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NIH Announces New Scoring Procedures
The new scoring system will be effective for all applications for research grants and cooperative agreements that are submitted for funding consideration for fiscal year 2010 (FY2010) and thereafter. The first standing due date for FY2010 is January 25, 2009; the new scoring system will be used for applications submitted in response to Parent Announcements and Program Announcements, including PARs and PASs published before or after this Guide Notice. An important aspect of the implementation of the new scoring system is to use it in a consistent manner for applications considered in a given fiscal year. Therefore, some RFAs and PARs for funding consideration in FY2010 have due dates before January 25, 2009, and responses to those will be evaluated using the new scoring system. Likewise some RFAs and PARs for FY2009 have due dates after January 25, 2009, and responses to those will be evaluated using the present scoring system. "The Rocket Boys of NIH" - New Children's Book Released Fifty-two years ago, members of a review committee at the National Institutes of Health dug into their wallets and purses to give a "grant" to a 9-year-old boy named Terence Boylan of Snyder, N.Y. His energetic request for $10 to build a rocket ship with his 14-year old friend Bruce Cook moved distinguished members of this NIH committee to invest in the future. Today, any child or adult can send a request to the NIH Center for Scientific Review (CSR) to receive a new children's book that tells the trials and triumphs of NIH's youngest researchers: "The NIH Rocket Boys: How NIH Gives Health and Hope to Kids and the World." The book is written at a reading level suitable for fourth or fifth graders and can be enjoyed by older readers. FBI puts Animal Rights Extremists, linked to recent attacks on UCLA Researchers, on Terrorist List Another UCLA Researcher Attacked - Anti-Animal Research Extremists Claim Responsibility for the Car Bomb Cornell University to Pay Over $2.6 Million to Settle Federal Civil Fraud Charges
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