Updated NSF Fastlane Compliance Validation Dear Colleagues: On April, 24, 2015, the National Science Foundation (NSF) will release updates to FastLane that may impact the way you work. Proposals submitted in response to Program Solicitations in FastLane will undergo a series of automated proposal compliance validation checks to ensure they comply with requirements outlined in [...]
NIH Delays Implementation of New Biosketch Requirement NIH: We will allow researchers an additional four months to make the transition to the new format. Until due dates of May 25, researchers are encouraged to use the new format but will be allowed to submit applications using either the old or the new biosketch format as [...]
NIH SBIR/STTR Due Dates Are Changing HHS is changing standard due dates for SBIR/STTR grant applications.
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Apply now! Seed grants to jumpstart your research The next semiannual deadline for the Office of Research and Graduate Studies seed grant competition is October 15, 2014. This is the date the Dean’s Offices need to submit the internally reviewed proposals to the RGS for evaluation and final selection. Faculty interested in submitting a seed [...]
RGS Office provides tools to create data management plans On February 22, 2013, the White House's Office of Science and Technology Policy issued a memorandum to all federal departments and agencies detailing the administration's commitment to increase access to the results of federally funded scientific research. In the near future, every federal agency will require [...]
Incredible demand experienced for graduate student grant writing seminar Rare back-to-back sessions scheduled The Proposal Development division of the Office of Research and Graduate Studies is once again sponsoring the exclusive, one-day grant writing seminar, “Getting Started as a Successful Proposal Writer and Academician,” to jumpstart graduate students and postdoctoral research fellows into writing [...]
2012 Cohort for USU’s Proposal Writing Institute The Proposal Development division of the Office of Research and Graduate Studies has announced the upcoming cohort for USU’s fourth annual Proposal Writing Institute (PWI). The PWI is an intensive workshop offered each spring and is designed to assist researchers in learning the tools and techniques to develop [...]
Proposal Writing Institute celebrates success stories, prepares for new cohort The Proposal Development division in USU’s Office of Research and Graduate Studies will be accepting college nominations for Proposal Writing Institute candidates through February 17. The PWI is an annual workshop offered each spring and is designed to assist researchers in learning the tools and [...]
US Dept. of Ed. - G5 System Down Nov. 19 - 24 The U.S. Department of Education will be upgrading the G5 Grants Management System production application. The G5 System will be unavailable for all activities, including the drawdown of payments, from 9:00 p.m. EST, Wednesday, November 19, 2014, until 6:00 a.m. EST, Monday, November [...]
