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August 2011 – NIH Revises Instructions for Appendix Materials on T32 Grant Applications
On July 28th, the NIH released a notice describing revised instructions for the Appendix on NSRA T32 Training Grant applications. Here is a quick summary of the changes, and the ways that Curvita helps you make the most of them:
The Appendix is NOT a means to circumvent application page limits. It may, however, include “other publications reflecting on the activities of the program as a whole” so long as they are not publicly available. This includes up to 3 of the following types of publications:
1. Manuscripts and/or abstracts accepted for publication but not yet published.
2. Published manuscripts and/or abstracts where a free, online, publicly available journal link is not available.
3. Patents directly relevant to the project.The announcement also gives the following as examples of acceptable appendix documents that “are unique to training grant applications (but not typically included in research grant applications):
1. Syllabi for key courses, core courses and electives, including courses in Responsible Conduct of Research, Survival Skills for Research, etc.;
2. Retreat, seminar series, and other program activity agendas, rosters, and schedules (for the past one or two years only);
3. Examples of forms used to document trainee progress and monitoring by the program;
4. Examples of materials used in recruitment and particularly recruitment and retention to enhance diversity of the student pool;
5. Lists of meetings attended by students and their presentations (during the last two years); and
6. Student biosketches (current students only).
Curvita’s activity tracking and document generation capabilities allow the creation of many of these documents with just a few clicks. Course syllabi, event schedules and attendance, progress forms, and student biosketches are all well within Curvita’s capabilities. When the submission deadline is approaching and you’re looking for those extra additions that will give your application a competitive edge, make it happen with Curvita!
May 2011: Cancer Center Support Grant Module Announced
In response to continued client feedback, Curvita has now added a P30 Cancer Center Support Grant (CCSG) Module, allowing Cancer Centers to seamlessly generate support tables for both new and renewal applications. When combined with Curvita’s biosketch generation capabilities, researchers and staff can now shift their focus away from fighting paperwork and towards fighting cancer.
May 2011: Curvita Team Welcomes New Account Manager
As a result of the outstanding response to Curvita, we are happy to announce that we have brought on Nick Morris to handle the growing volume of both sales and marketing activities revolving around the product. Nick’s prior experience in sales and marketing in high-growth environments should prove invaluable as Curvita continues to garner attention from around the nation.
April 2011: Curvita Adds Three Major Clients
This month we are proud to announce that Curvita has been chosen by three prominent schools as their solution for profile management and training grant application:
- Wake Forest University
- The University of Virginia
- The University of Chicago
The Curvita team is looking forward to completing integrations with each school so they their faculty and staff can reap the benefits of easy-to-manage profiles and leveraged data in grant applications.
March 2011: NIH SF424 R&R Formatting Added to Curvita
The Curvita team keeps up with all the latest NIH standards so you don’t have to! Curvita now includes complete functionality with the SF424 R&R grant application form. Biosketches and data tables generated in Curvita will meet all current NIH formatting requirements and are easily inserted into any grant application software or directly into the Grants.gov web interface.
April 2010: Curvita Welcomes Duke University
Duke University has joined the Curvita team as a client and development partner and we look forward to their input in the integrations and grant application modules. With over 40 T32 NRSA grants in house, Duke is excited to utilize Curvita to significantly reduce time and effort outlays of both faculty and staff in the retention of these valuable programs.
February 2010: Curvita Introduces NIH Grant Module
Curvita is proud to announce an exciting new capability which allows users to create NIH biosketches and T32 training grant tables in the latest PHS 398 formats.
It is well-known that creating proposals for NIH training grants is a tremendous undertaking. Gathering updated CV and demographic information for participating departments, faculty and students is difficult and it takes an inordinate amount of time and resources to compile the results for the many tables required.
Curvita now solves this problem by offering an easy-to-use dashboard for selecting participating departments, faculty, and trainees. The software then does all the work and creates your tables in the proper format, allowing you to edit before export to your full application as a Microsoft Word document or PDF.
December 2009: Microsoft Excel Integration Enhances Data Input to Curvita
The development team at Curvita has added a new way to rapidly input data into Curvita. In addition to linking directly to data in organizational databases and manual entry through the Curvita web interface, you can now input data into our Microsoft Excel templates for direct upload. After completing and importing the Excel template, Curvita verifies that information has been entered correctly and will give you the opportunity to review these changes before they are added to your profile.
January 2008: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Joins Forces with Curvita
We are proud to announce our partnership with UNC Chapel Hill to develop Curvita into the most powerful and versatile profile management and grant application tool in the country. We will be working closely with UNC’s Office of Research Information Systems to create the best possible interface and features for Curvita, with much more to come!