ARCHIVED NEWS FOR MAY 2006

posted 05/17/06
Use Updated Proposal Routing Form dated May 2006

When submitting a proposal, please use the latest version of the Proposal Routing Form. The latest version is dated May 2006 and includes additional items under the signature and approvals that the National Institutes of Health are mandating as a compliance requirement. This updated form should be used for all proposals coming to the Office of Research. A Word version and an interactive pdf version are available at the following link:http://www.nd.edu/~research/forms/PRF052006.pdf

posted 05/17/06
NIH R03,R21,R33,& R34 for JUNE 1, 2006 SUBMITTED VIA GRANTS.GOV

ALL APPLICATIONS SUBMITTED IN RESPONSE TO R03, R21, R21/R33 and R34 funding opportunity announcements (FOAs) with submission deadlines of June 1, 2006 or later must be submitted electronically. However, you may have missed the May 4th notice in the NIH Guide indicating that there were a number of active R03, R21, R21/R33, R33 and R34 FOAs that had not yet been updated to reflect the new electronic submission process. The notice immediately expired any R03, R21, R21/R33 and R34 announcement (or portions of announcement) that still referenced paper submission for these mechanisms. Applicants were encouraged to use parent FOAs (referencing expired FOA in the cover letter) or to contact the NIH Institute or Center (IC) that issued the specific expired FOA for guidance.

If you are planning on submitting one of these NIH mechanisms for the June 1, 2006 deadline, please notify the Office of Research immediately at researc2@nd.edu so that we can be prepared and we can ensure that you have the tools you need to make this process of submitting through Grants.gov a good experience.

posted 05/02/06
NIH Implements New Compliance Requirement Beginning May 10, 2006

Effective with PHS398 Applications prepared for submission/receipt dates on/after May 10, 2006, the signature of the Principal Investigator is no longer required as part of a submitted application. Instead, a new compliance requirement is now implemented whereby the applicant organization agrees to secure and retain at the organization a written assurance from the Principal Investigator (PI) prior to submitting an application to the PHS. Organizations must retain a unique signature and date for each submitted application. This assurance must be available to the sponsoring agency or other authorized HHS or Federal officials upon request. Such an assurance must include at least the following certifications:

• that the information submitted within the application is true, complete and accurate to the best of the PI's knowledge;that any false, fictitious, or fraudulent statements or claims may subject the PI to criminal, civil, or administrative penalties; and

• that the PI agrees to accept responsibility for the scientific conduct of the project and to provide the required progress reports if a grant is awarded as a result of the application.

NOTE: When multiple PIs are proposed in an application, this assurance must be retained for all named PIs.

In order for the University of Notre Dame to accomplish this, the Office of Research will be modifying the Proposal Routing form to add the three statements above so that when the PI signs off on the routing form they will be assuring their compliance with these statements.

An updated Proposal Routing Form will be posted on the Office of Research website in the forms section prior to May 10, 2006.

posted 05/02/06
NIH Requiring Updated Versions of Forms

The National Institutes of Health will be requiring updated forms according to the following schedule:

• PHS 398 forms for submissions after May 10, 2006 require the 4/2006 versions of forms

• PHS 2590 forms will also require the 4/2006 versions of forms for submission dates beginning June 1, 2006

The new version of forms can be downloaded from: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/forms.htm