New Mileage Reimbursement Rate for 2008

The new business standard mileage rate for employees who use their own vehicles for business purposes is 50.5 center per mile, an increase from the 48.5 cents previously authorized by the IRS for calendar 2006. Mileage incurred after January 1, 2008 will be reimbursed at the new rate.

Please note that the standard mileage rate to use when reimbursing moving expenses is decreased from 20 cents to 19 cents a mile for calendar 2008.

Animal Welfare Assurance Format and Process Updates

If your studies involve animals in research, your institution should use the new sample animal welfare assurance format beginning April 15, 2008. Your institutional official for animal welfare can now submit the signed assurance to olawdoa@mail.nih.gov as a PDF attachment.

http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/notice-files/NOT-OD-08-049.html

NIH Regional Meeting to take place in Chicago, June 2008

Each year, the Office of Extramural Research (OER) sponsors two NIH Regional Seminars on Program Funding and Grants. These seminars are intended to help demystify the application and review process, clarify Federal regulations and policies, and highlight current areas of special interest or concern. The seminars serve the NIH mission of providing education and training for the next generation of biomedical and behavioral scientist. NIH policy, grants management, review and program staff provide a broad array of expertise and encourage personal interaction between themselves and seminar participants. The seminars are appropriate for grants administrators, researchers new to NIH, and graduate students.

To register for this meeting on June 19-20, 2008 or to obtain additional information http://tigger.uic.edu/depts/ovcr/research/seminar/NIH/. Early registration ends March 31, 2008.