NIH Alerts:
• The upcoming 2007 submissions of R01* grant applications must be submitted electronically through Grants.gov. The R01 Parent Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) is available at: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-07-070.html Faculty planning a submission are strongly encouraged to read this announcement, download the application package, and contact their Contract and Grant Specialist in ORSP immediately to alert them of the intended submission.
Applications will go through Grants.gov and NIH Commons validation checks. These checks may result in warnings and/or errors. Errors must be corrected and the application resubmitted before the submission receipt date to be considered on time.
• Effective January 2007, there is a change in standard receipt dates for R01 grant applications. The next receipt date for new investigator initiated R01's will be February 5 th (old date February 1 st ) . The next receipt date for R01 renewals , resubmissions, and revisions will be March 5 th (old date March 1st). Detailed information on the change in receipt dates is available at: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/notice-files/NOT-OD-07-001.html• The R01 opening date is January 5, 2007 ; this is the date that applications may begin to be submitted to Grants.gov. The University's internal deadline for the February 2007 R01 applications is Friday, January 26 th ; this is the latest date that ORSP will accept proposals for this submission. The completed proposal must be received in ORSP by the close of business on this day.
• A Principal Investigator must be registered in the NIH's eRA Commons ; the Commons User ID must be entered on the R01 application.
To initiate the process of registering, complete the a ccess request form which is available at: http://www.lehigh.edu/~inors/nihaccessform.htm . You will subsequently receive an email from the Commons. You must follow the instructions it contains in order to complete the registration process.
• There are several other changes NIH has announced recently, such as limiting appendix materials. Recent policy notices are available at: http://grants1.nih.gov/grants/policy/policy.htm
• Instructions specific to Lehigh University investigators can be found at http://www.lehigh.edu/~inors/GRANTSGOVFAQ.pdf
• MAC users, Grants.gov has posted on their website an update on IBM's progress towards providing a PureEdge viewer compatible with Macs. They have included a link to an early-release of an IBM Workplace Forms (PureEdge) viewer for Macs on their Download Software page and have identified some of the limitations to this version of the viewer (e.g., compatible only with PowerPC based machines – G4 and G5). While this is not the solution NIH and many of you had been hoping for, it may be a viable option for some of you. We strongly suggest that you read the available documentation carefully before deciding whether using the viewer is a good option for your specific circumstances.
Lack of complete testing may create issues. You are advised to continue to utilize the Citrix server solution provided for Lehigh University investigators at http://www.lehigh.edu/~inors/GRANTSGOVFAQ.pdf or utilize a Windows-based system. The Office of Research and Sponsored Programs has a system available for use in-house.
* R01 is NIH's Research Project Grant that provides support for health-related research and development based on the mission of the NIH. R01s can be investigator-initiated, or can be in response to a program announcement or request for application.