Reminder for Upcoming NIH Deadlines
We are fast approaching the NIH February and March deadlines (i.e. February 5, February 12, February 16, March 5, March 12, March 16, etc.) which is a high volume proposal time for Sponsored Programs. We are already aware of 60 proposals due in February alone. Your assistance in notifying us of your intention to submit […]
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 […]
REMINDER for Upcoming October and November NIH Deadlines
It is that time of year again when the next NIH submission cycle is quickly approaching. We know the main dates: October 5, October 16, November 5, and November 16. With this, we again remind the research community of our proposal submission policy. If we take for example the October 5th deadline, in order to […]
Lessons Learned from the June NIH deadlines
As many of you know, there are “high seasons” for proposal volume and June and July certainly fall in this category. June proposals in numbers: BU Sponsored Programs processed over 220 proposals in June. Proposals submitted directly to NIH for the R01, R03, R21 deadlines = 92 Percentage of proposals finalized and submitted one day […]
Reminder – Proposal Deadlines
For BU Sponsored Programs, June and July are historically high volume months for proposals. Over the next 8 weeks we have 143 known proposals in the queue and counting, 46 of these proposals are due next Tuesday June 5th. Please be reminded that per BU’s proposal submission policy, proposals due on June 5 are due […]