NIH REGIONAL SEMINAR IN PROGRAM FUNDING AND GRANTS ADMINISTRATION

Release Date:  March 23, 1999

P.T.

National Institutes of Health

A regional seminar covering topics related to the National Institutes of Health
extramural program funding and grants administration has been scheduled for
Thursday and Friday, April 22-23, 1999, in Gainesville, Florida.  The seminar,
hosted by the University of Florida, is designed to attract participants from the
southern/southeastern region, although interested individuals from other regions
are welcome to attend.  Individuals from small and minority educational
institutions, for-profit research organizations, hospitals, universities and
medical centers are encouraged to attend.  The two-day seminar will feature both
plenary and break-out sessions in order to provide information of interest to
academic researchers, scientists, graduate students, postdoctoral researchers,
and both new and senior research administrators.

Plenary session topics include: Scientific Peer Review; Development of Institute
Program Priorities and Funding Plans; an Open Panel Session with University
Participants; and Electronic Research Administration, which will additionally
include on-going sessions both days at the Brain Institute on the campus of the
University of Florida.

Break-out sessions will be held on the following topics: Human Subjects/Animal
Welfare; Compliance Issues; NIH Fundamentals; Modular Grants; Conflict of
Interest; Funding Opportunities for New Investigators; Intellectual Property;
Clinical Trials; Project Monitoring; Current Issues in Research Administration;
NRSA; Research Administration for Faculty; a Mock Study Section Review; and an
Open Session for Researchers. 

The following NIH officials will be leading the plenary and breakout sessions: 

Carol Alderson
Assistant Grants Policy Officer
Office of policy for Extramural Research Administration

Wendy Baldwin, Ph.D.
Deputy Director for Extramural Research
Office of the Director, NIH

Cecilia Bruce
Grants Management Specialist
National Institute of General Medical Sciences

Neil Buckholtz
Chief, Dementias of Aging Branch
Neuroscience and Neuropsychology of Aging Program
National Institute on Aging

Jeffrey Cohen, Ph.D.
Associate Director for Education
Office for Protection from Research Risks, NIH

Diane Dean
Assistant Grants Policy Officer
Office of Policy for Extramural Research Administration

Ron G. Geller, Ph.D.
Director, Office of Extramural Programs
Office of Extramural Research
Office of the Director, NIH

Annette Hanopole
Grants Management Specialist
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases

Diana Jaeger
Acting Director
Office of Policy for Extramural Research Administration
Office of the Director, NIH

Gordon Johnson, Ph.D.
Scientific Review Administrator
Center for Scientific Review, NIH

Mark Kirker
Chief, Grants Management Branch
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases

Chris Lambert
NIH Commons User Support Specialist
OPERA

Louis De Paolo, Ph.D.
Program Director
Reproductive Sciences Branch
Center for Population Research
National Institute of Child Health and Human Development

George Stone, Chief
Commons, Extramural Inventions and Technology Resources Branch, OPERA

Gary Thompson
Acting Chief
Grants Policy Branch
Office of Policy for Extramural Research Administration

Bob Weller, Ph.D.
Scientific Review Administrator and Acting Chief
Social Sciences, Nursing, Epidemiology and Methods (SNEM) IRG 
Center for Scientific Review

SEMINAR LOGISTICS:

Seminar Leader:   
Diana Jaeger, Acting Director, Office of Policy for Extramural Research
Administration (OPERA), NIH

Tom Walsh, Director of Sponsored Research, University of Florida

Seminar Coordinators (NIH):
Annette Hanopole, Supervisory Grants Management Specialist, Division of
Extramural Activities, National Institute of General Medical Sciences, NIH

Cecilia Bruce, Grants Management Specialist, Division of Extramural Activities,
National Institute of General Medical Sciences, NIH

Seminar Dates:
Thursday and Friday, April 22-23, 1999

Location: 
Sheraton Hotel Gainesville
2900 SW 13th Street
Gainesville, Florida 32608
Telephone: (352) 377-4000

Room Reservation should be made directly with the Sheraton Hotel Gainesville. 
A block of rooms has been reserved for seminar participants at a rate of $69 per
night, single or double occupancy. Participants should reference the NIH Regional
Seminar when you call. Reservations must be made by April 2, 1999 in order to
receive the negotiated conference room rate.

Registration Fee: $145
The registration fee will cover breakfast and lunch on Thursday and Friday, a
reception on Thursday evening, and all seminar materials.  Checks or purchase
orders made out to the University of Florida Research Foundation will be accepted
for payment.

Registration and Inquiries:
Individuals may request registration materials by sending a letter, fax, or
electronic mail address, and anticipated number of registrants to:

Mary Tetrault
Division of Sponsored Research
University of Florida
219 Grinter Hall
P.O. Box 115500
Gainesville, Florida 32611
Telephone Number: (352) 392-1582
Fax Number: (352) 392-9605
Email: [email protected]

FUTURE SEMINARS
Another NIH Regional Meeting Seminar is planned on July 15-16 of this year.  The
location of the seminar will be the University of Wisconsin Medical School in
Madison, Wisconsin.  No separate mailing list is maintained for the regional
seminars. Information on this upcoming regional seminar will be published in the
NIH Guide on the NIH home page (grants.nih.gov/grants/policy/policy.htm), as it
becomes available.

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