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GrantNet - Important Notices December 2006
Contents: ORSP
NIH MISC CONFERENCES
ORSP 1. ORSP Announces New Grant Specialist We are
very pleased to announce that Sherif Asstephan has joined ORSP as our newest
Grant Specialist. Sherif comes to us from DGCA, so he is familiar with
ORSP and some of our processes. Maryellen O'Brien, Acting Director, will be working very
closely with Sherif as he begins to assume many of the departments at Cook
that she has handled for many years.
Alyce
Rossi will be providing support services for him.
Welcome aboard Sherif!
2. ORSP Offering Grants.gov Hands-on Training ORSP will be providing four hands-on training sessions in the use of grants.gov to prepare grant applications. Although these sessions will focus on the application kit required for the Feb.1, 2007 NIH RO1 deadline, this application kit is similar to those used by other sponsors. The workshops will take place in a computer lab, so seating is limited to 20 participants per class. If you register and subsequently can not attend, please cancel your registration so that others may attend. After you register, you will receive an email from ORSP with additional class information and requirements. To register, go to http://uhr.rutgers.edu/profdevenroll and then select the Office of Research & Sponsored Programs link to pick a date. The schedule is as follows:
Thursday, December 14th 2:00-5:00 pm, Cook Campus,
Foran Hall, Room 124
National Institutes of Health 3. NIH R01 Grant Application Submissions for Feb 2007 The NIH will transition to electronic R01 applications using the new SF424 (R&R) form set for the February 5, 2007 receipt date and beyond. Rutgers is registered at both Grants.gov and eRA Commons. NIH has started a communication campaign to ensure all potential applicants are aware of these important changes. The November issue of the NIH Extramural Nexus was devoted to this topic. Please take advantage of the training and outreach resources on the Electronic Submission of Grant Applications website to help spread the word. NIH is open to any suggestions you have for improving the available materials (NIHElectronicSubmiss@mail.nih.gov).
BIG CHANGES FOR R01 APPLICANTS
For the new February 5, 2007 receipt date and beyond…
· NIH will require electronic application submission for all R01 applications – NO MORE PAPER!
· Submission involves a new application form. The new SF424 (R&R) form set contains the same information, but has a very different look and feel. Try it out before it’s time to submit.
· Prepare yourself now! See Tips for Investigators to learn how.
· The new process changes the approval and submission procedures within your institution. Work with your central grants office to learn how your institution is handling the changes.
· NIH continues to welcome unsolicited, investigator-initiated applications; use the R01 Parent Announcement listed at http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/parent_announcements.htm.
· Take advantage of the December 5, 2006 training event. Check out the other training resources available at http://era.nih.gov/ElectronicReceipt/training.htm.
· Learn about available options for Macintosh users at http://era.nih.gov/ElectronicReceipt/files/mac_options.htm.
· Take advantage of the eRA Commons Web support ticket system for quicker service when seeking help.
· Subscribe to NIH Electronic Submission listservs to stay informed.
The NIH Electronic Submission of Grant Applications website is a great resource for up-to-date information.
National Science Foundation 4. NSF S-STEM Program The National Science Foundation has a program, NSF Scholarships in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics, that "makes grants to institutions of higher education to support scholarships for academically talented, financially needy students, enabling them to enter the workforce following completion of an associate, baccalaureate, or graduate level degree in science and engineering disciplines" The grant sizes are up to $600,000 over 3 years and each college/school at Rutgers involved in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics may apply. A letter of intent is due January 15 for each proposal with a full proposal due Feb 16. Full details are available at http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2007/nsf07524/nsf07524.htm.NSF is anticipating making 90-130 awards this year. In the past 4 years, Rutgers received 1, while Berkeley, Arizona State, and Rochester received 4, and Georgia Tech received 6. Mike Pazzani would like to encourage, SAS, SEBS, and Engineering each to submit one this year and encourage a Newark and Camden based proposals as well. $600K in scholarships can help Rutgers students quite a bit. Note that diversity is important to NSF and an advantage of Rutgers. For a copy of the awarded proposal submitted by Rutgers, please contact Mary
Feldenkreiss.
Miscellaneous
Binational Agricultural Research and Development (BARD) Fund
BARD is a competitive funding program for mutually
beneficial, mission-oriented, strategic and applied research of
agricultural problems, jointly conducted by American and Israeli
scientists. Most projects focus on increasing agricultural productivity,
particularly in hot and dry climates, and emphasize plant and animal
health, food quality and safety, and environmental issues. Researchers
affiliated with public or not-for-profit, private entities are eligible
to apply for funding.
6. Arizona State Visiting Fellowships The Institute for Humanities Research at Arizona State University is pleased to announce its theme for Visiting and ASU Fellows for 2007-08—"The Humanities and Sustainability." We wish to host two scholars whose projects expand the usual understanding of sustainability as a technological challenge to encompass the long-term thinking, sense of history, attention to language and human creativity, and understanding of cultural and social institutions necessary to create and critique notions of sustainable communities and societies. Such projects might focus on human commitment to developing and using new technologies, rebalancing cherished traditions in light of wide-reaching material and cultural innovation, achieving a difficult consensus on social values, or redefining basic concepts, such as "civilization" and "economic growth." In particular, we seek projects that address: the language, rhetoric, and terminology of sustainability; the impact of sustainable technologies on various racial, ethnic, and gender groups; the relationship of traditional cultures to the values and practices of sustainability; the politics, ethics, and/or art of sustainability; the interaction between human societies and the natural environment, including changing climate; the difficult balance between the values of cultural preservation and of social innovation in the design of sustainable societies; and hidden agendas in the concept of sustainability, especially ideologies of race, gender, and class. (For more information and a complete list of suggested topics, please see http://www.asu.edu/clas/ihr/faculty/fellows/index.html). Application materials and guidelines are also available on the IHR web page. The deadline for Visiting Fellows applications is January 10, 2007.
Conferences NCIIA March Madness for the Mind The NCIIA invites eligible E-Teams to apply to participate in the 11th Annnual March Madness for the Mind E-Team exhibition. March Madness for the Mind is an exciting opportunity for NCIIA Advanced E-Teams to exhibit their ground-breaking innovations to the public at Tampa's Museum of Science and Industry and participate in the NCIIA 11th Annual Meeting, March 22-24, 2007.March Madness for the Mind provides E-Teams with:
Any E-Team from an NCIIA member institution is welcome to apply. For each of the 15-18 teams selected, the NCIIA will provide travel, accommodations, and conference registration for two team members. E-Team members or their faculty advisors must login and submit contact information and a brief description of their innovation and its current condition (and progress expected by the March exhibition) by the January 12, 2007 deadline.
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