Announcing the 2026 RISE Program Awardees
Eight interdisciplinary teams will receive a year of seed funding for their early-stage, high-risk/high-reward projects.
Dear fellow members of the Columbia research community,
We write to express our appreciation for the resilience of the Columbia research community over the past year. Even in challenging and uncertain times, researchers continued to submit proposals, conduct research, publish, and mentor the next generation of researchers. Administrators and staff continued to process, manage, document, and take often invisible but timely action to support our research. Students and postdocs continued to pursue their curiosity, probe experiments and theories, and build professional relationships with mentors and…
Our Researcher of the Month is Nataliya L. Wright, PhD, Assistant Professor of Business at Columbia Business School
Eight interdisciplinary teams will receive a year of seed funding for their early-stage, high-risk/high-reward projects.
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Naomi Schrag, Vice President for Research Compliance, Training, and Policy, and G. Michael Purdy, Executive Vice President for Research, authored an article entitled, "Step up for quality research," Science, 11 Aug 2017, pp. 531.
"In response to calls for change from within and outside the scientific community, funding agencies, journals, and professional societies are developing new requirements to promote reproducibility and integrity in research..." Continue reading...
We wanted to pass along this proposal applicant training/workshop opportunity, taking place in Arlington, Virginia from September 10th – September 12th. It’s an opportunity to meet with the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute (PCORI) staff and learn about their funding opportunities and application process. It is open for both researchers and administrators.
See https://www.pcori.org/events/2017/getting-know-pcori-application-closeout-september-2017 for all the details, agenda, and registration information.
Per NIH Notice NOT-OD-17-098: “This Notice alerts the scientific research community of plans to eliminate Appendix materials related to clinical trials for applications submitted to the NIH, AHRQ, or NIOSH for due dates on or after January 25, 2018. Clinical trial-related materials will be specified and required in the new PHS Human Subjects and Clinical Trials Information Form and no longer allowed in the Appendix unless specifically stated as required in the funding opportunity announcement (FOA). This Notice clarifies the types of Appendix materials allowable after this date.”
Also note,…
NIH just released an announcement that for federal fiscal year FY 2017 (October 1, 2016 - September 30, 2017), awards for predoctoral trainees and fellows will be adjusted for the new stipend level of $23,844, up from $23,376 from FY16. Training Related Expenses and Institutional Allowances for predocs remain unchanged at $4,200. All FY 2017 awards previously issued using FY 2016 stipend levels will be adjusted by NIH with revised NOAs with the new stipend level.
Please see NOT-OD-17-084 for the full details of this announcement.
The FY 2017 stipend levels for postdoctoral trainees and fellows…
https://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/notice-files/NOT-OD-17-074.html
NIH released a reminder announcement today about the importance of accurate and timely progress reports, and financial reports. The notice reminds award recipients of the due dates. Please take a moment to review the link above.
NIH and AHRQ just announced that they will issue new “FORMS-E” grant application forms and instructions for grant applications due on or after January 25th, 2018.
On Friday, March 17th, NIH issued interim guidance on the use of a new NIH salary cap, to increase from $185,100 to $187,000. See https://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/notice-files/NOT-OD-17-049.html. The effective date of this increase is January 8th, 2017.
NSF updated its FAQs on its Public Access Policy.
Refer to Public Access to Results of NSF-funded Research for full details about the policy.
NIH announced their plans for the implementation of the Interim-RPPR.
The following NIH announcement is time sensitive: NOT-OD-17-002. For more information about FLSA, please contact your SPA Project Officer and see: http://provost.columbia.edu/announcements.
We are pleased to announce that the Fall 2016 NSF Grants Conference Plenary (General) Sessions will be webcast live at no cost to the research community.
First look at the resources available at the university that directly relate to postdoctoral training.