REMINDERS
The
following are reminders to consider during your June 1 grant
submissions:
*
DSR-1 Online: Please be reminded that the online
version of the DSR-1 is to be utilized when submitting proposals
through the College of Medicine for review and approval. The
DSR-1 online form can be accessed at the following website:
http://apps.rgp.ufl.edu/dsr1.
*
Tuition: Don't forget! All
new proposals, including resubmissions, competing renewals
and supplements (with the exception of Training Grants),
that
include salary for graduate assistants and where
tuition is an allowable cost, must include tuition of $6500
on the budget for FY 2003/2004. An escalation
factor of $500 per year should also be used.
Training Grants should continue to use the actual or weighted
tuition rates with no escalations. See the website for the
current
tuition rates.
See
NRSA Hints for
additional reminders for Training
Grants. (Posted
04/30/04) |
Stephanie
Anderson has joined the Office for Research Affairs as our
Program Assistant. Stephanie comes to the College of Medicine
(COM) from the Department of Pathology.
Stephanie
can be reached at bivins@dean.med.ufl.edu
Come
by and welcome her to the office! |
CHANGE IN 2004 SALARY LIMITATION ON GRANTS, COOPERATIVE
AGREEMENTS, AND CONTRACTS
On
March 3, 2004, an Executive Order (EO) was signed to implement
a retroactive pay increase for Federal employees. The Executive
Level I salary level increased, effective January 1, from
$174,500 to $175,700.
Consistent with NIH’s implementation of the FY 2004
salary limitation, if grant awards (competing or non-competing)
have already been issued in FY 2004, no adjustments will
be made. However, rebudgeting is allowable. Additional details
on NIH’s implementation of the salary limitation can
be found at “Salary Limitation on Grants, Cooperative
Agreements, and Contracts.”
For
the full version of this annoucements, go to NOTICE:
NOT-OD-04-034 of the NIH
Guide. (Posted April 30, 2004)
CHANGE
IN USDA/CSREES INDIRECT COST LIMITATIONS FOR FY 2004
The
indirect costs (F&A) for awards issued on a competitive
basis by the USDA Cooperative State Research, Education
and Extension Service (CSREES) using FY 2004 appropriations
may not exceed 20 percent of the total Federal funds provided
under each award, except for grants issued under the Small
Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program which may receive
full allowable indirect costs. Another method of calculating
the maximum allowable is 25 percent of the total direct
costs. This percentage was established by Section 710 of
the General Provisions of the FY 2004 Consolidated Appropriations
Act (Public Law 108-199). Some CSREES programs are not subject
to this limitation. To determine applicability, applicants
should check the appropriate Request for Applications (RFA).
(Posted 04/30/04)
UF
ANNOUNCES HEALTH INSURANCE BENEFIT FOR STUDENTS ON APPOINTMENTS
To
continue to strengthen its support for graduate students,
the University of Florida is pleased to announce a health
insurance benefit program as part of the salary and benefits
package for graduate assistants and fellows. Students who
are eligible for this benefit include Graduate Assistants,
Teaching Assistants, Research Assistants and Fellows. The
student must be enrolled in a graduate degree program, on
an appointment through Academic Personnel, appropriately
registered, and appointed for 0.25 FTE or greater for a
particular semester.
Students
who elect to take advantage of this benefit may have all charges
for the insurance that exceed the subsidized amount paid through
payroll deduction. The student can use the benefit only to
offset the purchase of an insurance product approved by the
University of Florida. Currently, Scarborough Insurance provides
a domestic health insurance policy negotiated by Student Government.
The list of approved insurance providers may be expanded as
long as they can accept payroll deduction.
The
health insurance plan will begin Fall Term 2004. The subsidized
insurance benefit will not exceed $400 annually ($157 fall,
$145 spring and $98 for the summer semester) or the total
cost of the insurance product, whichever is less. It will
be paid only during semesters that the student is enrolled
and has a health insurance deduction.
Contract
and grants will be charged for the cost of the benefit for
all appointed graduate assistants. As with any benefit, the
University will announce the benefit requirements for the
coming year. A reasonable percentage increase to use for calculating
health insurance costs on multi-year grants would be 3.5%
per year. The health insurance benefit will be included as
a fringe benefit at a fixed rate of $400 per funded graduate
student with an effective start date of fall 2004. (Posted
04/30/04)
The
University of Florida is participating in the eSNAP pilot,
the electronic Streamlined Non-competing Award Process, which
is a component of the NIH eRA Commons. eSNAP allows institutions
to submit an electronic version of a Type 5 (non-competitive)
progress report to NIH via a web interface.
DSR is requesting your participation in the eSNAP pilot. If
you participate, you will be able to submit your progress
report directly to NIH and eliminate the paper submission.
eSNAP submissions are due 45 days prior to the budget start
date, thus providing an extra 2 weeks.
In order to submit your progress report, you will need to
be registered with NIH Commons. To establish an account, please
email DSR at ufproposals@rgp.ufl.edu
with an active email address. If you are already registered,
you can login to the NIH Commons website https://commons.era.nih.gov/commons/index.jsp.
(Posted 04/30/04) |
2004 NIH Regional Seminar
NIH
Regional Seminar on Funding & Grants Administration
on May 6-7 in Miami, Florida. The seminar
will be hosted by University of Miami, and Florida A&M
University, College of Pharmacy & Pharnaceutical Sciences.
The
two day seminar will provide information about the NIH funding
process, from opportunity identification and application
preparation through post award administration. Presentations
are targeted towards researchers new to NIH, research administrators,
post docs and trainees. NIH electronic research administration
labs are offered on the Wednesday preceding the seminar.
2004
program
Registration/logistical
information (PDF)
Space
is limited, so register early. Late registration fees apply.
Program and logistical information is available at:
http://grants.nih.gov/grants/seminars.htm
(Posted 04/30/04)
REGION
III SPRING MEETING
The Annual Meeting of Region 3 will be held at the Wild Dunes
Resort on the Isle of Palms, just north of Charleston, SC
on May 9-12, 2004. The theme of this year’s
meeting is “ Trained, Tested, and Ready”, reflecting
on the topic of several of our sessions concentrating on the
training of personnel involved with day to day grant and contract
work.
The
keynote speaker is Dr. Maria Jacobsen, Chief Research Archaeologist
on the Hunley project, a successful recovery of a sunken Confederate
Civil War submarine. Her informative talk will kick off the
meeting on Monday, May 10.
Site
Information - Wild
Dunes, South Carolina
Registration - PDF
Program - PDF
(Posted 04/30/04)
NSF
REGIONAL GRANTS CONFERENCE
The
first National Science Foundation Regional Grants Conference
of fiscal year 2005 will be held in St. Louis, MO and hosted
by Washington University, on October 4 – 5,
2004, with optional FastLane sessions on October
3rd.
Key
representatives from the National Science Foundation as well
as your colleagues – faculty, researchers and grant
administrators – representing regional colleges and
universities will participate.
This
two-day conference is a must, especially for new faculty,
researchers and administrators who want to gain key insight
into a wide range of current issues at NSF including the state
of current funding; new and current policies and procedures;
and pertinent administrative issues. NSF program officers
representing each NSF directorate will be on hand to provide
up-to-date information about specific funding opportunities
and answer your questions:
Hightlights
include:
• New programs and initiatives
• Future directions and strategies for national science
policy
• Proposal preparation
• NSF's merit review process
• Cross-disciplinary and special interest programs
• Grant administration, compliance and accountability
• Conflict of interest policies
• Breakout sessions by discipline
• FastLane workshops
For
logistical information (including conference registration,
lodging, etc.) website.http://cme.wustl.edu/NSF/
(Posted 04/30/04)
IRB
Educational Events
•IRB Approval- It's what
you want, it's what you need May 6th
•Working
with WIRB (Western IRB)- June 10th
•Preparing for Continuing Review- July 08th
•Privacy, Confidentiality, and Issues of Tissue
Storage- August 05th
•Compliance and the Conduct of Research-
September 09th (Posted
04/30/04)
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FRAXA
Research Foundation is accepting applications
for their Grant
and Research Fellowship Programs. Applications are due
to foundation by May 1, 2004.
US
Army Medical Research and Material Command is
accepting applications for their DOD
Breast Cancer Research Program. Applications are due to
DOD by May 11, 2004.
National Niemann-Pick Disease Foundation is accepting
applications for their Research
Grants and Fellowship Programs. Applications
are due to the foundation by May 14, 2004.
Institute for Research on Pathological Gambling and Related
Disorders is accepting applications for "Incentive
Grants for New Investigators". Applications
are due to the foundation by May 14, 2004.
Human
Growth Foundation is accepting Letter of Intents
(LOI) for their Small
Grants Program. LOI's are due to May 15, 2004.
National
Foundation for Infectious Diseases is accepting
nominations for the "Maxwell
Finland Award for Scientific Achievement" and the "Jimmy
and Rosalynn Carter Award for Humanitarian Contributions to
the Health of Humankind". nominations are due to
the foundation by May 15, 2004.
Charlotte Geyer Foundation is accepting applications
for "Interim
Funding Grants". Applications are due to the foundation
is June 1, 2004.
Hereditary Disease
Foundation is accepting applications for research
grants. Applications are due to the foundation by June
15, 2004.
Huntington's Disease Foundation
is accepting applications for their Research
Grant Program. Applications are due to the foundation
by June 15, 2004.
Muscular
Dystrophy Association is accepting applications
for their "Research
Grants Program". Applicaitons are due to the association
by June 15, 2004.
For
funding opportunities annouced by Research and Graduate Programs
FYI http://rgp.ufl.edu/fyi/
New NIH notices, requests for applications and program announcements
can be found at
NIH Notice. |