The pedestrian and bicycle bridge at the edges of that photo happens to be the site of the worst bicycle accident I’ve ever had. Aug 9, 2013.

Does anyone understand how NIMH is using RF1 and UF1s?

Consistent with this, I’ve heard (secondhand) that program officers from NIGMS are telling applicants who got outstanding scores that their R01s that they won’t be funded because they’re not MIRAs.

Yes, in five years, it would reach equilibrium, where universities were getting the same overhead as before, but it would be a very painful transition.

Trying again: instead of awarding 5 grants that spend all of their year 1 money that year, they award only 1 grant which will only spend a 1/5th of its money that year. So the total overhead collected by universities is 1/5th. (Overhead is only collected when universities submit invoices).

Another consequence is that although the same amount of money is committed, only 20 or 25% (4 or 5 year grants) of the money will be spent in year 1. Thus the overhead flowing to universities will drop dramatically, even if the overhead rate stays the same.

I believe that is the intended purpose.

Here is a word cloud of the words that were missing from the noncompetitive renewal awards but had been present in the parent award.

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