Reminder of eRA Commons ID Requirement for All Personnel on the R&R Senior/Key Person Profile Form

Notice Number: NOT-OD-24-042

Purpose

This Notice serves as a reminder and updated guidance to the requirement for eRA Commons IDs for all Senior/Key Personnel. An eRA Commons ID must be entered in the “Credential, e.g. agency login” field for all Senior/Key Personnel, as defined in the NIH Grants Policy Statement (NIH GPS 1.2), and Other Significant Contributors (OSCs) listed on the R&R Senior/Key Person Profile Form. Currently, applicants will encounter an eRA system warning if the “Credential, e.g. agency login” field is blank or does not contain a valid eRA Commons ID. The validation is anticipated to be updated from a warning to an error in mid-January in advance of due dates on or after January 25, 2024. Errors must be corrected before the application can be successfully submitted to the agency.  Applicants are encouraged to check that their Commons account is active well before applicable due dates.

Please refer to the full notice linked below for further details.

https://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/notice-files/NOT-OD-24-042.html

Should you have any questions, please contact the Office of Sponsored Programs.

The CAHSS website ("Resources for Faculty and Staff" tab) specifies Deadlines for Grants Submissions and Routing. Faculty should plan for a simple routing to take a minimum of two to three weeks; and a complex routing to take a minimum of seven to eight weeks.

If you are planning a submission, visit our CARAT website to request assistance with your proposal preparation. 

Thank you and Happy New Year from the CARAT Research Administration team. 

NIH Operates Under a Continuing Resolution

Notice Number: NOT-OD-24-039

https://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/notice-files/NOT-OD-24-039.html

The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), including the National Institutes of Health (NIH), operates under the Further Continuing Appropriations and Other Extensions Act, 2024 (Public Law 118-22) signed by President Biden on November 16, 2023. This Act (CR) continues government operations through February 2, 2024, at the Fiscal Year (FY) 2023 enacted level, with no reduction.

Consistent with NIH practices during FYs 2006 - 2023, NIH Institutes and/or Centers may, at their discretion, issue non-competing research grant awards at a level below that indicated on the most recent Notice of Award. Upward adjustments to awarded levels will be considered after FY 2024 appropriations are enacted, but NIH expects institutions to monitor their expenditures carefully during this period. All legislative mandates that were in effect in FY 2023 (see NOT-OD-23-072) remain in effect under this CR, as well as the salary limitation set at Executive Level II of the Federal Pay Scale (see NOT-OD-23-056) and the Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award predoctoral and postdoctoral stipend levels and tuition/fees as described in NOT-OD-23-076.

The current salary cap levels remain the same until the Executive Salary Levels change; typically, January 2024.

Should you have any questions, please contact OSP.

On this episode, Dr. Anson speaks with two talented student researchers associated with the ongoing NSF-funded EAGER award led by Drs. Christine Mallinson and Vandana Janeja of UMBC.

Kiffy Nwosu is an undergraduate computer science student from Maryland who has worked as a researcher at UMBC since high school, and is now a student at the Rochester Institute of Technology. Chloe Evered, originally of Houston, Texas, is a recent graduate of the Georgetown University department of linguistics with a minor in Chinese. Chloe is now pursuing a master’s degree in linguistics, also at Georgetown.

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On Campus Connections, we hear about the work of Dr. Jennifer Maher, Associate Professor of English at UMBC.

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