Grants & Contracts

  • NIH Special Review for PIs with over $1.5 Million in annual Awards

    May 18, 2012

    Today, the National Institutes of Health published NOT-OD-12-110, which describes a pilot to evaluate special council reviews investigator-initiated grants and cooperative agreement applications from PD/PIs with more than $1.5 million in annual NIH support. The goal is not to impose … Continue reading →

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  • Get to Know SAM!

    May 17, 2012

    SAM – the System for Award Management – is a new US Governments new website scheduled to go live on May 29th at Sam.gov. If you are a research administrator, you should care. Going online in phases, SAM will consolidate … Continue reading →

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  • OMB Grants Policies Reform Update

    May 2, 2012

    The public comment period closed at 5:00pm Monday, April 30, on OMB’s Advance Notice of Proposed Guidance on Reform of Federal Policies Relating to Grants and Cooperative Agreements; cost principles and administrative requirements (including Single Audit Act). 331 comments were … Continue reading →

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  • National Planetary Exploration Car Wash & Bake Sale

    April 30, 2012

    How many cupcakes do you have to sell to fund a scientific mission to Mars? Organizer Alan Stern of the Southwest Research Institute doesn’t expect to fund space exploration via cookies and car washes. He does hope to build interest … Continue reading →

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  • The Golden Goose Award

    April 26, 2012

    Many will remember Sen. William Proxmire’s (D-WI) Golden Fleece Awards, established in 1975 and designed to call attention to perceived wasteful government spending, frequently focusing on federally funded research projects. Rep. Jim Cooper (D-TN), with the support of a bipartisan … Continue reading →

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