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NIH (National Institutes of Health) The NIH is gradually moving to electronic submission of proposals through the grants.gov portal. Here are some hints to help you through the new process. The NIH eRA Commons (National Institutes of Health (NIH) eRA Commons) is their electronic system for proposal receipt, proposal tracking, and award information. It is also the place where individuals who are registered with an institution (WSU) can enter personal information and upload copies of their publications.
Deadline Dates The deadline dates are also changing after January, 2007; go here to see the latest list: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/notice-files/NOT-OD-07-001.html
The procedure for application through grants.gov
Wichita State University is already registered in grants.gov.
1. PIs and all senior personnel must be registered in eRA Commons before submission of grant applications. Call Carole Robarchek (978-6806 or carole.robarchek@wichita.edu)to initiate this process. Once you have received a username and password, you will be able to enter personal profile data such as your title and your appointment history and to upload your publications. Print out whatever you enter because it is important that exactly the same information is entered on the forms in an application and in the biosketches: it must match what is entered in the eRA Commons. The username is also entered into the forms in a grants.gov application package, so be sure that you have the right spelling for your own username and those of other key personnel named in your grant proposal.
2. The submission process involves downloading the PureEdge Viewer (which is the program necessary to fill out a grants.gov application package) and the right application package from grants.gov, filling out the forms, attaching pdf files in the provided places, and submitting the packet with all the attached files to grants.gov. Carole Robarchek will need the CFDA number or other agency competition number to download the right package for you. We will fill in the institutional information and assist with the preparation of the package. The package is submitted by the ORA.
Grants.gov then assigns a number, checks the package for errors (usually missing files or data on forms), prepares the packet to send to the NIH eRA Commons, and then sends the package to NIH. We receive an email notification (to Dave McDonald) at each of these steps.
Once the eRA Commons has the package, technicians check it for errors. They then send an email to both the PI and to Dave McDonald citing errors and warnings associated with the application. We then have 2 or 3 business days to correct the errors and submit an amended application.
Here are some links which may be useful:
Review Process NIH's Center for Scientific Review has released a video of a mock study section meeting to provide insight into how grant applications are reviewed for scientific and technical merit. See the Center for Scientific Review Website [ http://www.csr.nih.gov/Video/Video.asp] for more information, and to download the video and related resources.NIH Provides Web Page for New Investigators The Office of Extramural Research, at the National Institutes of Health (NIH), recently announced the creation of a new Web page that targets new clinical and basic investigators. According to NIH guidelines, applicants are considered new investigators if they have not previously served as the principal investigators on any Public Health Service-supported research project other than a small grant, an Academic Research Enhancement Award, an exploratory/developmental grant, or certain research career awards directed principally toward physicians, dentists, or veterinarians at the beginning of their research career. It is important to note that current or past recipients of Independent Scientist and other non-mentored career awards are not considered new investigators. View article: http://www.aascu.org/grc/publications/grantweek/011005.htm#nih |