During this uncertain time, some of us have gone home to work - which could be anywhere. DER would like to remind you that all proposal deadlines are based on Michigan State University as the applicant. Therefore, the Eastern Time Zone should be used for all communication and proposal deadlines.

DER would like to thank Dr. Philip Eisenlohr for an idea to improve the visualization of the proposal volume from the current multi-bar chart to a polar plot. If you have ideas to improve the DER newsletter, don’t hesitate to send an email to DER@msu.edu.

The Army seeks a low-cost, readily manufacturable emergency ventilator to quickly augment ventilator capacity in the exigent COVID-19 pandemic. The technology solution must provide a rapid response breathing apparatus capable of short-term, rugged field operation. Ideally, the technology would support field hospitals that are still acquiring critical infrastructure such as generators, power distribution and pressurized oxygen.

Just a reminder that eRA is planning a major undertaking this month, to migrate its modules and data to the Amazon Web Services (AWS) cloud from 8 a.m. ET on Friday, April 17 to 8 p.m. ET on Monday, April 20. All eRA modules (eRA Commons, ASSIST, IAR, iEdison, etc.) and all informational websites (era.nih.gov, etc.) will be unavailable. Any affected due dates will be covered under NIH’s late application policy due to COVID-19.

eRA is moving to two-factor authentication via login.gov, meaning that log-in will require something you know (password) and something you have (a phone or other device). This new log-in method will be available Wednesday, April 8, 2020 for users of eRA Commons, Commons Mobile, IAR and ASSIST.