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The table below lists two months of updates to the Research Funding section of the NIAID Web site. Also see the following key lists:

Date Description
November 20 Updated NIAID Funding News Editorial Board to add Jessica Bernstein.
November 20

New question on Career Development Grants questions and answers: Is there an age limit to apply for a K01, and must I be within a certain number of years of finishing my Ph.D.?

November 20

Updated Financial Management Plan. Added information on competing awards and set-aside funds.

November 20

Updated the SBIR High Priority Areas of Interest for the Division of Microbiology and Infectious Diseases: Borrelia burgdorferi detection.

November 20

New Biographical Sketches of NIAID Council Members for Drs. Connie Celum, Nelson Chao, and George Siber. Also added welcome for new members.

November 20 New Special Announcement: NOT-HG-10-007, Request for Community Nomination of Human Eukaryotic Pathogens and Invertebrate Vectors of Infectious Diseases for Genomic Sequencing.
November 20 New entry Research Strategy in the Glossary of Funding and Policy Terms. Other terms modified or deleted for the new application forms.
November 19 Updated Loan Repayment Programs with NIAID's FY 2009 participation numbers.
November 18

Updated pages for enhanced peer review changes:

Note: this page contains preliminary information.
  • New box on relevant pages of the site cautioning that new content related to enhanced peer review is preliminary.
November 18 Updated No-Cost Extension SOP to clarify that no-cost extensions must be entered through the eRA Commons.
November 18 Updated Administrative Supplements to Grants and Cooperative Agreements SOP to clarify financial reporting information.
November 17

New information in the NIAID and the Economic Recovery Act section:

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November 13 Updated Grants Timeline for Fiscal Year with FY 2010 information.
November 13 Updated date for NIAID's Advisory Council: September 20, 2010, instead of September 27, 2010.
November 13

New and updated information in the NIAID and the Economic Recovery Act section:

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November 12 November 12, 2009, NIAID Funding News.
November 12

New information in the NIAID and the Economic Recovery Act section:

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November 12 Updated and renamed the NIAID Human Subjects Application and Grant Handbook. New, revised, and clarified information throughout. Former name was How to Write a Human Subjects Grant Application tutorial.
November 10

New information in the NIAID and the Economic Recovery Act section:

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November 9

New NIH Funding Opportunity Relevant to NIAID:

November 9

New Special Announcements:

November 9

New information in the NIAID and the Economic Recovery Act section:

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November 6 Updated Should I cite NIH when I publish? and Does the public access policy affect my application and progress report?  on Copyright and Publication for Grantees questions and answers to reflect that papers written in non-Latin scripts do not need to use the PMC ID. 
November 6 Updated the Public Access of Publications SOP to reflect that papers written in non-Latin scripts do not need to use the PMC ID. 
November 6 New entry in Glossary of Funding and Policy Terms: big grant application.
November 6

Updated the following pages for the November 5, 2009, Guide notice, Funding Levels for Noncompeting Grants During the Continuing Resolution:

November 6 New Special Announcement: NOT-OD-10-012. Noncompeting Grant Awards under the Current Continuing Resolution.
November 4

New Special Announcement: NOT-OD-10-011, Revised PHS 416-9 Progress Report for Continuation Support for the Individual Fellowship Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award Now Available –Change for Human Embryonic Stem Cells Implemented.

November 4 New Council Meeting Minutes for September 2009 (PDF) .
November 4 Updated Public Access of Publications SOP with link to NIH's Information about Journals and the NIH Public Access Policy, which has more information about each method of submitting electronic version of a manuscript to PMC.
November 4

Updated the following questions on Award Types questions and answers:

November 4 New NIH Funding Opportunities Relevant to NIAID: BAA-NIAID-DAIT-NIHAI2009051, Development of Oral Radionuclide Decorporation Agents for Use in Radionuclide Decorporation in Radiological Emergencies.
November 4

Updated May 2008 DAIT Council-Approved Concepts with link to published initiative.

November 4

Updated Sample R01 Applications and Summary Statements and Model SBIR Phase II Application and Summary Statement with introductory warning to let readers know the samples are outdated.

November 4

Updated the following pages of the Advice on Research Training and Career Awards with extra advice from NIAID’s 2009 Bridging the Gap Conference:

November 4 Updated Lock icon: This link will not work for public visitors.DEA Staff Directory.
November 3

New Special Announcement: NOT-HG-10-006, Notice on Development of Data Sharing Policy for Sequence and Related Genomic Data.

November 3 Updated T32 and T35 Training Grants -- Key Administrative Information to reflect that postdocs who participate in a project for at least one person month need to have a Commons ID.
November 2 New NIH Funding Opportunity Relevant to NIAID: PAR-10-019, Countermeasures Against Chemical Threats (CounterACT) Exploratory/Developmental Projects in Translational Research.
November 2

New Special Announcements:

November 2

New roster on Councils and Committees: AIDS Research Advisory Committee.

October 29 Updated Financial Management Plan to reflect the new continuing resolution through December 18, 2009.
October 29 New Hypothetical Data from Fall 2009 section in Part 10. Funding Decisions of the NIH Grant Cycle: Application to Renewal derived from the article "Rating Applications: Scores and Percentiles" in the October 28, 2009, NIAID Funding News.
October 29 New instructions in the Federal Business Opportunities SOP on when the Office of Acquisitions support staff should notify the Office of Knowledge Resources of new solicitations and amendments.
October 29
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New box added to relevant pages of the NIAID Research Funding site. It explains that some content may be outdated while we update the site for the new application changes.
October 29

New information in the NIAID and the Economic Recovery Act section:

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October 28 Updated If I'm awarded a K23 grant, when would be the earliest I could apply for an R21? with more information about timing a grant application and a link to NIH's policy on concurrent salary support for mentored career development awards.
October 28 October 28, 2009, NIAID Funding News.
October 28 Lock icon: This link will not work for public visitors.October 28, 2009, Inside Extramural.
October 28

New rosters on Councils and Committees:

October 28 Updated Bars to Grant Awards -- Human Subjects SOP with new procedures for using NIH's Human Subjects Protection Assessment System (HS-PAS).
October 27 New Special Announcement: NOT-OD-10-008, Announcing the Transition of Institutional Training and Institutional Career Development Programs to Electronic Submission for due dates on/after January 25, 2010.
October 27 Updated What percentage of the NIH budget is intramural? on Extramural and Intramural Research questions and answers with FY 2009 information.
October 26 New Special Announcement: NOT-OD-10-007, Clarification of Registration in ClinicalTrials.gov According to Date of Initiation and Status as an Ongoing Trial.
October 23 Updated Option 3: Create a New Application in Part 11b. Not Funded, Reapply of the NIH Grant Cycle: Application to Renewal with advice on ensuring that a new application is sufficiently different from the old one.
October 22

Updated Applying for a Grant and Applying for a Training Grant instructing applicants to submit training grant applications electronically.

October 21

Updated information in the NIAID and the Economic Recovery Act section:

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October 21 Updated Glossary definitions for acquisition plan, administrative change, and advance agreement.
October 21 Updated R01 Application to Award Timeline by Review Cycle with fiscal year 2011 dates.
October 21 Updated Lock icon: This link will not work for public visitors.VSCR Science Coding System Thesaurus.
October 19 New Translated Tutorials in French for Grants Policy and Management Training for Foreign Investigators.
October 19

New NIH Funding Opportunities Relevant to NIAID:

October 19 Updated May 2008 DAIT Council-Approved Concepts and January 2009 DAIT Council-Approved Concepts with links to published initiatives.
October 19

New Special Announcements:

October 19 Updated Human Subjects Research Requirements SOP with crosslink to Certificates of Confidentiality SOP.
October 16 New question on General Application Information questions and answers: Can I include capital equipment in the budget for a new application?
October 16 Updated Intramural Submission of NIH Grant Applications SOP with new information on electronic application.
October 16 New question on Training Grants questions and answers: What is allowable under the Training Related Expenses category on a T32?
October 16

Updated information in the NIAID and the Economic Recovery Act section:

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October 16 Updated Send Us an Annual Progress Report on NIH Grant Cycle: Application to Renewal with new information about using the "06/2009" version of the PHS 2590.
October 16 New on Top Policy Changes: ARRA Awards May Move With You.
October 16

Updated Before You Enroll Patients on the NIAID Human Subjects Application and Grant Handbook with new information about :

  • Getting a Certificate of Confidentiality
  • Registering on ClinicalTrials.gov
October 15 Updated Disaggregation SOP with new process for disaggregating grants.
October 15

Updated information in the NIAID and the Economic Recovery Act section:

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October 15 Updated NIAID's List of Foundations and Other Funding Sources with new deadline information on many entries.
October 14 October 14, 2009, NIAID Funding News.
October 14 Updated the Office of Acquisitions Contacts with new people and group names. Also added links to contact information pages in the NIH Enterprise Directory.
October 14 Updated Financial Management Plan to include information on the continuing resolution.
October 14

Updated information in the NIAID and the Economic Recovery Act section:

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October 13

New information in the NIAID and the Economic Recovery Act section:

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October 13 Updated Diversity Programs Supported by NIAID with new table of contents, program descriptions, and contacts.
October 9 Updated Noncompeting Progress Reports and Program Officer Approval SOP with note to use PHS 2590 version marked "06/2009."
October 8

Updated Top Policy Changes and Late Applications SOP to note extension of continuous submission policy, as announced in the October 1, 2009, Guide notice.

Updated definition of continuous submission in Glossary of Funding and Policy Terms.

October 8 Updated Lock icon: This link will not work for public visitors.Newsletter Review and Publication Schedule with information from October 2009 to September 2010.
October 8 New Special Announcement: NOT-OD-10-002, Clarification on Timing and Page Limits for Restructured Application Forms and Instructions, Required for Due Dates On or After January 25, 2010.
October 7 New Thank You Members of NIAID Peer Review Groups and Advisory Committees for fiscal year 2009.
October 7

New information in the NIAID and the Economic Recovery Act section:

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October 6 Updated NIAID Paylines and Paylines and Funding with interim FY 2010 payline for new investigator R01s.
October 6 Updated Data Security SOP with link to NIH/HHS Encryption Policies, Guidance, and Tools and new contact for data loss or breach.
October 6 New NIH Funding Opportunity Relevant to NIAID: RFP-NIAID-DMID-NIHAI2009066, In Vitro Assessments for Antimicrobial Activity.
October 5 New NIH Funding Opportunity Relevant to NIAID: RFA-CA-09-032, Community Networks Program (CNP) – Centers for Reducing Cancer Disparities through Outreach, Research and Training.
October 5 New Special Announcement: NOT-OD-09-154, Correction to Required Budget Component for the Academic Research Enhancement Award (AREA): R15, PA-06-042.
October 2 Updates throughout Lock icon: This link will not work for public visitors.R21/R33 Phased Innovation Award Staff Roles SOP including clarification of the transition steps and other changes. 
October 2

New items on Acquisition Planning Resources:

October 2 Updated Bars to Grant Awards -- Research Animals SOP to note that OLAW will not temporarily lift a bar for animal research applications with a code 44.
October 2

Updated information in the NIAID and the Economic Recovery Act section:

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October 2 Updated Animals in Research Contracts SOP to clarify that a participating scientific review group member may find a proposal’s response to any of the five points stated in the Care of Live Vertebrate Animals provision to be "inadequate."
October 1 Updated Certificates of Confidentiality SOP to emphasize that you need to get the certificate before you start to collect information from subjects.
October 1 New Special Announcement: NOT-OD-09-155, Extension of Modified Application Submission, Referral and Review for Reviewers with Recent Substantial Service.
September 29 Updated Lock icon: This link will not work for public visitors.Portfolio Management section of Lock icon: This link will not work for public visitors.ARRA Questions and Answers for NIAID Extramural Staff with information about pulling ARRA grant information from Lock icon: This link will not work for public visitors.Query View Report (QVR).
September 28

New Special Announcements:

September 24

New information in the NIAID and the Economic Recovery Act section:

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September 24 New on Concepts: Potential Opportunities: September 2009 Council-Approved Concepts for DAIDS, DAIT, and DMID.
September 23 Lock icon: This link will not work for public visitors.September 23, 2009, Inside Extramural.
September 23 September 23, 2009, NIAID Funding News.
September 23 Updated Review Criteria SOP with new information about additional criteria.
September 23

New Special Announcements:

September 22 Updated Does NIH have special offices that coordinate policy and research for special areas? on NIH -- Organization and Process questions and answers with link to the Office of Rare Diseases Research.

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