Announcement: The National Institutes of Health (NIH) is aware of applicant concerns about the potential impact of this temporary emergency situation on the outcome of peer review. NIH has subsequently released guidance for reviewers that makes it clear that, when reviewing applications during the coronavirus pandemic national emergency, reviewers should assume that issues resulting from […]
Announcements
NIH COVID-19 Funding and Funding Opportunities
Announcement: The National Institutes of Health (NIH) is devoting significant resources to COVID-19. In addition to dedicating regularly appropriated funds, to date NIH has received emergency funding for COVID-19-related activities in two supplemental bills (available from the NIH Office of Budget website), that together provide: $1.532 billion for NIAID $103.4 million for NHLBI $60 million […]
New CIRM Salary Cap (Effective 7-1-2020)
Announcement: The California Institute for Regenerative Medicine (CIRM) has announced that their salary cap, which specifies the maximum amount of an individual’s salary that can be charged to a CIRM award, is to be adjusted every other fiscal year to account for the cumulative percent change in the California Consumer Price Index. The CIRM salary […]
ASSIST Has Been Streamlined to Support Easier Initiation and Submission of Administrative Supplements
Announcement: The National Institutes of Health (NIH) has announced that ASSIST has been streamlined to support easier initiation and submission of administrative supplements. When an administrative supplement Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) number is entered on the ASSIST “Initiate Application” screen, ASSIST will recognize that FOA as an administrative supplement and present a new “Initiate Administrative […]
eRA Enhancement – Two Factor Authentication Login Option Coming to eRA Modules
Announcement: The National Institutes of Health (NIH) has announced that ASSIST has been streamlined to support easier initiation and submission of administrative supplements. When an administrative supplement Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) number is entered on the ASSIST “Initiate Application” screen, ASSIST will recognize that FOA as an administrative supplement and present a new “Initiate Administrative […]
COGR’s FAQs and Resources on COVID-19’s Impact to Federal Awards
Announcement: The Council on Governmental Relations (COGR) has released a Federal Agency Guidance Matrix (attached) that lists several major grant-making agencies (NIH, NSF, DOE, DOD, NASA, AFOSR, ONR) and their relevant updated policies due to the impact of COVID-19. Policies Covered: Late Proposal Acceptance Allowability of Salaries Travel Charges No Cost Extensions Progress & Financial […]