Grant Connections | September 2016 Notes

Notes from the September Grant Connections meeting are included below. Thank you to all who attended. We hope to see you at the next meeting on Wednesday, October 26th.

 

Grant Connections - September 2016

Wednesday, September 28, 2016
11:00 a.m. – noon
Room 572 of the Bond Life Sciences Center

Agenda

• Hot Topics
• FDP Update: Jamie Szabo and Brenda Leuenberger attended FDP 9/21-9/23 and will share updates with the group
• Awards Dashboard: OSPA Preaward will do a demonstration of the new Awards Dashboard
• Sponsor Spotlight: OSPA Preaward will present on American Heart Association and US Department of Education

Mark your calendars! Meetings are scheduled for the following dates:

• Wednesday, October 26, 2016

Grant Connections Organizational Crew

Send your suggestions for future topics and questions to this group.

• Liz Bent, Grants & Contracts Administrator, CAFNR
• Marty Carter, Senior Business Operations Associate, School of Medicine
• Craig David, Director, OSPA
• Sheryl Koenig, Grant Proposal Manager, Bond Life Sciences Center
• Brenda Leuenberger, Senior Compliance Manager, OSPA
• Julia Rodriguez, Grants & Contracts Administrator, Bond Life Sciences Center
• Jamie Szabo, Senior Compliance Manager, OSPA

Please share with anyone else associated with research who you think might be interested in attending.

AHA Professional Membership or Application Fee Requirement

Effective with the winter 2012 deadlines, the American Heart Association (AHA) has instituted a new Membership/Application Fee requirement for submission of grant applications. The Membership/Application Fee requirement is in effect for the upcoming January 27 deadline for Midwest Affiliate programs, including Clinical Research Program, Grant-in-Aid, Pre- and Post-doctoral Fellowships, and Scientist Development Grant. Only applicants to the Undergraduate Student Research Program are exempt.

The AHA application form in Grants@Heart now includes a new Membership/Application Fee page prompting the applicant to:

-       Enter an active AHA Professional Membership number

-       Join/renew AHA Professional Membership (membership tiers start at $75)

-       Enter credit card information to pay a $100 application fee (per application)   

MU OSPA confirmed with AHA that individual membership is required; there is no institutional membership option for the University to pursue.

As in the past, all applications are submitted to the institutional Grants Officer (Sr. Grants and Contracts Administrator, OSPA) for review, approval, and submission on behalf of the applicant and institution. Until the Membership/Application Fee requirement is fulfilled, Grants@Heart will not allow submission to the institutional Grants Officer.

Note that while joining for new membership or paying the application fee allows instant access to submit an application to the Grants Officer, retrieving a forgotten membership number from AHA could take a few days. Please plan ahead to fulfill the new AHA requirement and comply with the OSPA Five Day Submission Policy for a thorough review and on-time submission.

Refer here to review the full AHA announcement and FAQs. Feel free to contact me should you have any other questions or concerns.