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Two researchers from the Sanders-Brown Center on Aging have received a multi-million dollar grant renewal to unlock the mysteries of Alzheimer's disease (AD) and brain aging with the help of people with Down syndrome (DS).
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New NIH Biosketch Format 鈥 Required on May 25
The new five-page biosketch format is required for all NIH proposals due on or after May 25, 2015. To help you get ready for this change, the Proposal Development Office invites UK staff and faculty to a workshop --
NIH has recently updated their website that provides context for the NIH Peer Review Process. With the contributions of NIH staff, the site offers new and improved content. The goal of the site is to connect the What, When, Why, and How of the NIH Peer Review. This site鈥檚 primary audience is the NIH reviewer. The site provides information to better understand the 鈥渄o鈥檚 and don鈥檛s鈥 of each step of the review process including links to the eRA video tutorial series.
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[From the NIH website]
Reminder: NIH Policy on Application Compliance
Notice Number: NOT-OD-15-095
Key Dates
Release Date: April 15, 2015
Related Announcements
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Issued by
National Institutes of Health (NIH)
Purpose
The purpose of this notice is to remind applicants, both investigators and grants office officials, that to be fair to all concerned the NIH needs to consistently apply standards for application compliance.
The Vilcek Foundation is seeking applicants for the 2016 Vilcek Prizes for Creative Promise in Biomedical Science. They are accepting applications from young, foreign-born researchers age 38 and under from now through June 15, 2015. Three winners will each receive a $50,000 unrestricted cash prize and will be honored at an awards ceremony in New York City in April 2016.
Complete eligibility requirements and online application can be found on Vilcek.org.
The UK Travel policy was updated in January. Changes included the following language: Failure to submit a valid cost comparison may result in your reimbursement being reduced to the historical lowest airfare in the market. Therefore, there is no longer a need to submit an exception request when there is not a valid cost comparison. Our Director of UK Travel Program has the ability to pull up historical fares and will make the determination on the amount to reimburse.
[from the NIH website]
Notice of Potential Delays to NIH Issuing Awards in May 2015
Notice Number: NOT-OD-15-088
Key Dates
Release Date: April 9, 2015
Related Announcements
None
Issued by
National Institutes of Health (NIH)
Purpose
[From NIH website]
Publication of the Revised NIH Grants Policy Statement (Rev. 3/31/2015)Notice Number: NOT-OD-15-087