LibGuides: Grants & You Newsletter Summer 2016: Grantsmanship Training & Resources

New NIH Biosketch Tool

New NIH Biosketch Requirements - SciENcv video tutorial
NIH encourages researchers to try the Science Experts Network Curriculum Vitae (SciENcv) tool to build their biosketches.

SciENcv pulls information from available resources making it easy to develop a repository of information that can be readily updated and modified to prepare biosketches for submission to multiple agencies.

NIH All About Grants Podcasts

NIH All About Grants Podcasts
So you wanna learn about...
...getting to know NIH and the grants process?
...preparing a successful grant application?
...advice for new and early-career scientists?
...submitting your application?
...how grants are reviewed?
...life as an NIH grantee?

(Designed for investigators, fellows, students, research administrators, and others curious about the grant application and award process.)

Matchmaker - NIH RePORTER

Matchmaker - NIH RePORTER
Enter abstracts or other scientific text and Matchmaker will return a list of 100 similar projects from the NIH RePORTER database.

*Link includes a video tutorial.

New Human Subjects Portal

The new NIH Human Subjects website provides regulatory guidance and links to human subjects protection information, and contains a number of tools and guides to help investigators and institutions meet federal and HHS/NIH standards for human subjects research protections. You can apply for certificates of confidentiality from NIH through this web site, as well. Visit humansubjects.nih.gov to learn more.

Become a Peer Reviewer for the American Heart Association

Gain a substantial addition to curricula vitae that is noticed throughout the science community
Complete a key service that is considered to be an advantage for tenure track and other promotions within most institutions
Be exposed to relevant scientific breakthroughs happening daily in their specialties
Via Peer Review meetings, benefit from camaraderie that can be a springboard for networking to initiate collaborative projects
Advance interaction with other AHA council members

Sign up through Grants@Heart. Under “First Time Users Register Here,” select Peer Reviewer, fill out the form, and await confirmation.

Scientific Rigor and Transparency in NIH Grant Applications

Learn More About Addressing Scientific Rigor and Transparency in Your NIH Grant Applications
NIH now requires most research grant applications and mentored career development award applications to address four areas related to scientific rigor and transparency:
• Scientific Premise
• Scientific Rigor
• Consideration of Relevant Biological Variables
• Authentication of Key Biological and/or Chemical Resources

Does the NIH Policy on Rigor and Transparency Apply to Renewals as Well as New Applications?

Yes. The updated review language will apply to all competing applications submitted under applicable activities, regardless of whether the submission is a new application (an “-01”), a resubmission (an “A1”), or a renewal (a “Type 2”).

What Criteria Will Be Used to Assess How I Address Scientific Rigor In My Application?

The guidance reviewers use to assess rigor and transparency is available on the NIH website: Reviewer Guidance on Rigor and Transparency. In addition to reviewing the applicant resources and the NIH application guide, we encourage applicants to familiarize themselves with the peer review criteria that will be used for their application.

NIH-Wide Strategic Plan 2016-2020 -- Turning Discovery Into Health

NIH-Wide Strategic Plan 2016-2020 -- Turning Discovery Into Health
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) is the United States’ premier agency for biomedical research, which spans the broad spectrum of basic, translational, clinical,
behavioral, and social sciences research dealing with many aspects of biology and almost every human disease and disability.

To establish a framework for carrying out its mission and optimize return on public investment, NIH’s strategy will focus on four essential, interdependent objectives. These objectives are:
Objective 1: Advance Opportunities in Biomedical Research
Objective 2: Foster Innovation by Setting NIH Priorities
Objective 3: Enhance Scientific Stewardship
Objective 4: Excel as a Federal Science Agency by Managing for Results

NIH Funding Opportunities & Notices

Weekly NIH Funding Opportunities & Notices
NIH publishes funding opportunities and notices in the NIH Guide daily. At the end of each work week, they publish this listing of everything published during the week.

Join the NIH Guide LISTSERV for direct access to the weekly content update.

NIH Regional Seminars on Program Funding & Grants Administation

New to the World of NIH Research? Attend an NIH Regional Semarinars
October 26-28, 2016 - Chicago, Illinois

Each year, the Office of Extramural Research (OER) sponsors the NIH Regional Seminars on Program Funding and Grants Administration. These seminars are intended to help demystify the application and review process, clarify Federal regulations and policies, and highlight current areas of special interest or concern. The seminars serve the NIH mission of providing education and training for the next generation of biomedical and behavioral scientist. NIH policy, grants management, review, and program staff provide a broad array of expertise and encourage personal interaction between themselves and seminar participants. Seminars are appropriate for grants administrators, researchers new to NIH, and graduate students.