NIH GUIDE FOR GRANTS AND CONTRACTS: INTENT TO MODIFY NIH GUIDE, Volume 26, Number 22, June 27, 1997 P.T. 34 Keywords: 101400 National Institutes of Health PURPOSE The National Institutes of Health intends to modify the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts on October 1, 1997. The format of Request for Applications (RFAs) and Program Announcements (PAs) will not be changed, but the NIH Guide will be available only in HTML format on the Office of Extramural Research (OER) Homepage (https://grants.nih.gov/grants/oer.htm). The purpose of this change is to improve the timeliness and accuracy of information dissemination and reduce production costs. BACKGROUND Currently, in addition to paper subscriptions, a delimited, electronic edition of the NIH Guide, which includes RFAs in addition to NA/RFAs, is sent via a LIST to individuals and university offices of sponsored research. The NIH Guide is also available on a public access electronic bulletin board and on the NIH GOPHER, which may be accessed via the OER Homepage (https://grants.nih.gov/grants/oer.htm). Through these sources, the NIH Guide, including the full text of RFAs and PAs, is available nationwide within a day of publication. The NIH Gopher service will be discontinued within the next several months and the NIH intends to take advantage of this opportunity to convert Gopher documents to HTML format, that is, web-browser readable format. Furthermore, as part of an overall reengineering of the process whereby the NIH Guide is created and distributed, the NIH will take the next logical step and make it available only via the OER Web Homepage. INTENDED MODIFICATIONS Content of the NIH Guide - The contents of the NIH Guide will not change. Access to the NIH Guide - The current print and LISTSERV subscription lists and the Gopher version will be terminated. The Web edition of the NIH Guide, including the RFAs and PAs, will be available to individuals on the OER Web Homepage (https://grants.nih.gov/grants/oer.htm). ELECTRONIC ACCESS TO THE NIH GUIDE FOR GRANTS AND CONTRACTS 1. NIHGDE-L is closed as of the publication of this Notice. No new subscriptions will be accepted. New users of the NIH Guide should access it through the OER Web Homepage. 2. NIH Grant Line Bulletin Board. The NIH Grant Line Bulletin Board will be discontinued on October 1, 1997. Until then, it will continue to be available to current users. 3. NIH Gopher. The NIH Gopher contains information about the NIH, including the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts, and has text searching capability. Until September 30, 1997, the NIH Gopher version of the NIH Guide is available on the OER Homepage (https://grants.nih.gov/grants/oer.htm). INQUIRIES For additional information or comment on the intended modifications, direct inquiries to: James O'Donnell, Ph.D. Office of Extramural Programs National Institutes of Health 6701 Rockledge Drive, Room 6182 - MSC 7910 Bethesda, MD 20892-7910 Telephone: (301) 435-2768 Email: odonnelj@odrockm1.od.nih.gov Myra Brockett Office of Extramural Programs National Institutes of Health 6701 Rockledge Drive, Room 6095 - MSC 7910 Bethesda, MD 20892-7910 Telephone: (301) 435-2801 Email: q2c@cu.nih.gov or mb36t@nih.gov For additional information about the NIH Grant Line Bulletin Board, direct inquiries to: John C. James, Ph.D. Office of Extramural Outreach and Information Resources National Institutes of Health 6701 Rockledge Drive, Room 6206 - MSC 7910 Bethesda, MD 20892-7910 Telephone: (301) 435-2801 Email: jqj@odrockm1.od.nih.gov
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