ARCHIVED NEWS FOR MARCH 2006

posted 03/13/06
No NSF Consultant Rate for FY 2006

Beginning 3/15/06 there will not be a consultant rate for FY 2006. The Appropriation Act applicable to NSF for Fiscal Year (FY) 2006 does not contain a limitation on payments to consultants under NSF awards and therefore, this constraint has been eliminated for FY 2006 appropriated funds. Payments, however, should be comparable to the normal or customary fees charged and received by the consultant for comparable services, especially on non-government contracts and grants.

How will this change be implemented? The NSF terms and conditions are currently being revised to implement this change.1 All new NSF grants and funding amendments to existing NSF grants will begin referencing and will be subject to the NSF Grant General Conditions (GC-1), dated 03/15/06. Also, all new NSF cooperative agreements and funding amendments to existing cooperative agreements will begin referencing and will be subject to the Financial and Administrative Terms and Conditions (FATC), dated 03/15/06. Note, however, that all funds awarded prior to the incorporation of the revised conditions dated 03/15/06 are still subject to the consultant rate of pay limitation until all of those funds are expended. http://www.nsf.gov/publications/pub_summ.jsp?ods_key=consultfaqs

posted 03/06/06
Updates to NIH's Electronic Application Submission Available Via Listserv

The National Institutes of Health's Office of Extramural Research has established a listserv electronic mailing list to provide periodic updates on its electronic grant application program to scientists and administrators in the biomedical research community. Persons interested in receiving these updates are encouraged to subscribe to the appropriate listserv, as follows:

Scientists, Researchers and Principal Investigators: leaving the subject line blank, send a plain text email message to Listserv@list.nih.gov including only the words Subscribe NIH_eSUB_PI-L in the body of the message.

Institutional Officials, Administrative and Business Personnel: leaving the subject line blank, send a plain text email message to Listserv@list.nih.gov including only the words Subscribe NIH_eSUB_AOR_SO-L in the body of the message.

The full announcement can be located at http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/notice-files/NOT-OD-06-047.html.

posted 3/06/06
March 10 Deadline for Research Achievement Award Nominations

Each year, the Research Achievement Award is bestowed on a distinguished Notre Dame faculty member who has made significant contributions to scholarship in his/her discipline and to the research and educational goals of the University. The winner receives a plaque and $10,000 in a discretionary research account. He/She will also be recognized in the Commencement program and at the President's faculty dinner.
       The deans of each of the colleges may nominate two full-time faculty members, currently active in research and teaching. The vice president for Graduate Studies and Research, Dr. Jeff Kantor, appoints a committee including one member from each of the colleges to review the nominations and recommend their choice. Dr. Kantor selects the winner.
       Nominations are to include the nominee's CV and a 2-page letter addressing these selection criteria:

1) Evidence of the nominee's commitment to his/her profession and efforts to futher the University's research and scholarship mission
2) The nominee's past research accomplistments and future research potential3) Demonstrations of universal recognition as a research leader

Nominations are to arrive no later than Friday, March 10, 2006. They should be sent to Erin Ytterberg, 511 Main Building.
       
Previous award winners:
2004 - 2005 Frank Collins     
2003 - 2004 George Marsden      
2002 - 2003 Maureen Hallinan 
2001 - 2002 Eugene Ulrich
2000 - 2001 Arvind Varma