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Is your Funding Database Service Delivering the Content that you need?

Posted on February 11, 2012 by Roger Wood |

Access to a variety of technologies and the implementation of those technologies by government agencies is changing the needs of those looking for funding. These technologies, such as web services…

Proposal Status or Project Status – What’s The Difference?

Posted on February 3, 2012 by admin |

Did you know that there is a difference between proposal status and project status? “Proposal” status is what most people think of when they think of “statuses.” This field is…

NIH Focus on Funding Smaller Research Programs

Posted on January 9, 2012 by Roger Wood |

Last month, NIH announced some changes to its AREA (Academic Research Enhancement Award) Program, which is focused on funding small scale research projects at institutions with less intensive research programs.…

Managing Institutional Risk in Electronic Proposal Submission

Posted on January 9, 2012 by Roger Wood |

Many sponsors accept proposals electronically rather than on paper today. The mechanism involved generally falls into one of two broad categories: Sponsor provides a website that collects data and uploads,…

Federal Grants Management and Standardization in the US

Posted on December 12, 2011 by Roger Wood |

On October 27, 2011 the Office of Management an Budget (OMB) dissolved the Grants Policy Council (GPC) and the Grants Executive Board (GEB), and created the Council on Financial Assistance…

Musings on Electronic Proposal Submission and S2S

Posted on December 8, 2011 by Roger Wood |

Electronic submission of proposals has been a great leap forward for consistency and ultimately streamlining interaction with the US government with respect to grant applications. However, for all the good…

Research Performance Progress Report – US Government

Posted on November 10, 2011 by Roger Wood |

The Research Performance Progress Report (RPRR) will be used by agencies that support research and research-related activities to collect interim progress reports from recipients of Federal grant and cooperative agreement…

InfoEd support for NIH Adobe-B2 Application Forms

Posted on September 11, 2011 by Roger Wood |

NIH has begun phasing in a new set of forms for electronic submission – “ADOBE-FORMS-B2”. The first application deadline requiring use of these “B2” forms is in early September, although…

SF-424 Research & Related (R&R) Forms Update

Posted on August 5, 2011 by Roger Wood |

Many of you may have noticed that the SF-424 R&R forms expired on 6/30/2011 (fig. 1). Federal forms for grant applications flow through the Office of Management and Budget (OMB)…

NIH Adobe B2 Forms

Posted on August 1, 2011 by Roger Wood |

As everyone is aware, the NIH began posting new opportunities using updated forms, the “Adobe – Forms-B2” Three changes are incorporated into the new forms. Two of the changes are…