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Get a Sneak Peek of Our New NIH Grants and Funding Site — Coming Soon!
By NIH Staff In late September, just a few short weeks away, we will release our newly redesigned NIH Grants and…
Webinar Registration is Now Open – Revision of NSF Award Terms and Conditions Implementing Revised 2 CFR
Dear Colleagues: We wanted to make you aware that the NSF Award Terms and Conditions have been updated to implement the…
Retirement of NIH’s Automated Just-in-Time Email Notification
Purpose: This Guide Notice informs the extramural research community that the eRA system-generated email notification announcing the availability to submit…
Artificial Intelligence in Research: Policy Considerations and Guidance
Advancements in artificial intelligence (AI) are spurring tremendous progress in medical research to enhance human health and longevity. To that…
NIH’s Adoption of Common Forms for Biographical Sketch and Current and Pending (Other) Support by May 25, 2025
This Guide Notice informs the extramural community of NIH’s adoption of Common Forms for Biographical Sketch and Current and Pending…
NSF-backed SECURE Center will support research security, international collaboration
The U.S. National Science Foundation announced a five-year $67 million investment establishing the Safeguarding the Entire Community of the U.S.…
New FY25 Policy on Sex as a Biological Variable in Research
This message is to notify the research community of the recently signed Fiscal Year 2025 (FY25) Congressionally Directed Medical Research…
Implementation Update for Data Management and Access Practices Under the Genomic Data Sharing Policy
Purpose The National Institutes of Health (NIH) is updating two practices under the NIH Genomic Data Sharing (GDS) Policy to…
White House Office of Science and Technology Policy Releases Guidelines for Research Security Programs at Covered Institutions
Today, the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy issued guidelines to federal research agencies on research security programs at certain…
Prepare for Changes Coming to Institutional Training Grant Applications
Prepare for Changes Coming to Institutional Training Grant Applications (NIH Extramural Nexus) With changes on the way for institutional training…
Prior Approval Requirement for Changes to Domestic Subawards for the SBIR and STTR Programs
Purpose This guidance serves as notice for the extramural community on recent policy changes made for the Small Business Innovation…
New product types in the NSF Public Access Repository
Dear Colleague: Effective July 1, 2024, the U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) enabled six new product types in the NSF…
Beware of #FakeGrants Scammers !
Please share with your faculty....beware of #FakeGrants! Scammers are posing as HHS officials offering fake grants to steal your personal…
NSF enhances research security with new TRUST proposal assessment process
The U.S. National Science Foundation has announced a new risk mitigation process, the Trusted Research Using Safeguards and Transparency (TRUST)…
Updates to NIH Institutional Training Grant Applications for Due Dates on or After January 25, 2025
Purpose This notice announces updates to the NIH Institutional Training Program applications and required training data tables. These changes take…
Notice to Alert the Public of NIDA’s Career Development Award Salary Limits
Purpose The purpose of this Guide Notice is to notify the public that NIDA has increased salary limits for K01,…
NIA Implementation of NIH Requirements for Submitting Unsolicited Applications Requesting $500,000 or More in Direct Costs
NIH policy requires any applicant requesting research support of $500,000 or more in direct costs in a single budget period…
Update to HeLa Cell Whole Genome Sequence Data Submission and Access Under the NIH Lacks-Family Agreement
Purpose The purpose of this Guide Notice is to update previously published Guide Notices NOT-OD-13-099 (see https://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/notice-files/NOT-OD-13-099.html) and NOT-OD-14-080 (see…
Adjustments to NIH and AHRQ Grant Application Due Dates On and Between May 18 and May 21, 2024
Purpose This notice informs the community of NIH and AHRQ application due date adjustments to accommodate scheduled federal system downtime.…
Grants.gov Scheduled Maintenance Outage : May 18-21,2024
System Enhancements & Server Maintenance Outages Calendar The Grants.gov Program Management Office (PMO) schedules system-wide software releases to bring its…
NSF Brand Identity Portal
The NSF Brand Identity Portal is an online resource for anyone in need of NSF visual identity resources and assets.…
Reporting Data Management and Sharing (DMS) Plan Activities in the Research Performance Progress Report (RPPR)
Purpose This Notice informs the extramural research community of planned changes to the Research Performance Progress Report (RPPR) instructions to…
Continued Extension of Certain Flexibilities for Prospective Basic Experimental Studies with Human Participants
Purpose This notice replaces NOT-OD-22-205. The purpose of this notice is to further extend interim policy flexibilities, regarding registration and…
Implementing the Common Forms for the Biographical Sketch and Current and Pending (Other) Support
The NSF Policy Office held the webinar Implementing the Common Forms for the Biographical Sketch and Current and Pending (Other)…
Publication of the Revised NIH Grants Policy Statement (Rev. April 2024) for Fiscal Year 2024
Purpose The National Institutes of Health (NIH) announces publication of the updated NIH Grants Policy Statement (NIHGPS, rev. April 2024).…
Proposal & Award Policies & Procedures Guide (PAPPG)
NSF is pleased to announce that the NSTC-approved Common Forms for the Biographical Sketch and Current and Pending (Other) Support…
Webinar – NIH Simplified Review Framework for Research Project Grants (RPGs): Implementation and Impact on Funding Opportunities
REGISTRATION REQUIRED! The National Institutes of Health (NIH) is simplifying the framework for the peer review of most Research Project…
Update to NSF Award Terms and Conditions from the NSF Policy Office
Update to NSF Award Terms and Conditions from the NSF Policy Office/Jean Feldman: I wanted to make you aware that…
New Location for NIH Public Access Policy Content & Resources
As of March 12, 2024, the NIH Public Access Policy content and resources have been consolidated into the NIH Sharing…
How Implementing a 2022 Law is Helping Us Ensure Safe and Respectful Workplaces
Nearly two years ago, we implemented a provision in a law (Section 239 of the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2022).…
Updates to the NSF Proposal and Award Policies and Procedures Guide (PAPPG) (NSF 24-1) Webinar
The U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) is hosting a webinar covering Updates to the NSF Proposal and Award Policies and…
NIH Guidance on Marking Changes in Resubmission Applications
Purpose This Notice informs the applicant community that, effective May 25, 2024, this guidance replaces previous guidance on marking changes…
Horizon Europe Funding Programs
Dear Northeastern Community, I’m writing to encourage you and members of your institutes/departments to attend the event hosted by Provost…
The Role of AI in Research Administration
Professor Canca presented on the incorporation of ethical models in the AI space. The talk framed how institutions should consider…
NSF research security training modules now available (NSF News)
"Note: a research security training requirement will be part of the NSF 2025 PAPPG." The U.S. National Science Foundation is…
Guidance on Salary Limitation for Grants and Cooperative Agreements FY 2024
Purpose This Notice provides information regarding the salary limitation for NIH grant and cooperative agreement awards and extramural research and…
Proposal & Award Policies & Procedures Guide (PAPPG) has been issued
We are pleased to announce that a revised version of the NSF Proposal & Award Policies & Procedures Guide (PAPPG)…
Northeastern Associate Research Professor to Speak at Federal Demonstration Partnership (FDP) meeting
The Role of AI in Research Administration - FDP Plenary Session 12:30-2:00 PM EST 1/24/24 Description: Professor Cansu Canca from…
2024 NIH Grants Policy Updates – Join this Virtual Event on Wednesday, January 31 – Register Today!
Purpose It’s a new year, are you ready for an informative virtual event from the NIH that focuses on new…
You Are Invited To Participate in a Pilot of Data Management and Sharing Plan Templates
The Federal Demonstration Partnership The Federal Demonstration Partnership (FDP) is an association of federal agencies, research policy organizations and…
NCURA Region I: Call for Proposals – Annual Conference (May 6-8 2024)
NCURA Region I is seeking session proposals for the Region I Meeting that will take place May 6-8, 2024 at…
Council on Governmental Relations (COGR) has provided a quick reference guide for new security requirements related to awards
Link to the reference guide : COGR quick reference guide
Fall 2023 NSF Virtual Grants Conference
Date : December 4-7 ,2023 The National Science Foundation (NSF) is hosting the Fall 2023 NSF Virtual Grants Conference from…
Clarification of Implementation of the NIH SBIR and STTR Foreign Disclosure Pre-award and Post-Award Requirements
Purpose The purpose of this Notice is to provide clarification regarding findings of foreign involvement with countries of concern related…
Reminder to AHRQ Grantees that FY2019 Funds will Expire on September 30, 2024
Purpose Under the provisions of Section 1405(a) of Public Law No. 101-510 amended 31 U.S.C. §§ 1551-1557 (commonly referred to…
Announcing a Simplified Review Framework for NIH Research Project Grant Applications
As we have discussed in previous blogs, NIH has heard concerns from the extramural community about the complexity of the…
The following changes were made to the NU-RES website:
Accompanying PDFs for the MMIs have been updated to reflect FY 2020 and forward : https://nu-res.research.northeastern.edu/
Federal agencies require recipient institutions to have policies and practices in place that foster an environment free from harassment, for example, NIH’s can be found here.
Expectations, Policies, and Requirements NIH expects recipient institutions to have policies and practices in place that foster an environment free…
Luminaries help celebrate grand opening of EXP research center and Northeastern’s ‘commitment for a better world’
National Science Foundation Director Sethuraman Panchanathan celebrated “a reflection of excellence” as he joined Northeastern President Joseph E. Aoun, Massachusetts…
The following changes were made to the NU-RES website:
Updated Grant Officer Assignments Updated Contract Officer Assignments Update to Sponsor submission tools (SciENcv/ORCID) New Foreign Talent Recruitment Programs information…
Last Updated on May 7, 2024