Two new informative "slide shows" have been added to our Knowledge Resources page:

Learn how to Be More Successful in the Grant Application Process  

An Overview of Peer Review and the upcoming January 2010 NIH Application Revisions.

Please go to Researcher News page for the following Recent Important Announcements

VERY IMPORTANT NIH PHS2590 Policy Changes relating to Personnel Reporting. Most significantly is a new"All Personnel Report".

Recently announced information regarding Federal Reporting Requirement of American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) funding.

Visit our Grant Opportunities page for information regarding the following Recently Announced Opportunities.

Two $50,000 Probiotics Young Investigators Grants. Deadline: February 16, 2010

The Minority Health Research and Education Grant Program is now soliciting for applications for their upcoming competition.

IMPORTANT NOTICE

Please be informed regarding Procedures for Modifying Personnel and Effort relating to Sponsored Project Awards administered by UTSW. (click the text to read the notice)

This notice may also be found linked at the following UTSW web sites:

Research Administration

Research Compliance

Research Effort Reporting Resources

NIH Loan Repayment Programs -
Apply Now for 2010 Contracts

Participants Receive Up to $35,000 Annually -
Deadline is December 1, 2009

The National Institutes of Health (NIH) repays outstanding student loans through its extramural Loan Repayment Programs (LRPs). The LRPs target researchers who are or will be conducting nonprofit biomedical or behavioral research, and the application cycle opens September 1, 2009.

The five extramural LRPs are Clinical Research, Pediatric Research, Health Disparities Research, Contraception and Infertility Research, and Clinical Research for Individuals from Disadvantaged Backgrounds.

Read more details of this program at http://www.lrp.nih.gov/about_the_programs/index.aspx

Applications will be accepted online until 8:00 p.m. Eastern time on December 1, 2009, at www.lrp.nih.gov

QUESTIONS? Visit the LRP website at www.lrp.nih.gov for more information and to access the online application. For additional assistance, call or e-mail the LRP Information Center at (866) 849-4047 or mailto:lrp@nih.gov.

OGM - Grant Application
Required Institutional Signature Process

1. Not less than 10 days prior to grantor’s due date, email draft of the following to your Office of Grants Management (OGM) Grants and Contracts Specialist:

a. A copy of grantor’s instructions, or a direct link to online location
b. Title/face page
c. Abstract
d. Budget
e. Budget Justification
f. Key personnel
g. Checklist
h. If 424 package - please send the entire PDF package with all administrative components to review, including the above stated. 

The Specialist will perform a preliminary review and edit of above. These pages are required to route for institutional signature.  

2. Not less than 5 days prior to grantor’s due date, the department will:

a. Create OGM-1 form in ERGO and, attach the final grant application.
b. Route OGM-1 form to obtain department approvals: Applicant and Chair (NOTE: The PI signature can not be delegated.  Both signatures of the PI and the Department Chairperson, or designee, are required for routing) 
c. If original handwritten signatures are required, print the final grant application documents (science section can be draft if Dept is mailing) and deliver them to the OGM Grants Specialist; otherwise, route via electronic media (ERGO and/or email, whichever is required). 

3. After institutional signatures have been received, the application will be readied for submission to the appropriate funding agency.

a. If it is a federal application requiring electronic submission to Grants.gov, the OGM Signing Official will submit the final application.
b. If the application requires submission procedures other than to Grants.gov, OGM will inform the applicant when readied so the application is processed according to the sponsor requirements.
c. If the application is to be submitted via paper, the OGM will either return the paper application to the applicant department for submission to the sponsor or, if the applicant department has provided OGM with a FedEx shipping slip, the OGM will mail or scan, if necessary.

Do you need help finding the correct office to process your contract, grant, or other agreement?

Click HERE for an Activity-Based Flowchart that will help you determine whether you should contact the Clinical Trials Office, the Office of Grants Management, or the Contracts Management Office.

Physical Location:

The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas
Office of Grants Management
American General Tower
Exchange Park
Suite FL10.1030
6363 Forest Park Road
Dallas, TX 75390-9105
Phone: 214.648.4494    Fax: 214.648.4474
E-Mail: grants.mgt@utsouthwestern.edu