Author: NIH Staff

The NIH shares grants compliance and oversight responsibilities with our grantee institutions, and we reach out to them to increase awareness and understanding of the applicable policies and regulations. We have recently added several new staff members to our Division of Grants Compliance and Oversight and are looking forward to strengthening this partnership to ensure efficient and effective management of Federal funds.

In October, citation information that has been manually entered into eRA Commons will no longer be available. To retain these citations for future use, act now and transfer your information.

Apply now for the 2011 NIH Director’s Transformative Research Projects, Pioneer, and New Innovator Award programs. Applications are due in September and October. These programs support exceptionally creative scientists who take highly innovative, potentially high-impact approaches to major challenges in biomedical or behavioral research.

The comment period for the proposed regulations has been extended until August 19. We are seeking additional comments on whether the proposed enforcement authorities should be further revised and clarified. Additionally, we would like to hear your opinion regarding circumstances in which an investigator or project transfers from one institution to another.

Now that each biosketch includes a personal statement tailoring it to the specific grant application, start thinking about making those changes earlier. Also, give the other investigators on your application extra time to tailor their biosketches, so you can be sure to meet your deadline.

NIH will begin requiring reviewers to include a paragraph in their written critiques to explain the factors that informed his or her overall impact score. This change will provide applicants with greater insight into how each reviewer assessed scientific merit of the grant application and determined his/her overall impact score.