NIH Notices: RPPR | Biosketch Pilot | NIOSH Application Submission Policy

Please take note of the following:

• NIH Will Require the Research Performance Progress Report (RPPR) for All Type 5 Non-SNAP Progress Reports on October 17, 2014
  (NOT-OD-14-092) National Institutes of Health
• Piloting Modified NIH Biosketches
  (NOT-OD-14-091) National Institutes of Health

• NIOSH Announces Updated Policy for Application Submission
  (NOT-OH-14-006) National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health

Effective immediately, for application due dates after May 28, 2014, following an unsuccessful resubmission (A1) application, applicants may submit the same idea as a new (A0) application for the next appropriate due date. NIOSH will not assess the similarity of the science in the new (A0) application to any previously reviewed submission when accepting an application for review. Although a new (A0) application does not allow an introduction or responses to the previous reviews, the NIOSH encourages applicants to refine and strengthen all application submissions.

Should you have questions about the applicability of these policies to current or anticipated projects, please contact me or your OSPA Pre-Award or Post-Award staff. 

RE: New Position on Intellectual Property

The following policy and procedure documents and forms are available on the OSPA website:

Sponsored Programs Procedure Guide (SPPG) page

	F&A Cost Recovery	PDF	Revision date: May 2014
	Intellectual Property	PDF	Revision date: May 2014

OSPA Forms page

Industry-Sponsored Project Agreement

• Applicable for research or service activities funded entirely by a for-profit entity, with no federal or federal flow-through fund involvement, when the Company requires rights in data to the exclusion of the University and/or claims ownership rights to intellectual property that may be developed by the University under the project.
• Requires an accompanying Industry-Sponsored Project Agreement Intellectual Property Waiver.

Intellectual Property Waiver

• Utilize for projects governed by any agreement other than the MU industry-sponsored project template agreement (above).

Upcoming NIH Submission Deadlines and eRA Downtime

A busy NIH deadline period approaches. Please be aware of the following: 

• Adjustments to May 25-28 Grant Application Due Dates(NOT-OD-14-070) National Institutes of Health. 
  Reminder: Over Memorial Day weekend, all eRA services will be completely shut down (this means both Commons and ASSIST).  The systems will be brought down at 8:00pm on Friday, May 23 and are expected to be restored to service by Tuesday, May 27 at 6:00am.  This downtime is to complete the upgrade of all eRA systems so they are Unicode capable. 
  Applications are due to your OSPA Satellite Office five (5) full business days prior to the applicable due date and time.

• Due Date: Thursday, June 5, 5:00 pm CT
  R01: NIH Research Project Grant Program (PA-13-302)
  U01: Research Project Cooperative Agreement
  Applications are due to your OSPA Satellite Office by 8:00am on Friday, May 30.  

• Due date: Thursday, June 12, 5:00 pm CTK series: Career Development AwardsApplications are due to your OSPA Satellite Office by 8:00am on Friday, June 6.

• Due Date: Monday, June 16, 5:00 pm CTR21: NIH Exploratory/Development Research Grant Program (PA-13-303)Applications are due to your OSPA Satellite Office by 8:00am on Tuesday, June 10.  

Should you have questions, please contact me or your OSPA Pre-Award staff.

Have a safe and happy holiday weekend,

Jill 

New Position on Intellectual Property

Please see below for an announcement from Dr. Foley, Senior Vice Chancellor for Research and Graduate Studies. Related policy and procedure documents and forms will be posted to the OSPA website shortly.

The next campus Grant Connections meeting is scheduled for Wednesday, May 21, at 11:00am in the Bond Life Sciences Center (Room 171). If you have questions, please submit them to me between now and then in anticipation of a Q&A session specific to this topic. Of course questions and conversation on the day of the meeting are most welcome, too.  

NIH Notices: Updated Application Submission Policy | RPPR for All Type 5 Non-SNAP | HeLa Data Policy

Please take note of the following NIH Notices:

• NIH and AHRQ Announce Updated Policy for Application Submission
  (NOT-OD-14-074) National Institutes of Health

Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

Effective immediately, the NIH and AHRQ will accept a new (A0) application following an unsuccessful resubmission (A1) application. The subsequent new application need not demonstrate substantial changes in scientific direction compared to previously reviewed submissions, and must not contain an introduction to respond to the critiques from the previous review.

• NIH Will Open the Research Performance Progress Report (RPPR) for All Type 5 Non-SNAP Progress Reports on April 25, 2014
  (NOT-OD-14-079) National Institutes of Health
• Notice of NIH HeLa Genome Sequence Data Submission and Access Policy
  (NOT-OD-14-080) Office of the Director, NIH

Should you have questions about the applicability of these policies to current or anticipated projects, please contact me or your OSPA pre-award or post-award staff. 

NSF Broader Impacts Statement Workshop: Dr. Elena Cotos

NIH Notices: FY2014 Funding

Please take note of the following NIH Notices applicable to FY2014 funding: 

• Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award (NRSA) Stipends, Tuition/Fees and Other Budgetary Levels Effective for Fiscal Year 2014
  (NOT-OD-14-046) Office of the Director, NIH
• Notice of Salary Limitation on Grants, Cooperative Agreements, and Contracts
  (NOT-OD-14-052) National Institutes of Health
• Notice of Legislative Mandates in Effect for FY2014
  (NOT-OD-14-053) National Institutes of Health
• NIH Fiscal Policy for Grant Awards FY 2014
  (NOT-OD-14-055) Office of the Director, NIH

Should you have questions about the applicability of these policies to current or anticipated projects, please contact your OSPA pre-award or post-award staff. 

American Asthma Foundation: PHS FCOI Regulations apply

The American Asthma Foundation (AAF) was identified today as an organization having adopted the current PHS Financial Conflict of Interest (FCOI) Regulations. The Investigator Form, Sponsored Programs Procedure Guide (SPPG), and other related documents will be revised, re-posted, and announced shortly. In the meantime, for all AAF proposals and awards, please follow the established FCOI processes for PHS funding.

An Investigator Form, along with confirmed current disclosures for all Investigators, is required for all proposal submissions, including for the February 12, 2014, application deadline.

Should you have questions or concerns about impending submissions or the applicability of the Rule, please don’t hesitate to contact me. 

Delays in Grant Application Submissions Due to Weather Problems: NIH and NSF Guidance

We hope you are safe and warm during the current full MU-campus closure due to extensive winter storms.

The OSPA central email inbox (grantsdc@missouri.edu) has been and will continue to be monitored during the closure, and time-sensitive proposal submissions and other urgent needs are being addressed. For the duration of the closure, please direct inquiries there as needed. Otherwise, your Senior Grants and Contracts Administrator (SGCA) will be ready to assist with questions, concerns, and business as usual when campus operations resume.

As a reminder, NIH and NSF have previously issued guidance for such conditions (below). For other sponsors with submission deadlines during the closure, we advise similarly working with agency/organizational contacts to make them aware of the situation, if possible, and upon submission, including a cover letter noting the reason for the delay.   

National Institutes of Health (NIH)

Notice Number: NOT-OD-10-061

Key Dates
Release Date: February 9, 2010

Issued by
National Institutes of Health (NIH), (http://www.nih.gov)

The NIH realizes that there may be problems for organizations in submitting grant applications due to the extensive winter storms.  The usual NIH practice for such circumstances will apply.  Electronic and paper applications submitted late because of weather problems must include a cover letter noting the reasons for the delay.  It is not necessary to get permission in advance for weather-related delays in grant application submissions.  The delay should not exceed the time period that an applicant organization/institution is closed. 

http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/notice-files/NOT-OD-10-061.html

National Science Foundation (NSF)

New DHHS Salary Cap, Effective 1/1/14

The Executive Level II of the Federal Pay Scale, which sets the cap limit for salaries on DHHS awards, has increased from $179,700 to $181,500 effective January 1, 2014 (schedule 5 on page 6 of this link EO 13655 is screen shot below). For proposal budgets, please use this amount as applicable for periods after 1/1/14. For existing projects, beginning with pay periods starting on or after 1/1/14, this new cap will apply.

The DHHS Salary Cap section of the SPPG will be updated and reposted soon.