Is a DUNS number required for subaward organizations?
” You should enter the subaward’s DUNS number in the eRA Commons although it’s not required yet. If the subaward organization does not have a DUNS number when you’re applying, enter nine zeros in the DUNS field on the subaward/consortium budget component. Michelle Settner, Eastern Virginia Medical School, asks: “For an Individual Postdoctoral Fellow (F32) grant, what expenses are allowable for institutional allowances and tuition and fees?” For institutional allowances, expenses are allowed to offset the administrative costs of training. For example, you could include research supplies, equipment, travel to scientific meetings, and health insurance. For tuition and fees, we allow costs of specific courses required as part of your research training. Read more at Institutional Allowance and Tuition and Fees in the Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Awards section of the NIH Grants Policy Statement. An anonymous reader asks: “After an international grantee receives a Notice of
