First Golden Goose Awards Announced
The Golden Goose Awards are intended to recognize investigators who have pursued what might have appeared at the time to be research topics of questionable value but have yielded valuable…
Author: Roger Wood
A Busy Month at the National Institutes of Health
National Institutes of Health (NIH) policy staff were busy in August posting announcements including several that were noted in our Grants & Contracts blog: policy and procedure changes for foreign institution…
Webinar Summary – Feature Review
InfoEd Global’s Product Managers provided a high-level overview of some of the key features included in the 12.803.02 and 12.803.01 updates on August 30, 2012. Integration of the new SPIN…
Big Data Resources Struggle in the Era of Big Data
Ironic, yes, but, apparently, quite true. “Big Data” research is all the rage currently, as evidenced by announcement by the White House in March 2012 of $200 million in funding…
NIH Announces Rollout of RPPR for most SNAP and Fellowship Awards
The Research Performance Progress Report (RPPR) is a standard federal form for progress reporting on Federally-funded research and related activities. All federal agencies sponsoring research awards has or is transitioning…
Court Rules that NIH may Continue to Fund Stem Cell Research
A three judge panel of the US Court of Appeals in Washington ruled today that President Obama, in his March 9, 2009 Executive Order and subsequent guidance issued by NIH,…
Electronic Submission Pilot for NIH Type 6 and Type 7 Applications
NIH published guidelines and procedures (and also Grants.gov packages) for submitting Successor-in-Interest (Type 6) and Change of Grantee Institution (Type 7) applications electronically. • Notice of Pilot for Processing…
NIH Changes Policies and Procedures for Foreign Institutions
In a recent Notice (NOT-OD-12-139), NIH published changes “in payment method, policies, and processes for awards to foreign institutions made on or after October 1, 2012” and also changes to…
NIH Implements Special Review of Well-Funded Researchers
On August 20th, NIH published NOT-OD-12-140, which announces a new Special Council Review policy as a step toward more effectively managing extramural research support. A key fact behind the perceived…
US Health Benefits – FSA Accounts Comments Requested
Flexible Spending Accounts (FSA) are offered by many US employers as part of their health care benefit plans. The Treasury Department and IRS in a recent notice indicated that they…