Two technical assistance workshops for applicants interested in RFA-OD-09-010 (Building Sustainable Community-Linked Infrastructure to Enable Health Science Research) were videocast live on October 23, 2009. Archived versions of the sessions are available on the NIH Videocast site and include answers to questions submitted by participants.

Do you have questions about the New and Early Stage Investigator policies? Check out our Frequently Asked Questions, which have been recently updated. You can find answers to questions such as: I am preparing an R01 application for a receipt date next summer. Should I let the committee know my plans to submit so that … Continue reading “New and Early Stage Investigator Policy FAQs Revised”

Changes to application page length and format will be coming in January 2010 as announced in the previously published Enhancing Peer Review implementation timeline. These changes will affect applications received for January 25, 2010 submission dates and beyond. Look for details in an NIH Guide notice to be published this week and in upcoming issues … Continue reading “Preparing an Application for Submission this Fall? Use Current Forms and Instructions!”

To help our institutions that received ARRA awards, NIH developed a Data Dictionary modeled on the version provided by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB). The NIH version was recently updated and includes NIH-specific guidance on many data elements. We encourage institutions to create draft reports now. To download the Data Dictionary, visit the … Continue reading “Updated Quarterly Reporting Resource for ARRA Recipients”

Answers to Frequently Asked Questions about Challenge Grant Review and Award have been added to our Recovery Act page. Here you will find explanation of how applications were reviewed, how to interpret scores and percentiles, and more. We will continue to update these FAQs to bring you the clearest and most up-to-date information possible regarding … Continue reading “Answering Your Questions about Challenge Grant Review and Award”

Watch the Stem Cell Information page for forthcoming instructions on how to submit Human Embryonic Stem Cell lines to the new NIH registry. You’ll need an eRA Commons account to do so. Don’t have an eRA Commons account yet? Get one here!

OER has recently updated the Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) and the on-line web-based Tutorial related to the Federal regulation at 42 CFR Part 50 Subpart F, Responsibility of Applicants for Promoting Objectivity in Research for which PHS Funding is Sought. Additional FAQs have been added to clarify the applicability of the regulation to certain NIH … Continue reading “Resources on Financial Conflict of Interest Policy”

Although the application process and management of grant awards are similar for domestic and foreign researchers, there are some important differences. In an effort to provide a better understanding of what those differences mean for applications from foreign organizations and awards with foreign components, the Office of Extramural Research (OER) has developed and posted a … Continue reading “New OER Site Provides Information on Processes for Foreign Grantees and Grants with Foreign Components”

Comprehensive funding information for NIH grants and contracts will soon be available online through the National Institutes of Health Research Portfolio Online Reporting Tool Expenditures and Reports (RePORTER). Like its predecessor CRISP–NIH’s longstanding database of funded projects–RePORTER allows users to locate and view NIH awards using their own search criteria. RePORTER, however, gives users access to detailed budget information, as well as research results and products, including patents and publications. Data from 1985 through to the present–including the American Reinvestment and Recovery Act (ARRA) of 2009–are available and search-able according to user interest.

The NIH Public Access Policy remains a legislative mandate for FY2009 and beyond. Per the Omnibus Appropriations Act of 2009, investigators funded by the NIH must submit an electronic version of their final, peer-reviewed manuscripts upon acceptance for publication so that these documents may be made freely available no more than 12 months after they are officially published.

Several changes made to the NIH Public Access Policy webpage reflect this development and seek to provide resources for the research community.