Navigating the NIH Web Site for Funding and Getting Started

with Grants

Grants-For-LunchDecember 6, 2005

FY 2006 Budget Request

The discretionary FY 2006 request for the NIH appropriation is $28,590 million, an increase of 0.5% over FY 2005.

Budget Update• As of 11/18/2005 Congress passed a

Continuing Resolution to continue appropriations at the FY2005 level through 12/17/2005.

Until the final FY 2006 appropriation is enacted, NIH will be issuing non-competing research grant awards at a level below that indicated on the most recent Notice of Award (generally up to 80% of the previously committed level). NIH will consider upward adjustments to these levels after the final appropriation is enacted. NIH Guide Notice December 1, 2005: http://grants1.nih.gov/grants/guide/notice-files/NOT-OD-06-014.html

The NIH Website

NIH Home Pagehttp://www.nih.gov/

Institute Websiteshttp://www.nih.gov/icd/

Extramural Research Home Pagehttp://grants.nih.gov/grants/oer.htm

NIH Guidehttp://grants1.nih.gov/grants/guide/index.html

NIH Grants Policyhttp://grants.nih.gov/grants/policy/nihgps_2003/index.htm

Formshttp://grants1.nih.gov/grants/forms.htm

NIH eRA Commonshttps://commons.era.nih.gov/commons/

CRISP http://crisp.cit.nih.gov/ THE GRANT NUMBER• The type •       1  new application

      2  competing continuation application      3  supplemental application

• The mechanism (R01, F32, etc)• The Institute/Center with primary assignment (in this

example AG stands for the Institute on Aging)• A unique identifier for the primary institute/center-

"123456"• The year and any suffix (01 is year 1, A1 indicates

the first amendment, A2 the second; S is used for supplement)

Keywords

Institute or Center

Study Section/IRG

Study Section Rosters: http://www.drg.nih.gov/Committees/rosterindex.asp

• Study SectionAcronym

GCMB

• Study Section Description

Gastrointestinal Cell and Molecular Biology Study Section

•SRA(EMAIL)

Najma Begum

Click to View Roster

Links• NIH Home Page: http://www.nih.gov/ • NIH Roadmap: http://nihroadmap.nih.gov/• Forms & Applications: http://grants1.nih.gov/grants/forms.htm • UTMB Forms: http://research.utmb.edu/osp/forms.shtm• Receipt Dates: http://grants1.nih.gov/grants/dates.htm• Resources for New Investigators:

http://grants1.nih.gov/grants/new_investigators/index.htm• Grants Tutorials: http://www.niaid.nih.gov/ncn/grants/default.htm• Sample of R01 Grant Application: http://

www.niaid.nih.gov/ncn/grants/app/default.htm• Grants Policy Statement 2003:

http://grants.nih.gov/grants/policy/nihgps_2003/index.htm• CRISP (Computer Retrieval of Information on Scientific Projects) http://

crisp.cit.nih.gov/• Study Section Rosters: http://

www.drg.nih.gov/Committees/rosterindex.asp• NIH eRA Commons: https://commons.era.nih.gov/commons/• Grants.gov: http://grants.gov/

Getting Started with Grants

Services Provided by UTMB Funding Library

Research Services Funding Library: http://research.utmb.edu/funding/

• Yellow Sheet: http://research.utmb.edu/research/yellowsheet/ysonline.htm

• Research Listserv: http://research.utmb.edu/starline/listserv.htm

• Infoed – SPIN funding database: http://

rdhs.utmb.edu– SMARTS Funding Alerts: http://

rdhs.utmb.edu

Office of Research Education Training Activities

Click on Research Activities for this month: http://research.utmb.edu/ore/

• Current Activities:– Grants-for-Lunch – first Tuesday of the month– UTMB Advanced Training Program on the Protection

of Human Research Participants (ATP) – begins January, 2006. Statement of Interest due December 7, 2005

Types of Awards

http://grants1.nih.gov/training/careerdevelopmentawards.htm

New Investigatorshttp://grants1.nih.gov/grants/new_investigators/index.htm

Applicants are considered new investigators if they have not previously served as the principal investigators (PI) on any Public Health Service-supported research project other than a small grant (R03), an Academic Research Enhancement Award (R15), an exploratory/developmental grant (R21), or certain research career awards directed principally to physicians, dentists, or veterinarians at the beginning of their research career (K01, K08, and K12).

Current or past recipients of Independent Scientist and other non-mentored career awards (K02, K04) are not considered new investigators.

New Investigators

• Currently, NIH encourages new investigators to self-identify by checking a box on the face page of their R01 applications so that they can be given special consideration.

Pilot Program for New Investigators

• November 30, 2005: NIH announced a Pilot Study to Shorten the Review Cycle for New Investigator R01 Applications – Under carefully defined circumstance, new

investigators will be able to resubmit amended applications for the next review meeting, rather than waiting a cycle. This will shorten the time for the next consideration of the resubmission application by four months.

– Only R01 applications from investigators that meet the NIH definition of new investigators that are assigned to participating study sections are included in this pilot.

Pilot Program Continued

– The Summary Statements for these applications will include an explicit note that identifies the application as being eligible for this pilot.

– Applications submitted for the February/March 2006 dates (cycle I) will be reviewed by June 15, 2006 and Summary Statements will be available in the NIH Commons no later than June 20, 2006 . Should new investigators choose to participate in this pilot, they will be able to send a resubmission application to NIH for a special July 20, 2006 receipt date.

NIH Guide Noticed November 30, 2005: http://grants1.nih.gov/grants/guide/notice-files/NOT-OD-06-013.html

Identify the opportunity

IRB/IACUC approval

(If appropriate)

Develop the Budget

Submit to OSP:

•Application

•Detailed Budget

•Routing Form

•Guidelines/Instructions

CorrectionsObtain Institutional Signatures

Pick up your proposal from OSP

Submit application to sponsor

How to submit a grant proposal to OSP

•Funding Library website:http://research.utmb.edu/funding/

•OSP website: http://research.utmb.edu/osp/

•IRB website: http://research.utmb.edu/irb//

•IACUC website: http://research.utmb.edu/iacuc/

Research Services website: http://research.utmb.edu

Phone: 266-9400

Grants.govhttp://www.grants.gov/

Typical Review Cycles for a New Individual Research Project Grant

Application (R01)

– Submit in February (June, October)

– Review in June (October, February)

– Council in September (January, May)

– Earliest award in December (April, July)

See Receipt Dates: http://grants1.nih.gov/grants/dates.htm

Review Process

• Receipt (submission) at Center for Scientific Review

• Referral – Scientific Review Administrator (SRA) assigns to Initial Review Group (IRG)

• Initial Review (Peer Review) by IRG for scientific merit

• Secondary Review by Advisory Council for overall merit

• Approval by Institute• Notice of Grant Award

(NOGA)

New Review Criteria

• NIH Peer Review Criteria for investigator-initiated research grant applications better accommodates interdisciplinary, translational, and clinical projects.

• Utilizes the same five criteria: – Significance– Approach– Innovation– Investigators– Environment;

• These updated review criteria will be effective for research grant applications received on or after January 10, 2005 http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/notice-files/NOT-OD-05-002.html

When to Contact a Program Officer

• To see whether your proposed application topic would fit into his or her program.– To find out about other award types– To find out if he or she knows of any initiatives in another

institute– To see whether your proposed topic may be a high priority for

the Institute– To find out about requesting assignment to an IC or IRG

• For advice on preparing an application– To see if you should apply in response to an RFA

• If you have questions about your summary statement– If you see a code on your summary statement– To get more feedback from the review– To find out status of funding your application– If your application’s funding is deferred till later in the fiscal year

Locate the Program Officer from the NIH Guide announcement or from the Institute/Center website (under contacts by program area).

Contacting NIH

• After submission:– Contact the Scientific Review Administrator for the

study section with questions related to a review. See Study Section Rosters or IC website for names

– Never contact Study Section members and reviewers about your proposal or review.

• Post-Award: – Contact Financial Specialist on your award

• Given in the RFA or Program announcement or• Given in your Notice of Grant Award

Other Contact Information:

• UTMB Research Services 266-9400For individual specialist, look under Departmental Assignments in the OSP website: http://research.utmb.edu/

• Research Funding Library 266-9431

• NIH: 301-496-4000. Or email: grantsinfo@nih.gov