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Enhancing Public Access and Transparency on NIH Research through Reporting
(or where ARRA we heading?)Presented at the Association of Independent Research
Institutes 2009 Annual MeetingOctober 6, 2009
Robin M. Wagner, PhD, MSChief, Reporting Branch
Office of Extramural Research (OER)Office of the Director (OD)
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Today’s Speaker
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Acknowledgments
Reporting Branch Staff, OERRediet Berhane, MUPMatthew Eblen, MPIANatalie Graham, MSSusan Ivey, MACarl McCabe, PhD, MAKatrina PearsonLindsay Pool, MPHEmilee Pressman, MPH
OER ODJames Onken, PhDDorit Zuk, PhD
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Overview Major milestones for NIH in 2009
Received American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) funds
Enhanced reporting of NIH research investments through RePORT Website
Will present preliminary data on FY 2009 ARRA grants with “awarded” status in IMPACII as of 10/02/09 Excludes some last minute grant awardsWill not discuss ARRA contract awards
Will describe and conduct live demo of RePORT Website
Accountability is key to NIH’s ability to continue to attract new resources to
maximize health impact and strengthen the biomedical research workforce
Accountability is key to NIH’s ability to continue to attract new resources to
maximize health impact and strengthen the biomedical research workforce
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NIH’s Non-ARRA Budget in FY 2009
Total NIH Budget Authority:FY 2009 Enacted = $30,553,000
Research Project
GrantsR&D Contracts
Research Centers
Intramural
Research
Other
Research Training
Research Mgmt & Support
Other Research
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President Obama Signs Recovery Act
NIH is grateful to President Obama, Congress, and the American people for the opportunity for NIH to play its part
in improving the Nation’s health and economy
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Accelerate biomedical research
Fund already reviewed meritorious applications
Launch new programs that focus on innovation: Challenge, Signature, Grand Opportunity
Create and preserve jobs in every state across the nation Over 50,000 jobs over the next two years
Investing in Biomedical Research through ARRA
Over 30,000 applications!
To ARRA is Human!
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NIH ARRA Appropriation by Mechanism
$1,000$300 $500 $400
$8,200
$0
$3,000
$6,000
$9,000
ScientificResearchPriorities
ExtramuralConstruction
SharedInstrumentation
and OtherCapital
Equipment
NIH Buildingsand Facilities
ComparativeEffectiveness
Research (CER)
Mechanism
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Total NIH ARRA Funding = $10.4 Billion
Expect about 13,000 award actions and $5B obligated in FY2009
Data as of 10/2/2009
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FY 2009 ARRA Timeline
April May June July Aug Sep
Pay line extensionsSupplement decisions
Peer Reviewpanels
RFAs published
Awards made
Councilreview
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NIH ARRA Grant Awards to All Grantees and AIRI Members by Award Type
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Total NIH ARRA Awards
$ 4,353,713,575N=12,786 Awards
Total AIRI ARRA Awards
$317,944,822N=674 Awards
Preliminary data drawn 10/2/2009
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NIH ARRA Grant Awards by Award Type and Solicitation
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Other
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**Competitive revisions were previously called competitive supplements
Preliminary data drawn 10/2/2009
1212
Total ARRA Grant Dollars Awarded by NIH Institute and Center (IC)
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NIH IC
$ Awarded (millions)
Total ARRA Dollars Awarded by NIH in
FY 2009 = $4.4B
*Number ofAwards
Total = 12,786
Preliminary data drawn 10/2/2009
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New ARRA NIH-Wide Programs
Challenge Grants Grand Opportunities (“GO” Grants) Recruit new faculty to conduct research Provide summer jobs for high school / college
students and teachers to work in science labs AREA (R15) Grants
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All NIH ARRA Grant Awards by Program and Award Type
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Preliminary data drawn 10/2/2009
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NIH ARRA Grant Awards to AIRI Members by Program and Award Type
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Preliminary data drawn 10/2/2009
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Challenge Grants
Challenge Grants provide:Priority avenues of research, including 237
scientific topics in 15 broad scientific areasUp to $500K total costs/year for up to two years Over 20,000 applications received!Awarded $394M to 854 projects
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Broad Challenge Areas Broad Challenge Area
% of Applications Received
(01) Behavior, Behavioral Change and Prevention 6.5
(02) Bioethics 1.5(03) Biomarker Discovery and Validation 11(04) Clinical Research 9.5(05) Comparative Effectiveness Research 9.3(06) Enabling Technologies 19.8(07) Enhancing Clinical Trials 1(08) Genomics 4.4(09) Health Disparities 3.8(10) IT for Processing Health Care Data 2.5(11) Regenerative Medicine 3.6(12) STEM Education 2.5(13) Smart Biomaterials 2.2(14) Stem Cells 3(15) Translational Research 18.6
1818
Total Dollars Awarded for Challenge Grants
by NIH IC
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NIH
IC
$ Awarded (millions)
*Number of Awards
Total=854
Total Challenge Grant Dollars Awarded by NIH
in FY 2009 = $393.8M
Preliminary data drawn 10/2/2009
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Challenge Grants Program: Interim Observations
The extraordinary response clearly indicates that the biomedical research community has enormous untapped capacity and potential
The short-term effects of the program align well with the goals of ARRA
The program also will have long-term effects:Scientific progress will add to future advancesAdditional demand will continue to stress system
infrastructure
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Grand Opportunity Grants
Grand Opportunity (GO) Grants:High impactWell definedLarge scaleOver $500,000 per year
Over 2000 applications received Awarded $625M to 376 projects
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New Faculty
Core Centers for Enhancing Research Capacity
in U.S. Academic Institutions (P30) Newly trained scientists Start-up packages Pilot research projects Over 600 applications
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Summer Jobs in Research for Students and Teachers
Engage students and educators in research Encourage students to pursue research careers Provide summer internships at NIH-funded
laboratories for science teachersOver 1,339 awards to virtually every state, $45M
~ 4,000 jobs over the two summers (09 and 10)
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Academic Research Enhancement Awards (AREA)
Applicants must be a domestic (U.S.) institution or organization located in the 50 states, territories and possessions of the U.S.
Offer a baccalaureate or advanced degrees in sciences related to biomedical and behavioral sciences
Institution received less than $6.0 million in each of four or more of the last 7 years
$300,000 direct costs for up to 3 years
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Other ARRA Programs
FOA Due Date Funding Date
NCMHD Community Participation in Health Disparities Intervention Research Planning Phase (R24)
6/30/09 FY09
NCMHD Exploratory Centers of Excellence (P20) 7/01/09 FY09
NCMHD Dissertation Research Award to Increase Diversity (R36) 6/30/09 FY09
NCRR High End Instrumentation (S10) 5/06/09 FY09
NCRR Core Facility Renovation, Repair, Improvement (G20) 9/17/09 FY10
NCRR Extramural Facilities Improvement 5/06/09 6/17/097/17/09
FY10
NIH Biomedical Research, Development, and Growth to Spur the Acceleration of New Technologies (BRDG-SPAN) Pilot Program (RC3)
9/01/09 FY10
NIH Small Business Catalyst Awards for Accelerating Innovative Research (R43)
9/01/09 FY10
NIAID Protection of Human Health by Immunology and Vaccines (U01, U19)
10/15/09 FY10
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ARRA Reporting Requirements
All ARRA grants must have separate accounts and draw downs are from each account Includes supplements
Quarterly reporting through www.FederalReporting.gov No later than 10 calendar days after each calendar
quarter in which the recipient receives the award Reports are cumulative each quarter and include
award amount project descriptionproject locationpercent project completed number of jobs created/retained
Established NIH reporting requirements: http://grants.nih.gov/recovery/recipient_reporting.html
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Enhanced Public Access and Transparency through Reporting Pre-dates ARRA
The NIH Reform Act of 2006 Required establishment of an electronic system to
uniformly code research grants and activities of NIH Office of the Director and research ICs
The electronic system was required tobe searchable by a variety of codes, such as grant
type, IC, and public health area of interest when permissible, provide information on
relevant literature and patents associated with NIH supported research
Led to the Research, Condition, and Disease Categorization and new NIH RePORT Website
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Research, Condition, and Disease Categorization (RCDC)
Knowledge management tool to mine text data to perform research categorization
Benefits Improve reliability and consistency of disease coding
across NIH ICsSpeed up disease coding process Standardize and facilitate budget reporting by disease
topics Increase transparency and scientific validity
Starting in FY 2007, all NIH research grants, contracts and intramural projects are classified to RCDC disease or condition categories (currently 215)
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RePORT Website
and more…
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RePORT Website Features
Release of new, expanded NIH Data Book
GIS mapping of awards (uses institutional mailing address)
Introduction of dynamic reports
Creation of new reporting concepts
ARRA reports
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RePORT Website: Continuously Updated NIH ARRA Information
Interactive Website provides ARRA funding information by state, congressional district, and institution
http://report.nih.gov/recovery/arragrants.cfm
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New searchable RePORT Expenditures and Results database (RePORTER) on NIH research projects (v1.0) became available to public in June
Can export hit lists to Microsoft Excel
Shows publications and patents citing grant support
Links to PubMed, PubMed Central, USPTO
Recovery Act award search
CRISP is retired with release of production v1.0
RePORTER Project Database
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Planned Enhancements to RePORT Website in FY 2010
Customizable data books IC-specific RePORTs Interactive charts
Explore integration with other databases (e.g.,
clinicaltrials.gov) Analyze/chart/map/present search results Save favorites searches and portfolios
Set alerts for new grants/publications/patents
Export of RePORTER database as a bulk download and/or web service
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Online Demonstration of NIH RePORT
Transparency ∙ Access ∙ Public Trust
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Thank You!
Robin M. Wagner, PhD, MSChief, Reporting Branch
Division of Information ServicesOffice of Research Information Systems
Office of Extramural ResearchOffice of the Director
National Institutes of Health
Address:6705 Rockledge Dr., Suite 4090, Room 4176
Bethesda, MD 20892
Office: 301-443-5234Cell: 301-219-9788Fax: 301-480-2845
Web: http://report.nih.gov