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NIH Update

Last Wednesday I received a panicked call from an applicant that had just pulled together 72 faculty biosketches for his training grant application due on January 25, 2015. His call was indicative of others that raised similar concerns. There have been mixed reviews on the biosketch changes themselves, but strong…

NIH Update

Now that the updated Resubmission policy has been in place for a while, applicant inquiries on it have settled to a dull roar. But, there is still one area where folks are stumbling a bit. If you choose to submit a subsequent New application following an unsuccessful submission, you may not…

NIH Update

Our standard Fellowship due dates are just around the corner. Don’t forget to include the eRA Commons Username for the primary Sponsor designated on your competing Fellowship grant applications. For those of you keeping score… eRA Commons IDs are now required on competing grant applications for: Contact Project Director/Principal Investigator…

NIH Update

  On November 26, NIH confirmed that the biosketch format that has been piloted with specific Funding Opportunity Announcements (FOAs) over the last year will be expanded to all FOAs with due dates on/after January 25, 2015.  The guide notice (…

NIH Update

We’ve been hard at work updating our resources for you. Here are some recently posted items you’ll want to be aware of… Application guides(notable changes) Annotated form sets New biosketch formats and samples The SF424…

NIH Update

NIH has announced a new biographical sketch format that must be used in all grant applications with due dates on or after January 25th, 2015. The revised forms and instructions are now available on the SF 424 (R&R) Forms and Applications page.

Revised NIH Definition of Clinical Trial

Notice of Revised NIH Definition of Clinical Trial(NOT-OD-15-015) National Institutes of Health (see notice for complete information such as definition of prospectively assigned, intervention and health-related biomedical or behavioral outcome) The revised definition will replace the current clinical trial definition in relevant extramural and intramural NIH policies, guidance, and…

Notice of Revised NIH Definition

Notice of Revised NIH Definition of Clinical Trial(NOT-OD-15-015) National Institutes of Health The revised definition will replace the current clinical trial definition in relevant extramural and intramural NIH policies, guidance, and instructional materials. It will…

IACUC Antibody and Blood Protocol

There has been  discussion regarding the purchase of antibody and blood from outside vendors and whether it is necessary to have an IACUC protocol.   Gary Russell with IACUC responded with the following: It depends on what “tissues” we are talking about. If you are talking about custom antibody production…

ADA Dentsply Award

  Kyulim Lee is a very accomplished graduate student in  College of Dentistry. In April 2014, she won the annual American Dental Association(ADA)/Dentsply Student Clinician Award. Because of her success, she will be attending the ADA Scientific Session, where she will have…