Research Administrator's Trivia Challenge!

<p>Michelle Bulls is the Director of the Office of Policy for Extramural Research Administration (OPERA) with policy and compliance oversight for the 24 Institutes and Centers’ grants management offices within the National Institutes of Health (NIH). She provides national leadership and oversight in the business and financial management of the federal assistance biomedical research programs supported by NIH.</p><p>Bulls provides over 30 years of grants policy and compliance administration experience and is well respected Federal-wide for her expertise. She continues to lead, on a national scale, grants policy and compliance efforts in implementing financial assistance regulations and policies across the Federal research platform. She continues to serve as a leader where she champions and drives harmonization, grants management streamlining, and reformation efforts for financial assistance research programs across the Federal government.</p>

<p>Ms. Cynthia Dwyer serves as the Outreach Coordinator within the NIH Office of Extramural Research’s Division of Communications and Outreach. She is often recognized for her work as the Coordinator of the NIH Virtual Grants Conferences on Program Funding and Grants Administration. In addition, she is responsible for coordinating other OER outreach activities and the development of resources for the extramural research community.</p><p>Ms. Dwyer began her career with NIH in 2000 as a Grants Management Specialist for the National Cancer Institute (NCI), where she served for five years. In 2005, she moved to the NIH Office of Policy for Extramural Research Administration (OPERA) where she served as a Grants Policy Officer before joining OER’s communications office. Ms. Dwyer obtained her Bachelor’s Degree from the University of North Texas, her teaching degree from the University of Missouri-St Louis, and her Master of Arts in School Administration from Lindenwood University in St. Charles, MO. Prior to her career with the NIH, Ms. Dwyer taught grade school, wrote grants for her school district, served as a regional customer service trainer and manager for a major retail chain, and published a travel magazine of Central Missouri.</p>