Hi Howard - Thanks for the clarification regarding NIH funding and travel. Best wishes, Julie Quoting Howard Shapiro <hms@shapirolab.com>: > Julie Auger wrote- > > >It was announced at ISAC XXI that the ISAC congress scheduled for 2006 may > >be held in Canada. I am sure that this is a great location, but I am > >concerned that many members of ISAC have trouble securing funding for > >international travel to meetings outside of the US. If so, you will not be > >able to attend another ISAC congress until 2008. If you feel this is a > >concern for you, please email an ISAC officer or council member as soon as > >possible. The email addresses are available from the web site. > > According to the current NIH Grants Policy Statement: > > "Domestic travel is travel performed within the recipient's own country. > For U.S. and Canadian recipients, it includes travel within and between any > of the 50 States of the U.S. and its possessions and territories and also > travel between the U.S. and Canada and within Canada." > > In other words, a trip from the U.S. to Canada does not count as > international travel as far as NIH is concerned, so there should be no need > for the suggested flurry of e-mails to ISAC officers and council members. > > -Howard > >
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