2013 News and Announcements

Learn what is going on in the world of research through announcements and reports from various funding agencies, the federal government, and Howard University.

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2013                        
May 15, 2013 Nomination Invitation: Pew Scholars Program in the Biomedical Sciences
  The Pew Charitable Trusts invites you to nominate a candidate for the 2014 Pew Scholars Program in the Biomedical Sciences award...Read More
May 7, 2013 PAIN: Myths, Stigma and Facts
  Organized by Howard University Department of Pediatrics and CHild Health and the Center for Sickle Cell Diseases...Read More
April 17, 2013 Physics Colloquium
  Howard University, Department of Physics and Astronomy presents Sylvester James Gates, Jr...Read More
April 12, 2013 "Write Winning Grants" Seminar!
  This program is organized by the FASEB Office of MARC and Professional Development Programs in association with Grant Writers' Seminars and Workshops (GWSW) and the National Institutes of Health ...Read More
April 2, 2013 Message about the 30-day Federal Register Notice
  The 30 day Federal Register Notice (FRN) notice regarding the collection of required performance measures has been posted and is available...Read More
April 1, 2013 Howard University Campus-Wide Research Day
  The 1st annual Research Day celebrates the breadth of research being conducted across the University...Read More
March 18, 2013 NIH Regional Seminar on Program Funding and Grants Administration
 

The National Institutes of Health is proud to announce the annual NIH Regional Seminar on Program Funding and Grants Administration taking place June 26-28, 2013 in Baltimore, Maryland!...Read More

March 18, 2013 Implementation of Enhanced Automated Compliance Checking in FastLane
 

The following outlines NSF policy on the handling of late proposals following implementation of enhanced automated compliance checking in FastLane

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March 4, 2013 HU Limited Campus Closure
  Due to the Howard University limited campus closure, our offices will be closed from the end of the March 8, 2013 business day to opening of the March 18, 2013 business day...Read More
February 27, 2013 HU ADVANCE-IT Cycle 1 NSF Mini-Grants
  HU ADVANCE-IT mini-grants are awarded to qualified individuals and/or teams of researchers in the Natural Sciences in the College of Arts and Sciences, Engineering and Computer Science in the College of Engineering, Architecture and Computer Science and the Basic Sciences in the College of Medicine...Read More
February 25, 2013 2013 Geothermal Student Competition
  The Competition seeks to engage students in a collaborative exercise to develop a business plan for developing a geothermal enterprise...Read More
February 25, 2013 NCTR: ORISE Summer Student Research Participation
  Summer research opportunities are available at the National Center for Toxicological Research (NCTR), U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in Jefferson, Arkansas...Read More
February 12, 2013 GHUCCTS Researcher Tools for Success Workshop
  The Research Education Core of the Georgetown-Howard CTSA would like to invite you to participate in its upcoming Researcher Tools for Success Workshop....Read More
January 30, 2013 Q2 FY '13 Effort Certifications - Distribution for February
  The effort certification cycle for Q2 FY 2013, will commence the week of February 4, 2013...Read More
January 15, 2013 Implementation Research Institute (IRI)
  If you wish to join an exciting learning collaborative of implementation researchers, we invite you to apply to the Implementation Research Institute (IRI)...Read More
January 14, 2013 2013 NSF Regional Conference
  Howard University will host the 2013 NSF Regional Conference held in Arlington, VA on March 11-12, 2013...Read More
January 07, 2013 NSF GPG Changes and New Solicitation
  On March 18, 2013, NSF will transfer its current project reporting service from FastLane to Research.gov...Read More