Announcements

Make your NSF Biosketch Using SciENcv

NSF has announced that the next Proposal and Award Policies and Procedures Guide (PAPPG 20-1), expected to be released soon for spring 2020 implementation, will require the use of SciENcv: Science Experts Curriculum Vitae for biosketch preparation.

OSPA Sets New Sponsored Projects Proposal Deadline

As of October 8, 2019, all sponsored project proposals to external funders must have a final proposal accompanied by a fully routed Internal Approval Form submitted to the Research Administrator in OSPA at least three business days prior to the sponsor’s deadline. OSPA Research Administrators will use this time to ensure that proposals are submitted to external funders in a timely, error-free and compliant fashion.

NSF Adopts Changes to Approved Biographical Sketch Format

NSF has designated the NIH’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.

New Procedure for Obtaining Institutional Support Letters for Research Grants

For letters of institutional support towards grant applications that (1) require an official signature from the VPR, or (2) commit the Office of Research financially to an award, we are standardizing the process.

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.

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