-20-026. The new FORMS-F application packages will be required for due dates on or after May 25, 2020 and FORMS-E application packages will continue to be […]
Wondering when your grant account will be set up? Our new Where’s My Award? view is now live!
Sponsored Programs has created an award set-up tracking page called “Where’s my Award”. This view can be found via the Research Support site under the Tools and Services page (view here) . We hope this will increase transparency and timeline expectations of the award set-up process, and make it easier for investigators and department administrators […]
Lessons Learned from FY19 Proposals
In FY19 BU Sponsored Programs submitted 2,296 proposals and the vast majority (80% of proposals with deadlines) did not adhere to the proposal submission policy. 58% of proposal packages ready to submit were received within 1 day or less of the due date, meaning we are not able to perform an adequate review prior to […]
FastLane and Research.gov unavailable November 8 – November 12
The National Science Foundation (NSF) is migrating its business applications to a modern and flexible platform from November 8 at 8:00 PM EST through November 12 at 6:00 AM EST. As part of this effort, NSF will also upgrade the alpha-numeric character set used by the FastLane and Research.gov systems to correct text errors, such […]
Reminder on Implications of NIH Unilateral Closeout
As posted previously, NIH Guide Notice NOT-OD-18-107 alerted the research community to strengthened enforcement of the closeout requirements of all NIH grant awards. Where proper closeout has not been accomplished by receipt of acceptable final reports within the required 120 calendar days after grant expiration, NIH will initiate unilateral closeout on delinquent grants. The implications […]
An Important Message from NSF – NSF Approved Biographical Sketch Format
The National Science Foundation (NSF) has designated the National Institutes of Health’s SciENcv (Science Experts Network Curriculum Vitae) as an NSF-approved format for submission of biographical sketch(es) and is encouraging its use to prepare a biographical sketch for inclusion in proposals to NSF. In accordance with the current Proposal & Award Policies & Procedures Guide […]
ORCID iD – Open Researcher and Contributor ID REQUIRED as of OCTOBER
In October 2019, NIH, AHRQ and CDC will require individuals supported by research training, fellowship, research education, and career development awards (T03, T15, T32, T34, T35, T37, T42, T90/R90, TL1, TL4, TU2, K12/KL2, R25, R38, RL5, RL9) to have an ORCID iD. ORCID iDs are a unique personal digital identifier that distinguishes every researcher and […]
NIH and AHRQ Policy Notice Update
Required Use of the xTRACT System to Prepare Data Tables for Training Grant Research Performance Progress Reports in FY 2020 NIH and AHRQ training grant recipients will now be required to use the xTRACT system in the eRA Commons to prepare the required data tables for Research Performance Progress Reports (RPPRs) for pre- and postdoctoral […]