Author: NIH Staff

ARRA award recipients should register now at FederalReporting.gov to prepare to meet ARRA quarterly reporting requirements. ARRA awardees must submit the first report by October 10, 2009

The NIH Manuscript Submission ID (NIHMSID) provides a temporary citation reference for NIH funded investigators to cite their published research papers in compliance with Public Access Policy when there is not enough time to complete every step of the NIH manuscript process.

NIH’s electronic appointment system – xTrain – has now expanded to accept appointments to NIH institutional career development awards (K12s and KL2s) and National Library of Medicine (NLM) research training grants (T15s). By using xTrain, program directors and administrators for these grants can now forgo paper appointment forms and appoint students and postdoctorates to NLM training grants and scholars to NIH career development awards electronically.

The NIH Guidelines on Human Stem Cell Research establish policy and procedures under which the NIH will fund human embryonic stem cell (hESC) research and create a new NIH Registry of eligible hESC lines that comply with the standards described in the Guidelines. A web-based form will be used for the purpose of submitting information about hESC lines to the NIH, along with assurances and supporting documentation of compliance with the NIH Guidelines.

The new PHS Noncompeting Continuation Progress Report, also known as the PHS 2590, implements several new policy changes and is now available for use. A grace period to November 1, 2009 is permitted for eSNAPs due September 15, 2009 to accommodate the changes.

Academic Research Enhancement Awards (AREAs) support biomedical research projects at health professional schools and colleges and universities that have not traditionally been major recipients of NIH research funding. For more information on how to help your students gain valuable research experience read on…