A message from Rick Evans (OSP Associate Director)
Please be advised that the Office of Sponsored Programs will be closed from 
Saturday, December 19, 2009 through Monday, January 4, 2010.  The Office 
of Sponsored Programs will return to normal business hours on Tuesday, 
January 5, 2010, from 8:30 AM to 5:15 PM.  In the event that you plan to 
submit a proposal with a due date that falls between December 19, 2009 and 
January 5, 2010 you will need to submit all final documentation to the Office 
of Sponsored Programs no later than 5:15 PM on December 16, 2009 to ensure 
submission.  If you have any questions or concerns regarding a submission 
during this period of time please contact Rick Evans, Associate Director of the 
Office of Sponsored Programs at [log in to unmask] or call 404-413-3550.

Thank you in advance for your assistance and the Office of Sponsored 
Programs wishes you Happy Holiday.


INFORMATION about GRANTS.GOV Applications and NIH Applications

Please make sure you use the subcontract budget that is part of an 
application package when appropriate. We have had several PIs that had 
problems because they did not use the spreadsheet that came with the 
application.

NEW NIH APPLICATIONS DUE ON OR AFTER JANUARY 25. MAKE SURE YOU USE 
THE RIGHT GRANTS.GOV APPLICATION. Summary of changes:

Instructions During Transition to Restructured Application Forms

NIH and other PHS agencies are transitioning to Restructured Application 
Forms with new page limits. For a period of time between November, 2009 and 
the beginning of February, 2010, applicants must carefully select which 
version of the FOA and application package they should be using, and during 
this period all active funding opportunities will be clearly noted in 
the “Competition ID” field of the forms package. All applications intended for 
due dates before January 25, 2010 must use the current application packages 
and instructions (Competition ID of ADOBE-FORMS-A). All applications 
intended for due dates on or after January 25, 2010 must use the new 
application packages and instructions (Competition ID of ADOBE-FORMS-B). 



Here are some other relevant links:
Detailed description of changes:
http://grants.nih.gov/grants/funding/424/index.htm#changes 


http://enhancing-peer-review.nih.gov/docs/application_changes.pdf 

Detailed description of changes:
http://enhancing-peer-review.nih.gov/docs/application_changes.pdf 

New page limits breakdown:
http://enhancing-peer-review.nih.gov/page_limits.html 
 
Timeline:
http://enhancing-peer-review.nih.gov/docs/application_changes_timeline.pdf