How Implementing a 2022 Law is Helping Us Ensure Safe and Respectful Workplaces
Nearly two years ago, we implemented a provision in a law (Section 239 of the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2022). The law requires NIH grant recipients to notify us when their senior key personnel on awards are removed from their position or are otherwise disciplined due to concerns about harassment, bullying, retaliation, or hostile working conditions. This step represented an important milestone to help ensure safe and respectful workplaces, free from harassment and discrimination. Here we provide an update on the implementation of Section 239.
Table 1 shows how many harassment self-disclosures we received in ca...
Source: NIH Extramural Nexus - March 13, 2024 Category: Research Authors: Mike Lauer Tags: blog Open Mike Compliance harassment Source Type: funding
NIH All About Grants Podcast: Ins and Outs of Training Grants (miniseries)
Dr. Maria Carranza, Senior Training Officer with the National Institute on Aging
Dr. Kenneth Gibbs, Chief of the Undergraduate and Predoctoral Cross-Disciplinary Training Branch at the National Institute of General Medical Sciences
Institutional training grants help prepare undergraduates, predoctoral students and postdoctoral scholars for careers in biomedical and behavioral research. Part 1 of this NIH All About Grants podcast miniseries dives into considerations for developing training grant applications and the review process, and part 2 focuses on post-award monitoring, mentorship, and provides insights for traine...
Source: NIH Extramural Nexus - February 26, 2024 Category: Research Authors: NIH Staff Tags: New Resources mentorship trainees training grants workforce Source Type: funding
NIH Director Statement on Catalyzing the Development of Novel Alternative Methods
This report, which the ACD enthusiastically endorsed and conveyed to the agency, recommended that NIH work with the community to:
Prioritize the development and use of combinatorial NAMs
Establish resources, infrastructure, and collaborations to promote the use of interoperable, reliable, and well curated/high quality datasets produced from research using NAMs
Promote effective dissemination and interconnection of NAM technologies
Invest in comprehensive training to bolster continuous advances in development and use of NAMs
Facilitate multidisciplinary teams with expertise across technologies and the lifecy...
Source: NIH Extramural Nexus - February 9, 2024 Category: Research Authors: Mike Lauer Tags: blog Open Mike Alternatives to Animals Animal Welfare rigor Source Type: funding
Increased Use of the Childcare Cost Support Policy by National Research Service Award (NRSA) Fellows in FY 2023
Support for families at critical periods is a known reason why some researchers, especially female and underrepresented scientists, leave research careers (see these articles from Academic Medicine and FASEB). For this reason, NIH has developed and implemented family-friendly policies aimed at supporting early-career researchers. One of these policies provides up to $2,500 in childcare cost support to full-time National Research Service Award (NRSA) fellows and trainees. In 2022, we shared some preliminary data on how many NRSA fellows requested and were issued these awards. Today, we are pleased to update these data for i...
Source: NIH Extramural Nexus - February 6, 2024 Category: Research Authors: Mike Lauer Tags: blog Open Mike childcare cost Family Friendly fellowship NRSA postdocs Source Type: funding
Carrying the Momentum from a Year of Open Science Forward in 2024
Guest post by Maryam Zaringhalam, PhD, Data Science and Open Science Officer for the NLM Office of Strategic Initiatives; Lisa Federer, PhD, Acting Director of NLM Office of Strategic Initiatives; and Martha Meacham, MA, MLIS, Project Director for NLM’s Network of the National Library of Medicine. Originally posted on the Musings from the Mezzanine blog.
Martha Meacham, MA, MLIS, Project Director for NLM’s Network of the National Library of Medicine
Lisa Federer, PhD, Acting Director of NLM Office of Strategic Initiatives
Maryam Zaringhalam, PhD, Data Science and Open Science Officer for the NLM Office of Strat...
Source: NIH Extramural Nexus - January 26, 2024 Category: Research Authors: NIH Staff Tags: blog Open Mike common data elements Data sharing preprints Source Type: funding
2023: A Year in Review
2023, what a year! We started it off with implementing the NIH Data Management and Sharing policy, a policy that reflected many thoughtful discussions with researchers, professional societies, and NIH staff over the last several years. The year was capped off with Dr. Monica Bertagnolli beginning her tenure as the next NIH Director. We look forward to supporting her vision for NIH.
Between those milestones, we announced that a simplified review framework for research project grants will take effect next January. We continued our focus on the future workforce, including those that support early-stage investigators, launc...
Source: NIH Extramural Nexus - January 16, 2024 Category: Research Authors: Mike Lauer Tags: blog Open Mike Administrative Burden Research integrity workforce Source Type: funding
NIH All About Grants Podcast: Ensuring Safe and Respectful Workplaces
Elyse Sullivan, Ph.D., NIH/OER Research Integrity Officer
Patricia Valdez, Ph.D., NIH/OER Chief Extramural Research Integrity Officer
Researchers deserve and should expect to work in places free from harassment, discrimination, and other forms of inappropriate behavior. This NIH All About Grants podcast episode explores how we at NIH aim to ensure a safe and respectful workplace wherever NIH-funded work is conducted. Drs. Patricia Valdez and Elyse Sullivan, Research Integrity Officers with the NIH Office of Extramural Research, explain more in this conversation. Our conversation covers NIH’s long-standing policies in...
Source: NIH Extramural Nexus - December 21, 2023 Category: Research Authors: NIH Staff Tags: New Resources harassment podcast Source Type: funding
What Early Career Researchers Should Know (Part 2) – Discovering Strengths to Advance Your Research Career
Ericka Boone, PhD, Director, Division of Biomedical Research Workforce, NIH
Marguerite Matthews, PhD, Program Director and co-host of Building Up the Nerve, NINDS
In our second episode of a two-part NIH All About Grants mini-series, we explore ways early career researchers can align and apply their strengths to advance their professional development. Dr. Marguerite Matthews, a program director and co-host of Building Up the Nerve with the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, and Dr. Ericka Boone, Director of the Division of Biomedical Research Workforce at the NIH Office of Extramural Research, joi...
Source: NIH Extramural Nexus - November 6, 2023 Category: Research Authors: NIH Staff Tags: New Resources biomedical research workforce podcast postdocs Source Type: funding
Your Feedback Sought on Proposed Updates to Research Misconduct Regulations
For the first time in nearly two decades, the regulations and policies governing how we address research misconduct associated with NIH (and other Public Health Service) funding are being updated. We are sharing this announcement on behalf of our colleagues with the HHS Office of Research Integrity (ORI) to ensure we continue maintaining and promoting research integrity of NIH-supported research.
The notable changes center around clarifying definitions, explaining procedures for handling allegations, imposing administrative compliance actions, and the appeals process. These steps build upon the existing regulations whil...
Source: NIH Extramural Nexus - October 24, 2023 Category: Research Authors: Mike Lauer Tags: blog Open Mike Request For Information (RFI) Research integrity research misconduct Source Type: funding
Reminder: Annual Reports to the Office of Laboratory Animal Welfare Due December 1, 2023
Domestic institutions with an approved Domestic Animal Welfare Assurance are reminded that Annual Reports for the reporting period October 1, 2022, through September 30, 2023, are due to the NIH Office of Laboratory Animal Welfare (OLAW) by December 1, 2023. (NOT-OD-24-008). These reports cover the October 1, 2022, through September 30, 2023 reporting period.
The following information must be reported:
Any change in the institution’s AAALAC International accreditation status;
Any change in the institution’s animal care program and use as described in PHS Policy section IV.A.1.a-i.;
Any change in the I...
Source: NIH Extramural Nexus - October 13, 2023 Category: Research Authors: NIH Staff Tags: Top Stories Animal Welfare OLAW Reporting Source Type: funding
NIH All About Grants Podcast: Application Post-Submission Policy
Dr. Stephanie ConstantNIH Review Policy Officer
Your application was submitted on time. The study section meeting is coming. But you just got some new information that may be helpful for the application. Can you include it? Dr. Stephanie Constant, NIH’s Review Policy Officer, joins us in this next episode of the NIH All About Grants podcast to talk about post-submission materials. She tells us about the purpose of the policy, what “unforeseen events” can be added after submission (such as preliminary data in certain situations), what cannot (like preprints), logistics for providing them to NIH, how reviewers use th...
Source: NIH Extramural Nexus - October 10, 2023 Category: Research Authors: NIH Staff Tags: New Resources applications Peer review podcast post-submission materials Source Type: funding
NIH All About Grants Podcast: What Early Career Researchers Should Know (Part 1) – the Hidden Curriculum
Dr. Lauren Ullrich, co-host of Building Up the Nerve from the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke
Dr. Oliver Bogler, host of Inside Cancer Careers from the National Cancer Institute
Embarking on a career in biomedicine is more than doing experiments and writing NIH grant applications. How does one learn about other important skills early in their research career, and what exactly are they?
This episode of a two-part NIH All About Grants Podcast mini-series explores the “hidden curriculum” for early career researchers. Our conversation features hosts of two NIH podcasts that delve into topics ...
Source: NIH Extramural Nexus - September 8, 2023 Category: Research Authors: NIH Staff Tags: New Resources mentorship podcast workforce Source Type: funding
NIH All About Grants Podcast: Reporting on Your Scientific Progress
Tom Cheever, Program Officer, National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, NIH
As part of proper stewardship and transparency, recipients must periodically tell NIH about their research progress outcomes and accomplishments when receiving an award (see NIH Grants Policy Statement Section 8.4.1 for policy and regulatory references). What exactly should someone report on and when though?
Dr. Tom Cheever, a program officer with the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, explains more about progress reporting in this episode of the NIH All About Grants podcast. Join us as we discuss what the ...
Source: NIH Extramural Nexus - August 18, 2023 Category: Research Authors: NIH Staff Tags: New Resources Grants policy podcast RPPR Source Type: funding
Animal Welfare Noncompliance: Data and Process
Brent C. Morse, DVM, DACLAM, Director, OLAW Division of Compliance Oversight Office of Extramural Research, NIH
As part of proper stewardship of taxpayer funds, we at NIH are obligated, both legally and ethically, to ensure the welfare and reduce risks for those involved in our supported research activities. This obligation includes research animals. Their humane care and use is something we take very seriously. We appreciate that Congress, the research community, interest groups, and other members of the public look towards us to observe this commitment. Today we are taking some time to touch upon our policies to protec...
Source: NIH Extramural Nexus - August 17, 2023 Category: Research Authors: Mike Lauer Tags: blog Open Mike Animal Welfare Grants policy Source Type: funding
Find NIH Funding Statistics and More on the NIH Data Book
NIH is the largest public funder of biomedical research in the world, which also means we have a lot of funding data! To get at-a-glance graphics and tables of NIH funding trends on grant awards, you can explore the NIH Data Book. The Data Book also provides basic summary statistics on success rates, small business programs, peer review, and the trainees and fellows supported through our programs.
For more information on how to use the NIH Data Book, check out this Open Mike blog post and this NIH All About Grants podcast episode. (Source: NIH Extramural Nexus)
Source: NIH Extramural Nexus - July 13, 2023 Category: Research Authors: NIH Staff Tags: Tips Before You Submit Funding data NIH Data Book Source Type: funding
