Grants & You Newsletter Spring 2018: News & Deadlines

On January 17, 2018, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services issued an interim final rule which delays the implementation of the Federal Policy for the Protection of Human Subjects, also known as the Common Rule, until July 19, 2018. In the interim, institutions conducting federally funded research must continue to follow pre-2018 regulations to maintain compliance.

The next NIH Regional Seminar on Program Funding and Grants Administration will be held May 2-4 in Washington, DC.

NIH's new Inclusion Across the Lifespan Policy is designed to ensure knowledge gained from clinical trials is applicable to all affected by the conditions being studied. This means all proposals submitted after January 25, 2019, must include a section justifying the age range of participants and explaining how the study includes participants across the lifespan.

Will the NIH consider your research a clinical trial? The answers to the 4 questions referenced in the article's title, as well as the included case studies and FAQs, will help you decide.

Training opportunities and resources available to clarify new NIH clinical trial policies.

A link to helpful navigation tips.

eRA Commons can make tracking students and post docs easier.

Provide your feedback to NIH on its Draft Strategic Plan for Data Science. The draft plan and a form for comment are linked in this article.

Applications will soon be available for The National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities' (NIMHD) Health Disparities Research Institute (HDRI). The HDRI intends to support the research career development of promising minority health/health disparities research scientists. If you are a post-doctoral fellow, assistant professor, or an individual in a similar early-stage research career position engaged in minority health and health disparities research, you are encouraged to apply. The Institute runs from July 23-27, 2018.

NIH publishes funding opportunities and notices in the NIH Guide daily. Each Friday, an all-inclusive listing is published.

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This page lists all open and upcoming opportunities available through the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute.

Application deadline is April 16, 2018, for January 1, 2019, funding. Basic, clinical, translational, and epidemiological, or health services research approaches are encouraged.