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Research@KU

Updates on the Lawrence campus from the Vice Provost for Research — March 2007

Research Administration

News and announcements regarding research administration

NIH Web site for award data retooled
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) has developed a Web-based tool to find award data for an organization or department within an organization. The NIH Web site, Award Data for Individual Organizations, is available at NIH Office of Extramural Research Web site.

Information about the University of Kansas Lawrence campus is available at http://grants.nih.gov/grants/award/trends/FindOrg_Detail.cfm?OrgID=1484302.

NIH workshops seek input on Integrated Review Groups
NIH will host six single-day workshops in 2007 to gather input on the alignment of its Integrated Review Groups (IRGs) and component study sections. More information is available on the NIH Office of Scientific Review Web site.

NIH eSubmission items of interest
The NIH recently released a breakdown of its first electronic R01 receipt date in the February 15 issue of eSubmission News and Updates. Of particular interest to anyone who submitted or plans to submit an NIH proposal via Grants.gov is the section entitled “Rejection – It’s All in the Intent,” part of which is included below:

NIH noticed an increase in the number of applications that were “Rejected” prior to the February 5 R01 submission deadline. When is it OK to use the “Reject” option? It’s all in the intent. The bottom line is applications should not be submitted until there is an expectation
that they are ready to go forward barring any unforeseen issues. Since applicants have no way to view the entire application until they submit, it is reasonable that they might want to make adjustments after viewing the assembled application if still before the deadline.

NIH does not condone the submission of “works in progress” or “test” applications. We have pretty strong feelings on this point – just don’t do it!

The full text is available on the NIH Office of Extramural Research Web site. If you have a question regarding Grants.gov, please contact Suzanne Henderson, 864-7403, shenders@ku.edu.