NIH encouraging Individual Development Plans for grad students and postdocs

Starting October 1, 2014, "annual progress reports... must include a section to describe how individual development plans are used to identify and promote the career goals of graduate students and postdoctoral researchers associated with the award." At least initially, you will not need to include any specific plan in your progress report, but rather state whether or not you are using an individual development plan to help provide a structured training experience for the grad students and postdocs on your award. As the NIH is allowing institutions to decide whether to implement this encouraged practice and the management of such, Fordham's Office of Research and Office of Sponsored Programs are currently exploring options for the best approach to this. Stay tuned.

In the meantime, for more information on the Individual Development Plans, you may want to review:
The original notice NOT-OD-13-093;
The revised notice NOT-OD-14-113