ORSP New Announcements

The newest version of the NSF Proposal & Award Policies and Procedures Guide (PAPPG),

which is the combined version of two previous publications, the Grants Proposal Guide and Award Policy

Manual, has been posted. Although the effective date is January 5^th, we are all encouraged to shift to this

version now and our office will be following these guidelines for proposal preparation. The red, bold and

[bracketed statements] are my additions so you can immediately see the important changes. As always,

this is the main document to refer to for preparation of any NSF proposal—this works in tandem with a

specific solicitation. It also addresses policies both the researchers and institution are required to follow

Al Soltow, Vice President for Research, is pleased to announce the 2008 Faculty Development Summer Fellowship recipients:

Success in this competition speaks well for the applicant’s proposals and for their colleagues’ confidence that they will make significant contributions to the scholarship in their fields.

Please see following for a special notice/advisory from the National Science Foundation:

http://www.nsf.gov/news/newsmedia/special_notice_pio.jsp

Special Notice/Advisory

SUBJ: PUBLIC AFFAIRS SUPPORT FOR PIs VIA PIOs

NSF wants to help our researchers get the word out about newsworthy research results funded by NSF. We're also accountable to the public which funds research by NSF.

We know you already have some dissemination plans (such as publications and speeches at conferences), as required under NSF's "broader impacts" criterion. But you might not be taking advantage of standard public affairs techniques such as media interviews, or new ones such as multimedia web sites. Public information officers are often the key to this kind of dissemination.

Most organizations that receive NSF funds have a designated public information officer (PIO) who shares the same goals as the NSF public affairs office. They can advise you on when and how to publicize your results--and they can work with us to do so.

When you have newsworthy results, we encourage you to:

contact your PIO, especially if you are publishing in a journal (the ideal time to do so is once the paper has been accepted for publication)
ask your PIO to contact us (media staff listed here: http://www.nsf.gov/news/nsfpio/staff.jsp)
contact us yourself if you do not know your PIO, by sending a message to tellus@nsf.gov

We all want a more informed public. We appreciate your help in communicating research results.

Jeff Nesbit
Director, Office of Legislative and Public Affairs
National Science Foundation

*Interdisciplinary Research Proposal Competition Results*

Five research institutes were funded from the fourteen submitted proposals. The funded institutes are:

Institute of Nanotechnology: Dale Teeters (Chemistry) and Theodore Manikas (Electrical Engineering)

Institute of Computational Biology: John Hale (Computer Science), Kenton Miller (Biology), and William Coberly (Mathematics)

Institute For Biochemical and Psychological Study of Individual Differences: Al Harkness (Psychology), John McNulty (Psychology), Bill Potter (Biochemistry), and Robert Sheaff (Biochemistry)

Institute of Alternative Energy: Daniel Crunkleton (Chemical Engineering), John Henshaw (Mechanical Engineering), Sanwu Wang (Physics) and Jagannathan Mahadevan (Petroleum Engineering)

Institute of Trauma, Abuse, & Neglect: Joanne L. Davis (Psychology), Elana Newman (Psychology), Laura Foley (Sociology) , Linda Lacey (Law), and Kathy Strunk (Nursing)

I want to express my sincere appreciation to the faculty who submitted excellent proposals and to the review committee who assumed the very difficult task of evaluating them.

Thank you,

Allen R. Soltow

Vice President for Research

NIH Public Access Policy for Final Peer-reviewed Manuscripts

April 28, 2008

Dear Members of the NIH Research Community:

I am writing to remind you that the mandatory NIH Public Access Policy (http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/notice-files/NOT-OD-08-033.html) applies to final peer-reviewed manuscripts accepted for publication on or after April 7, 2008. Making published research funded by NIH accessible to everyone, including health care providers, patients, educators and scientists, helps advance science and improve human health. We all have a role to play in achieving this goal, and I appreciate your efforts to make the NIH Public Access Policy successful.

The NIH Public Access Policy implements Division G, Title II, Section 218 of PL 110-161 (see http://publicaccess.nih.gov/policy.htm), which was signed into law late last year. Compliance with this Policy is a legal requirement and a term and condition for all active grants and contracts awarded as of April 7, 2008. Failure to comply may trigger one or more enforcement actions, depending on the severity and duration of the non-compliance.

Please see the Public Access Web site for the tools you need to comply with the Policy. The Web site houses Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs), training information, and other resources.

To ensure compliance with the Policy, please remember to:

Address Copyright - Make sure that any copyright transfer or other publication agreements allow your paper to be submitted to NIH in accordance with the Policy.

Submit Papers upon Acceptance for Publication

1. Some journals will submit the final published article on your behalf, without your involvement. See http://publicaccess.nih.gov/submit_process_journals.htm for a list of these journals.

2. For any journal other than those on this list, please:

a. When submitting a paper for publication, inform the journal that the final peer-reviewed manuscript is subject to the NIH Public Access Policy.

b. Make sure that any copyright transfer or other publication agreement allows the final peer-reviewed manuscript to be submitted to NIH in accordance with the Policy. For more information, see the FAQ Whose approval do I need to submit my article to PubMed Central? and consult with your Institution.

c. Submit the final peer-reviewed manuscript to NIH upon acceptance for publication at http://www.nihms.nih.gov/. See the Submission Process for more information.

Cite Papers

§ When citing your NIH-funded papers in NIH applications, proposals or progress reports, please include the PubMed Central reference number (PMCID) for each paper.

§ NIH will monitor compliance through citations. Effective May 25, 2008, when your NIH Program Officer reviews your progress report or application, he or she will be expecting a PMCID in the citation of every applicable paper that arose out of your NIH funding, or a manuscript submission system reference number (NIHMSID) if the PMCID has not been issued. See Section C of our FAQ for examples.

§ If you publish through a journal listed under http://publicaccess.nih.gov/submit_process_journals.htm, there might be a slight delay in assignment of a PMCID. That is okay. We have signed agreements with these journals that allow NIH to resolve submission with them without your involvement. To facilitate your Program Officer’s job, we ask that you indicate ‘PMC Journal- In Process’ until the PMCID is available.

The NIH Public Access Policy is a legal requirement and represents an important opportunity for science and medicine. We are very interested in your feedback on the Policy and are soliciting input through a request for information from March 31, 2008 to May 31, 2008. Please send any comments or suggestions to http://publicaccess.nih.gov/comments.htm.

Sincerely,

Norka Ruiz Bravo, PhD

NIH Deputy Director for Extramural Research