All About Grants at NIH

Increase your knowledge about the roles of NIH extramural staff and who you should reach out to for help at different stages of the grants award and application process in this 4-part series, “Who Should I Contact at NIH?” In the second episode, “Finding a Funding Opportunity and Developing Your Application”, NIH experts talk about who to contact at NIH as you are identifying funding opportunities and developing your application. Sharing their expertise and perspectives on this topic are program officer Sue Brobst (Program Officer from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases), Nick Gaiano (Scientific Review Officer from the Center for Scientific Review), Grace Olascoaga (Grants Management Officer with the National Institute of General Medical Sciences), and Dave Hunter (Lead Customer Support for Electronic Research Administration systems). Other episodes in this series include: Roles of NIH staff and How They Work Together (Part 1), Application Submission through Review (Part 3), and Life After Peer Review (Part 4).

Increase your knowledge about the roles of NIH extramural staff and who you should reach out to for help at different stages of the grants award and application process in this 4-part series, “Who Should I Contact at NIH?” In the first episode, “Roles of NIH Staff and How They Work Together”, NIH experts describe their roles in grants administration and how they work as a team to support extramural research. We are joined by Sue Brobst (Program Official from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases), Nick Gaiano ( Scientific Review Officer from the Center for Scientific Review). and Grace Olascoaga (Grants Management Officer with the National Institute of General Medical Sciences). Other episodes in this series include: Finding a Funding Opportunity and Developing Your Application (Part 2), Application Submission through Review (Part 3), and Life After Peer Review (Part 4).

OER's Dr. Neil Thakur, program manager for the public access policy, explains new reporting requirements and changes related to the NIH Public Access Policy. To learn more about NIH grants, visit http://www.grants.nih.gov.

Dr. Bart Trawick of the National Library of Medicine discusses how MyNCBI can be used by manuscript authors to collect citations from PubMed and determine which fall under NIH's public access policy. To learn more about NIH grants, visit http://www.grants.nih.gov.

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. To learn more about NIH grants, visit http://www.grants.nih.gov.

Renee Livshin, a grants management specialist with NIH’s National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute, discusses important details of the FFR, including report submission, its role in grant closeout and who to contact for help along the way. To learn more about NIH grants and fellowships, visit http://www.grants.nih.gov.

Dr. Henry Khachaturian, an extramural program policy officer, explains how fellowship applications differ from research applications. He also explains how best to write and structure both a predoctoral and postdoctoral fellowship application. To learn more about NIH grants and fellowships, visit http://www.grants.nih.gov.

Michelle Bulls, from OER's grants policy office, explains what NIH needs from you to successfully close out your grant. To learn more about NIH grants, visit www.grants.nih.gov.

Emily Linde, from OER’s grants policy office, explains who you should contact when you want to submit a change of institution request and when to start the process. To learn more about NIH grants, visit http://www.grants.nih.gov

Dave Curren, from OER’s grants policy office, explains what administrative supplements are and how they can be submitted electronically to NIH. For more information, see http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/notice-files/NOT-OD-12-024.html