NIH Updates Kathleen Thompson kltstanford'edu CoDirector, Policy

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NIH Updates Kathleen Thompson
(klt_at_stanford.edu)Co-Director, Policy
TrainingResearch Management Group

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Recent Updates

• Change in Standing Receipt Dates
• NIH Continuing Resolution
• NIH Rankings for FY05

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Change in Standing Receipt Dateshttp//grants.nih
.gov/grants/guide/notice-files/NOT-OD-07-001.html

• In response to the challenges of electronic
  submission of proposals
• The R01s, NIHs most frequently used mechanism,
  were kept early in the receipt window to allow
  time for processing

Reference copy of chart at lthttp//med.stanford.e
du/rmg/funding/
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Non-competing grant awards under continuing
resolutionhttp//grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/noti
ce-files/NOT-OD-07-004.html

• Until FY06 appropriation from Congress
• Non-competing awards funded at 80 of the
  committed level
• NIH will consider upward adjustments full
  committed levels after the final appropriation is
  enacted, but expects institutions to monitor
  their expenditures carefully during this period.

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NIH Rankings for FY05
Growth of total NIH awards to top 17 Medical
Schools Stanford Currently ranks 11th in NIH
Funding
See your handout for the complete 10-year spread