The tentative agenda includes:
• an overview of the proposal and merit review process at NSF
• information on cross-disciplinary programs
• breakout sessions for specific disciplines, and
• "Proposal Preparation 101"
Registration costs run from $150 to $300 (including lunch, reception and hotel room where appropriate). More information can be found at https://meetings.cshl.edu/meetingsregistration_nic1.asp.
The NIH announced on 5/8 that it is operating on a budget that's about $5M less than FY2012's and therefore continuing awards will continue to be made at lower levels than originally projected. This level is actually better than the 10% decrease seen on continuing awards while the NIH was under a Continuing Resolution (CR) (i.e., without a budget from Congress). Some awards made while they were under the CR may be partially restored with the new budget, which is the good news. The bad news is that all inflationary increases are discontinued and the salary cap remains at Executive Level II ($179,700).Read the full text of the notice here: NOT-OD-13-064
UPDATE: We've just received a revised notice of award for one of our NIH grants issued while NIH was under the CR, restoring more than $20,000 to the budget. Take heart! And remember, even though funding may be down, you'll never get any money you don't ask for.
Key Dates
Release Date: February 21, 2013
Related Announcements:
NOT-OD-13-002
Issued by
National Institutes of Health (NIH)
Purpose
The NIH continues to operate under a Continuing Resolution as described in NOT-OD-13-002, and therefore all non-competing continuation awards are currently being funded at a level below that indicated on the most recent Notice of Award (generally up to 90% of the previously committed level). Final levels of FY 2013 funding may be reduced by a sequestration. Despite the potential for reduced funding, the NIH remains committed to our mission to seek fundamental knowledge about the nature and behavior of living systems and the application of that knowledge to enhance health, lengthen life, and reduce the burdens of illness and disability.
Should a sequestration occur, NIH likely will reduce the final FY 2013 funding levels of non-competing continuation grants and expects to make fewer competing awards to allow the agency to meet the available budget allocation. Although each NIH Institute and Center (IC) will assess allocations within their portfolio to maximize the scientific impact, non-competing continuation awards that have already been made may be restored above the current level as described in NOT-OD-13-002 but likely will not reach the full FY 2013 commitment level described in the Notice of Award. Finally, in the event of a sequestration, NIH ICs will announce their respective approaches to meeting the new budget level.
You can read the whole memo here.
Topics to be addressed include:
• Research career opportunities in Germany
• Funding schemes of the DFG to promote young researchers (Temporary Positions for Principal Investigators, Emmy Noether Program, Heisenberg Program)
• Funding schemes of Alexander von Humboldt Foundation and German Academic Exchange Service
• European funding schemes (Marie Curie International Incoming Fellowship Program, ERC Starting Grant, ERC Advanced Grants)
You can RSVP here.
To switch over to this format, NSF is moving their reporting to Research.gov on March 18th. In order to facilitate this move they request that as of February 1, PIs stop submitting new project reports through Fastlane. By March 15, PIs will be redirected from Fastlane's project reporting to Research.gov.
For more information: Dear Colleague Letter - Implementing All Project Reporting in Research.gov
