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Standard Operating Procedure Table of Contents
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Purpose
To request NIAID's help with preparing and disseminating news releases about research advances made under an Institute-funded grant.
Procedure
Investigators who want to publicize their noteworthy research findings through an NIAID news release can work with our News and Public Information Branch (NPIB) in the Office of Communications and Government Relations (OCGR).
Staff in NPIB can write a draft, ensure review and approval, distribute to the media, and post on the NIAID Web site. NPIB staff will coordinate these activities with the media relations office at an investigator's institution.
Investigators
- Notify your program officer that you would like to work with NIAID on issuing a news release.
- You or your program officer should then contact the NPIB chief with your suggestion for a news release.
- For a research paper scheduled to appear in a scientific journal, allow at least two weeks before the paper's publication date for NPIB to prepare the news release.
Program Officers
- If investigators contact you requesting that NIAID issue a news release on their behalf, get concurrence from your OCGR liaison, then refer investigators to the NPIB chief.
- If universities or other organizations contact you about reviewing or approving one of their news releases, follow the procedure in the OCGR SOP Handling Requests to Review Non-NIAID News Releases.
NPIB Staff
- Work with investigators to determine key points about their research advance that should be included in the news release.
- Coordinate with other NIAID offices, NIH components, and outside organizations to gather information on the research advance.
- Write a draft of the release and work with investigators, OCGR staff, and NIAID program staff to refine it until you reach a final draft.
- Ensure that NIAID's Office of the Director and the NIH and HHS communications offices review the release. Revise the draft as necessary.
- Inform investigators and institutions' media relations office of the projected distribution date.
- Distribute the final release to the appropriate media and constituent lists.
- Post release on News Releases and Statements and other appropriate pages of the NIAID Web site.
Contacts
NPIB chief -- Laurie Doepel, ldoepel@niaid.nih.gov, 301-496-5717
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Requesting NIAID News Releases
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