NIAID Funding Newsletter, March 19, 2014

NIAID Funding Newsletter, March 19, 2014

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March 19, 2014, NIAID Funding Newsletter

Read this full issue online at http://www.niaid.nih.gov/researchfunding/newsletter/2014/Pages/0319.aspx

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Feature Articles

Syndication in Seven Easy Steps For readers who’d prefer to spend less time maintaining Web sites, NIAID has a helpful new tool available: syndication. Syndication allows you to easily place self-updating NIAID content on your own Web pages. Read the full article.

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Opportunities and Resources

An Abundance of HIV-Related Funding Opportunities The last day of February was a good one for HIV researchers. That's when NIH published several pairs of R01 and companion Exploratory/Developmental Research Grants (R21) funding opportunity announcements (FOAs) related to HIV prevention, treatment, and care. Read the full article.

Opportunity for Small Business Concerns and Academic Institutions Working on HIV/AIDS If you’re interested in applying for a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) or Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) grant and you work on HIV/AIDS, check out two new funding opportunity announcements (FOAs): Innovative Technologies and Assays in Support of HIV Cure Research (ITAS-Cure), which use either the R41/42 or R43/44 mechanisms. Read the full article.

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In The News

Changes to Progress Reporting on the Horizon It’s time to plan a switch to progress reporting using the Research Performance Progress Report (RPPR). Currently, RPPR is required for streamlined non-competing award process (SNAP), fellowship, and multiyear funded awards. Read the full article.

Read Our Primer on Peer Review Service Check out a new resource that shows you why you might want to become a peer reviewer and what you can do to join the ranks. Read the full article.

News Briefs

• Web Pages Updated with Latest Budget Information for FY 2014

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Advice Corner

Why Criterion Scores Don’t Add Up The May 2014 review cycle marks the fifth anniversary of criterion scores in the peer review process, and yet there is still some confusion about how these scores are used. Read the full article.

Reader Questions

• Can I choose who reviews my grant application?
• What are person months, and how are they calculated?

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New Funding Opportunities

• RFA-AI-14-019, Partnerships for Diagnostics to Address Antimicrobial Resistance of Select Bacterial Pathogens (R01)
• NIAID-DAIDS-NIHAI2013177, Synthesis of Therapeutic Agents for Treatment of Infectious Diseases
• PA-14-150, Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award (NRSA) Individual Predoctoral MD/PhD or Other Dual-Doctoral Degree Fellowship (Parent F30)
• PA-14-147, Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award (NRSA) Individual Predoctoral Fellowship (Parent F31)
• PA-14-148, Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award (NRSA) Individual Predoctoral Fellowship to Promote Diversity in Health-Related Research (Parent F31, Diversity)
• PA-14-149, Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award (NRSA) Individual Postdoctoral Fellowship (Parent F32)
• RFP-NIAID-DAIDS-NIHAI2014002, Clinical Pharmacology Quality Assurance Program

See other announcements at NIAID Funding Opportunities List.

Send suggestions or comments to deaweb@niaid.nih.gov .