This NCBI workshop introduces tips and tricks for use of NCBI Account tools for NIH post-award reporting. This session is for NIH funded researchers, their delegates and institutional grants officers with specific task-based, hands-on activities. Registration End Date: 11-20-2023.

SBIR and STTR grant funding opportunities offer small business entrepreneurs a chance to obtain non-dilutive funding for early-stage research and development. Applications are accepted three times a year. NIH advertises the availability of grant support through notices of funding opportunities (NOFOs), previously referred to as funding opportunity announcements (FOAs). Standard Application Due Dates: September 5, January 5, and April 5. Due dates that fall on weekends or Federal holidays move to the next business day.

All pre-applications must be submitted electronically to the Electronic Biomedical Research Application Portal (eBRAP) https://ebrap.org.

Effective for applications submitted for due dates on or after October 5, 2023, NIH will require applicants to specify estimated "DMS cost" details within the “Budget Justification” attachment of the R&R Budget Form or “Additional Narrative Justification” attachment of the PHS398 Modular Budget Form, pursuant to the instructions.

While the single cost line item is no longer required, "DMS costs" must be requested in the appropriate cost category, e.g. personnel, equipment, supplies, and other expenses, following the instructions for the R&R Budget Form or PHS 398 Modular Budget Form, as applicable. The link to the NIH announcement dated July 31, 2023 can be found here.

NIH Funding Opportunities and Notices in the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts: Prior approval requests for revisions to an approved data management and sharing (DMS) plan must be submitted timely to the funding NIH Institute, Center, or Office (ICO). This functionality for NIH grants is effective from October 12, 2023, and will be used exclusively for submitting requests for updating the DMS Plan. Emails and other communications are not acceptable.

NIH has received feedback from the community in response to their request for information on the proposed changes to the peer review of Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award (NRSA) fellowship applications. The blog summarizes the feedback on restructuring the review criteria and modifying some sections of the PHS Fellowship Supplemental Form that are specific to NRSAs.

Changes contribute to NIH's decade long effort to address potential bias in grantmaking.

Deadline: November 24, 2023 via Proposal Central

Amount: Up to $5M for 8-10 grants

The purpose is to fund projects in Aging Biology and Geroscience that were deemed meritorious in peer review by the NIH but were not funded in FY2023. This is limited to grant proposals assigned to the National Institute on Aging (NIA) and reviewed in FY2023. The final funding decision will be based primarily on the alignment between the proposed research and the mission and goals of Hevolution Foundation. Hevolution’s mission is “extending healthy lifespan for the benefit of all humanity”. The goals are to increase the number of safe and effective treatments entering the market; compress the timeline of drug development, using the latest tools and technologies; and increase accessibility to therapeutics that extend healthy lifespan. Projects investigating age-related diseases or functional disorders are supported only if approached from the point of view of how basic aging processes may lead to disease outcomes or how addressing the basic biology of aging might improve prognosis or treatment.

Eligibility: The project must: use one of the following: R01, R21, R03, K99; have been submitted to the NIH with a proposed start date in FY2023(10/1/22-9/30/23); have a primary assignment to the NIA; have a score with 10 percentile or 10 points of the NIA general funding line; be focused on aging biology or geroscience.

Link: Advancing Geroscience

Contact: Audrey McInerney (amcinerney@montefiore.org) for additional information or assistance.

Submit interest to participate in the American Heart Association’s Supporting Undergraduate Research Experiences (SURE) Program. The program has successfully launched more than 100 undergraduate STEMM majors, and we now seek to expand the program to more institutions.

Award Details

• $6,000 stipend per scholar for each 8–10-week summer experience (full-time effort of the scholar during the two-month research experience).
• AHA will cover UP TO $7,000 in housing and meal costs for each student who is not local and therefore, needs room and board.  This cost coverage must be requested and documented in writing in advance (for an amount not to exceed $7,000) for AHA approval prior to the student accepting the summer experience.

Deadline for information submission: Thursday, November 30, 2023. Please reply with questions to LOI@heart.org.

The NYSCF Druckenmiller Advanced Postdoctoral Fellowship is designed to encourage candidates at later stages of their postdoctoral training before transitioning to an independent faculty position, and will be awarded for 1 year. (Candidates in earlier stages are invited to consider the Early Postdoctoral Fellowship.) The fellowship provides an annual stipend of $62,400 plus $2,500 for computer and travel expenses. Learn more and find out how to apply at: nyscf.org/fellowshipaward

All applications must be submitted through the online portal before 5:00 PM EST on January 10, 2024 to be put forward for review. Please refer to the RFA and our website for additional details.