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.

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