The Climate Change
Science Program has supplemented its 2003
strategic plan with a
Revised Research Plan
and has requested that comments be sent by
February 26, 2008 to
research-plan-summary@usgcrp.gov.
CCSP-related
grant opportunities
focus on global change research,
observation, communication, and decision
support. (continued)
Community Reacts to
Grants.gov
Changes
Robert Beattie, the
University of Michigan's
Grants.gov
Liaison, has posted a
Grants.gov
update to the Health Research, Inc.
research
administrators listserv
based on discussion that took place at the
most recent meetings of the Federal
Demonstration Partnership and the National
Institutes of Health Electronic Research
Administration Commons Working Group.
Beattie spoke at the Grants Resource Center
fall 2007 external funding conference and,
along with his co-presenter,
Grants.gov
Management Analyst Officer Michael
Pellegrino, invites feedback from GRC
members.
New Salary Cap
on NIH Grants, Cooperative Agreements, and
Contracts
Since
1990, Congress has mandated limiting the
direct salary that an individual may receive
under a National Institutes of Health grant.
This salary cap is linked to Executive Level
I of the Federal Pay Scale, and the
Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2008
restricts this amount to $191,300, an
increase from $186,600 in 2007.
More details regarding
NIH's salary cap
are available online. Questions concerning
this notice or other policies relating to
grants or contracts should be directed to
the grants management or contracts
management office in the appropriate NIH
institute or center. (
continued)
Congratulations to GRC Member
University of
Wisconsin-Platteville
In a January
16, 2008
press release
the Kresge Foundation announced the award of
a challenge grant of $600,000 to the
University of Wisconsin-Platteville. The
grant was reviewed and approved at the
foundation's December 12, 2007 board
meeting. GRC congratulates the university on
its success in securing Kresge support
.
Need for
Refocus of Workforce Investment Initiatives?
An article in the January/February issue of
Change
examines just "how many students colleges
and universities need to educate, and with
what skills and knowledge." Data on the U.S.
occupations with the most growth predicted
through 2014 refute, says the article's
author, "the now-conventional wisdom that
there is an accelerating economic demand for
workers with college degrees and that our
standing in the global economy is threatened
if we do not meet it." (continued)
FY 09 Updates
Pending
The
president's State of the Union address will
be delivered January 28, and his FY 09
budget request released February 4, 2008.
GRC staff will monitor both and will provide
analysis throughout the month of February on
what impact the Bush Administration's final
agenda will have on research, education, and
other campus activities.
GrantWeek is edited by Meg Cantwell and
Malcolm Furgol. Send questions or comments
to
cantwellm@aascu.org.
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