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Increase to NIH Salary Cap
Announcement: The National Institutes of Health (NIH) recently released a notice regarding the salary limitation for NIH grant and cooperative agreement awards and extramural research and development contract awards. The Office of Personnel Management recently released new salary levels for the Executive Pay Scale. Effective January 1, 2025, the salary limitation for Executive Level II is $225,700. […]
NIH Postpones NIH Common Forms Implementation
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) is adopting the Biographical Sketch Common Form and the Current and Pending (Other) Support Common Form in alignment with the White House OSTP memorandum on standardizing disclosure forms across federal agencies. Goals of the Change Increase standardization across agencies. Clarify who discloses what, and how (including updates, corrections, and certification). Promote cross-agency […]
Judge Issues Nationwide Preliminary Injunction Blocking NIH Guidance Imposing 15% Cap on F&A Costs
Today, a federal judge, Angel Kelley, issued a nationwide preliminary injunction that blocks the National Institutes of Health (NIH) from enforcing a new guideline, which caps Facilities & Administrative (F&A) costs at 15%. The injunction follows a hearing on February 21, 2025, where various parties, including the government and representatives from several universities, medical colleges, […]
Institutionally Limited & Time-Sensitive Opportunities (Weekly Email)
Institutionally Limited & Time-Sensitive Opportunities Greetings, Please see below our weekly digest of new limited submissions and time-sensitive opportunities. This Week’s Announcements: New Nominations New Limited Submissions Other Funding Opportunities of Note New Nominations Congratulations to Stephen Tu (Viterbi) and Yu-Tsun Shao (Viterbi) for their nominations to the Packard Fellowships for Science and Engineering. RII […]
Research & Appropriations Working Group – February 2025 Memo
Please see the attached memo from Robbie Llewellyn, Director of Federal Relations and Tyler Aguilar, Senior Executive Director of State Relations. Topics covered in the memo include: Federal Updates USC’s research notification websites for federal directives. Executive Order advocacy and judicial challenges. Senate confirmations of key officials. Federal appropriations and potential government shutdown. Budget reconciliation […]