Completing the Vertebrate Animal Section of NIH applications

OLAW has developed a new factsheet to assist grant applicants in completing the Vertebrate Animal Section of grant applications, contract proposals and cooperative agreements for submission to the NIH. See http://my.umbc.edu/groups/compliance/news/11773

Grant related Vertebrate Animal Section (VAS) information

The NIH has just published further clarification on how the Vertebrate Animal Section (VAS) of applications for grants and cooperative agreements is evaluated as part of the peer review process and is considered as part of the overall scoring. An important detail to consider when designing and writing proposals for funding. See http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/notice-files/NOT-OD-10-027.html for more information.