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1. Notice of Award Letters Will Go Electronic

2. eRA Commons: Status Module Improvements

3. NIH Director's Pioneer Award Program Renewed for 2008

4. Take an Online Course on Sex and Gender in Human Health

5. The Table Of Contents Of The November 9, 2007 NIH Guide

1.  Notice of Award Letters Will Go Electronic

Starting January 1, 2008, NIH will send Notices of Award (NoA) by email instead of mailing a paper copy.

The NoA goes to the general email address listed in your institution's profile, not to the PI email. As a PI, you can find the NoA listed in the Status module of the eRA Commons. Or you can use the Issued Notice of Award query.

Your organization's Commons signing official should make sure the email address in the institution's profile is correct.

2. eRA Commons: Status Module Improvements

The eRA Commons Status module has been enhanced with a new look, more tracking capabilities, and better application organization. New features include the following:

• You can search your applications using the Grants.gov tracking number even after they get an NIH number.
• You can see your applications grouped by status.
• You can see all the submission attempts for a single application listed together.

For an example screen and more details, read the full NIH announcement at October 16, 2007, Items of Interest. Subscribe to eSubmission News and Updates for future updates.

3. NIH Director's Pioneer Award Program Renewed for 2008

Ifyou have a highly innovative project in mind, check out the just-renewed NIH Director's Pioneer Award program for 2008. NIH expects to make about five to ten of the five-year, $5 million awards as part of the Roadmap.

Applications are due by January 16, 2008. Read all about it in the November 1, 2007, Guide notice and the recently updated Frequently Asked Questions.

4. Take an Online Course on Sex and Gender in Human Health

Brush up on the latest science on sex and gender differences through an online course for continuing education credit, Science of Sex and Gender in Human Health.

Most people finish the course within 1.5 to 6 hours. You can get Continuing Medical Education credits for completing this course; read more at Continuing Education.

5. The Table Of Contents Of The November 9, 2007 NIH Guide

The previous static listings for browsing published NIH Guide announcements have been replaced with real-time database query listings that retrieve only active Requests for Applications ( RFAs ) and Program Announcements ( PAs ), based on the expiration dates stated in those announcements. The new listing for NIH Guide Notices displays Notices published over the last two years, by default, since expiration dates are not currently assigned to these announcements. Links to these new resources are available from the main NIH Guide Funding Opportunities and Notices page, at:

<http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/index.html >

All announcements (active plus inactive) in each category may also be viewed by using selections in the drop-down box at the top of each listing page. Clicking on header links allows re-sorting of lists. In addition, a new Ad Hoc NIH Guide Database Search page <http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/search_guide.htm > is available, which allows for individualized queries with various selection criteria.

If you have any difficulty obtaining the information you need from the Guide, contact Carol Wilkerson, carol.wilkerson@utoledo.edu, at HSC extension 4252, or Rick Francis, rick.francis@utoledo.edu, at MC extension 6193.

NIH Guide For Week Ending November 9, 2007

[Use The Link Below To Access Table of Contents of This Week's NIH Guide]

<http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/WeeklyIndex.cfm/11-9-2007>