Effective October 1, 2010, new NSF grants and funding amendments to existing NSF grants begin referencing and are subject to the Grant General Conditions (GC-1) dated 10/10. The complete text of the GC-1 (as well as other NSF grant policy issuances) is available electronically on the NSF website.2 Except as noted below (and as reflected in each specific article), the Grant General Conditions apply to all new NSF grants and funding amendments to existing NSF grants awarded on or after October 1, 2010.
Significant Changes to the NSF Grant General Conditions, dated 10/10
• Reporting Subawards and Executive Compensation, Article 19, is a new Article which implements the award term specified in the OMB interim final guidance (September 14, 2010, 75 FR 22705). This Article requires recipients to report information regarding first–tier subawards in excess of $25,000, and executive
compensation information under those awards.
• Central Contractor Registration and Universal Identifier Requirements, Article 20,
is a new Article which implements the award term specified in the OMB final guidance
(September 14, 2010, 75 FR 22706). This Article requires recipients to maintain current Central Contractor Registration at all times when they have an active award with NSF.
Recipients also may not make a subaward to an entity, unless the entity has provided its (DUNS) number to the recipient.
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Wednesday, September 29, 2010
Don't Assume that You Can Send in Materials After the Deadline
NIH Restricts Submission of Late Application Materials. The time has arrived for strict limits for post-submission application materials. NIH has curbed the type of information you are allowed to submit late to mainly administrative items. See our June 23, 2010, article "Stricter Rules for Late Application Materials Are on Their Way" and the July 23, 2010, Guide notice.
Stricter Rules for Late Application Materials Are on Their Way
Summary
Starting with the September 25 receipt date, NIH will limit to mostly administrative items the information you may send your scientific review officer (SRO) after submitting your application.
Applications responding to requests for applications with a single due date will follow the existing policy instead.
Training grants will have their own requirements.
For the September 25, 2010, receipt date and beyond, you will be able to send only certain types of late materials.
In late May, NIH announced a future change to its policy for submitting late application materials, i.e., after the submission and before the initial peer review.
For now, you may send your scientific review officer a wide range of application information, following page limits and instructions in the March 19, 2010, Guide notice.
But once the new policy takes effect -- starting with the September 25, 2010, receipt date -- you will be restricted to certain types of materials, mainly administrative. See the bullets below, and find more details on the shift in the May 21, 2010, Guide notice.
Late Materials That Will Be OK
Under the new policy, you will be able to send these items to the SRO after submitting the application:
Revised budget pages, e.g., due to new funding.
Biographical sketches, e.g., due to the loss of a senior or key personnel.
Letters of support or collaboration due to the loss of a senior or key personnel (note this is the only reason -- see list below).
Adjustments resulting from natural disasters, e.g., due to loss of an animal colony.
Adjustments resulting from change of institutions, e.g., due to the PI's move to another university.
Article accepted for publication.
Late Materials That Will Not Be OK
You will no longer be able to send these items:
Updated Specific Aims or Research Strategy pages.
Late-breaking research findings.
Supplemental pages for information not in the application.
New letters of support or collaboration that do not result from a loss of a senior or key personnel.
NIH states these exceptions to the new policy:
Applications responding to requests for applications (RFA) that have only one due date will follow the March 19, 2010, Guide notice.
Some funding opportunity announcements may have unique requirements.
For training-type applications, you will be able to send up to three pages of updated information, also starting with the September 25, 2010, receipt date, for the following items -- read more in the June 11, 2010, Guide notice:
Applicant pool, admissions, enrollment, appointments, or achievements.
Faculty research support.
For applications responding to RFAs, get in touch with the peer review contact listed in the RFA or the scientific review officer to find out what you are allowed to do.
Remember that you must send your late materials 30 calendar days before the peer review meeting. Be sure to include the concurrence of your authorized organizational representative (business official) with the materials.
Stricter Rules for Late Application Materials Are on Their Way
Summary
Starting with the September 25 receipt date, NIH will limit to mostly administrative items the information you may send your scientific review officer (SRO) after submitting your application.
Applications responding to requests for applications with a single due date will follow the existing policy instead.
Training grants will have their own requirements.
For the September 25, 2010, receipt date and beyond, you will be able to send only certain types of late materials.
In late May, NIH announced a future change to its policy for submitting late application materials, i.e., after the submission and before the initial peer review.
For now, you may send your scientific review officer a wide range of application information, following page limits and instructions in the March 19, 2010, Guide notice.
But once the new policy takes effect -- starting with the September 25, 2010, receipt date -- you will be restricted to certain types of materials, mainly administrative. See the bullets below, and find more details on the shift in the May 21, 2010, Guide notice.
Late Materials That Will Be OK
Under the new policy, you will be able to send these items to the SRO after submitting the application:
Revised budget pages, e.g., due to new funding.
Biographical sketches, e.g., due to the loss of a senior or key personnel.
Letters of support or collaboration due to the loss of a senior or key personnel (note this is the only reason -- see list below).
Adjustments resulting from natural disasters, e.g., due to loss of an animal colony.
Adjustments resulting from change of institutions, e.g., due to the PI's move to another university.
Article accepted for publication.
Late Materials That Will Not Be OK
You will no longer be able to send these items:
Updated Specific Aims or Research Strategy pages.
Late-breaking research findings.
Supplemental pages for information not in the application.
New letters of support or collaboration that do not result from a loss of a senior or key personnel.
NIH states these exceptions to the new policy:
Applications responding to requests for applications (RFA) that have only one due date will follow the March 19, 2010, Guide notice.
Some funding opportunity announcements may have unique requirements.
For training-type applications, you will be able to send up to three pages of updated information, also starting with the September 25, 2010, receipt date, for the following items -- read more in the June 11, 2010, Guide notice:
Applicant pool, admissions, enrollment, appointments, or achievements.
Faculty research support.
For applications responding to RFAs, get in touch with the peer review contact listed in the RFA or the scientific review officer to find out what you are allowed to do.
Remember that you must send your late materials 30 calendar days before the peer review meeting. Be sure to include the concurrence of your authorized organizational representative (business official) with the materials.
OMB Implements Additional Requirements for Grantees Under Transparency Act
On August 27, 2010, Jeffrey D. Zients, Deputy Director for Management of OMB, issued guidance that will require grantee institutions to report additional information on first tier subawards. The new requirements are the next phase of improving access to information under the Federal Funding Accountability and Transparency Act ("Transparency" or "FFATA").
Effective October 29, 2010, grantees will report the following information on any award involving a subaward:
name of the entity receiving the award;
• amount of the award;
• information on the award including transaction type, funding agency, the North American Industry Classification System code or Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance number, program source,3
• location of the entity receiving the award and primary location of performance under the award, including city, State, congressional district, and country; award title descriptive of the purpose of each funding action;
• unique identifier of the entity receiving the award and the parent entity of the recipient, should the entity be owned by another entity;4
• names and total compensation of the five most highly compensated officers of the entity if the entity in the preceding fiscal year received 80 percent or more of its annual gross
The Office of Sponsored Projects is preparing for these new requirements and will advise faculty and departments on any needed information.
National Research Council to Brief Public on Research Doctorate Programs
The National Research Council's Committee to Assess Research-Doctorate Programs
invites you to a public briefing to release its new report
A Data-Based Assessment of Research-Doctorate Programs in the United States
September 28, 2010, at 1 p.m. EDT
The report assesses U.S. doctoral programs and includes data on over 5,000 programs in 62 fields at 212 universities around the nation. The briefing will include a presentation by members of the committee that authored the assessment, followed by questions from the audience.
Introductory remarks will be given by:
• Ralph J. Cicerone, president, National Academy of Sciences
• Charles M. Vest, president, National Academy of Engineering
Participating from the committee are:
• Jeremiah P. Ostriker (chair), Charles A. Young Professor of Astronomy and Provost Emeritus, Princeton University
• Joan F. Lorden, Provost and Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs, University of North Carolina at Charlotte
• Richard P. Wheeler, Provost, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
The briefing will be held in Room 100 of the National Academies' Keck Center, 500 Fifth St., N.W., Washington, D.C.
If you would like to attend, please RSVP to Sabrina Hall at shall@nas.edu.
Those who cannot attend may listen to a live audio webcast of the event and submit questions using an e-mail form at MailScanner has detected a possible fraud attempt from "click.newsletters.nas.edu" claiming to be http://national-academies.org/.
More information about the project is available atMailScanner has detected a possible fraud attempt from "click.newsletters.nas.edu" claiming to be http://sites.nationalacademies.org/PGA/Resdoc/index.htm.
invites you to a public briefing to release its new report
A Data-Based Assessment of Research-Doctorate Programs in the United States
September 28, 2010, at 1 p.m. EDT
The report assesses U.S. doctoral programs and includes data on over 5,000 programs in 62 fields at 212 universities around the nation. The briefing will include a presentation by members of the committee that authored the assessment, followed by questions from the audience.
Introductory remarks will be given by:
• Ralph J. Cicerone, president, National Academy of Sciences
• Charles M. Vest, president, National Academy of Engineering
Participating from the committee are:
• Jeremiah P. Ostriker (chair), Charles A. Young Professor of Astronomy and Provost Emeritus, Princeton University
• Joan F. Lorden, Provost and Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs, University of North Carolina at Charlotte
• Richard P. Wheeler, Provost, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
The briefing will be held in Room 100 of the National Academies' Keck Center, 500 Fifth St., N.W., Washington, D.C.
If you would like to attend, please RSVP to Sabrina Hall at shall@nas.edu.
Those who cannot attend may listen to a live audio webcast of the event and submit questions using an e-mail form at MailScanner has detected a possible fraud attempt from "click.newsletters.nas.edu" claiming to be http://national-academies.org/.
More information about the project is available atMailScanner has detected a possible fraud attempt from "click.newsletters.nas.edu" claiming to be http://sites.nationalacademies.org/PGA/Resdoc/index.htm.
Friday, September 24, 2010
Are You a Dartmouth Grant Manager Involved in Processing DHMC Salaries Charged to Grants?
If you are a Dartmouth grant manager involved in processing salaries for DHMC paid faculty or staff, please plan to attend one of the following informational sessions:
Dartmouth-Hitchcock, in collaboration with OSP, is putting in place an effort reporting tool for all staff involved in any grants held in the Office of Sponsored Projects (OSP). If you currently purchase D-H physicians or staff (currently managed through the 'CFA' process), or are likely to in the future, you are strongly encouraged to join us at one of the following scheduled sessions. These sessions will be focused on education and answering questions and concerns. There will be a second meeting specifically focused on training, which will be scheduled at a later date.
Please pick one of the following sessions to attend:
September 29, 2010
DHMC, Auditorium E
10 a.m. - 11 a.m.
September 30, 2010
Dartmouth College
Haldeman Rm. 041
8:30 a.m. - 9:30 a.m.
For more information, please call 646-3007.
Dartmouth-Hitchcock, in collaboration with OSP, is putting in place an effort reporting tool for all staff involved in any grants held in the Office of Sponsored Projects (OSP). If you currently purchase D-H physicians or staff (currently managed through the 'CFA' process), or are likely to in the future, you are strongly encouraged to join us at one of the following scheduled sessions. These sessions will be focused on education and answering questions and concerns. There will be a second meeting specifically focused on training, which will be scheduled at a later date.
Please pick one of the following sessions to attend:
September 29, 2010
DHMC, Auditorium E
10 a.m. - 11 a.m.
September 30, 2010
Dartmouth College
Haldeman Rm. 041
8:30 a.m. - 9:30 a.m.
For more information, please call 646-3007.
National Academy of Sciences Issues Update to "Gathering Storm" Report
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
U.S. COMPETITIVE POSITION HAS FURTHER DECLINED IN PAST FIVE YEARS, REPORT SAYS;
NATION NEEDS SUSTAINED COMMITMENT TO INVESTMENT IN INNOVATION
Sept. 23, 2010 — The outlook for America's ability to compete for quality jobs in the global economy has continued to deteriorate in the last five years, and the nation needs a sustained investment in education and basic research to keep from slipping further, says a new report requested by the presidents of the National Academy of Sciences, National Academy of Engineering, and Institute of Medicine, and authored by members of the committee that wrote the influential 2005 report Rising Above the Gathering Storm: Energizing and Employing America for a Brighter Economic Future.
What progress has been made in addressing America's competitiveness challenges came largely as the result of the America COMPETES Act and stimulus package spending advancing its provisions, but both are due to expire soon, warned authors of the new report, Rising Above the Gathering Storm, Revisited: Rapidly Approaching Category 5.
"The Gathering Storm effort once again finds itself at a tipping point," said Norman R. Augustine, one of the new report's authors and chair of the original Gathering Storm committee. "Addressing America's competitiveness challenge is an undertaking that will require many years, if not decades." The new report assesses changes in America's competitive status since the release of Gathering Storm and the degree to which its recommendations have been implemented.
The report's authors concluded that the nation's competitive outlook has worsened since 2005, when Gathering Storm issued its call to strengthen K-12 education and double the federal basic-research budget. While progress has been made in certain areas, the latitude to fix the problems being confronted has been severely diminished by the economic recession and the growth of the national debt over this period from $8 trillion to $13 trillion, the report says. Moreover, other nations have been markedly progressing, thereby affecting America's relative ability to compete for new factories, research laboratories, and jobs.
The report notes many indications that the United States' competitive capacity is slipping, including the following:
In 2009, 51 percent of U.S. patents were awarded to non-U.S. companies.
China has replaced the U.S. as the world's number one high-technology exporter and is now second in the world in publication of biomedical research articles.
Between 1996 and 1999, 157 new drugs were approved in the United States. In a corresponding period 10 years later, the number dropped to 74.
Almost one-third of U.S. manufacturing companies responding to a recent survey say they are suffering from some level of skills shortage.
In addition, in spite of occasional bright spots, the nation's education system has shown little sign of improvement, particularly in math and science, the report says. According to the ACT College Readiness Report, 78 percent of U.S. high school graduates in 2008 did not meet readiness benchmark levels for one or more entry-level college courses in mathematics, science, reading, and English, the report notes. And the World Economic Forum ranks the U.S. 48th in the quality of its math and science education.
In 2007 Congress passed the America COMPETES Act, which authorized many recommendations from the Gathering Storm report. But most of the Act's measures went unfunded until the stimulus package was passed early in 2009, a package that increased total federal funding for K-12 education, provided scholarships for future math and science teachers, and funded the Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy, which is dedicated to supporting transformational basic research on energy.
However, the America COMPETES Act is set to expire this year, and its funding -- which came from the stimulus package, presumed to be a one-time initiative -- is also nearing expiration. In order to sustain the progress that has begun, the report says, it will be necessary to both reauthorize the America COMPETES Act and "institutionalize" oversight and funding of Gathering Storm recommendations -- or others that accomplish the same purpose -- so that funding and policy changes will routinely be considered in future years' legislative processes.
The report's authors acknowledged the difficulty of carrying out the Gathering Storm recommendations, such as doubling the research budget, in the current fiscal environment. But such investments will need to be made if the nation is to maintain the economic strength to provide health care, social security, national security, and other basic services to its citizens, they said.
The study was funded by the National Academy of Sciences, National Academy of Engineering, and Institute of Medicine. These three organizations, together with the National Research Council, make up the National Academies. They are private, nonprofit institutions that provide science, technology, and health policy advice under a congressional charter. The Research Council is the principal operating agency of the National Academy of Sciences and the National Academy of Engineering. A roster of report authors follows.
________________________________________________________________________
Copies of Rising Above the Gathering Storm, Revisited: Rapidly Approaching Category 5 are available from the National Academies Press; tel. 202-334-3313 or 1-800-624-6242 or on the Internet at http://www.nap.edu. Reporters may obtain a copy from the Office of News and Public Information (contacts listed below).
Contacts: Sara Frueh, Media Relations Officer
William Kearney, Director of Media Relations
Christopher White, Media Relations Assistant
Office of News and Public Information
202-334-2138; e-mail
# # #
[ This news release and report are available at http://national-academies.org ]
NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES
NATIONAL ACADEMY OF ENGINEERING
INSTITUTE OF MEDICINE
U.S. COMPETITIVE POSITION HAS FURTHER DECLINED IN PAST FIVE YEARS, REPORT SAYS;
NATION NEEDS SUSTAINED COMMITMENT TO INVESTMENT IN INNOVATION
Sept. 23, 2010 — The outlook for America's ability to compete for quality jobs in the global economy has continued to deteriorate in the last five years, and the nation needs a sustained investment in education and basic research to keep from slipping further, says a new report requested by the presidents of the National Academy of Sciences, National Academy of Engineering, and Institute of Medicine, and authored by members of the committee that wrote the influential 2005 report Rising Above the Gathering Storm: Energizing and Employing America for a Brighter Economic Future.
What progress has been made in addressing America's competitiveness challenges came largely as the result of the America COMPETES Act and stimulus package spending advancing its provisions, but both are due to expire soon, warned authors of the new report, Rising Above the Gathering Storm, Revisited: Rapidly Approaching Category 5.
"The Gathering Storm effort once again finds itself at a tipping point," said Norman R. Augustine, one of the new report's authors and chair of the original Gathering Storm committee. "Addressing America's competitiveness challenge is an undertaking that will require many years, if not decades." The new report assesses changes in America's competitive status since the release of Gathering Storm and the degree to which its recommendations have been implemented.
The report's authors concluded that the nation's competitive outlook has worsened since 2005, when Gathering Storm issued its call to strengthen K-12 education and double the federal basic-research budget. While progress has been made in certain areas, the latitude to fix the problems being confronted has been severely diminished by the economic recession and the growth of the national debt over this period from $8 trillion to $13 trillion, the report says. Moreover, other nations have been markedly progressing, thereby affecting America's relative ability to compete for new factories, research laboratories, and jobs.
The report notes many indications that the United States' competitive capacity is slipping, including the following:
In 2009, 51 percent of U.S. patents were awarded to non-U.S. companies.
China has replaced the U.S. as the world's number one high-technology exporter and is now second in the world in publication of biomedical research articles.
Between 1996 and 1999, 157 new drugs were approved in the United States. In a corresponding period 10 years later, the number dropped to 74.
Almost one-third of U.S. manufacturing companies responding to a recent survey say they are suffering from some level of skills shortage.
In addition, in spite of occasional bright spots, the nation's education system has shown little sign of improvement, particularly in math and science, the report says. According to the ACT College Readiness Report, 78 percent of U.S. high school graduates in 2008 did not meet readiness benchmark levels for one or more entry-level college courses in mathematics, science, reading, and English, the report notes. And the World Economic Forum ranks the U.S. 48th in the quality of its math and science education.
In 2007 Congress passed the America COMPETES Act, which authorized many recommendations from the Gathering Storm report. But most of the Act's measures went unfunded until the stimulus package was passed early in 2009, a package that increased total federal funding for K-12 education, provided scholarships for future math and science teachers, and funded the Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy, which is dedicated to supporting transformational basic research on energy.
However, the America COMPETES Act is set to expire this year, and its funding -- which came from the stimulus package, presumed to be a one-time initiative -- is also nearing expiration. In order to sustain the progress that has begun, the report says, it will be necessary to both reauthorize the America COMPETES Act and "institutionalize" oversight and funding of Gathering Storm recommendations -- or others that accomplish the same purpose -- so that funding and policy changes will routinely be considered in future years' legislative processes.
The report's authors acknowledged the difficulty of carrying out the Gathering Storm recommendations, such as doubling the research budget, in the current fiscal environment. But such investments will need to be made if the nation is to maintain the economic strength to provide health care, social security, national security, and other basic services to its citizens, they said.
The study was funded by the National Academy of Sciences, National Academy of Engineering, and Institute of Medicine. These three organizations, together with the National Research Council, make up the National Academies. They are private, nonprofit institutions that provide science, technology, and health policy advice under a congressional charter. The Research Council is the principal operating agency of the National Academy of Sciences and the National Academy of Engineering. A roster of report authors follows.
________________________________________________________________________
Copies of Rising Above the Gathering Storm, Revisited: Rapidly Approaching Category 5 are available from the National Academies Press; tel. 202-334-3313 or 1-800-624-6242 or on the Internet at http://www.nap.edu. Reporters may obtain a copy from the Office of News and Public Information (contacts listed below).
Contacts: Sara Frueh, Media Relations Officer
William Kearney, Director of Media Relations
Christopher White, Media Relations Assistant
Office of News and Public Information
202-334-2138; e-mail
# # #
[ This news release and report are available at http://national-academies.org ]
NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES
NATIONAL ACADEMY OF ENGINEERING
INSTITUTE OF MEDICINE
Tuesday, September 21, 2010
Vice President Biden, University Leaders Discuss Impact of Stimulus on Research and Innovation
From Scienceworksforus
Among American Recovery and Reinvestment Act’s legacies may be the knowledge to solve society’s greatest challenges related to health, energy and the environment
The presidents of six leading research universities and two higher-education associations joined Vice President Joe Biden and White House science advisor Dr. John Holdren this morning to discuss the scientific research and related activities that have been made possible by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA).
Participating in the event held in the Roosevelt Room of the White House were France Córdova, president, Purdue University; Ron Daniels, president, The Johns Hopkins University; Elson Floyd, president, Washington State University; Amy Gutmann, president, University of Pennsylvania; J. Bernard Machen, president, University of Florida; Mark Yudoff, president, University of California; Robert Berdahl, president, Association of American Universities; and M. Peter McPherson, president, Association of Public and Land-grant Universities.
The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, also known as the stimulus, contained $21.5 billion for scientific research, the purchase of capital equipment and science-related construction projects. While thousands of jobs have been created directly or retained as a result of this funding, the focus of this morning’s discussion was on the basic research and discovery that would not have been possible if not for the ARRA. Although the investment was less than 3 percent of the $787 billion stimulus measure, the money represented an historic infusion of funding for research. It was also an affirmation of the essential role scientific inquiry and discovery play in both short-term recovery and long-term economic growth.
http://www.scienceworksforus.org/press-releases/vice-president-biden-university-leaders-discuss-impact-of-stimulus-on-research-and-innovation
Among American Recovery and Reinvestment Act’s legacies may be the knowledge to solve society’s greatest challenges related to health, energy and the environment
The presidents of six leading research universities and two higher-education associations joined Vice President Joe Biden and White House science advisor Dr. John Holdren this morning to discuss the scientific research and related activities that have been made possible by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA).
Participating in the event held in the Roosevelt Room of the White House were France Córdova, president, Purdue University; Ron Daniels, president, The Johns Hopkins University; Elson Floyd, president, Washington State University; Amy Gutmann, president, University of Pennsylvania; J. Bernard Machen, president, University of Florida; Mark Yudoff, president, University of California; Robert Berdahl, president, Association of American Universities; and M. Peter McPherson, president, Association of Public and Land-grant Universities.
The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, also known as the stimulus, contained $21.5 billion for scientific research, the purchase of capital equipment and science-related construction projects. While thousands of jobs have been created directly or retained as a result of this funding, the focus of this morning’s discussion was on the basic research and discovery that would not have been possible if not for the ARRA. Although the investment was less than 3 percent of the $787 billion stimulus measure, the money represented an historic infusion of funding for research. It was also an affirmation of the essential role scientific inquiry and discovery play in both short-term recovery and long-term economic growth.
http://www.scienceworksforus.org/press-releases/vice-president-biden-university-leaders-discuss-impact-of-stimulus-on-research-and-innovation
Friday, September 3, 2010
BioVision Travel Fellowship Lyon France
BioVision.Nxt
Program URL:
http://www.biovision.org/bv2011/biovision-nxt-overview.html
This is a fellowship grant allowing students to attend BioVision, the World Life Sciences Forum, to be held 27-29 March 2011, in Lyon, France. BioVision.Nxt selects the best students in Life sciences and related fields (health, nutrition, and environment) from around the world.
BioVision.Nxt offers early researchers the unique opportunity to participate in the BioVision Forum and meet in a privileged manner with high level speakers. The BioVision Forum engages renowned scientists, CEOS, policy makers and NGO leaders in debates on global issues involving the latest advances in Life Sciences and their impact on society. The deadline date is 30 September.
Program Restrictions:
He/she is under 35 years of age at the time of application
He/she is a Ph.D. student, a doctoral candidate or a Post-doc in the following fields related to Life Sciences: Biology, Healthcare, Agriculture, Food and Nutrition, Environment.
He/she has demonstrated a commitment to serve society at large through contributions and extra-curricular activities, and has a global perspective.
Candidates with the following skills will be encouraged:
Strong interest in dialogue between Science/Society
Communication skills, capacity to network and disseminate information, fluent English
Public Contact Information
Name: Claire Fromentin- Kuljanivic
Title: Chief Operating Officer
Organization: BioVision
Department: Fondation Scientifique de Lyon
Address: 210 avenue Jean Jaurès
Lyon 69003
Phone: 00 33 4 78 92 70 00
Fax: 00 33 4 78 92 70 29
E-mail: biovision.nxt@biovision.org
Country: France
Program URL:
http://www.biovision.org/bv2011/biovision-nxt-overview.html
This is a fellowship grant allowing students to attend BioVision, the World Life Sciences Forum, to be held 27-29 March 2011, in Lyon, France. BioVision.Nxt selects the best students in Life sciences and related fields (health, nutrition, and environment) from around the world.
BioVision.Nxt offers early researchers the unique opportunity to participate in the BioVision Forum and meet in a privileged manner with high level speakers. The BioVision Forum engages renowned scientists, CEOS, policy makers and NGO leaders in debates on global issues involving the latest advances in Life Sciences and their impact on society. The deadline date is 30 September.
Program Restrictions:
He/she is under 35 years of age at the time of application
He/she is a Ph.D. student, a doctoral candidate or a Post-doc in the following fields related to Life Sciences: Biology, Healthcare, Agriculture, Food and Nutrition, Environment.
He/she has demonstrated a commitment to serve society at large through contributions and extra-curricular activities, and has a global perspective.
Candidates with the following skills will be encouraged:
Strong interest in dialogue between Science/Society
Communication skills, capacity to network and disseminate information, fluent English
Public Contact Information
Name: Claire Fromentin- Kuljanivic
Title: Chief Operating Officer
Organization: BioVision
Department: Fondation Scientifique de Lyon
Address: 210 avenue Jean Jaurès
Lyon 69003
Phone: 00 33 4 78 92 70 00
Fax: 00 33 4 78 92 70 29
E-mail: biovision.nxt@biovision.org
Country: France
Wednesday, September 1, 2010
October 1 Deadline: Life Sciences Research Foundation Postdoc Fellowship
We will open on September 10, 2010 for new submissions.
DEADLINE FOR APPLICATIONS: October 1
http://www.lsrf.org/pages/geninfo.htm
DEADLINE FOR SUPERVISOR AND REFERENCE LETTERS: NOVEMBER 1
Stipends. The fellowship award is $57,000 per year and is meant to be a minigrant. LSRF keeps $1000 for administrative expenses and passes the rest to the fellow. Effective June 1, 2009, the salary scale begins at $43,000 for a first-year postdoctoral, $45,000 for a second year, and $47,000 thereafter. The fellow, not the advisor, will control expenditure of the remainder. It can be used for fringe benefits (up to $2,000/year), travel to the host institution, travel to visit the sponsor and to the LSRF annual meeting. However, its main purpose is to support the fellow's research expenses. The LSRF does not award an institutional allowance for overhead.
Three-year fellowships will be awarded on a competitive basis to graduates of medical and graduate schools in the biological sciences holding M.D., Ph.D., D.V.M. or D.D.S. degrees. Awards will be based solely on the quality of the individual applicant's previous accomplishments, and on the merit of the proposal for postdoctoral research. Persons doing a second postdoc are eligible only if they are transferring to a different supervisor's laboratory and embarking on a new project not connected to their previous research. All U.S. citizens are eligible to apply with no geographic restriction on the laboratory of their choice. Foreign applicants will be eligible for study in U.S. laboratories. LSRF fellows must carry out their research at nonprofit institutions. LSRF fellows can change projects, laboratories, and/or institutions during the fellowship as long as the eligibility rules listed here are not violated. A person holding a faculty appointment is not eligible to apply for an LSRF fellowship.
Note: There can be no more than one LSRF fellow in any one laboratory at a time. If a laboratory contains an LSRF fellow, no other applicant intending to work in that particular lab would be eligible to apply. However, multiple applicants may apply from a lab which does not contain an LSRF fellow (but only one fellowship would be awarded). Please verify this matter with your intended supervisor.
The fellowship cannot be used to support research that has a patent commitment or involves any other kind of agreement with a commercial, profit-making company. Any patentable discovery from the individual's research becomes the property of the institution where the research is conducted.
DEADLINE FOR APPLICATIONS: October 1
http://www.lsrf.org/pages/geninfo.htm
DEADLINE FOR SUPERVISOR AND REFERENCE LETTERS: NOVEMBER 1
Stipends. The fellowship award is $57,000 per year and is meant to be a minigrant. LSRF keeps $1000 for administrative expenses and passes the rest to the fellow. Effective June 1, 2009, the salary scale begins at $43,000 for a first-year postdoctoral, $45,000 for a second year, and $47,000 thereafter. The fellow, not the advisor, will control expenditure of the remainder. It can be used for fringe benefits (up to $2,000/year), travel to the host institution, travel to visit the sponsor and to the LSRF annual meeting. However, its main purpose is to support the fellow's research expenses. The LSRF does not award an institutional allowance for overhead.
Three-year fellowships will be awarded on a competitive basis to graduates of medical and graduate schools in the biological sciences holding M.D., Ph.D., D.V.M. or D.D.S. degrees. Awards will be based solely on the quality of the individual applicant's previous accomplishments, and on the merit of the proposal for postdoctoral research. Persons doing a second postdoc are eligible only if they are transferring to a different supervisor's laboratory and embarking on a new project not connected to their previous research. All U.S. citizens are eligible to apply with no geographic restriction on the laboratory of their choice. Foreign applicants will be eligible for study in U.S. laboratories. LSRF fellows must carry out their research at nonprofit institutions. LSRF fellows can change projects, laboratories, and/or institutions during the fellowship as long as the eligibility rules listed here are not violated. A person holding a faculty appointment is not eligible to apply for an LSRF fellowship.
Note: There can be no more than one LSRF fellow in any one laboratory at a time. If a laboratory contains an LSRF fellow, no other applicant intending to work in that particular lab would be eligible to apply. However, multiple applicants may apply from a lab which does not contain an LSRF fellow (but only one fellowship would be awarded). Please verify this matter with your intended supervisor.
The fellowship cannot be used to support research that has a patent commitment or involves any other kind of agreement with a commercial, profit-making company. Any patentable discovery from the individual's research becomes the property of the institution where the research is conducted.
Nominate an Outstanding Mentor for this NSF Prize
Presidential Awards for Excellence in Science, Mathematics and Engineering Mentoring (PAESMEM)
Program Solicitation
NSF 10-520
The PAESMEM Program seeks to identify outstanding mentoring efforts that enhance the participation of groups (i.e., women, minorities, and persons with disabilities) that are underrepresented in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics. The awardees serve as leaders in the national effort to develop fully the Nation's human resources in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics.
No institutional limits on the number of nominations. Deadline 10/6/2010
Anticipated Type of Award: Standard Grant
Estimated Number of Awards: 16 -- Approximately 16 awards will be made in each nomination round. These will be distributed over the individuals and organizations as is appropriate in a given round.
Anticipated Funding Amount: $400,000 for new awards in each fiscal year pending the availability of funds
Program Solicitation
NSF 10-520
The PAESMEM Program seeks to identify outstanding mentoring efforts that enhance the participation of groups (i.e., women, minorities, and persons with disabilities) that are underrepresented in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics. The awardees serve as leaders in the national effort to develop fully the Nation's human resources in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics.
No institutional limits on the number of nominations. Deadline 10/6/2010
Anticipated Type of Award: Standard Grant
Estimated Number of Awards: 16 -- Approximately 16 awards will be made in each nomination round. These will be distributed over the individuals and organizations as is appropriate in a given round.
Anticipated Funding Amount: $400,000 for new awards in each fiscal year pending the availability of funds
NIH Loan Repayment Program Opens: Covers Eduational Debt of Researchers
The application cycle for the NIH Loan Repayment Programs opened today, Sept. 1. Please share this information with researchers at your institution. These programs repay up to $35,000 of educational debt annually and are open to biomedical and behavioral researchers who are committed to conducting two years of qualified biomedical or behavioral research at a nonprofit, university or government institution. On average, nearly 40 percent of all new LRP applications are funded, and the awards are renewable.
The five LRPs are clinical research, pediatric research, health disparities research, contraception and infertility research, and clinical research for individuals from disadvantaged backgrounds. To qualify, research must fit within one of these program areas, and individuals must
• possess a doctoral-level degree (with the exception of the contraception and infertility research LRP);
• devote at least 20 hours per week to research funded by a domestic nonprofit, university or government entity;
• have educational loan debt equal to or exceeding 20 percent of their annual institutional base salary; and
• be a U.S. citizen or permanent resident.
The application cycle will close Nov. 15, 2010 at 8:00 p.m. EST. More details and the application can be found at www.lrp.nih.gov. For additional assistance, potential applicants may call or e-mail the LRP Information Center at (866) 849-4047 or lrp@nih.gov. Also, to receive program updates throughout the application cycle updates, follow us on Twitter @NIH_LRP or www.twitter.com/NIH_LRP.
Best Regards,
Monika
____________________________________
Monika Ellis
Senior Communications Specialist
Contractor – Ripple Effect Communications
Division of Loan Repayment
Office of Extramural Programs
OER/OD/National Institutes of Health
6011 Executive Blvd., Suite 206, MSC 7650
Bethesda, MD 20892-7650
Email: monika.ellis@nih.gov
The five LRPs are clinical research, pediatric research, health disparities research, contraception and infertility research, and clinical research for individuals from disadvantaged backgrounds. To qualify, research must fit within one of these program areas, and individuals must
• possess a doctoral-level degree (with the exception of the contraception and infertility research LRP);
• devote at least 20 hours per week to research funded by a domestic nonprofit, university or government entity;
• have educational loan debt equal to or exceeding 20 percent of their annual institutional base salary; and
• be a U.S. citizen or permanent resident.
The application cycle will close Nov. 15, 2010 at 8:00 p.m. EST. More details and the application can be found at www.lrp.nih.gov. For additional assistance, potential applicants may call or e-mail the LRP Information Center at (866) 849-4047 or lrp@nih.gov. Also, to receive program updates throughout the application cycle updates, follow us on Twitter @NIH_LRP or www.twitter.com/NIH_LRP.
Best Regards,
Monika
____________________________________
Monika Ellis
Senior Communications Specialist
Contractor – Ripple Effect Communications
Division of Loan Repayment
Office of Extramural Programs
OER/OD/National Institutes of Health
6011 Executive Blvd., Suite 206, MSC 7650
Bethesda, MD 20892-7650
Email: monika.ellis@nih.gov
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