Changes Coming to Applications and Peer Review in January 2025
NIH is implementing multiple changes that will impact the preparation and peer review of most grant applications submitted to NIH for due dates on or after January 25, 2025. Although each of these initiatives have specific goals, they are all meant to simplify, clarify, or ensure greater fairness.
We just released a guide notice (NOT-OD-24-084), what we are referring to as an “uber” notice, that provides an overview of each change to help the community contextualize them as details are released over the next few months. We developed this video (25 min) to provide you with an overview of the following changes:
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Source: NIH Extramural Nexus - April 4, 2024 Category: Research Authors: Mike Lauer Tags: blog Open Mike applications Grants policy Peer review Source Type: funding
Notice of Correction to Information Regarding the Locus of Peer Review for Applications Submitted to PAR-23-213 "Interactive Digital Media (IDM) Biomedical Science Resources for Pre-College Students and Teachers (SBIR)"
Notice NOT-GM-24-008 from the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts (Source: NIH Funding Opportunities (Notices, PA, RFA))
Source: NIH Funding Opportunities (Notices, PA, RFA) - October 25, 2023 Category: Research Source Type: funding
Interactive Digital Media (IDM) Biomedical Science Resources for Pre-College Students and Teachers (SBIR) (R43/R44 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
Funding Opportunity PAR-23-213 from the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts. The purpose of this Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) is to provide opportunities for eligible small business concerns (SBCs) to develop interactive digital media (IDM) biomedical science resources for pre-college students and teachers. (Source: NIH Funding Opportunities (Notices, PA, RFA))
Source: NIH Funding Opportunities (Notices, PA, RFA) - June 15, 2023 Category: Research Source Type: funding
You Are Invited: NIH Listening Sessions on the Postdoc Training System
NIH welcomes community input on the status of the postdoctoral training system through four public virtual listening sessions between March 8 – March 20, 2023. Register to attend and share your input!
Last week NIH announced a Request for Information (RFI) inviting the research community to give input on the state of postdoctoral research training and career progression infrastructure in biomedical science developed by a working group of the NIH Advisory Committee to the Director. In support of the RFI, NIH is hosting a series of listening sessions to hear from the community about their experiences as postdoctoral traine...
Source: NIH Extramural Nexus - February 27, 2023 Category: Research Authors: NIH Staff Tags: Top Stories ACD biomedical research workforce postdocs Source Type: funding
2022: A Year in Review
This past year, 2022, has been an eventful one. Our policies and programs supporting the future biomedical workforce led to a record number of newly funded early-stage investigators and to many fellows and trainees receiving childcare cost reimbursements. Our focus on integrity and transparency and objectivity in NIH-supported research continued, bolstered by White House guidance on research security and researcher responsibilities. We now require stronger recipient notifications, safety plans for NIH-supported conferences, and behavioral codes of conduct as part of ending the culture of harassment in biomedical science.
L...
Source: NIH Extramural Nexus - January 4, 2023 Category: Research Authors: Mike Lauer Tags: blog Open Mike Funding data grants conference Source Type: funding
UNITE CO-CHAIRS ’ CORNER: Announcing the Inaugural UNITE Progress Report
Guest post originally published on the NIH Chief Officer for Scientific Workforce Diversity Office Blog.
Today we published our first NIH UNITE Progress Report!
Covering Fiscal Years 2021–2022, the UNITE Progress Report describes NIH’s actions to identify and address structural racism that may exist within the NIH and in the biomedical and behavioral research enterprise. It discusses UNITE’s initial efforts across four focus areas that aim to elevate health disparities and minority health research across institutes and centers (ICs), promote equity in the NIH-supported biomedical and behavioral research ecosystem, p...
Source: NIH Extramural Nexus - October 20, 2022 Category: Research Authors: Marie A. Bernard Tags: blog Open Mike COVID-19 scientific workforce diversity UNITE Source Type: funding
More Early-Stage Investigators Supported in FY 2021
Discussion Rate(%)1
Funding Rate(%)
Early Stage
Female
2,412
1
1,492
667
61.9
27.7
Male
2,752
1
1,693
787
61.5
28.6
New, Not Early
Female
2,533
1
1,363
457
53.8
18.0
Male
3,832
1
1,968
670
51.4
17.5
At Risk
Female
2,542
1
1,563
691
61.5
27.2
Male
5,349
1
3,089
1,313
57.7
24.5
Established
Female
3,364
1
2,270
999
67.5
29.7
Male
7,498
1
5,229
2,350
69.7
31.3
1 The Discussion Rate is a person-based metric that is the percent of applicants (actually people designated as PI’s on an application) who had at least one application make it to the discussion stage of peer review.
The discussion rate was lower...
Source: NIH Extramural Nexus - July 18, 2022 Category: Research Authors: Mike Lauer Tags: blog Open Mike ESI NGRI workforce Source Type: funding
Harnessing Data Science for Health Discovery and Innovation in Africa (DS-I Africa): Partnership for Innovation Research Projects (U01 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
Funding Opportunity RFA-RM-22-023 from the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts. This RFA is soliciting applications to support data science and innovation research projects at African institutions, as part of a broader Common Fund effort. Applications to this RFA will require unique and diverse reviewer expertise, including data science, engineering, biomedical science, and global health (with perspectives from Africa). Additionally, this RFA has unique objectives (related to the RFA and the broader program) and review criteria. (Source: NIH Funding Opportunities (Notices, PA, RFA))
Source: NIH Funding Opportunities (Notices, PA, RFA) - May 27, 2022 Category: Research Source Type: funding
Congress Strengthens NIH ’s Ability To Address Harassment in NIH-funded Activities
Marie A. Bernard, M.D., NIH Chief Officer for Scientific Workforce Diversity.
The recently passed Consolidated Appropriations Act for fiscal year 2022 includes “Section 239,” which is a milestone in our efforts to ensure safe working conditions for people engaged in NIH-supported research. The law requires NIH grant recipients to notify us when their senior key personnel are removed from their position or are otherwise disciplined due to concerns about harassment, bullying, retaliation, or hostile working conditions. This is a major step in our continued effort to change the culture of harassment in biomedical science....
Source: NIH Extramural Nexus - May 10, 2022 Category: Research Authors: Mike Lauer Tags: blog Open Mike anti-harassment workforce Source Type: funding
CSR ’s Commitment to Advancing Equity, Diversity and Inclusion in Peer Review
Guest post by Noni Byrnes, Director of the NIH Center for Scientific Review (CSR), originally released on the Review Matters blog
Noni Byrnes, Ph.D., Director of NIH Center for Scientific Review
On March 1, NIH Director Francis Collins announced NIH’s broad-based initiative, UNITE, to end structural racism and racial inequities in biomedical science. This is a recognition of the need for urgent, sustained effort on many fronts across the research enterprise, including in all parts of the NIH’s extramural processes, to change culture. While the NIH Institutes and Centers will examine their programmatic priorities and...
Source: NIH Extramural Nexus - March 8, 2021 Category: Research Authors: Noni Byrnes Tags: blog Open Mike Diversity Peer review Source Type: funding
NIH Releases New Policy for Data Management and Sharing
Guest post by Carrie Wolinetz, Ph.D., NIH Associate Director for Science Policy, originally released on the Under the Poliscope blog
Carrie Wolinetz, Ph.D.,Associate Director for Science Policy, NIH
Today, nearly twenty years after the publication of the Final NIH Statement on Sharing Research Data in 2003, we have released a Final NIH Policy for Data Management and Sharing. This represents the agency’s continued commitment to share and make broadly available the results of publicly funded biomedical research. We hope it will be a critical step in moving towards a culture change, in which data management and sharing is...
Source: NIH Extramural Nexus - October 29, 2020 Category: Research Authors: Carrie Wolinetz Tags: blog Open Mike data management Data sharing Source Type: funding
An Early Look at Applications Submitted During the Pandemic
It has been four months since the COVID-19
pandemic shuttered
laboratories and clinical studies across the country and the world. On April 10, only a few weeks into the
pandemic, the Congressional Research Service (CRS) published
a report on the “Effects of COVID-19 on the Federal
Research and Development Enterprise.”
The report described the consequences of social distancing and other
pandemic mitigation measures. These
consequences included laboratory closures, de-prioritized projects, cancellation
of meetings and conferences, loss of revenue, disrupted personnel processes
(e.g. graduation, promotio...
Source: NIH Extramural Nexus - July 28, 2020 Category: Research Authors: Mike Lauer Tags: blog Open Mike coronavirus COVID-19 Funding data Source Type: funding
Addressing Foreign Interference and Associated Risks to the Integrity of Biomedical Research, and How You Can Help
On Tuesday, June 23, Dr. Kelvin Drogemeier,
the Director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP), gave a presentation to the Federal
Demonstration Partnership (FDP) on “Enhancing the Security and Integrity of
America’s Research Enterprise.” Dr.
Drogemeier articulated five “key takeaway” messages:
The integrity of our research enterprise rests upon core
principles and values, including transparency, honesty, accountability, objectivity,
respect, freedom of inquiry, reciprocity, and merit-based competition;Principled international collaboration and foreign contributions
are critical to our su...
Source: NIH Extramural Nexus - July 8, 2020 Category: Research Authors: Mike Lauer Tags: blog Open Mike other support Research integrity Source Type: funding
Expanding NIH ’s Definition of Socio-Economic Disadvantaged to be More Inclusive and Diversify the Workforce
An extensive literature demonstrates that socioeconomic status is one of the
strongest predictors of health, on par with typical
risk markers like smoking, physical inactivity, hypertension, and
diabetes. An intriguing graphic shows life
expectancy according to stops on the London subway system – as described in a news story, “if you travel eastbound between Lancaster Gate and Mile
End – 20 minutes on the Central line – life expectancy decreases by 12
years.” This association of strong links
between socioeconomic status and health is remarkably reproducible – including
on subway maps of the ...
Source: NIH Extramural Nexus - November 26, 2019 Category: Research Authors: Mike Lauer Tags: blog Open Mike Biomedical Workforce Diversity Source Type: funding
Institutional Research and Academic Career Development Awards (IRACDA) (K12 - Independent Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
Funding Opportunity PAR-19-366 from the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts. The purpose of the Institutional Research and Academic Career Development Award (IRACDA) Program is to develop a diverse pool of well-trained scientists available to address the nation's biomedical research agenda. The program requires effective partnerships between a research-intensive institution and a teaching-intensive partner institution that has a historical mission or a demonstrated commitment to educating students from groups underrepresented in the biomedical research workforce. The IRACDA program provides support for a mentored postdoc...
Source: NIH Funding Opportunities (Notices, PA, RFA) - September 9, 2019 Category: Research Source Type: funding
