I believe this refers to NIDDK's by-now-long-standing policy with regard
to grant support duration and should not be extrapolated to other NIH
institutes:

http://www2.niddk.nih.gov/Funding/Grants/FundingPolicy.htm

Duration of Grant Support
Competing awards are adjusted to achieve a 4 year average duration for
research project grants. Nevertheless, applications from new
investigators, initial MERIT awards, MERIT extensions, program project
grants, and clinical trial grants are generally awarded for the full
length of their recommended project period.

I can't remember if they were the same institute that changed all their
type 5 applications to renew within the same month(s)?

Robert Aull
Fiscal Compliance Manager
(Sponsored Programs)
Indiana University School of Medicine
317-274-2325
317-278-5823 FAX

-----Original Message-----
From: Research Administration List [mailto:xxxxxx@hrinet.org] On
Behalf Of Judy L Bristow
Sent: Thursday, May 31, 2007 10:11 AM
To: xxxxxx@hrinet.org
Subject: Re: [RESADM-L] R01's Limited to Four Years for Established
Investigators

I have heard nothing about established investigators being limited to
four years nor have any of our grants management specialists.

Judy L. Bristow
Director, Grants Management
Office of the Executive
 Vice-President for Research
University of Louisville
Louisville, KY 40292

(502) 852-3788 (Phone)
(502) 852-2594 (Fax)

http://research.louisville.edu/gm/gm-survey.htm

>>> Kris Rhodes <xxxxxx@WFUBMC.EDU> 5/30/2007 2:45 PM >>>
Colleagues:

We had one NIH institute that indicated at the time of award for
established investigators R01 award funding is limited to four years,
while new investigators continue to be eligible for five years of
funding.  I now have investigators across campus who believe that NIH
has limited R01 applications to four years, but I don't think I ever saw
an NIH notice to this effect.  I want my investigators to apply for the
appropriate funding, whether that is 3, 4, or 5 years, did I miss
something.

Can anyone provide insight on the validity of investigator's limiting
their budget's to four years.

Kris

_________________________________________
Kris Rhodes MS, CRA
Director, Grants Administration
Wake Forest University Health Sciences
Phone:  336-716-3019

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