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<p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><font
size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman"'>The
National Institutes of Health (NIH) has pushed back the date of the mandatory
electronic application submission of the traditional research (R01) mechanism
and all subsequent mechanisms.&nbsp; The new submission date is February 1,
2007.&nbsp; NIH hopes to learn more from additional electronic submission
cycles and to coordinate the electronic submission initiative with the multiple
principal investigator initiative.&nbsp; To view the complete announcement, <a
href="http://www.magnetmail1.net/ls.cfm?r=23558148&amp;sid=913011&amp;m=157805&amp;u=Atlantic2&amp;s=http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/notice-files/NOT-OD-06-035.html"
title="http://www.magnetmail1.net/ls.cfm?r=23558148&amp;sid=913011&amp;m=157805&amp;u=Atlantic2&amp;s=http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/notice-files/NOT-OD-06-035.html">http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/notice-files/NOT-OD-06-035.html</a>.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Bruce&nbsp;Morgan<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Assistant
Vice Chancellor for Research<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Office
of Research</span></font><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
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