Branch Chief
What We Do:
The Grants Management Branch provides effective management and stewardship of NIDA's extramural grant resources, and exceptional customer service to our NIDA colleagues and grantees.
The GMB performs the following functions:
- Develops, implements, and coordinates the application of Institute standards, methods, and procedures for the management of grants and cooperative agreements
- Interprets grants management and cooperative agreement policies for Institute personnel
- Provides guidance to Institute staff, applicants, and grantees on the management and administrative aspects of grant and cooperative agreement programs
- Reviews grant and cooperative agreement applications, grantee reports of expenditures, and active grant projects to ensure compliance with NIH, PHS, and DHHS policies and procedures
- Executes grant award and cooperative agreement documents
- Prepares recurring and special reports and maintains records relating to grant applications and awards
- Maintains the Institute's grant and cooperative agreement activities
- Reviews audit reports submitted by higher levels
- Performs data input activities for NIH management information systems
- Represents the Institute in meetings relating to policies affecting grants management
If you currently have an active NIDA grant you can locate the name of your grants management specialist on your Notice of Award.
If you have submitted a grant application and have a grants management question, you can locate your grants management specialist in the eRA Commons, in Status, under Contacts.
Subject Matter Expert Contact List
Name | Title | Phone | Areas of Responsibility |
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Pamela Fleming | Chief Grants Management Officer (GMO) | (301) 253-8729 |
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Carol Alderson | Deputy GMO | (301) 933-6196 |
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Yinka Abu | Grants Management Specialist | (301) 595-0572 |
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Debra Battle-Dudley | Grants Management Specialist | (202) 722-4093 |
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Maryellen Connell | Grants Management Specialist | (301) 774-3803 |
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Edith Davis | Grants Management Specialist | (410) 360-4734 |
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Suezette Epps | Grants Management Specialist | (301) 617-3882 |
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Nadia Felix | Extramural Support Assistant | (301) 435-1378 |
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Diana Haikalis | Grants Management Specialist | (301) 435-1373 |
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Christine Kidd | Grants Management Specialist | (301) 435-1372 |
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Cheryl Nathaniel | Grants Management Specialist | (202) 526-0108 |
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Ericka Wells | Grants Management Specialist | (410) 254-1853 |
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Deborah Wertz | Grants Management Specialist | (301) 649-1715 |
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Heidi Young | Grants Management Specialist | (703) 243-5024 |
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NIDA Just in Time
"Just-in-time" refers to information that NIDA requests after an application has been peer reviewed and is within a range of possible funding. Receiving a just-in-time request does not guarantee or indicate in any way whether an applicant will get an award. Details on NIDA's Just-in-time information is found here. This list is not inclusive and NIDA may request additional information on a case-by-case basis. For additional details on Just-in-time, please see NIH Notice NOT-OD-12-101 "Notice of Requirement for Electronic Submission of Just-in-Time Information and Related Business Process Changes Beginning April 20, 2012."
Prior Approval Requests
Please see below for the NIDA requirements for these prior approval requests. Also, please see the NIH Grants Policy Statement (rev. 10/2010) 8.1 Changes in Project and Budget for information about post-award changes to your NIDA grant.
- Request for No-Cost Extension
- Request Change of Grantee Institution
- Request for Change of Principal Investigator
- Request for Carryover of an Unobligated Balance for an Institutional T32 or T90 Award
Links
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NIH Grants Policy Statement (rev. 10/2010)
Effective for all NIH grants and cooperative agreements with budget periods beginning on or after October 1, 2010. See also the Significant Changes document (MS Word - 252 KB) which summarizes the significant changes in this revision of the NIH GPS. -
NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts
is the official publication for NIH medical and behavioral research grant policies, guidelines and funding opportunities. -
NIH Office of Extramural Research
NIH's home page for eRA, grants policy, NIH-wide initiatives, types of grant programs and more.
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