AREA grant renewals are competitive renewals.   In the past PI's had to
change the title and scope so that "renewals" didn't look like renewals.
Now they can request a true renewal.

Frances Vinal Farnsworth
Coordinator of Sponsored Research
Munford House
MIDDLEBURY COLLEGE
Middlebury, VT 05753
Tel:  802-443-5889
Fax: 802-443-2081
email:  xxxxxx@middlebury.edu

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Sally Eckert-Tilotta (Sally Eckert-Tilotta)
> [SMTP:xxxxxx@MAIL.UND.NODAK.EDU]
> Sent: Tuesday, May 18, 1999 1:59 PM
> To:   xxxxxx@hrinet.org
> Subject:      Re: NIH website
>
> I have tried to get onto the grants/contracts page as well as link through
> institutes, but no luck.  Times out.  No problem getting on any other
> federal
> agency website.
>
> Well, I have what I suspect is a dumb question, and since I can't get to
> NIH,
> maybe someone out there can answer it.  AREA grants have recently been
> allowed
> to be renewed.  Are these competitive renewals or non-competing?  Our
> award
> letters were issued before the change in policy, so they just say no
> renewals
> allowed.
> Any help you can offer is appreciated.
>
> Thanks.
>
>
> ***************************************************
> Sally Eckert-Tilotta, PhD, Assistant to the Director
> Office of Research and Program Development
> University of North Dakota
> Grand Forks, ND  58202
> email:  xxxxxx@mail.und.nodak.edu
> tel:  701-777-2049
> fax: 701-777-2504
>
>
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