Institutional Official Signing Authority Memo Changes

To view the updated version of this memo, please click here: http://www.hopkinsmedicine. org/Research/ora/handbook/SignAuth_mem.pdf.
The memo reflects new position titles as a result of the HR department's recent job reclassifications. Notable changes appear below:

Old Title	New Title
Sr. Sponsored Projects Specialist	Grants Associates
Sponsored Projects Specialist II	Contracts Specialist
Subcontract Specialist II	Sub Award Specialist
Sr. Subcontract Specialist	Sub Award Associate

NIH/NIOSH Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) Expiration Dates will be adjusted to Accommodate Recent Changes to Standing Submission Deadlines

Changes in standing Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) application submission deadlines took effect this year. The submission deadline changes have left more than 400 multi-year FOAs with an expiration date earlier than their last submission deadline. Standard practice has been to set the "Expiration Date" of an FOA to the day after the last possible submission deadline for that FOA.

NIH/NIOSH will adjust the Expiration Date for each of the affected FOAs, to address this discrepancy in dates and avoid confusion. This change of date will occur between September 18 and November 2, 2007. No action need be taken by applicants. There will be no change to submission deadlines or application packages as a result of these adjustments.

Applicants must continue to use the "Application Submission/Receipt Date(s)" and "AIDS Application Submission/Receipt Date(s)" listed in the Key Dates section of the FOA to determine submission deadlines. The Expiration Date IS NOT the submission deadline for an FOA. A change in Expiration Date does not signify more time for application submission.

To read this complete announcement, click here: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/notice-files/NOT-OD-07-093.html.

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