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
Reminders About Financial Conflicts of Interest and Other Support
A recent study from the HHS Office of Inspector General (OIG) affirmed that NIH grant recipients play a key role in protecting the integrity and security of U.S. biomedical research, in part through requiring Investigators to disclose all of their significant financial interests and all sources of their other support. As noted by the OIG, failures by some recipients to disclose substantial contributions of resources from foreign entities (including foreign governments) have raised concerns about threats to the integrity of NIH-supported research. In response to the OIG recommendations, we are reminding grant applicants a...
Source: NIH Extramural Nexus - September 16, 2022 Category: Research Authors: Mike Lauer Tags: blog Open Mike FCOI other support Research integrity 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
Inflation and NIH Research Project Grants
Here we discuss how inflation has been relevant to NIH Research Project Grants (RPG), the largest component of extramural NIH funding.
We can start with a straightforward question: What is inflation? The US Federal Reserve defines inflation as “the increase in the prices of goods and services over time.” Prices for research project grants may increase over time for a variety of reasons:
Background inflation: Prices increase across the economy due to increases in the money supply and/or economy-wide demand and supply stresses; these are reflected in general price indices, such as the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) price ...
Source: NIH Extramural Nexus - June 29, 2022 Category: Research Authors: Mike Lauer Tags: blog Open Mike Funding data RPG Source Type: funding
Case Study in Research Integrity: Double, Double, Toil and Trouble
Your comments on our peer review integrity case studies suggest that you found them informative, engaging, and thought-provoking. The Professional Grant Writer and Asking for Favorable Treatment examples were in the Top 10 read Open Mike posts of 2021 and 2020, respectively. The success of the series prompted us to expand them beyond solely peer review and address other areas of research integrity. Today we discuss what you and your institution should consider when submitting the same applications to multiple funders. As always, the goal is to raise awareness, encourage dialog and inspire creative problem solving to ensure...
Source: NIH Extramural Nexus - June 1, 2022 Category: Research Authors: Mike Lauer Tags: blog Open Mike application policy overlap Research integrity Source Type: funding
A Reflection on Impact
Some of you may have heard me quote a thoughtful essay by Daniel Shapiro and Kent Vrana (both of Pennsylvania State College of Medicine) that is critical of research institutions promoting what funds they’ve received over what scientific progress those funds have supported. The authors argue that instead of using a ranking system to measure success that favors number of grants and dollars, we should consider a new system that focuses on the efficiency by which the science was conducted and how the research contributes to answering questions that are meaningful to science.
With that in mind, it’s worth reflecting that i...
Source: NIH Extramural Nexus - May 26, 2022 Category: Research Authors: Mike Lauer Tags: blog Open Mike COVID-19 innovation reflection Source Type: funding
Industry-University Cooperative Research Centers Program (IUCRC)
Full Proposal Target Date: June 8, 2022 Program Guidelines: NSF 20-570Program Mission:
The IUCRC program catalyzes breakthrough pre-competitive research by enabling close and sustained engagement between industry innovators, world-class academic teams, and government agencies. IUCRCs help industry partners and government agencies connect directly and efficiently with university researchers to achieve three primary objectives: 1) Conduct high-impact research to meet shared and critical industrial needs in ...More at https://beta.nsf.gov/programid/505789This is an NSF Upcoming Due Dates item. (Source: NSF Upcoming Due Dates)
Source: NSF Upcoming Due Dates - May 9, 2022 Category: Science Source Type: funding
Research Training Groups in the Mathematical Sciences (RTG)
Full Proposal Deadline Date: June 7, 2022 Program Guidelines: NSF 20-608The long-range goal of the Research Training Groups in the Mathematical Sciences (RTG) program is to strengthen the nation's scientific competitiveness by increasing the number of well-prepared U.S. citizens, nationals, and permanent residents who pursue careers in the mathematical sciences, be they in academia, government, or industry. The RTG program supports efforts to improve research training by involving undergraduate students, graduate students, postdoctoral associates, and faculty ...More at https://beta.nsf.gov/programid/5732This is an NSF Upc...
Source: NSF Upcoming Due Dates - May 8, 2022 Category: Science Source Type: funding
Research Security Training for the United States (U.S.) Research Community
Full Proposal Deadline Date: May 23, 2022 Program Guidelines: NSF 22-576With the goal of strengthening research security in the U.S., NSF is working in partnership with three other federal research funding agencies to find a balanced approach to research security. This effort includes the development and implementation of training—to recipients of federal research funding—in best practices to optimize research security. This training is an essential step toward mitigating foreign government risks and threats to U.S. government-funded research and may ...More at https://beta.nsf.gov/programid/506033This is an NS...
Source: NSF Upcoming Due Dates - April 23, 2022 Category: Science Source Type: funding
Expanding Capacity in Quantum Information Science and Engineering (ExpandQISE)
Letter of Intent Deadline Date: April 1, 2022 Track 2 proposals Program Guidelines: NSF 22-561The NSF Expanding Capacity in Quantum Information Science and Engineering (ExpandQISE) program aims to increase research capacity and broaden participation in Quantum Information Science and Engineering (QISE) and related disciplines through the creation of a diversified investment portfolio in research and education that will lead to scientific and engineering breakthroughs, while securing a talent pipeline in a field where workforce needs of industry, government and academia continue to ...More at https://beta.nsf.gov/programid/...
Source: NSF Upcoming Due Dates - March 16, 2022 Category: Science Source Type: funding
Expanding Capacity in Quantum Information Science and Engineering (ExpandQISE)
Letter of Intent Deadline Date: April 1, 2022 Track 2 proposals Program Guidelines: NSF 22-561The NSF Expanding Capacity in Quantum Information Science and Engineering (ExpandQISE) program aims to increase research capacity and broaden participation in Quantum Information Science and Engineering (QISE) and related disciplines through the creation of a diversified investment portfolio in research and education that will lead to scientific and engineering breakthroughs, while securing a talent pipeline in a field where workforce needs of industry, government and academia continue to ...More at https://www.nsf.gov/funding/pgm...
Source: NSF Upcoming Due Dates - March 2, 2022 Category: Science Source Type: funding
Quiz Yourself on Security and Confidentiality in NIH Peer Review: Rules, Responsibilities and Possible Consequences
Maintaining security and confidentiality in the NIH peer review process is essential. We would like to remind the extramural community of the federal statutes, regulations, and NIH policies regarding peer review security and confidentiality; their responsibilities for abiding by those rules; and possible actions that the NIH (in coordination with other offices) may take and consequences that may ensue from a violation of those rules. Check your knowledge with the following quiz.
True or False?
Only peer reviewers need to abide by the rules and responsibilities of maintaining security and confidentiality in peer review.
ANS...
Source: NIH Extramural Nexus - January 27, 2022 Category: Research Authors: NIH Staff Tags: Tips Before You Submit Peer review Source Type: funding
ClinicalTrials.gov Modernization Effort: Beta Releases Now Available
Guest post by Anna M. Fine, PharmD, MS, acting director of ClinicalTrials.gov at the National Library of Medicine, National Institutes of Health. Originally released on the Musings from the Mezzanine blog.
Earlier this year, we provided an update on NLM’s efforts to modernize ClinicalTrials.gov, the world’s largest publicly accessible database of privately and publicly funded clinical trials. NLM released a request for information, hosted public webinars, and adopted a user-centered design approach intended to help ensure that modernization is responsive to user needs.
These activities, together with input from th...
Source: NIH Extramural Nexus - December 10, 2021 Category: Research Authors: Anna Fine Tags: blog Open Mike Clinicaltrials.gov Source Type: funding
Understanding Place-Based Health Inequalities in Mid-Life (R01 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
Funding Opportunity RFA-AG-23-004 from the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts. This Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) RFA supports secondary data analyses and/or data collection/enhancements to existing datasets to address the role of place (e.g., countries, U.S. Census regions, states, counties, neighborhoods, and locations across the urban-rural continuum) in health in order to uncover actionable knowledge to address disparities by geography and other factors such as race and ethnicity. Secondary data analyses appropriate to this FOA include those that: 1) clarify social, economic, behavioral, and ?institutional ...
Source: NIH Funding Opportunities (Notices, PA, RFA) - November 16, 2021 Category: Research Source Type: funding
Reaffirming NIH ’s Commitment to Workforce Diversity
Marie A. Bernard, M.D., Chief Officer for Scientific Workforce Diversity, NIH
Diversity is inextricably tied to the success of the NIH mission, thus ensuring diversity within the extramural biomedical research workforce is of utmost importance. We are aware that NIH’s recent decision to rescind a “Notice of Special Interest” (or NOSI) – intended solely to call attention to the presence of a specific funding opportunity announcement and encourage researchers from underrepresented groups to apply – may have caused some to question this commitment. While the spirit of the NOSI was laudable, it may have led to an imp...
Source: NIH Extramural Nexus - November 3, 2021 Category: Research Authors: Marie A. Bernard and Mike Lauer Tags: blog Open Mike Diversity scientific workforce diversity Source Type: funding
