New Podcasts on NIH Public Access Policy

Posted on January 31, 2013 by NIH Staff

The NIH Office of Extramural Research (OER) published three new podcasts to help grantees understand the NIH Public Access Policy and to introduce investigators and institutions to new tools NIH has made available for ensuring compiance with the policy. In the first podcast, Understanding the NIH Public Access Policy, OER’s Dr. Neil Thakur, program manager for the public access policy, gives an overview of the policy and describes NIH’s efforts to enhance policy compliance. In the second podcast in the series, Using MyNCBI to Manage NIH Public Access Policy Compliance, Dr. Bart Trawick of the National Library of Medicine discusses how MyNCBI can be used by authors to collect citations from PubMed and determine which publications fall under NIH’s public access policy. In the final podcast, Using the Public Access Compliance Monitor Tool, 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. You can find all of these podcasts and their transcripts on the All About Grants podcast webpage.

Training on Electronic Submission of Multi-Project Applications Now Online

Posted on December 30, 2012 by NIH Staff

NIH has posted its first pilot funding opportunity announcements (FOAs) that require applicants to submit using ASSIST (Application Submission System and Interface for Submission Tracking). You can find the pilot opportunities posted on this timeline, and read the Rock Talk blog post about our transition to electronic submission of multi-project grant applications to learn more.

In addition to the resources presented on the grants.nih.gov website for electronic submission of multi-project applications, NIH’s Office of Extramural Research (OER) hosted a webinar for those interested learning how to develop, submit, and track a multi-project application on-line using the new ASSIST tool. A recording of this webinar is now available for viewing online. Note that we expect to use feedback from the pilot to improve the system, and will be hosting another webinar early this summer to prepare applicants for the September 25, 2013 deadlines for electronic submission of P01, P20, R24, U24, P50 and U19 applications.

A New Look to Grants.nih.gov

Posted on November 29, 2012 by NIH Staff

We have refreshed the look of Grants.nih.gov, NIH’s home page for grants and funding information. We expect to undertake a larger redesign of the website in the next year or so following a usability study that will engage users like you. In the meantime, feedback on the website refresh is always welcome: leave a comment or send us an email and let us know what you think!

NIH Pilots Electronic Submission for Relinquishing Statement, Type 6 & 7 Applications

Posted on September 28, 2012 by NIH Staff

As part of the continuing effort to move to electronic processes, NIH is now piloting a new eRA Commons module, which allows submission of relinquishing statements. NIH is also piloting the electronic submission of applications through Grants.gov for post-award changes in grantee organization or grantee organizational status. The following will be accepted electronically:

The Official Statement Relinquishing Interests and Rights in a Public Health Service Research Grant (PHS 3734 Form) (relinquishing statement). For more information see the Guide Notice.
Change in Grantee Organizational Status: Successor-in-Interest Applications for Existing NIH Grants (Type 6). For more information see the Guide Notice or Parent Announcement.
Post-award Change of Grantee Institution (Type 7) requests. For more information see the Guide Notice or Parent Announcement.

During this open pilot, grantees may electronically submit a relinquishing statement even if the corresponding application is submitted on paper. You may also follow the current paper process as described in the NIH Grants Policy Statement. However, we encourage grantees to participate in this pilot. This is will allow you to become familiar with the electronic processes before they are required.

What’s Next?—Reviewing Your Summary Statement and Thinking About Resubmitting

Posted on September 21, 2012 by Sally Rockey

So you’re wearing your lucky shoes and are ready to take a first look at the results of your grant review. Whether you are anticipating doing a victory dance or getting ready to head out to the nearest kickboxing class, it’s a good time to think about what comes next.

Some of you have noticed that the summary statements now include a link to a new online resource to address just this question. Especially if you are new to NIH funding, I encourage you to check out this “Next Steps” page, which was put together to help NIH grant applicants with the “What’s next?” questions following receipt of the summary statement.

If you aren’t in the position to be preparing Just-in-Time information for an award, but instead are considering resubmission, you may want to consider some of the data that have appeared in my previous blog posts, in addition to the resources available on grants.nih.gov. For example, in the post “Correlation Between Overall Impact Scores and Criterion Scores”, I show how approach, innovation, and significance factor heavily into the overall impact scores. As you look at your summary statement, talk to your NIH program official, and discuss your ideas with colleagues, it might be useful to keep this in mind.

Additionally our podcast series, All About Grants, includes conversations with NIH staff to help you understand how your grant is reviewed, such as these two episodes on summary statement basics and resubmission advice.

Whether you’re new to the grant application process or an experienced applicant, we hope you find these resources useful.

August FCOI Webinar Now Online

Posted on August 30, 2012 by NIH Staff

Miss the webinar on Financial Conflict of Interest (FCOI) reporting requirements and demo of the new eRA Commons FCOI module? The August 14 webinar is now archived online, along with a transcript and slides from the presentation. Visit the NIH FCOI website for the archived webinar and more resources and information related to FCOI regulations and reporting.

New Podcast on Submitting the Federal Financial Report (FFR)

Posted on August 28, 2012 by NIH Staff

In this episode of our All About Grants podcast series, Renee Livshin, a grants management specialist with NIH’s National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute, discusses important details of the Federal Financial Report (FFR), including report submission, its role in grant closeout and who to contact for help along the way. To learn more about NIH grants, visit www.grants.nih.gov.

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NIH Fiscal Policy FAQs Now Available

Posted on August 24, 2012 by NIH Staff

NIH added a new set of Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs), NIH Fiscal Policy, to address applicant budget submissions under the Fiscal Policy announced in NIH Guide Notice NOT-OD-12-036 regarding cost-of-living/inflationary increases in awards, and related issues.

Podcast on Writing a Successful Fellowship Application

Posted on June 29, 2012 by NIH Staff

In this installment of our podcast series on writing a successful grant application, Dr. Henry Khachaturian, the Director of Policy and Liaison Activities in the Office of Extramural Research, talks about strategies for writing the best possible predoctoral or postdoctoral fellowship application.

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New Resources from the Common Fund’s Epigenomics Program

Posted on June 28, 2012 by NIH Staff

The Common Fund’s (Roadmap) Epigenomics Program is made up of a series of complementary initiatives aimed at generating new publicly available research tools, technologies, datasets, and infrastructure to accelerate our understanding of how genome-wide chemical modifications to DNA regulate gene activity without altering the DNA sequence itself and what role these modifications play in health and disease.

Check out some of the available resources on the NIH Roadmap Epigenomics page.

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