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Standard Operating Procedure Table of Contents
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Purpose
To require investigators to include a plan for sharing unique model
organisms in their grant application or contract proposal.
Procedure
Investigators who are applying for a grant or contract and plan to produce new, genetically modified variants of model organisms must include
a plan for sharing these organisms. See the May
7, 2004 and the September
10, 2004, NIH Guide notices for more detailed guidance.
Applicants
Program Officers
- Oversee the NIH policy on sharing unique model organisms, and assess
the appropriateness and adequacy of the investigators' proposed plans. For guidance, scroll to NIH's question 40. What should be addressed in my sharing plan?
- Direct investigators to existing repositories
or national coordinating centers.
- When evaluating noncompeting continuation applications, consider
adequate progress in model organism sharing and
a willingness to make
research resources widely available as part of the criteria for continued
funding.
- Use sharing language in the boilerplate for RFAs, RFPs, and PAs (see link below).
Grants Management Specialists
Contracting Officers
- Work with offerors to ensure steps similar to those described above
are taken before award.
Scientific Review Officers
- Request that reviewers describe their assessment of sharing plans
so you can prepare an administrative note.
- Ensure that peer reviewers do not factor model organism plans into
their priority
scores unless responding to RFAs or RFPs directed to the development
of model organisms. In that case, ask reviewers to integrate their
evaluation
of sharing plans
with other peer
review criteria and factor their assessment into the overall
evaluation of scientific merit.
Contacts
Applicants with questions should Contact Staff for Help.
Offerors with questions should ask the primary contact listed in the
RFP. See the NIAID RFP list or Office of Acquisitions staff listing.
Contact for NIAID Staff
If you have knowledge to share or want more information on this topic, email deaweb@niaid.nih.gov with the title of this page or its URL and your question or comment. Thanks for helping us clarify and expand our knowledge base.
Links
Data Sharing for Grants: Final Research Data SOP
Data
Sharing for Grants: Genome-Wide Association Studies SOP
NIAID's Grant Application portal
Grant Application, Electronic SOP
Grant Application, Paper SOP
Grant
Application Guide for your Grant
Application Package (for electronic application)
Research
Plan Instructions (for paper application)
What Resources
Do You Need to Share? in the NIH Grant Cycle: Application to Renewal
Sharing Model Organisms questions
and answers
Submission
Guidelines and Templates for Publications in the NIH Guide for Grants
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