Office for Research Affairs (ORA) Newsletter
Week ending 07/05/02
Section
1 – Don’t Forget
Section 2 – What’s New
Section 3 – New Funding
Opportunities
Section 4 – Conferences
Section 5 – Reminders
Section
6 – Closing Information and Unsubscribe Instructions
DON’T FORGET
1. Deadline for the American Heart Association proposals
July 15 –
Scientist Development Grant
July 15 –
Established Investigator Award
July
16 – Grant-in-Aid
2. Effective July 1, 2002, the retirement contribution
rates born by employers (contracts and grants) will drop as follows:
|
Florida Retirement
System |
5.76% |
|
Optional
Retirement Plan |
10.43% |
|
DROP |
9.11% |
This
will change the (Ret+FICA+WC+UC) composite rate to:
|
Florida Retirement
System |
14.06% |
|
Optional
Retirement Plan |
18.73% |
|
DROP |
17.41% |
The
Office for Research Affairs has updated the Fringe Benefits Page
to reflect these changes.
3. Health Insurance Rates
have officially increased effective 01/10/03. Any proposals with the start dates of 01/01/03 Effective
immediately, all proposals should use the new employer insurance rates. The increase is thirteen percent over
the current rates. This increase
could substantially effect the bottom line of your budgets. The Term Life Insurance has also increased from .20% to .24%. For the information on the new rates go
to: http://www.med.ufl.edu/research/fb-ins.html
1. Interactive Version of Disclosure
of Outside Activities & Financial Interests Form Now Available
The College of Medicine's Office of Research Affairs
has developed an interactive PDF version of the form entitled "Disclosure
of Outside Activities and Financial Interests" [OAA-GA-L-267 (Rev 04/02)].
For your convenience, Research and Graduate Programs has incorporated the new
interactive version (B1) on our website at: http://rgp.ufl.edu/pdf/research/appendixB1.pdf. We thank the College of Medicine for making this format available
to the UF research community. (Posted
07/05/02)
2. NSF Publishes New Version of
Grant General Conditions
The National Science Foundation (NSF) has posted a new
version of its Grant General Conditions (GC-1) to its web site: http://www.nsf.gov/home/grants/grants_gac.htm Dated July
2002, the revisions include:
* supplemental language directing investigators and
administrators to NSF's FastLane for access to award letters and the submission
of various reports and requests.
* A separate article has been added (Article 7) to
describe the management of participant support costs (separate accounting for
costs and prior approval for re-budgeting).
* Cost Sharing and Costs Sharing Records, Article 22,
Section b.3, outlines NSF's options if an organization fails to notify NSF of
its inability to meet its original cost-sharing commitments. In addition to
disallowance of costs and recovery of some/all of NSF's funds, failure to
notify can result in the termination of the award and, if serious enough,
suspension or debarment. In Section d of Article 22, NSF sets the deadline for
annual and final cost-sharing certification at 90 days.
* In a footnote added to Article 29, Animal Welfare,
NSF explains that its animal welfare requirements extend to rats, birds and mice.
This is not a change in policy. The current Grant Condition requires compliance
with the Public Health Service (PHS) Policy that covers all live vertebrates. A
detailed listing of the 2002 GGC changes can be found at: http://www.nsf.gov/home/grants/gc1602sigchanges.pdf (Posted
07/05/02)
3. NIH EXPANDS TO SIX-DIGIT APPLICATION NUMBERS
The growth of NIH funding has resulted in record
numbers of grant applications and awards.
The National Cancer Institute (NCI) reached a milestone in June with the
assignment of application number CA99999. The next number assigned to NCI was
the first at NIH to use 6 digits in its serial number. Application numbers are assigned
sequentially within NIH Institutes and Centers. We do not anticipate other Institutes or Centers will reach
six digits before FY2003. (Posted 07/05/02)
4. UPDATE OF THE PHS 2590 and PHS 398 INSTRUCTIONS
REVISED PHS 398 AND PHS 2590 NOW AVAILABLE:
--The PHS 2590 instructions
(http://grants.nih.gov/grants/funding/2590/2590.htm)
have been updated to clarify instructions and reporting formats for inclusion
of women and minorities in non-competing reports. The updates are marked in
purple to make them more easily identifiable.
--The PHS 398 instructions
(http://grants.nih.gov/grants/funding/phs398/phs398.html)
have been updated to clarify instructions for "Other Support" on
Research Career awards. The updates are marked in purple to make them more
easily identifiable.
--RCA Substitute Form Page 3 (PHS 398) has been
reloaded to clarify placement of Other Support
Applicants are urged to discard previous versions of
the PHS 398 and PHS 2590 instructions and use the current versions to ensure
they have the most accurate information.
For other inquiries, please contact GrantsInfo at: grantsinfo@nih.gov or (301) 435-0714. (Posted
07/05/02)
5. NIDDK Career Development Awards
The Small Grant Program for NIDDK Mentored
Clinical Scientist Development Awards (K08) and Mentored
Patient-oriented Research Career Development Awards (K23) allows NIDDK
K08-holders and K23-holders to apply for up to $50,000 per year of extra
research support in the final 2 years of their K08 to help in their transition
to independence. For more
information on these programs, go to Additional
Information. (Posted
07/05/02)
1. Pfizer – 2002
Pfizer Visiting Professorship Program in Pediatrics – August 9 (Internal Deadline);
and August 30, 2002 (Application)
2. The
American Society of Hematology – 2002 ASH Scholar Awards
- August 9 (Internal
Deadline); and September 2,2002 (Application)
3. Rockefeller Brothers Fund – Charles E. Culpeper Scholarships in
Medical Science - July 19 (Internal Deadline);
and August 15, 2002 (Nominations accepted)
4.
Florida
Developmental Disabilities Council - Request for Proposal –
July 12, 2002 (Letter of Intent); August 2, 2002 (Proposals).
5. Florida
Developmental Disabilities Council - RFP for Oral Health Services
- July 26, 2002 (Letter of Intent); September 6, 2002 (Proposals).
6.
American
Association for Cancer Research - AACR-NFCR Professorship in Basic Cancer
Research - September 16, 2002.
7. American Cancer Society, Florida Division, Inc. – Starter,
Pilot,
and Interim
Research Grants - September 15, 2002; and January 15, 2003.
8.
American Diabetes Association - Innovation
Award - September 1, 2002; and March 1, 2003.
9.
American Diabetes Association - Mentor-Based
Postdoctoral Fellowship - September 1, 2002.
10.
American Foundation for Urologic Disease - Research
Scholar Program - September 1, 2002.
11.
American
Philosophical Society - Daland Fellowships in
Clinical Investigation - September 1, 2002.
12.
Benign
Essential Blepharospasm Research Foundation, Inc. - Grants - September 1,
2002.
13. Burroughs
Wellcome Fund - Career
Awards in the Biomedical Sciences - September 3, 2002 (Internal Deadline);
October 1, 2002 (Nomination deadline to BWF.).
14.
The
Cancer Research Foundation of America (CRFA) - Grants and Fellowships
- September 15, 2002; and March 1, 2003.
15.
Foundation
for Digestive Health and Nutrition - Research Awards
- September 5, 2002.
16.
The
Charlotte Geyer Foundation - Interim Funding Grants - October 1,
2002; February 1, 2003; and June 1, 2003.
17.
Human Frontier
Science Program - Fellowships
- September 5, 2002 (Long-Term Fellowships); ANY TIME (Short-Term Fellowships).
18. The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation - Promoting
Palliative Care Excellence in Intensive Care - August 9, 2002 (Letter of
Intent); October 21, 2002 (Invited Proposals).
19. Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation - Research Programs –
September 17, 2002 (Electronic Registration & Abstract Submissions);
October 1, 2002 (Electronic Applications).
20.
The
Leukemia and Lymphoma Society - Career
Development Program Grants -September 15, 2002 (Mandatory Preliminary
Application); o October
1, 2002 (Applications).
21.
March of
Dimes - Prize
in Developmental Biology - September 13, 2002.
22.
McNeil Consumer & Specialty Pharmaceuticals - The
McNeil Research Grant Awards - September 30, 2002.
23.
Medicine for Malaria Venture (MMV) - Call for Letters of Interest -
September 30, 2002.
24 National
Ataxia Foundation - Young Investigator and Research Fellowship Awards -
September 1, 2002 (Young Investigator
Award); September 15, 2002 (Research
Fellowship Award).
25. Pew Charitable Trusts - Latin American Fellows Program in the Biomedical Sciences - October 1, 2002.
For additional funding opportunities: Research and Graduate Programs FYI http://rgp.ufl.edu/fyi/
New Funding Opportunities are posted at http://www.med.ufl.edu/research/fundopps.html.
New NIH notices, requests for applications and program announcements can be found at NIH Notice
1. The Office of Laboratory Animal Welfare
(OLAW/NIH)
will join the Meharry Medical College (MMC) in presenting a conference,
"Research
Ethics for Today: Questions of Integrity, Privacy and
Diversity," on August 21-23, 2002, at the Nashville Airport Marriott in
Nashville,
Tennessee. Conference agenda
and a registration form is available at: http://www.mmc.edu/MMC/Conference/ResearchEthics/index.html
(Posted 07/05/02)
2. The National
Council of University Research Administrators will sponsor a conference for
University/Industry Collaborating: Partners in the
Research
Enterprise. The conference will held in Keystone, Colorado, August 18-20,
2002. For
questions and registration information call NCURA
at (202) 466-3894
or e-mail at info@ncura.edu. (Posted 07/05/02)
REMINDERS!(For Internal
Competitions only)
There are no new reminders for this
week.
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