The University of Toledo

3. New Salary Limitation on Grants, Cooperative Agreements, and Contracts

4. Submit on CD: Appendices for Paper Applications

5. The Table Of Contents Of The January 18, 2008 NIH Guide

NIH has issued revised forms and instructions (11/2007) for the following. As always, be sure to use the latest versions. The announcements appeared in the January 4, 2008, NIH Guide.

• PHS 398 paper grant application, Guide notice:
  • For grant types, other than fellowships, that have not moved to electronic submission. Find transition dates on NIH's Transition Plan.
  • Must be used for May 25, 2008, and subsequent due dates.
• PHS 2590 noncompeting progress report, Guide notice:
  • All progress reports received on or after March 1, 2008, must use the new instructions and forms.
• PHS 2271 Statement of Appointment, Guide notice:
  • Must be used for all trainee appointments made on or after May 1, 2008.
• PHS 3734 Official Statement Relinquishing Interest and Rights in a PHS Research Grant and HHS 568 Final Invention Statement and Certification, Guide notice:
  • Use immediately.

NIH is giving some appointed members of chartered study sections more wiggle room when it comes to submitting their own grant applications.

A new policy allows some reviewers to submit -- as soon as they're ready -- R01, R21, and R34 applications that would normally be submitted for Standard Due Dates. Continuous submission does not apply to other activity codes, applications submitted for special dates (e.g., RFAs, some PARs), or applicants requesting a study section.

If you're eligible for continuous submission, we strongly encourage you to include a cover letter with the study section you serve on and your period of service. This helps ensure that NIH identifies you correctly, rather than as someone submitting late.

For details, read the January 4, 2008, Guide notice and the Companion Notice on late submissions.

Every year since 1990 Congress has legislatively mandated a provision limiting the direct salary that an individual may receive under an NIH grant.  For FY 2008, Public Law 110-161: Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2008 restricts the amount of direct salary to Executive Level I of the Federal Executive Pay scale. The Executive Level I annual salary rate was $186,600 for the period January 1 through December 31, 2007.  Effective January 1, 2008, the Executive Level I salary level increased to $191,300.  

For more information and the full report, please visit http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/notice-files/NOT-OD-08-035.html

Investigators submitting a paper PHS 398 application for the May 25, 2008 and subsequent due dates must provide appendix material on CD only. You should also include five identical CDs in the same package with the application.

For materials (e.g., medical devices, prototypes) that cannot be submitted on CD, contact the scientific review officer.

Find additional information in the January 4, 2008, Guide notice.

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 ( 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 January 18, 2008

[Use The Link Below To Access Table of Contents of Guide]

http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/WeeklyIndex.cfm?WeekEnding=1-18-2008