Key Dates
Release Date: December 1, 2005

Issued by
National Institutes of Health (NIH), (http://www.nih.gov )

The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) continues to operate on a continuing resolution (CR) that currently extends through December 17, 2005 . The CR applies the terms of the FY 2005 appropriations for the period covered by the CR. Until the final FY 2006 appropriation is enacted, NIH will be issuing non-competing research grant awards at a level below that indicated on the most recent Notice of Award (generally up to 80% of the previously committed level). NIH will consider upward adjustments to these levels after the final appropriation is enacted, but expects institutions to monitor their expenditures carefully during this period.

Questions regarding adjustments applied on individual grant awards may be directed to the Grants Management Specialist identified on the Notice of Award.

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The Council on Governmental Relations has also passed along the following note:

Our federal relations colleagues at AAU provided this additional information on NIH Notice OD-NOT 06-014 announcing that the agency will be issuing non-competing research grant awards at a level below that indicated on the most recent Notice of Award (generally up to 80% of the previously committed level):

FROM Patrick White at AAU:
Research administrators and faculty should be aware that, in the absence of an FY06 Labor/HHS Appropriation that has been signed into law, NIH cannot be any more specific about when or if grantees can expect to receive 100% of expected funds. In years past, once the appropriations process has been completed, NIH has paid as much of non-competing awards as possible, consistent with appropriated funding.

Tony DeCrappeo
President
Council on Governmental Relations