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Undergraduate Researchers' Graduate School Registry:
Please encourage your students to sign up for the Undergraduate Researcher's Graduate School Registry. The purpose of this registry is to facilitate connections between undergraduates and graduate schools seeking high quality students who are well prepared for research.

NIH News

NIH Announces the Posting of a Web-based Tutorial on Financial Conflict of Interest Requirements for All NIH-Supported Institutions.

NSF News

NSF Annual Report
NSF recently released its "Report to the National Science Board on the National Science Foundations' Merit Review Process, Fiscal Year 2007." The report showed that the agency last year received the highest number of proposals in its history — 44,577, a 50% increase over 2000. It made 11,463 awards in 2007, averaging $146,270 each with average award duration of three years. Its proposal acceptance rate is 26%, compared to 22% in 2000, the report said. NSF is beating its "time to decision goal," by informing 77% of applicants of funding decisions within six months of proposal receipt; the goal was 70%.