February 1, 2009
What a wonderful day for biomedical research, and what a privilege it is for the NIH both to create jobs and to fund excellent science. To President Obama, the 111th US Congress, and the American people, thank you. We are truly grateful to be part of such a historic effort.
The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA) gives a total of $10.4 billion to the National Institutes of Health that we will need to expend by September 2010. $8.2 billion of this will be devoted to research funding. $1 billion is allocated to construction and renovation of extramural research facilities and another $300 million goes to the acquisition of shared instrumentation and other capital research equipment.
February 1, 2009
NIH is quickly addressing how it will most effectively spend the $10.4 billion designated by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act to promote science, bolster the economy, and create or retain jobs in as transparent a manner as possible. Within the parameters of the legislation, NIH expects to allocate resources across several major activities, including the awarding of recently peer-reviewed, highly meritorious R01 applications, new R01 and other activity codes that have a reasonable expectation of making progress within two years, competitive supplements to expand the scope of current research or support additional infrastructure, non-competitve supplements to accelerate the tempo of on-going science, the new NIH Challenge Grant program, and other funding mechanisms as appropriate.
February 1, 2009
Looking for funding opportunities through the Recovery Act? NIH has created a Web site that consolidates Recovery Act-specific initiatives for your convenience. These opportunities, also published on Grants.gov and in the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts, can be easily identified by the titles that begin with “Recovery Act.” The following initiatives have already been published. More will be coming in the near future.
February 1, 2009
Budget data, award reports, and analyses of NIH funding activities for Fiscal Year 2008 are now available through RePORT. Here you can also find detailed funding information for 215 major research areas supported by NIH during the fiscal year of 2008.
February 1, 2009
As NIH continues to work on the changes resulting from the Enhancing Peer Review activities, we are committed to providing the community with as much information as possible about the changes in progress. To this end, we have produced a short (<15 minute) video describing the changes, have compiled a list of frequently asked questions and answers (FAQs), have continued to add information to the Web site, and have developed fact sheets on impact of the changes on applicants and impact on reviewers. These resources and more can be found Enhancing Peer Review Web site at http://enhancing-peer-review.nih.gov/.
February 1, 2009
Dr. Rodney Ulane is here to listen. He will be listening to the thoughts and concerns of the biomedical research community along with the 27 Institutes and Centers of the NIH, and he will be bringing those thoughts back home to the NIH’s Office of Extramural Research (OER). What he learns will allow OER to craft and fine-tune training grant opportunities that more effectively foster and sustain successful research careers.
February 1, 2009
Now you can get fast access to NIH funding opportunities through Twitter and XML. Applicants and applicant institutions can now track grant opportunities through the social networking site Twitter and an XML feed that updates nightly to reflect the latest information on active funding opportunities.
February 1, 2009
Learning more about projects already funded by NIH can be a great help when you are preparing your grant proposal. Using the Research Portfolio Online Reporting Tool (RePORT), you can craft a comprehensive search of all NIH funding activities according to your specific interests. This search will result in a list of funded projects, for each of which you will be able to view an abstract and statement of public health relevance, as well as contact information for the project’s PI.
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