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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Archived Announcements
NIH announced the publication of the revised NIH Grants Policy Statement (NIHGPS, rev. April 2021). See:
- NIH Grants Policy Statement (both HTML and PDF format)
- Significant Changes Document, revisions since December 2019
Per NIH’s announcement, “This revision is applicable to all NIH grants and cooperative agreements with budget periods beginning on or after October 1, 2020. This revision supersedes, in its entirety, the NIHGPS dated December 2019. Previous versions of the NIHGPS remain applicable as standard terms and conditions of award for all NIH grants and cooperative agreements…
In follow-up to the announcement I sent yesterday (see Update on NIH Biosketches and Other Support), we are expecting NIH to release an announcement by the end of this week containing additional guidance on the new Biosketches and Other Support format pages and the possible extension of its deadline. Therefore, in order to save you time, we will be canceling tomorrow’s previously scheduled Biosketch and Other Support webinars. If you registered you will receive a cancellation notice shortly. We would rather wait to continue with the Biosketch and Other Support webinars until NIH’s announcement…
Dear Colleagues,
As we said in the special training grants biosketch meeting on March 24, and for the broader research community on April 6, we are trying to provide real-time updates as NIH provides clarifications to the new Biosketch and Other Support requirements. We understand that, in response to advocacy by COGR and other associations, NIH will be issuing another Guide Notice soon, and that it will clarify that the new forms are strongly encouraged but not required until January 2022. We also understand that NIH will specify a limited look-back period for the Section B. Positions,…
On March 12, NIH announced significant changes to the Biographical Sketch and Other Support format pages. Among other things, these changes will require principal investigators and senior/key persons to:
- provide significantly more information about their activities than before; and
- include translated copies of certain Other Support documentation, e.g., agreements related to non-U.S. appointments; and
- certify the accuracy of all Other Support submissions.
Sponsored Projects Administration (SPA) and the Office of Research Compliance and Training (ORCT)…
Earlier today, NIH released announcement NOT-OD-21-073, concerning upcoming changes to the Biographical Sketch and Other Support Format page. It is important for all NIH applicants and awardees, including PIs, senior/key personnel, and grants administrators, to read it in its entirety.
The updated Biographical Sketch and Other Support format pages will be required for applications and Research Performance Progress Reports (RPPRs) submitted for due dates on or after May 25, 2021. It is advisable that you bookmark these pages:
- NIH Biosketch format pages and instructions and FAQs
- NIH Other…
NOTE, subsequent announcement sent 3/15/2021:
Earlier today, NIH issued corrected instructions to request childcare costs for recipients of NRSA individual fellowships. See NOT-OD-21-074, which replaces to announcement NOT-OD-21-069 referenced below. NIH also updated its FAQs.
If you have any questions regarding how to make the request in a fellowship application, RPPR, or administrative supplement, please contact your SPA Project Officer. We’ll provide you with any updates.
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ORIGINAL Announcement sent 3/5/2021:
…Please see announcement from NIH for recipients of NIH Fellowship (“F”) and NIH Career Development (“K”) awards who have been impacted by COVID-19: https://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/notice-files/NOT-OD-21-052.html
NIH is providing opportunities for no cost extensions and funded extensions for recipients of individual fellowships and K-awards impacted by COVID-19. Please read the notice carefully for specifics. Funded extensions are being considered on a case-by-case basis, and it is advised to speak with the Program Official named on the Notice of Award, and your SPA Project Officer,…
See important announcement below from the Department of Defense (DoD) Congressionally Directed Medical Research Programs (CDMRP). They are stressing the importance of disclosing significant developments impacting research awards, including problems, delays and other events impacting your ability to meet the award objectives.
As always, please reach out to your SPA Project Officer should you have questions or concerns about your awards.
CDMRP continues to be concerned about the impacts of COVID-19 on Service Members and the public. We are aware of the challenges it poses and are tracking…
NIH released their salary cap notice. See https://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/notice-files/NOT-OD-21-057.html.
The new NIH salary cap is $199,300. You may begin to use this new salary cap in budgets in NIH proposals. Please read the notice above for more details, and if you have questions, please reach out to your SPA Project Officer.
Official Notice: https://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/notice-files/NOT-OD-21-049.html
NIH, AHRQ, and HRSA released the stipend levels for fiscal year (FY) 2021 (October 1, 2020 – September 30th, 2021) for the Kirschstein-NRSA awards for predoctoral, and postdoctoral trainees and fellows. The link above includes all of the details. You can use these new stipend and expense levels in your proposals and progress reports, effective immediately.
To note, the predoctoral stipend increased to $25,836 (FY21), up from $25,320 (FY20). However, the Training Related Expenses and Institutional Allowances…
This announcement serves to make you aware of recent changes to the Federal-wide Research Terms and Conditions (RTCs). In summary, the RTCs apply to research and research-related grants made by the participating agencies listed below to universities, with exceptions noted in their Agency Implementation Statements. They are typically incorporated into a Notice of Award (NOA) by reference.
The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) mandated federal awarding agencies adopt recent revisions to 2 CFR §200; Uniform Administrative Requirements, Cost Principles, and Audit Requirements for Federal Awards…
NSF sent the important announcement below. Please read it carefully as there are important changes to the NSF Research Performance Progress Report (RPPR) taking effect next week. Additional questions will be asked, and new compliance checks will be put in place. The new RPPR format is required for any report submitted on or after October 5, 2020.
Last week, Jean Feldman, Head of the NSF Policy Office, provided an overview of the changes to the RPPR during a Federal Demonstration Partnership (FDP) meeting. Her slide deck contains screen shots of the changes in the RPPRs. You can also watch her…
Thank you to all who attended yesterday’s webinar on Pivot, a funding opportunity and profile database. Slides, the full webinar recording, and a Quick Start Guide are available:
- Webinar - Pivot Overview-Find Funding and Collaborators, 9-16-2020
- Webinar Slides
- Pivot Quick Start Guide
We have additional training materials on our website at Find Funding Using Pivot. To access Pivot, go to https://pivot.proquest.com/, click “Use login from my institution”, select Columbia University from the drop-down menu, and enter your UNI and password.
If you have any questions, feel free…
This is a reminder that hyperlinks and URLs are not allowed anywhere in an NIH proposal unless specifically allowed in a funding opportunity announcement (FOA). If included, NIH may withdraw the proposal from consideration. See The Do’s & Don’ts of Hyperlinks in Grant Applications, which provides further guidance.
The following is taken from the NIH formatting instructions:
- Hyperlinks and URLs are only allowed when specifically noted in funding opportunity announcement (FOA) and form field instructions. The use of hyperlinks is typically limited to citing relevant publications…
NSF sent the reminder below about the enforcement of the NSF-approved Biographical Sketch and Current and Pending Support formats, beginning October 5, 2020. NSF provides additional important details.
As a reminder, we will have our own webinar to review the latest NSF policy updates and forms this Friday at 2pm. To register for that webinar, click here using a Columbia-affiliated email address.
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Subject: [EXTERNAL] Enforcement of NSF-approved Biographical Sketch and Current and Pending Support Formats Begins on 10/5/20
Dear Colleagues:
Effective…