NIH has released a notice that the agency has developed and posted this tutorial to support institutional training programs as they implement the revised 2011 financial Conflict of Interest (FCOI) regulations for NIH grants and cooperative agreements.   The tutorial highlights the key Federal requirements for which the Investigator, the Institution, and NIH, are accountable under the […]

WASHINGTON, DC — Senator Jim Webb (D-VA), author of the landmark Post-9/11 G.I. Bill, today introduced bipartisan legislation to preserve those veterans’ education benefits from abuses by certain schools. Troubling statistics show that the cost to taxpayers to send a veteran to a for-profit school is more than double the cost of a public university and that eight […]

Greensboro, N.C. – U.S. Senator Kay R. Hagan (NC) and Export-Import Bank (Ex-Im) Chairman and President Fred P. Hochberg today hosted an exporter forum to help North Carolina small businesses spread the “Made in North Carolina” label across the globe. The “Ex-Im Bank Global Access Forum for Small Business” featured industry, academic and government experts […]

A few highlights of the President’s Education Budget: President’s FY 2013 Budget Request for the U.S. Department of Education (from the U.S. Department of Education website) On February 13, 2012, President Obama released his Fiscal Year 2013 Budget. The following materials are available showing what this budget provides for the programs and activities of the […]

Karen Gordon Mills, appointed by President Obama to lead the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA), will visit UNCG Wednesday, Feb. 15. Mills’ presentation, “The Path to Entrepreneurial Success: Capitalizing on Opportunities and Resources,” will begin at 2:30 p.m. in the Elliott University Center Auditorium. She will take questions from local entrepreneurs after her presentation, and will […]

By Justin Sink of thehill.com Five-term congressman Brad Miller (D-N.C.) who represents UNC Greensboro said Wednesday he would retire rather than face a primary challenge against Rep. David Price (D-N.C.) after redistricting redrew his congressional district into a Republican stronghold. “My only two options are to run in a primary with David Price or not […]

by Goldie Blumenstyk of The Chronicle of Higher Education President Obama brought his campaign for college affordability to a cheering audience of Michigan college students and local residents here on Friday morning, pledging that his administration would be “putting colleges on notice” over rising costs and issuing a call for continued public support for higher education […]

by Council on Governmental Affairs, Association of Public and Land-grant Universities, January 23, 2012 NIH released last week their Notice of Salary Limitation on Grants, Cooperative Agreements, and Contracts. This pertains to the change included in the FY2012 appropriations legislation for NIH, which dropped the grantee salary rate cap from Executive Level I to Executive Level […]

Article written by Kelly Field of The Chronicle of Higher Education Congressional leaders reached agreement late Thursday on a spending bill for the remainder of the current fiscal year that would increase funds for the National Institutes of Health by 1 percent, or $300-million, and maintain the maximum Pell Grant at $5,550, but only by tightening […]

Article written by Kelly Field of The Chronicle of Higher Education Washington-The Congressional supercommittee charged with cutting $1.2-trillion from the federal budget conceded defeat Monday, after its members reached an impasse over taxes and entitlement spending. The panel’s failure to produce a deficit-reduction plan triggers across-the-board cuts of roughly $1-trillion in discretionary spending over nine years, […]