February 2004
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The President's Proposed Budget for Research
and Development in FY05
The President’s FY05 budget proposes record funding for
federal research and development (R&D) due to large increases in defense
and homeland security R&D. However, with tight constraints on other
discretionary spending, most federal R&D programs would see flat funding
or cuts, and even favored R&D agencies of past years would see increases
barely above the expected rate of inflation of 1.3 percent, according
to a preliminary analysis by the American Association for the Advancement
of Science. READ
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Summary
of NIH Proposed FY05 Budget
The Bush administration's recently announced FY05 proposed budget
for the National Institutes of Health (NIH) provides a 2.7 percent increase
in R&D spending from FY04, raising the total appropriations to $28.805
billion. Although the number of new Research Project Grants will grow,
all grants will receive less funding than requested due to NIH plans to
fund non-competing continuation grants (27,351) at slightly less than
their committed levels, according to an Association of American Universities
budget summary. Many UNC-Chapel Hill investigators could be affected by
these cuts in "out-year" funding of their non-competitive and
competitive renewal awards. READ
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NSF Announces New $24 Million Program in Human
and Social Dynamics
The National Science Foundation (NSF) has announced a newly
expanded foundation-wide priority area in Human and Social Dynamics,
which expects to fund up to $24.24 million in awards in 2004. The overarching
goal of this priority area is to advance understanding of human and social
changes that crisscross cultural, political, environmental, economic,
and technological boundaries. READ
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White House Proposes Decrease in
EPA STAR Funding in FY05
Funding for the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA)
Science to Achieve Results (STAR) extramural grants program will be decreased
from the funding levels in previous budgets, from $100 million to about
$65 million in the recently released President’s budget request
for FY05. As a result of this decision, it will be necessary for EPA
to reduce the number of STAR requests for applications and associated
grants, beginning with the 2004 announcements currently listed on EPA’s
web site. READ
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Revised NIH Grants Policy
Statement
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) is pleased to announce
the publication of the revised NIH Grants Policy Statement (NIHGPS, rev.
12/03). This NIHGPS is applicable to all NIH grants and cooperative agreements
with budget periods beginning on or after December 1, 2003. READ
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NIH Regional Seminars
in Program Funding and Grants Administration
Two regional seminars covering topics related to NIH extramural
program funding and grants administration are planned for May 6-7, 2004,
in Miami, Florida, and June 24-25, 2004, in Seattle, Washington. These
regional seminars provide information about the entire funding process,
from opportunity identification and application preparation through post-award
administration. READ
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NIH Opens eSNAP to Federal Demonstration
Partnership Members
Effective January 1, 2004, the National Institutes of Health
(NIH) invites all Federal Demonstration Partnership members to participate
in its NIH electronic Research Administration (eRA) electronic Streamlined
Non-competing Award Process (eSNAP) pilot. eSNAP, a component of the
NIH eRA Commons system, enables extramural grantees to submit an electronic
version of the SNAP Type 5 (non-competing) progress report through a
Web interface. READ
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Agencies Seek Reviewers
for FY04 Grant Competitions
The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Administration and the Health Resources
and Services Administration are recruiting experts to serve as reviewers
for grant competitions in fiscal 2004 and beyond. READ
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Rita Colwell to Leave National Science Foundation
On February 11, 2004, the director of the National Science Foundation,
Rita R. Colwell, resigned. Her temporary replacement will be Arden
L. Bement, Jr., director of the National Institute of Standards and
Technology, effective February 21. Colwell will assume the position
of Chairman of Canon U.S. Life Sciences, Inc. READ
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