Resource and Reference Materials
NIH
As of Feb 1, 2009, most grant application mechanisms have transitioned to electronic application. During the transition time, Grants.gov has been sorting through system issues (stalled applications, erroneous rejections). Especially now it is important to view your applications in eRA Commons once they have been submitted to ensure that the assembled application is the way it should be. NIH warns that tracking them all the way through to Commons is really the only way to know if they have reached NIH and can go on to peer review. Further, if you can’t identify a legitimate reason for an error, call the Grants.gov Contact Center for advice and to document your issue. And, notify the eRA Commons Help Desk if your issues threaten on-time submission. Application help. Help Desk Contact Information. Avoiding Common Errors.- Must-read for grantee investigators and administrators, NIH Grants Policy Statement
- NIH Office of Extramural Research
- Funding Opportunities and Notices
- NIH Forms and Applications
- NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts
- NIH Public Access policy
- NIH Just-in-Time Procedures: used for certain programs, award mechanisms, and RFAs. These procedures
call for limited information (e.g., a budget justification and a biographical sketch, in lieu of a full set of information) to be submitted with investigator-initiated applications. They also allow for a possible NIH request for additional information, including information on other support, when the application is under consideration for funding. Just-in-time procedures allow an applicant to defer certification of IRB approval of the project’s proposed use of human subjects; verification of
IACUC approval of the project’s proposed use of live vertebrate animals; and evidence of
compliance with the education in the protection of human research participants requirement until
completion of peer review and just prior to funding. Other support also is deferred. For other support, NIH Institutes’ scientific program and grants management staff will review other support information carefully for a variety of criteria before award to ensure that support requested is sufficient, does not overlap, and is not excessive. See NIH Grants Policy Statement for more detail on this and all NIH research policy.
BUMC
- Funding Opportunities
- Electronic Submission via your profile in the NIH Commons
Federal
OMB Circulars are instructions issued by the White House Office of Management and Budget to Federal agencies are published in OMB Circulars. Important OMB circulars relating to academic and research institutions are A-21, concerning Allowable Costs, A-110, and A-133.
Council on Government Relations
The Council on Government Relations is an association of research universities that meets with federal agencies to help make the government aware of how academic operations work and the impact of proposed regulations on colleges and universities. COGR has been active in developing a consensus on Good Management Practice and Access and Retention of Research Data: Rights and Responsibilities.
NCURA
The National Council of University Research Administrators sponsors regional annual meetings and an overall annual meeting in its mission to advance the field of research administration through education and professional development programs, sharing knowledge and experience, and fostering a professional, collegial, and respected community. BUMC has linked into a series of NCURA satellite broadcasts on such topics as “Compliance Issues Impacting Financial Research Administration” and “The Dos and Don’ts of Effort Reporting,” which are available for a fee on the website. New topics are continually being broadcast.
