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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NIH recently updated its NIH Pre-award and Post-award Disclosures Relating to the Biographical Sketch and Other Support table (rev. June 8, 2022). It contains additional clarifications of where certain types of activities should be disclosed on NIH forms (i.e. the Biographical Sketch, Other Support, Annual Project Reports, etc.).
In addition, we recently posted new Columbia-specific FAQs to clarify the requirements for uploading supporting documentation to accompany NIH Other Support forms and be uploaded into Rascal’s COI Module. Please see FAQs: Supporting Documentation Requirements for…
NIH/AHRQ/HRSA issued a notice of correction of the NRSA stipend levels for FY22, previously announced on April 15, 2022. See the details in notice NOT-OD-22-132.
As a reminder, effective January 25, 2022, PIs and other senior/key personnel must electronically sign the NIH Other Support form to certify the accuracy of the information provided, and adhere to Columbia University’s Electronic Signature Policy. A typed name is not an electronic signature and is not acceptable. Certification cannot be delegated to administrators or other staff. NIH will not accept wet signatures, or pictures of wet signatures.
The University recommends using DocuSign to electronically sign the Other Support forms. DocuSign is…
Dear NIH Researchers,
As previously announced, as of January 25, 2022, NIH will require new Biographical Sketches and Other Support format pages containing substantial changes. The updated forms and instructions are required for use in applications and Research Performance Progress Reports (RPPRs) due on or after January 25, 2022.
IMPORTANT: the revised Other Support form requires three new action items for all PIs and senior/key persons:
- Sign Electronically: The PI and other senior/key personnel must electronically sign the Other Support form to …
Last week, the NIH implemented new system validations for Research Performance Progress Reports (RPPR) for clinical trial registration and results reporting. RPPRs that have associated clinical trials that are non-compliant with these requirements will receive errors preventing submission of the RPPR. See NOT-OD-22-008 for more details.
As a reminder, failure to register or report results data for an Applicable Clinical Trial (ACT) as per FDAAA 801 and the Final Rule or the NIH Policy on the Dissemination of NIH-Funded Clinical Trial Information can result in immediate suspension or termination…
We will be hosting webinars on the NIH Biosketches and Other Support format pages to provide you with the latest information and guidance. The new format pages will be required for proposals, Just-In-Time (JIT) and the Research Performance Progress Reports (RPPRs) for due dates on or after January 25, 2022. In addition, electronic signatures and the collection of supporting documentation, where applicable, will take effect January 25, 2022 for Other Support. The University will be implementing new procedures in order to meet these requirements.
NIH is continuing to provide clarifications and…
With the NIH application due dates approaching in late September and early October, we wanted to take this opportunity to remind the research community of the latest required researcher disclosure requirements in proposals:
Biographical Sketch (“Biosketch”) –
- The newest Biosketch format is preferred immediately and required to be used for applications and Research Performance Progress Reports (RPPRs) submitted on or after January 25, 2022 (NOT-OD-21-073 and NOT-OD-21-110).
- The Positions, Scientific Appointments and Honors section of the Biosketch must include, in reverse chronological…
Sponsored Projects Administration (SPA) invites you to our next Research Administration Forum. The Forum is an interactive opportunity for you to hear the latest policy updates from central Columbia offices, and ask questions concerning the sponsored project lifecycle.
We are excited to introduce you to Dr. Jeannette M. Wing, the newly appointed Executive Vice President for Research, who will kick off our meeting. Jeannette will speak briefly about her background, and strategic ideas in her new role as EVPR.
Also included on the agenda will be the latest updates concerning NSF and NIH. A…
NIH recently released new clarifications for the Other Support format pages and Biographical Sketches. Key clarifications include:
- Signatures are not required on the Other Support format pages until January 25, 2022, regardless of whether you use the old or new formats.
- Completed support from the last three years is no longer required in Other Support. Only include active and pending projects.
- Awardees must report significant changes in Other Support in RPPRs, such as a change in status of previously reported current or pending projects, or access to a new resource/in-kind contribution…
The following FAQs related to the NIH Other Support format pages were collected from researchers and administrators at Columbia University. See https://research.columbia.edu/FAQs_NIH_OtherSupport. They are meant to supplement NIH's FAQs. Please refer to NIH’s websites for additional information and guidance on this topic:
- NIH Other Support (main page containing forms and instructions)
- NIH's FAQs: Other Support and Foreign Components
Should you have any questions, please feel free to reach out to your SPA Project Officer.
The following announcement was issued by NSF on 6/23/2021. Questions should be sent to your SPA Project Officer.
Dear Colleagues:
We are pleased to announce that a revised version of the NSF Proposal & Award Policies & Procedures Guide (PAPPG) (NSF 22-1) has been issued.
The new PAPPG will be effective for proposals submitted or due on or after October 4, 2021. Significant changes include:
- A new section covering requests for reasonable and accessibility accommodations regarding the proposal process or requests for accessibility accommodations to access NSF’s electronic…
The slides from today’s town hall on the revised NIH other support format pages are available here (included in the NIH Researcher Disclosure Requirements webpage).
Key takeaways:
- You may continue to use the current biosketch and other support format pages, however, the new formats will be required for applications, JIT requests, and RPPRs due on or after 1/25/2022.
- Regardless of which format you use, applicants and recipients remain responsible for disclosing all research endeavors.
- Other Support: As a reminder (see NIH announcement NOT-OD-19-114, July 10, 2019), regardless of the…
The slides from today’s town hall on the revised NIH biographical sketches and other support format pages are available here (included in the NIH Researcher Disclosure Requirements webpage). For those of you who attended previous town halls, minor revisions were made to the slides to reflect the latest information from NIH, issued after last week’s May 5 town hall. This latest slide deck should be used regardless of which session you may have attended in the past.
Key takeaways:
- You may continue to use the current biosketch and other support format pages, however, the new formats will…
Tomorrow we’ll be resuming our town halls on the new NIH biosketches and other support format pages. We will provide the latest information and guidance.
We added another session to cover both the biosketches and other support forms on Monday, May 10, from 10am – 11:30am (see schedule below). This will be a shortened version covering both topics. In addition, we will have pre-recorded videos available later in the month.
You can register for any of the sessions below using a Columbia-affiliated email address. If you have immediate questions about the forms, please contact your SPA Project…
NIH has issued a follow-up notice to NOT-OD-21-073 on the upcoming changes to the biographical sketch and other support format pages. Per the new announcement NOT-OD-21-110, “NIH expects* applicants and recipients to use the updated biosketch and other support format for applications, Just-in-Time (JIT) Reports, and Research Performance Progress Reports (RPPRs) as of May 25, 2021. NIH will require* the use of the updated format pages for the previously mentioned submissions for anything on and after January 25, 2022.”
*emphasis added.
In addition, NIH states:
“Please note, applicants…