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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

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DAY 1 — June 3, 2008
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 Mission History & Organization Facts	Richard Nahin
9:30 a.m.	Part 2: Overview of NCCAM (View Video) View Presentation Slide Information Mission History & Organization Facts	Richard Nahin
9:45 a.m.	Part 3: Lifecycle of a Grant Application View Presentation Slide Information
	Grant Process Overview (View Video)	Martin Goldrosen
	Electronic Submissions (View Video) Registration Submission Validation How to get Help	Dale Birkle
	Peer Review (View Video) Overview Application Assignments Peer Reviewers Preview Criteria Actions and Outcomes	Dale Birkle
	NCCAM's Advisory Council (View Video)	Martin Goldrosen
	Budget Review by Grants Management Notice of Grant Award Terms and Conditions of Award	George Tucker
	Just-in-Time Information (View Video) Video of Question and Answer
11:00 a.m.	Part 4: Roles of NIH Staff (View Video) View Presentation Slide Information Scientific Review Administrators Program Officer Grants Management Specialist Office of Clinical and Regulatory Affairs	Carol Pontzer
	Product Integrity Working Group (View Video)	Sheila Caldwell
11:15 a.m.	Part 5: Types of Grants and Fellowships (Funding Mechanisms) (View Video) View Presentation Slide Information R mechanisms U mechanisms K mechanisms F mechanisms	Carol Pontzer
11:30 a.m.	Part 6: Solicited vs. Unsolicited (Investigator-Initiated) Applications (View Video) Types of Initiatives Program Announcements Request for Applications Request for Proposals	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 General Informaiton Research Plan Specific Aims and Hypotheses Background and Preliminary Data Choice of Outcomes Sample Size Analysis Plan Problems and Common Pitfalls (examples of good and bad) Special Issues When Resubmitting Applications Developing a Budget 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) NIH Inclusion Policies Roles & Responsibilities Issues with Diverse Populations Recruitment and Retention Planning Subject Incentives Data & Safety Monitoring and Verification Video of Question and Answer	April Bower
4:30–6:00 p.m.	One-on-One Sessions with NCCAM Staff

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DAY 2 — June 4, 2008
8:30 a.m.	Part 10: Hints from Seasoned Researchers View Video Strategies and Tricks of the Trade Successful Stories Writing a Grant Creating Application Teams (vs. research teams) Developing Collaborations Video of Question and Answer	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 What really goes on during peer review? What makes a good application? How to make a study section member smile What makes a bad application? How to make a study section member cringe 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

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DAY 3 — June 5, 2008
8:30 a.m.	Part 13: Ethical Issues in CAM Clinical Research (View Video) Video of Question and Answer	Frank Miller
9:30 a.m.	Part 14: Institutional Review Boards (View Video) IRB Responsibilities IRB Members Investigators' Responsibilities Video of Question and Answer	David Peden
10:30 a.m.	BREAK
11:00 a.m.	Part 15: Data and Safety Monitoring Board (View Video) Purpose vs. IRB Roles and Responsibilities of DSMB Members Role of PI Role of NIH Video of Question and Answer	Josh Berman
12:00 p.m.	Part 16: So, Now You Have the Grant (View Video) View Presentation Slide Information Role of your institution's Office of Sponsored Research What to do if you don't have an Office of Sponsored Research Getting started and staffing up Budget management Yearly progress reports and final reports Population tracking and accrual reports Supplements to existing grants NIH Policy on Public Access Video of Question and Answer	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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NCCAM Grantsmanship Workshop

June 3–5, 2008 Rockville, MD

AGENDA

June 3–5, 2008
Rockville, MD