NIH Extramural Activities Update

The September 2007 issue of the NIH Extramural Nexus is now available at http://grants.nih.gov/grants/partners/0907Nexus.htm.

September 2007 Contents

• News From the Director of OER: Creating and Maintaining a Sustainable Scientific Workforce
• In Their Own Words: An Interview with OPASI Director Dr. Alan Krensky
• New Resource for Advancing Innovative Technologies Joins the Commercial Assistance Program
• The NIH System for Enhancing the Science, Safety and Ethics of Recombinant DNA Research
• OER NIH Policy for GWAS Data Sharing Announced
• Powerful Award Trend Resource in the Works
• Eye on PI
  • NIH Educational Debt Repayment Available to Ph.D. Research Scientists
  • From Commerce to the Community: New Patent Rules Issued
  • Principal Investigator's eRA Commons Account
  • Multi PI Update
• Electronic Submission Update
  • Updated Application Guides Now Available
  • Future Electronic Submission Transitions Still on Hold
  • Use of Adobe Forms
• Roadmap Update
  • NIH Director Announces Recipients of New Innovator Award
  • NIH Director's 2007 Pioneer Awardees Announced at Symposium
  • NIH Interdisciplinary Research Consortia Launched

and more...