All About Grants at NIH

Ever wonder why a grant application must undergo a separate round of peer review, even after a panel of experts initially weigh in on its scientific merit and provide scores for NIH to consider when making funding decisions? During this podcast, we will explore the role and functions of these advisory councils across NIH. Dr. Sally Amero with the NIH Office of Extramural Research and Dr. Rebekah Rasooly with the National Institute of Nursing Research will join us to discuss who makes up these groups, what they are tasked with reviewing, and their general decision-making processes.

NIH takes the security and privacy of data of people supported by NIH grants seriously. Some of this information is made public if we make an award—such as name and contact information. That said, other sensitive data are protected from public release, such as your age, gender, and race/ethnicity. If you have ever wondered how NIH protects these data, then take a few minutes and listen to the discussion on a new All About Grants podcast (MP3 / Transcript). You will hear about the federal Privacy Act; what NIH considers sensitive and non-sensitive data on grantees, applicants, investigators, and trainees; as well as what may be released publicly.

Keywords: Privacy, Personally Identifiable Information, Administrative Data, Security

Dr. Cathie Cooper, director of the NIH Division of Receipt and Referral (DRR) speaks to Megan Columbus about the cover letter file and in what it is used for in conjunction with NIH applications.

Dr. Cathie Cooper, director of the NIH Division of Receipt and Referral (DRR) speaks to Megan Columbus about the importance of submitting application early due to changes in NIH's policies and application forms for 2018

Dr. Cathie Cooper, director of the NIH Division of Receipt and Referral(DRR) speaks to Megan Columbus about the NIH appendix policy and new limits on what can be included as appendices.

Dr. Michael S Lauer, Deputy Director for Extramural Research, NIH speaks to Megan Columbus and provides a brief introduction to NIH's new definition for clinical trials and what this means for individuals submitting applications on or after January 25, 2017.

Dr. Cathie Cooper, director of the NIH Division of Receipt and Referral(DRR) speaks to Megan Columbus about the NIH appendix policy and new limits on what can be included as appendices.

Dr. Sally Amero, NIH's Review Policy Officer speaks to Megan Columbus and provides a brief overview of NIH's post submission material policy.

Dr. Ericka Boone, director of the NIH Division of Loan Repayment (LRP) speaks to Megan Columbus and provides a brief introduction to NIH's loan repayment programs. The NIH Loan Repayment Programs (LRPs) are a set of programs established by Congress and designed to recruit and retain highly qualified health professionals into biomedical or biobehavioral research careers. For more information, visit: https://www.lrp.nih.gov/

Dr. Cathie Cooper from NIH's Center for Scientific Review/Division of Receipt and Referral explains new procedures for NIH study sections and Institute/Center assignment request. To learn more about NIH grants, visit www.grants.nih.gov.