Office of Sponsored Programs

Notice Number: NOT-OD-10-008 Key DatesRelease Date: October 26, 2009 Related NoticesNOT-OD-09-113 – Announcing a Delay in Transition to Electronic Submission of Applications for Institutional Training and Institutional Career Development Programs  NOT-OD-10-002 – Clarification on Timing and Page Limits for Restructured Application Forms and Instructions that are required for Due Dates on or after January 25, [...]

There is a special OSP session scheduled for those who are interested in proposal creation training in VCUeRA, including the electronic submission of the F mechanism (details below): Date:  November 4, 2009Time: 1-2:30 pmLocation: Biotech I Room 113Class Title: NIH Submission to Grants.Gov using the VCUeRADescription: This class will give you details about the electronic [...]

November 4, 2009Budgeting in Proposals and Subcontracts – This class will provide instruction on how to help faculty prepare a good proposal budget and other information to help manage award budgets.  The class will include working with budget worksheets from the OSP website and also a discussion on using subcontracts in proposal budgets.  Visit http://training.vcu.edu/course_detail.asp?ID=7249 [...]

Next live session for the 2009 OSP Certification Program will be held on November 11, 2009, from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. at the Founder’s Room, Siegel Center, Monroe Campus.  Contact Jose Alcaine with questions…

Visit the link below for NIH guidance on restructured application forms, new page limits, and other requirements, starting in January 2010.  NIH link: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/notice-files/NOT-OD-09-149.html

Next live session for the 2009 OSP Certification Program will be held on October 14, 2009, from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. at the Ball Conference Room, Biotech 1 Building, in the Biotech Park. Contact Jose Alcaine with questions…

October 6, 2009 eRA Commons and Internet Assisted Review (IAR) are experiencing a log in issue that may impact your service. We are working to diagnose the problem and will provide additional information as soon as possible.   Questions?  Please contact the eRA Helpdesk at http://ithelpdesk.nih.gov/eRA/ (Preferred method of contact); 301-402-7469; helpdesk@od.nih.gov. 

NSF has published new guidance that will go into effect January 4, 2010 : Grant Proposal Guide: Summary of Significant Changes: Chapter II – Section C.2j, Special Information and Supplementary Documentation – has new guidance added regarding complying with the mentoring requirement of the America COMPETES Act. Each proposal that requests funding to support postdoctoral [...]