The Investigator – March 2020

Link up with ORCiD

Open Researcher and Contributor Identification (ORCID) is a non-profit organization that creates unique digital identifiers to connect researchers with science contributors over time, across names changes, location and institutional affiliation.  All individuals supported by institutional research training, career development and other research education awards must be registered in ORCID. This includes graduate students and all research faculty.

ORCID benefits researchers by providing a lifelong identifier that will continue to link current and past papers. Through creating and identifying research connections ORCID can also assist with creating bio sketches for grant applications.

NIH Salary Cap

Effective January 5, 2020, the new NIH salary cap is $197,300. Previously issued awards that restricted salary the previous salary cap including competing awards already issued in FY2020, if adequate funds are available in active awards, and if the salary cap increase is consistent with the institutional base salary, grantees may rebudget funds to accommodate the current Executive Level II salary level.

New timeline for Proposal Submission in eTRACS

Proposal error checks built into eTRACS require that proposals for all sponsors be complete before approval routing. Therefore, before routing begins, all proposal documents must be in their final state with the exception of the research plan/statement, which can be in draft form. ORA will complete the review of the package after the final research plan/statement is uploaded.

Requirements:

1) Draft statement of work/abstract and draft budget and justification in the proposal record a minimum of ten (10) working days before the sponsor’s submission deadline;

2) routing initiated with all final required documents and a draft research plan/statement a minimum of five (5) working days before the sponsor’s submission deadline; and

3) upload of final research plan/statement a minimum of two (2) working days before the sponsor’s submission deadline.

Note: With eTRACS implementation, proposals will be submitted to the sponsor only if all final documents are routed to ORA and unit approvals completed in eTRACS at least 2 working days prior to the sponsor’s submission deadline.

The above requirements will be fully implemented for submission deadlines after Jan. 15, 2020.  The impact of these requirements on proposal development and submission will be evaluated after 3 months.

Original email sent 12/20/2019

Stimulating Hematology Investigation: New Endeavors (SHINE) (R01 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)

The Stimulating Hematology Investigation: New Endeavors (SHINE) program is intended to promote innovative, high-quality nonmalignant hematology research relevant to the missions of the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK), National Institute of Aging (NIA), and the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI). Investigator-initiated research applications (R01s) in specific areas of basic and early translational hematology research are invited to this program that supports growth in the nonmalignant hematology research domain. Specific emerging topics that are at the leading edge of the field will change over time and will be updated annually through the NIH Guide to Grants and Contracts.

Stimulating Hematology Information

Diet and Physical Activity Assessment Methodology (R21 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)

National Institutes of Health (NIH) and its participating Institutes and Centers invite applications for innovative research to enhance the quality of measurements of dietary intake and physical activity. Applications submitted may  include development of: novel assessment approaches; better methods to evaluate instruments; assessment tools for culturally diverse populations or various age groups, including children and older adults; improved technology or applications of existing technology; statistical methods/modeling to improve assessment and/or to correct for measurement errors or biases; methods to investigate the multidimensionality of diet and physical activity behavior through pattern analysis; or integrated measurement of diet and physical activity along with the environmental context of such behaviors. This FOA will use the NIH R21 Exploratory/Developmental Research Grant award mechanism.

Diet & Physical Activity Assessment Information

Addressing Health Disparities in NIDDK Diseases (R01 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)

National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK) invites applications for research to understand and mitigate health disparities in the development, diagnosis, and treatment of diseases of high priority to the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK). Research is encouraged in the following high priority diseases: diabetes and other endocrine and metabolic diseases; obesity; nutrition-related disorders; hepatitis C; gallbladder disease; H. Pylori infection; complications of sickle cell disease within the NIDDK mission areas; kidney diseases; urologic diseases; metabolic, gastrointestinal, hepatic, and renal complications from infection with HIV; and mechanistic research in hematologic diseases, including studies in abnormal hemoglobin synthesis. This FOA does not support multi-center clinical studies or Clinical Trials.  Animal research will be supported if the research is a clinically relevant model of a NIDDK mission area disease in a minority population. This FOA will use the NIH Research Project (R01) award mechanism.

Addressing Health Disparities Information

Brody Brothers award recipients