Seeking Your Input on Simplifying Review Criteria
Bruce Reed, Ph.D., Deputy Director of the NIH Center for Scientific Review
Guest post by Bruce Reed, Deputy Director of the NIH Center for Scientific Review, originally released on the Review Matters blog
Over the past several years we have heard consistent concerns about the complexity of review criteria and administrative load of peer review. CSR shares the concern that the current set of standards has the unintended consequence of dividing reviewer attention among too many questions, thus reducing focus on scientific merit and increasing reviewer burden. Each element was intended make review better, but we w...
Source: NIH Extramural Nexus - February 27, 2020 Category: Research Authors: Bruce Reed Tags: blog Open Mike CSR Peer review Source Type: funding
Data are Available on NIH Funding Plans
The NIH-Wide Strategic Plan
for Fiscal Years (FYs 2016-2020)
laid the groundwork for discussing data on our funding strategies—see page 28
for example data on R01 applications across peer review percentiles in FY 2014.
The 21st Century Cures Act recognized the value of reporting such information.
Building on what we have blogged on before (see here, here, here, and here), let’s talk more about how we make
funding decisions and show some data as well.
Funding
decisions rely heavily on peer review scores, but there is more to the story. NIH
Institutes and Centers (ICs) weigh those scores together with ensuring their
...
Source: NIH Extramural Nexus - December 23, 2019 Category: Research Authors: Mike Lauer Tags: blog Open Mike NIH Data Book NIH funding plans Source Type: funding
Notice of Change to Award Budget and Removal of Prior Approval Requirement for PAR-19-099, Limited Competition: Clinical and Translational Science Award (CTSA) Program: Collaborative Innovation Award (U01 Clinical Trial Optional)
Notice NOT-TR-20-004 from the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts (Source: NIH Funding Opportunities (Notices, PA, RFA))
Source: NIH Funding Opportunities (Notices, PA, RFA) - December 20, 2019 Category: Research Source Type: funding
Revised NIH Grants Policy Statement for FY 2020
The revised
NIH Grants Policy Statement (NIHGPS) has been published, replacing the
October 2018 version as a standard term and condition of awards. This revision
applies to all NIH grants and cooperative agreements with budget periods
beginning on or after October 1, 2019.
Access the NIHGPS in HTML
or PDF
formats, and take a look at the summary
of significant changes for this revision. Prior versions of the NIHGPS can
be found on our NIH
Grants Policy Statement page.
For more details, see the full Guide
Notice. (Source: NIH Extramural Nexus)
Source: NIH Extramural Nexus - December 12, 2019 Category: Research Authors: NIH Staff Tags: Policy Top Stories grants policy statement Source Type: funding
Notice of Change in the Award Budget of RFA-ES-20-002 - Research to Action: Assessing and Addressing Community Exposures to Environmental Contaminants (R01 Clinical Trial Optional)
Notice NOT-ES-20-005 from the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts (Source: NIH Funding Opportunities (Notices, PA, RFA))
Source: NIH Funding Opportunities (Notices, PA, RFA) - December 10, 2019 Category: Research Source Type: funding
The Spring NIH Regional Seminar is Warming Up with Early Bird Registration Rates
Don’t
miss out on the savings or the opportunity to learn about the NIH grants
process directly from NIH experts next spring. From April 20-22, 2020, over 100
NIH & HHS experts will be on hand at the NIH Regional Seminar on Program
Funding & Grants Administration in Baltimore, MD, ready to provide you with
the latest policy and process information. What’s the urgency to
register? Early Registration Rates end on December 31, 2019!
Read on
for more details and if it sounds like what you’ve been looking for…then register
today!
75 NIH presenters: Review, program, grants management and policy offic...
Source: NIH Extramural Nexus - December 4, 2019 Category: Research Authors: NIH Staff Tags: Calendar Other NIH Happenings NIH Regional Seminar Source Type: funding
Updated Grant Application Instructions and Forms Coming in Spring 2020
NIH will require the use of updated application forms and
instructions (FORMS-F) for due dates on or after May 25, 2020 (NOT-OD-20-026).
A preview
of form changes and clarification
of how the changes impact research training grant, fellowship, and
career development award applications (NOT-OD-20-033)
are already available. Additional details will be posted early next year.
In the meantime, continue to use FORMS-E application
packages for due dates on or before May 24, 2020 despite the expiration dates
noted on each form. We are working with the Office of Management and Budget to
renew our forms and new expiration dates ...
Source: NIH Extramural Nexus - December 3, 2019 Category: Research Authors: NIH Staff Tags: Top Stories application forms Forms F Source Type: funding
Selecting the Correct Budget Format for Your Application
Providing budget information is a necessary part of
requesting federal funding. The amount of budget detail needed for funding
consideration varies based on the type of funding you are requesting. The
funding opportunity announcement, application instructions, and the associated
form package hold the key for determining the prefect level of budget detail
and format needed to apply. Each opportunity announcement includes award budget
and project period information; any opportunity-specific budget guidance; and
the specific forms appropriate for the opportunity.
Some grant programs require all applicants to use a s...
Source: NIH Extramural Nexus - December 3, 2019 Category: Research Authors: NIH Staff Tags: Tips Before You Submit Budget detailed budget modular budget Source Type: funding
Notice of Change to the Award Budget for PAR-19-207 "Alcohol and Other Substance Use Research Education Programs for Health Professionals (R25 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)"
Notice NOT-AA-19-028 from the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts (Source: NIH Funding Opportunities (Notices, PA, RFA))
Source: NIH Funding Opportunities (Notices, PA, RFA) - November 5, 2019 Category: Research Source Type: funding
Notice of Change to Research Objectives and Award Budget for RFA-AG-20-035 "Building Resources for the Basic Biology of Aging in Health Disparities Research (R24 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)"
Notice NOT-AG-19-043 from the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts (Source: NIH Funding Opportunities (Notices, PA, RFA))
Source: NIH Funding Opportunities (Notices, PA, RFA) - September 16, 2019 Category: Research Source Type: funding
Notice of Increased Budget Limits and NINDS Participation in PAS-19-316 "Advancing Research on Alzheimer's Disease (AD) and Alzheimer's-Disease-Related Dementias (ADRD) (R43/R44 Clinical Trial Optional)"
Notice NOT-AG-19-040 from the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts (Source: NIH Funding Opportunities (Notices, PA, RFA))
Source: NIH Funding Opportunities (Notices, PA, RFA) - September 5, 2019 Category: Research Source Type: funding
Notice of Correction to Award Budget for RFA HD-20-006 "US Children with Perinatal HIV who were Born Internationally (R01 Clinical Trial Optional)"
Notice NOT-HD-19-025 from the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts (Source: NIH Funding Opportunities (Notices, PA, RFA))
Source: NIH Funding Opportunities (Notices, PA, RFA) - September 4, 2019 Category: Research Source Type: funding
Notice of Increased Budget Limits and NINDS Participation in PAS-19-317 "Advancing Research on Alzheimer's Disease (AD) and Alzheimer's-Disease-Related Dementias (ADRD) (R41/R42 Clinical Trial Optional)"
Notice NOT-NS-20-001 from the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts (Source: NIH Funding Opportunities (Notices, PA, RFA))
Source: NIH Funding Opportunities (Notices, PA, RFA) - August 19, 2019 Category: Research Source Type: funding
Notice of Correction to Award Budget for RFA-DA-19-020 " HEAL Initiative: Americas Startups and Small Businesses Build Technologies to Stop the Opioid Crisis (R41/R42 - Clinical Trial Optional)"
Notice NOT-DA-19-067 from the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts (Source: NIH Funding Opportunities (Notices, PA, RFA))
Source: NIH Funding Opportunities (Notices, PA, RFA) - August 8, 2019 Category: Research Source Type: funding
Notice of Correction to Award Budget for RFA-DA-19-019 " HEAL Initiative: Americas Startups and Small Businesses Build Technologies to Stop the Opioid Crisis (R43/R44 - Clinical Trial Optional)"
Notice NOT-DA-19-057 from the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts (Source: NIH Funding Opportunities (Notices, PA, RFA))
Source: NIH Funding Opportunities (Notices, PA, RFA) - August 8, 2019 Category: Research Source Type: funding
