CNN: $5 Billion in New Fed ARRA Grants

According to a news item today on the CNN Web site:
WASHINGTON (CNN) — President Obama, in an effort to stimulate the economy and support critical research, will announce $5 billion in grants when he visits the National Institutes of Health on Wednesday, according to an administration official.
President Obama and Health Secretary Kathleen Sebelius will announce [...]

Chronicle: Elsevier Unveils New Grant-Finding Service

Reported  in the Chronicle of Higher Education:

The scientific publisher Elsevier today started SciVal Funding, a Web-based search service to help American institutions locate grants, particularly collaborative and multidisciplinary ones. The service joins the company’s SciVal Spotlight, a strategy tool aimed at revealing university-research strengths and weaknesses — at a price, The Chronicle reported in June, [...]

New NIH Director, New Priorities

Francis S. Collins, physician and geneticist, has reported for duty at the National Institutes of Health as its new director .  According to the Chronicle of Higher Education he brings with him new priorities:
On Monday, he listed for his staff five goals for his tenure as director, including ensuring a “stable and predictable” supply of federal [...]

Chronicle: NIH Is Deluged With 21,000 Grant Applications for Stimulus Funds

According to a report in today’s Chronicle of Higher Education:
The National Institutes of Health has received about 21,000 applications for its main category of grants through the federal economic-stimulus measure, both thrilling and overwhelming agency reviewers responsible for evaluating the proposals and distributing the money.
“The response has been extraordinary,” Antonio Scarpa, director of the NIH’s [...]

Grants: NINR Updates

The National Institute of Nursing Research (NINR) would like to bring to your attention three new Notices from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) announcing the availability of American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) funding for Competitive Revisions (formerly Competitive Supplements), Administrative Supplements, and Administrative Supplements for Summer Research Experiences.
Please take note of the [...]

NINR/ARRA 2009 New Opportunities

The National Institute of Nursing Research announces challenge grants in health and science research under the provisions of the newly passed American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009. See our “Blinks” for Web links to NINR and its grants page.
The American Association of Colleges of Nursing has developed a document, Funding Opportunities for Colleges of [...]

To Write Grant Apps, Read Grant Apps

One of the best ways of learning how to write successful grant applications is to volunteer for opportunities to serve as a grant application reviewer.
In some instances, this strategy may be easier said than done, but the energetic grant writer will actively seek out grant reviewing activities.
NIH grants are perhaps the most selective (both in [...]