September 5, 2018 NIAID Funding News

Read this full issue online at https://www.niaid.nih.gov/grants-contracts/funding-news

Feature Articles

Your Obligations Aren’t Over When Your Project Period Ends

Within 120 days of your project period’s end date, you must submit a Final Research Performance Progress Report, Final Federal Financial Report, and Final Invention Statement and Certification.

Opportunities and Resources

Now Posted: Four FOAs for the Regenerative Medicine Innovation Project

NIH issued four funding opportunity announcements that focus on solutions to widely recognized issues in developing safe and effective regenerative medicine therapies, contribute an enhanced understanding of stem cell product attributes, and promote data sharing.

Opportunity To Study HIV Drug Resistance

Apply now to examine the correlations between HIV drug resistance genotypes and in vitro phenotypes of the virus, virologic outcomes, and treatment success.

Drug Delivery Platforms for HIV: CNS-Targeted

Apply to explore novel central nervous system (CNS)-targeted drug delivery platforms and focus on product development activities to identify and eliminate CNS viral reservoirs that potentially lead toward a cure or lifelong remission of HIV infection.

In The News

NIAID Places Cap on T32 and T35 Trainee Slots

Beginning with grant applications for fiscal year 2019 funding, NIAID will limit the total number of predoctoral and postdoctoral training slots to a maximum of 10 trainee slots per training grant in any given year.

Learn About Technical Updates to HSS and ASSIST

Find concise notes on updates to the Human Subjects System and the Application Submission System & Interface for Submission Tracking.

Advice Corner

Provide Just the Right Amount of Information in Your Application

You may be tempted to include as much information as possible in your grant application, but this often results in an overly dense document with data and text not directly relevant to the key components of a successful application.