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NIH Grants Process Primer: Application to Award - Part One
Date:
Wednesday, November 13, 2024
Time:
1:00PM ET - 4:00PM ET
Location:
Virtual
Cost:
Free
This Event is Recorded:
The recording and resources will be available 7-10 business days after the event
Hosted by:
Office of Extramural Research (OER)
Event Overview:
Description:
Understanding NIH's overall structure and the foundation of the agency’s grants process is vital to successfully applying for NIH funding. To help you on this journey, the NIH invites you to participate in a two-part webinar designed to help inform and clarify important elements from application preparation to award.
View this personal invitation to join from Dr. Noni Byrnes, Director of the NIH Center for Scientific Review, and Dr. Michael Lauer, NIH Deputy Director for Extramural Research and NIH Director of the Office of Extramural Research: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_IbmtIB3pxM
Note: Due to the popularity of this topic, there is a strong possibility of reaching capacity on Zoom. Therefore, on event day plan on signing in early. Once capacity is reached, you will be redirected to a live stream on YouTube.
Register one time for access to both Part One and Part Two.
Part One: An Overview (November 13, 2024 / 1:00 - 4:00 P.M. ET)
- Introduction to NIH
- Identifying Funding Opportunities
- Elements of a Competitive Application (key components and guidance from NIH experts)
- Understanding the Peer Review Process
- Award Determination
- Q&A focused on pre-award preparations and the path of your application toward award
Part Two: An Interactive Experience (November 14, 2024 / 1:00 - 4:00 P.M. ET)
- Pre-Award Systems (Walk-through of systems and tools used to submit and track applications)
- Notices of Funding Opportunities
- Application Components & Guidance (e.g., deadlines, budget types, project narratives, supporting documents, and application assembly)
- Peer Review Outcomes, Responding, and Tips on Resubmitting
- Award Notification and Acceptance (e.g., understanding the Notice of Award)
- Preparing for Managing an Award
- Q&A focused on systems, tools, and resources from submission to award
Throughout both days, NIH experts will be available to address questions submitted during registration to help smooth the path toward a successful NIH application process.
Join us for this webinar co-hosted by the Office of Extramural Research (OER) and the Center for Scientific Review (CSR).
Audience:
This event is designed for participants new to working with the NIH grants process – investigators, administrators, and others looking to enhance their knowledge of pre-award activities, systems, and resources.
Event Resources
Presenter(s):
Stephanie Constant, Ph.D
Policy Review Officer
Office of Extramural Research (OER)
Office of the Director (OD)
NIH, HHS
Stephanie Constant
<p><span style="color: rgb(36, 36, 36);">Dr. Stephanie Constant is the NIH Policy Reviewer Officer within the </span><a href="https://grants.nih.gov/aboutoer/intro2oer.htm" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Office of Extramural Research (OER)</a><span style="color: rgb(36, 36, 36);"> which provides policy, guidance, systems, and other support to the extramural community and the 24 NIH Institutes and Centers that award grants. She was previously the Review Chief at the National Institute of General Medical Sciences and a Scientific Review Officer in the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute. Dr. Constant first joined the NIH in 2011 from a tenured faculty position at The George Washington University in DC. </span></p>
Sheri Cummins
Communications Strategist
Office of Extramural Research (OER)
Office of the Director (OD)
NIH, HHS
Sheri Cummins
<p>Ms. Sheri Cummins is a Communications Strategist with the NIH Office of Extramural Research’s Division of Communication and Outreach. She is recognized in the community for her active involvement with applicant institutions, knowledge level of the NIH grants process, and enthusiasm for sharing and helping teach. Ms. Cummins joined NIH in 2008 as a Customer Relationship Manager for the electronic Research Administration (eRA) program focusing on eRA’s external services including eRA Commons and Electronic Application Submission. While working in eRA, she led many projects including the implementation of NIH's web-based ASSIST system for grant application preparation and submission. In 2013, she moved to the Division of Communications and Outreach for the NIH Office of Extramural Research where she is responsible for grants process communications and outreach.</p><p>Prior to coming to NIH, she worked for GE Global Exchange Services for 13 years in various roles including people and project management, communications, customer support, and client advocacy. She was also the owner/operator of a small retail business. Ms. Cummins is an alumna of the University of Maryland, where she received a B.S. in Computer Science.</p>
Sean Hine
Deputy Director
Office of Grants Administration
National Cancer Institute (NCI)
National Institutes of Health (NIH), HHS
Sean Hine
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Kristin Kramer, Ph.D
Director
Center for Scientific Review (CSR)
Center for Scientific Review (CSR)
National Institutes of Health (NIH), HHS
Kristin Kramer
<p><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">Dr. Kristin Kramer received her Ph.D. in zoology from the University of Minnesota, completed postdoctoral training at both the Department of Biology at the University of Maryland and the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Illinois at Chicago. She then served as an assistant professor in the Department of Biology at the University of Memphis where she developed a research program focused on the neuroendocrine control of social behaviors such as alloparental care and aggression. Her research centered on plasticity of neuroendocrine systems and resulting adult social behavior following perturbations during the early postnatal period. She investigated the developmental effects of oxytocin on social behavior later in life and the role of estrogen receptors in regulating male aggression. She has served in various capacities at CSR including as a Scientific Review Officer in the Emerging Technologies and Training in Neurosciences Integrated Review Group (IRG) and in the Brain Disorders and Clinical Neurosciences IRG and as CSR’s Knowledge Management Coordinator.</span></p>
Lanay Mudd, Ph.D
Deputy Branch Chief, Clinical Research in Complementary and Integrative Health Branch
National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health (NCCIH)
National Institutes of Health (NIH), HHS
Lanay Mudd
<p><span style="color: rgb(33, 37, 41);">Lanay M. Mudd, Ph.D., is deputy branch chief for the Clinical Research in Complementary and Integrative Health Branch in the Division of Extramural Research at the National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health (NCCIH). She joined NCCIH as a program director in 2015. As deputy branch chief, Dr. Mudd assists Dr. Wendy Weber to coordinate NCCIH’s Clinical Trial Specific Funding Opportunities. Dr. Mudd also serves as the NCCIH training director and provides oversight and direction for NCCIH’s training and career development portfolio. She is the NCCIH co-coordinator for the NIH Common Fund Bridge to Artificial Intelligence program.</span></p>
LeShawndra Price, Ph.D
Director, Office of Research Training and Special Programs (ORTSP)
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID)
National Institutes of Health (NIH), HHS
LeShawndra Price
<p>LeShawndra Price, Ph.D., Director of the Office of Research Training and Special Programs (ORTSP) at the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), is a leading expert in the fields of health equity, global health, and implementation science, with more than 20 years of experience at the NIH. She supports research training programs to develop the next generation of researchers and physician scientists, including promoting diversity within the biomedical research workforce, within NIAID’s mission areas. Dr. Price also manages NIAID’s Small Business Innovation Research and Small Business Technology Transfer programs and implements the Institute’s international outreach and compliance program, including overseeing the NIAID Global Infectious Disease Research Administration Award for Low- and Middle-Income Country Institutions (G11).</p>
Tracy Rankin, Ph.D, M.P.H
Program Director
National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK)
National Institutes of Health (NIH), HHS
Tracy Rankin
<p>Dr. Tracy Rankin is the program director for career development and training in the Division of Kidney, Urologic and Hematologic Diseases, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK). She manages a portfolio of career development and fellowship awards encompassing all aspects of renal and benign urologic disease. Additionally, she manages a research portfolio focused on urologic complications of diabetes and molecular endocrinology of the lower genitourinary tract. She also serves as the program director for the Chronic Renal Insufficiency Cohort (CRIC) and the deputy director for clinical sciences within the Division. Prior to coming to the NIDDK, Dr. Rankin served as the program official for the Reproductive Medicine Network and the Specialized Cooperative Centers Program in Reproduction and Infertility Research (now called the National Centers for Translational Research in Reproduction and Infertility) at the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development.</p>
Elyse Schauwecker, Ph.D
Scientific Review Officer
Center for Scientific Review (CSR)
National Institutes of Health (NIH), HHS
Elyse Schauwecker
<p>Dr. Schauwecker received her Ph.D. in the Interdisciplinary Neuroscience Program at the University of Southern California, where she studied age-dependent modulation of lesion-induced axonal sprouting and hippocampal synaptic plasticity. Before joining the Center for Scientific Review (CSR) in 2015, Dr. Schauwecker spent 18 years at the University of Southern California Keck School of Medicine, where her continuously funded NIH-sponsored research program focused on understanding the pathological processes that cause epilepsy and the role of genetic, molecular and cellular modifiers of neurodegeneration using the mouse as a model system. At CSR, Dr. Schauwecker serves as the Scientific Review Officer (SRO) for the Brain Injury and Neurovascular Disorders (BIND) study section managing and directing the scientific review of patient-oriented and pre-clinical research grants investigating injury to the nervous system, acute or chronic, resulting from traumatic brain injury, concussion, stroke, intracerebral hemorrhage, spinal cord injury, and epilepsy. Dr. Schauwecker is also a Referral Officer for the NIH, Division of Receipt and Referral at CSR evaluating and assigning grant applications to the most appropriate review group and funding component for consideration.</p>
Michelle Timmerman, Ph.D
Associate Director & Guide Liaison Officer
Division of Receipt and Referral (DRR)
Center for Scientific Review (CSR)
National Institutes of Health (NIH), HHS
Michelle Timmerman
<p>Dr. Michelle M. Timmerman is the Associate Director/Guide Liaison Officer at the Division of Receipt and Referral (DRR) at CSR.</p><p>Prior to joining DRR, she served in the Office of Extramural Research as the Acting Director and Guide Policy Officer of the NIH Guide to Grants and Contracts. She also served as Director of the AREA (R15) Program, which supports student-driven research at small colleges and universities. Prior to that, Dr. Timmerman served as a Scientific Review Officer at NIAID, where she managed the review of career development awards and training grants by the MID standing committee, in addition to managing the review of research grants, contracts, and complex mechanisms in Special Emphasis Panels. Dr. Timmerman began her federal career as a regulatory reviewer of sterile drug manufacturing at the Food and Drug Administration Center for Veterinary Medicine.</p><p>Dr. Timmerman earned her Ph.D. in microbiology from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and conducted postdoctoral research in bacterial pathogenesis at the University of Iowa.</p>
Sudha Veeraraghavan, Ph.D
Scientific Review Officer
Center for Scientific Review (CSR)
National Institutes of Health (NIH), HHS
Sudha Veeraraghavan
<p><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">Dr. Sudha Veeraraghavan received Ph.D. in biophysics and biochemistry from the University of Texas Health Science Center in San Antonio, where she conducted research in the area of protein folding. As a postdoctoral fellow she trained in structural biology at Tufts University School of Medicine and the Scripps Research Institute. She then worked as an Assistant Professor at the University of Texas Medical Center, Houston and as Associate Professor and Graduate Program Director at the University of Maryland, Baltimore. As an independent faculty, her research focused on structure-activity investigations of biological macromolecules to better understand biochemical processes or pathways associated with cancer and cardiovascular diseases.</span></p><p> </p>
Jason Wan, Ph.D
Director, Mineralized Tissue Physiology Program
National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research (NIDCR)
National Institutes of Health (NIH), HHS
Jason Wan
<p><span style="color: rgb(46, 46, 46);">Dr. Jason Wan is the Director of the Mineralized Tissue Physiology Program at the National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research (NIDCR). Dr. Wan obtained his Ph.D. in Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics from the University of Pennsylvania studying metalloenzymes. His other research projects have included studies of the Tumor Necrosis Factor (TNF)-alpha Receptor Associated Factor (TRAF) family members in inflammatory processes as well as elucidating the structural and functional roles metals play in proteins. Dr. Wan is currently overseeing projects involving mineralized tissues of the craniofacial skeleton and tooth. The primary focus of his program is to advance the understanding of normal processes underlying formation of these tissues and abnormal processes leading to diseases and disorders.</span></p>
Crystal Wolfrey
Chief Grants Management Officer
National Cancer Institute (NCI)
National Institutes of Health (NIH), HHS
Crystal Wolfrey
<p>Crystal Wolfrey is the Director of the Office of Grants Administration and the Chief Grants Management Officer for the National Cancer Institute. She joined the NCI in January 1987, and has served in a variety of roles, including as a Grants Management Specialist and a special grants expert for clinical trials. She has also served as a Team Leader and a Branch Chief, as well as the OGA Deputy Director. Prior to joining the NCI, she was a program specialist in the Scholars-in-Residence Program at the Fogarty International Center. Crystal is a graduate of the University of Maryland where she received her Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration, with a concentration in marketing research.</p>
Moderator(s):
Megan Columbus
Director
Office of Extramural Research (OER)
Office of the Director (OD)
NIH, HHS
Megan Columbus
<p>As Communications Director for the NIH Office of Extramural Research, Ms. Megan Columbus is responsible for leading strategic planning and communication activities pertinent to the management of NIH’s extramural program. She enjoys connecting scientists and administrators to information and tools in support of their research programs, helping the broader public learn how NIH-supported research contributes to health advances, and supporting the ongoing dialog between NIH and the research community. Ms. Columbus’ office is responsible for the NIH Grants and Funding website, the NIH Guide to Grants and Contracts, the Extramural Nexus newsletter and “Open Mike” blog, eRA system communications, extramural staff training, media and legislative relations, and a host of other resources. She especially enjoys her outreach responsibilities that involve more personal engagement with the NIH extramural research community, such as live webinars and the NIH Virtual Conferences.</p>
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