News and Announcements
NIH - New Forms and Instructions - including new page limits
NIH has announced that there will be new, restructured versions of the paper PHS 398 and electronic SF424 (R&R) application packages and instructions. These new packages will be available by December 2009. Any application being submitted for a deadline that falls on or after January 25, 2010 will need to use the new application packages. The new packages include instructions on shortened page limits for the research plan. For complete details go to http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/notice-files/NOT-OD-09-149.html.
New F&A Rate Agreement – July 2011 – June 2016
The University has negotiated a new F&A Rate Agreement that will take effect July 1, 2011. The current agreement will remain in effect until that date. You can find both agreements at http://fbs.admin.utah.edu/index.php/mgt/fabenefit/. The rates for Instruction and Other Sponsored Activities will remain the same as in the current rate agreement. But, the rate for Research projects will be changing. For proposal budget preparation, use the rate that is in effect on the first date of your yearly budget period.
VP for Research News
- Interim Report from the University Research Cyber Infrastructure Advisory Committee (HTML)
- Oil and Sand: Boon or Bane? (HTML)
- U Chemist Wins Prize for Organic Magnet Research (HTML)
- U Biologist Named to Institute of Medicine (HTML)
- Financial Rewards for Researchers
NIH News
Please be sure to acknowledge the source of research funding in any publication or presentation.
- Interim Guidance on Salary Limitation for Grants, Cooperative Agreements and Contracts
- The NIH has officially permitted multiple PIs on many of their awards (HTML)
- NRSA Stipend and Other Budgetary Levels
- NIH has posted the "Parent Funding Opportunity Announcement for R01 Application.
- The New NIH proposal receipt date schedule
- Details pertaining to the NIH Public Access Policy Implementation Guidelines can be found here.
