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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Dear Members of the Research Community,
As you saw in earlier messages this morning, there are significant ongoing protest activities on the Morningside campus, with campus closed to all but essential personnel. This means that research continues but we are implementing a short-term reduction in on-campus researcher presence on the Morningside campus. Only researchers needed to ensure all laboratory equipment and materials are secure or to preserve key research assets should be physically present on Morningside campus. If you can work remotely now, you do not need to read the rest of this email…
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) has announced updated stipend levels for recipients of the National Research Service Award (NRSA) for Fiscal Year (FY) 2024. See NOT-OD-24-104. These new stipend levels are effective with all Kirschstein-NRSA awards made on or after October 1, 2023.
Key Updates Include:
- Predoctoral Trainees: Stipends will increase by 4%.
- Postdoctoral Scholars: Stipends will increase by 8%.
- Childcare Subsidy: The annual childcare subsidy for eligible participants will rise from $2,500 to $3,000.
- Institutional Allowance (for fellowships)/Training Related Expenses…
Dear members of the Columbia research community,
Columbia University is deeply committed to integrity in scholarly research. We write to remind you of key resources and policy to support your research endeavors. If you conduct research or support people who do, please be sure to read the information below.
New On-Line Training: Handling Digital Scientific Images
Columbia has launched a new, on-line training on proper handling of digital scientific images. Module 1, Handling Digital Scientific Images Dos & Don’ts (TC7150), covers ethical image handling practices, acceptable…
https://news.columbia.edu/news/columbia-joins-new-york-consortium-artificial-intelligence
A new computational facility will be used by the University and six other research institutions to promote responsible research and development.
Columbia University will join six other research institutions as part of a plan announced today by New York Governor Kathy Hochul to make New York State a leader in artificial intelligence research and innovation. At the center of this effort, called “Empire AI,” is the building of a state-of-the art artificial intelligence computing center in…
Dear fellow members of the Columbia community,
Columbia University is deeply committed to integrity in scholarly research, and we write to remind you of key policies and resources to support your research endeavors. If you conduct research or support people who do, please be sure to read the information below.
Conflict of Interest and Conflict of Commitment Policies
- The University’s conflict of interest and conflict of commitment policies set out disclosure requirements while affirming that a researcher’s outside activities may stimulate and nurture scholarship.
- These policies…
Based on user feedback, two new enhancements have been incorporated into Rascal Proposal Tracking (PT) 3.0:
- Ability for an administrator to select a Rascal proposal as a Parent when creating a child proposal, regardless of whether the individual was listed on the original proposal.
As a reminder, Parent records include New, Competitive Renewal, and Transfer In proposals. Child records include Non-competing Continuations, Supplemental Requests, and Cost Extensions. Administrators with access to the Rascal PT departmental reports can also see all parent proposals in their departments…
Per NIH notice, NOT-OD-23-161, effective for applications submitted for due dates on or after October 5, 2023, NIH has eliminated the single cost line item in the R&R Budget Form for detailed budgets. However, NIH will continue to require applicants to specify estimated DMS cost details in a designated section of the “Budget Justification” attachment of the R&R Budget Form. The updated instructions for the R&R Budget Form state:
"Provide a brief summary of type and amount of scientific data to be preserved and shared and the name of the established repository (ies) where…
Dear Colleagues,
We hope the new academic year is off to a good start. We are writing to all of you, who have a role in the academic personnel leave process, to let you know about a new requirement for faculty and officers of research who plan to take an unpaid leave from the University with a duration longer than three months.
Funding agencies, and Columbia policy, require the principal investigator and other senior/key persons to obtain prior approval from the agency before disengaging from a project for more than three months. When faculty or officers of research take…
The National Science Foundation (NSF) will mandate the use of SciENcv for the preparation of the biographical sketch and Current and Pending (Other) Support information, effective with new proposals submitted or due on or after October 23, 2023. On that date, NSF applicants will no longer be able to use the NSF fillable-PDF forms, and they will no longer be accessible.
If you are planning to prepare an NSF proposal and haven’t already begun to use SciENcv we strongly recommend you become familiar with it now. Sponsored Projects Administration (SPA) will offer three webinars to researchers…
Sponsored Projects Administration (SPA) hosted a webinar on July 26, 2023 featuring Dr. Stephanie Rolin, a researcher at Columbia and recipient of an NIH Loan Repayment Program (LRP) award. Dr. Rolin is also an LRP Ambassador. The slides from that webinar are available at NIH LRP webinar, 7/26/2023.
Dr. Rolin will be hosting a six-week online workshop from August 16th – October 11th to provide direction and strategy to prospective applicants. This workshop is ideal for first-time applicants (though all are welcome to participate) and will provide practical resources to ensure…