Announcing 2007 NIH Regional Seminars in Program Funding and Grants Administration

Notice Number: NOT-OD-06-097

Key Dates
Release Date: August 28, 2006

Issued by
National Institutes of Health (NIH), (http://www.nih.gov)

Two regional seminars covering topics related to NIH extramural program funding and grants administration have been planned for 2007.

The two-day seminars provide information about the NIH funding process, from opportunity identification and application preparation through post award administration. Presentations are targeted towards research administrators, new and experienced investigators, post docs and trainees. Opportunities for informal interactions between seminar participants and NIH grants management, program, policy, and review staff are incorporated into the program and such interactions are highly encouraged. NIH electronic research administration labs are offered on a day adjacent to the two day seminar.
The 2007 seminars will be held on:

March 5-6, 2007 hosted by the University of Utah in Salt Lake City, UT. NIH electronic research administration computer labs will be offered on Wednesday, March 7, 2007. For questions regarding registration or logistics please contact Elynn Beck at tel. 801-585-6048 or elynn.beck@hci.utah.edu. On-line registration should be available after November 1st, 2006.

April 25-26, 2007 co-hosted by: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC), North Carolina State University (NCSU), Duke University (Duke), RTI International (RTI), North Carolina Biotechnology Center (NCBC), and North Carolina Central University (NCCU). NIH electronic research administration computer labs will be offered on Tuesday, April 24, 2007. For questions regarding registration or logistics please contact Wendy Sprintz at tel. 919-668-5947 or wendy.sprintz@duke.edu. On-line registration should be available after December 1st, 2006.

Information on programs and logistics for previous NIH Regional Seminars is available from the NIH Office of Extramural Research regional seminar website at: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/seminars.htm where access to on line registration for the 2007 Seminars will be linked when available.

Inquiries

Questions on program content may be directed to Dr. Chuck Selden, NIH Regional Seminar Coordinator, at tel. 301-435-8685 or SeldenC@nih.gov.