Grants & Contracts

  • Programmatic Overlap

    February 17, 2012

    In the US and many other nations, programmatic overlap of awards is generally to be avoided. This is clearly articulated by the NIH in their Grants Policy Statement description of Other Support associated with their Just-in-Time procedures. It is perfectly … Continue reading →

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  • Small Business Definition is Updated

    February 16, 2012

    On Feb 10th, the Small Business Association (US) published new guidelines in the Federal Register. 37 small business size standard for 34 industries and three sub-industries in the North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) were increased. These changes take effect March … Continue reading →

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  • NSF 2011 Performance & Financial Highlights

    February 16, 2012

    The National Science Foundation (US)  published today a summary report for 2011. The report demonstrates that NSF awards dropped in number by 13.9% between FY 2010 and FY2 2011; there were 7% fewer proposals in FY 2011 relative to FY 2010 … Continue reading →

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  • FY2013 DHHS Budget and Disaster Preparedness

    February 15, 2012

    From the White House website: Strengthen National Preparedness for All Hazards, Including Naturally Occurring Threats and Intentional Attacks. The Budget includes $547 million to enhance the advanced development of next generation medical countermeasures against chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear threats. In addition, the Budget includes $50 million to establish the Strategic Investor, an independent venture [...]

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  • How Will NIH increase new awards by 7% with a flat budget?

    February 13, 2012

    In a briefing after the budget was announced, Science Insider reports on the specific “new grants management policies” that would support increasing the number of new awards. In order to squeeze more grants out of the flat budget—the target is … Continue reading →

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