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NCCAM Grantsmanship Workshop
June 3–5, 2008
Rockville, MD
The National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (NCCAM), a component of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), will conduct a 3-day grantsmanship workshop. This workshop will provide researchers, fellows, and graduate students with an in-depth understanding of the NIH grants and review processes, clarify Federal regulations and policies, and highlight areas of special interest and concern.
Emphasis will be placed on complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) research. The workshop will include time to interact and discuss research ideas with NCCAM staff. Due to limited space, attendees will be selected through an application process.
Workshop Highlights:
- Practical information on how to prepare and submit an NIH grant application, including electronic submissions
- Hints on how to plan research consistent with specific NCCAM policies and procedures
- Details and insights into the NIH peer-review system
- Insights from NIH study section members and successful grant applicants
- Description of various funding mechanisms and how to pick the most appropriate mechanism
- Discussion of key issues in research, including successful interaction with the Institutional Review Board and Food and Drug Administration issues in product quality; design and methodological strategies for CAM research; and strategies for optimal conduct of research, including recruiting and retaining research participants
AGENDA
9:00 a.m. | Welcome (View Video) | Josephine Briggs |
Introduction and Overview of Agenda (View Video) | Richard Nahin | |
9:15 a.m. | Part 1: Overview of NIH (View Video) View Presentation Slide Information
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Richard Nahin |
9:30 a.m. | Part 2: Overview of NCCAM (View Video) View Presentation Slide Information
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Richard Nahin |
9:45 a.m. | Part 3: Lifecycle of a Grant ApplicationView Presentation Slide Information |
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Martin Goldrosen | |
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Dale Birkle | |
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Dale Birkle | |
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Martin Goldrosen | |
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George Tucker | |
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11:00 a.m. | Part 4: Roles of NIH Staff (View Video) View Presentation Slide Information
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Carol Pontzer |
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Sheila Caldwell | |
11:15 a.m. | Part 5: Types of Grants and Fellowships (Funding Mechanisms) (View Video) View Presentation Slide Information
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Carol Pontzer |
11:30 a.m. | Part 6: Solicited vs. Unsolicited (Investigator-Initiated) Applications (View Video)
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Barbara Sorkin |
11:45 a.m. | LUNCH | |
1:00 p.m. | Part 7: Grant Writing (How To Get a Grant or Fellowship) (View Video) View Presentation Slide Information
Video of Question and Answer |
Kate Stoney, Laura Lee Johnson |
2:30 p.m. | BREAK | |
3:00 p.m. | Part 8: FDA The IND and IDE Process as Relating to CAM (View Video) | Shaw Chen, Chiu Lin, Josh Berman |
3:45 p.m. | Part 9: Issues in Recruitment and Retention of Human Subjects (View Video)
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April Bower |
4:30–6:00 p.m. | One-on-One Sessions with NCCAM Staff |
8:30 a.m. | Part 10: Hints from Seasoned Researchers View Video
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Cherkin, Gardner, Maki, Phillips, Ritenbaugh |
10:00 a.m. | Part 11a: How To Read a Summary Statement with Examples (View Video) View Presentation Slide Information |
Dale Birkle |
10:30 a.m. | BREAK | |
11:00 a.m. | Part 11b: Hints from Seasoned Study Section Members (View Video) View Presentation Slide Information
Video of Question and Answer |
Clarke, Dusek, Duffy, Winkelstein, Wayne |
12:30 p.m. | LUNCH | |
2:00 p.m. | Part 12a: CSR Mock Review (taped) (View Video) | Dale Birkle |
3:00 p.m. | Part 12b: Commentary/Discussion of CSR Mock Review (View Video) | Dale Birkle, moderator |
4:00–6:00 p.m. | One-on-One Sessions with NCCAM Staff |
8:30 a.m. | Part 13: Ethical Issues in CAM Clinical Research | Frank Miller |
9:30 a.m. | Part 14: Institutional Review Boards
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David Peden |
10:30 a.m. | BREAK | |
11:00 a.m. | Part 15: Data and Safety Monitoring Board
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Josh Berman |
12:00 p.m. | Part 16: So, Now You Have the Grant
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Partap Khalsa, Anita Greene |
1:00 p.m.–1:05 p.m. | Closing Comments (View Video) | Jack Killen |
LUNCH | ||
2:00–4:00 p.m. | One-on-One Sessions with NCCAM Staff |
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