All About Grants At Nih

Dr. Sally Amero, NIH's Review Policy Officer speaks to Megan Columbus and provides a brief overview of NIH's post submission material policy.

Dr. Cathie Cooper, director of the NIH Division of Receipt and Referral(DRR) speaks to Megan Columbus about the NIH appendix policy and new limits on what can be included as appendices.

Dr. Cathie Cooper from NIH's Center for Scientific Review/Division of Receipt and Referral explains new procedures for NIH study sections and Institute/Center assignment request. To learn more about NIH grants, visit www.grants.nih.gov.

Dr. Pat Brown, director of the Office of Laboratory Animal Welfare, explains what must be included in this section of your grant application if you use vertebrate animals in your research. For more information, visit https://grants.nih.gov/grants/olaw/olaw.htm .

OER’s Michelle Bulls, director of the Office of Policy for Extramural Research Administration, discusses the grants closeout process. To learn more about NIH grants, visit www.grants.nih.gov.

OER’s Dr. Ann Hardy, NIH’s Human Subjects Research Protection Officer, talks about how Certificates of Confidentiality (CoCs) can benefit your research and research participants, who can apply for CoCs, and how to do so. To learn more about NIH grants, visit www.grants.nih.gov.

OER's Dr. Neil Thakur, special assistant to the NIH Deputy Director for Extramural Research, and Dr. Bart Trawick, literature database lead at the NIH National Library of Medicine, discuss the origin of the Science Experts Network Curriculum Vitae tool, also known as "SciENcv", and how the tool can help with the creation of biosketches for NIH and NSF applications. To learn more about NIH grants, visit www.grants.nih.gov, and to access SciENcv, visit www.NCBI.NLM.NIH.GOV/Sciencv

OER's Dr. Neil Thakur, special assistant to the NIH Deputy Director for Extramural Research, and Dr. Bart Trawick, literature database lead at the NIH National Library of Medicine, explain the modified format for the NIH biosketch, which will be required for NIH applications submitted on or after May 25, 2015. To learn more about NIH grants, visit www.grants.nih.gov.

We have just released two more All About Grants podcasts in this 4-part series, designed to help you learn more about the roles of NIH extramural staff, and who you should talk to for help at different stages of the grants award and application process. Join Cathie Cooper (Director of the Division of Receipt and Referral at the Center for Scientific Review), Nick Gaiano (Scientific Review Officer with NIH's Center for Scientific Review), and Dave Hunter (Lead Customer Support for electronic Research Administration systems), as they discuss who to contact for help during the application submission and review process. Other episodes in this series include: Roles of NIH Staff and How They Work Together (Part 1), Finding a Funding Opportunity and Developing Your Application (Part 2), and Life After Peer Review (Part 4).

We have just released two more All About Grants podcasts in this 4-part series, designed to help you learn more about the roles of NIH extramural staff, and who you should talk to for help at different stages of the grants award and application process. In this fourth episode, we talk about life after your application has been reviewed, as you patiently wait to get your summary statement. Joining us for this discussion are Sue Brobst (Program Officer from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases) and Grace Olascoaga (Grants Management Officer with the National Institute of General Medical Sciences). Other episodes in this series include: Roles of NIH staff and How They Work Together (Part 1), Finding a Funding Opportunity and Developing Your Application (Part 2), and Application Submission through Review (Part 3).

Increase your knowledge about the roles of NIH extramural staff and who you should reach out to for help at different stages of the grants award and application process in this 4-part series, “Who Should I Contact at NIH?” In the first episode, “Roles of NIH Staff and How They Work Together”, NIH experts describe their roles in grants administration and how they work as a team to support extramural research. We are joined by Sue Brobst (Program Official from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases), Nick Gaiano ( Scientific Review Officer from the Center for Scientific Review). and Grace Olascoaga (Grants Management Officer with the National Institute of General Medical Sciences). Other episodes in this series include: Finding a Funding Opportunity and Developing Your Application (Part 2), Application Submission through Review (Part 3), and Life After Peer Review (Part 4).

Increase your knowledge about the roles of NIH extramural staff and who you should reach out to for help at different stages of the grants award and application process in this 4-part series, “Who Should I Contact at NIH?” In the second episode, “Finding a Funding Opportunity and Developing Your Application”, NIH experts talk about who to contact at NIH as you are identifying funding opportunities and developing your application. Sharing their expertise and perspectives on this topic are program officer Sue Brobst (Program Officer from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases), Nick Gaiano (Scientific Review Officer from the Center for Scientific Review), Grace Olascoaga (Grants Management Officer with the National Institute of General Medical Sciences), and Dave Hunter (Lead Customer Support for Electronic Research Administration systems). Other episodes in this series include: Roles of NIH staff and How They Work Together (Part 1), Application Submission through Review (Part 3), and Life A

Peter Cooper of the National Library of Medicine describes a tool for research administrators that allows them to monitor and report on NIH Public Access Policy compliance across their research institution. To learn more about NIH grants, visit http://www.grants.nih.gov.

Dr. Bart Trawick of the National Library of Medicine discusses how MyNCBI can be used by manuscript authors to collect citations from PubMed and determine which fall under NIH's public access policy. To learn more about NIH grants, visit http://www.grants.nih.gov.

OER's Dr. Neil Thakur, program manager for the public access policy, explains new reporting requirements and changes related to the NIH Public Access Policy. To learn more about NIH grants, visit http://www.grants.nih.gov.

Renee Livshin, a grants management specialist with NIH’s National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute, discusses important details of the FFR, including report submission, its role in grant closeout and who to contact for help along the way. To learn more about NIH grants and fellowships, visit http://www.grants.nih.gov.

Dr. Henry Khachaturian, an extramural program policy officer, explains how fellowship applications differ from research applications. He also explains how best to write and structure both a predoctoral and postdoctoral fellowship application. To learn more about NIH grants and fellowships, visit http://www.grants.nih.gov.

Michelle Bulls, from OER's grants policy office, explains what NIH needs from you to successfully close out your grant. To learn more about NIH grants, visit www.grants.nih.gov.

Emily Linde, from OER’s grants policy office, explains who you should contact when you want to submit a change of institution request and when to start the process. To learn more about NIH grants, visit http://www.grants.nih.gov

Summary: Erica Brown, director of the NIH AREA program, explains who can apply and what you can do to prepare the most competitive AREA application. For more grants information, visit https://grants.nih.gov/grants/funding/area.htm.