The NIH Extramural Research Process    


Biomedical Research Support
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Michigan State University
East Lansing, MI  48824-1044
Phone: 517.432.4789
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NIH's Institutes & Centers
NIH is one of eight health agencies of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

Health Promotion & Disease Prevention Priorities

Healthy People 2000: priorities for future health promotion and disease prevention activities

Healthy People 2010, Health for the Next Decade: a revised national health agenda
     - Healthy People Consortium & Partnerships for Networked Consumer Health Information will jointly launch the Nation's prevention agenda, Healthy People 2010, at a meeting 01/24-28/00. Live streaming video of select conference session will be available at NIH Videocasting.

Office of Research on Minority Health: leads the Federal effort at NIH in stimulating new research ideas for improving the health status of minority Americans across the lifespan and in promoting programs aimed at expanding the participation of underrepresented minorities in all aspects of biomedical and behavioral research. 

General Information

NIH Campus map

HHS's GrantsNet

Office of Extramural Research (an introduction)

Activity & Organization Codes and Definitions (PDF Format)

NIH Award Data
     - FY94FY97FY98, FY99, FY00, FY01 by institutions

Information for New Grantees

Changes to A-110: Availability of Research Data through FOIA

NIH Reinvention Activities - 2000 Status Report

NIH Electronic Research Administration Activities

NIH Regulatory Burden Working Group Established
     - Chronicle of Higher Education Report - 01/14/00

Funding Opportunities 

Contracts
     - Guide to NIH Contracting (PDF Format)
     - RFPs available by Institute

Grants
     - Office of Extramural Research Grant Funding Opportunities
     - Office of Extramural Research Program Guidelines
     - Small Grants (R03) at NIMH
     - Exploratory/Developmental Grants (R21) at NIMH
     - Investigator-Initiated Interactive Research Grants

NIH Guide
     - To Subscribe to Electronic Distribution of Table of Contents
     - 2000 Archive Index
     - 1999 Archive Index
     - Notices
     - Program Announcements (PAs)
     - Request for Applications (RFAs)

Research Training & Career Development (K) Awards
     - NIMH

Grant Application Kits

PHS 398 for all new, revised, competing continuation, and  supplemental research grant, Institutional National Research Service Awards (training grants), Research Career Awards (K Series), & cooperative agreements

PHS 2590 applications to continue support may be submitted to the awarding component's grant management office two months before the beginning date for the next budget period

PHS 416-1 for Individual National Research Service Awards

PHS 6246-1 for Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Awards

PHS 6246-3 for Small Business Technology Transfer Program (STTR) Awards

Proposal Preparation

The Original How to Write a Research Grant Application (03/31/99) (PDF Format)

Guide to Submitting NIH Grant Applications (U. CA - San Diego)

Important NIH Guide Announcements (U. CA - San Francisco)

Schedules of Proposal Receipt Dates

NIH's Modular Grant Application & Award Process - < $250K annual total direct costs (12/15/98)
     - Modifications & Update (Notice OD-00-046; 07/24/00)
     - Northwestern U's implementation

Streamlined Noncompeting Award Process (SNAP) Instructions

NIMH Small Grants Program (08/06/99)

Collaborative Proposals Involving Consortium Agreements

URLs In NIH Applications, Proposals, or Appendices (11/30/99)

Salary Limitations on Grants, Cooperative Agreements & Contracts (11/06/00)
     - 2001 Executive Levels

Grant Peer Review

Center for Scientific Review (CSR)

Peer Review Notes: CSR's newsletter for trends and new developments in grant application review policies and procedures

Overview of Peer Review Process

Assignment to Integrated Review Group/Study Section for scientific merit review & the most likely institute to fund

Established Review Criteria for Unsolicited Applications (06/27/97) & associated guidelines for specific programs

Criteria for Review of New Investigator R01s

Scoring of Scientific Merit

Guidelines & Policies

  Grants Policies

Revised NIH Grants Policy Statement 03/01/01

NIH Grants Policy Guidance
     - Grants Policy Statement
          10/98; 03/01

  Draft Policies

Draft Policy on Instruction in the Responsible Conduct of Research (06/17/00)
     - Background Information

NIH Stem Cell Information
     - Draft Guidelines  (12/01/99)
     - Fact Sheet on Human Pluripotent Stem Cell Research Guidelines (08/23/00)

  Current Policies

Required Education in the Protection of Human Research Participants (06/05/00; Revised 08/25/00)
     - Guidance: Frequently Asked Questions (06/17/00)
     - Clarification (09/14/00)
     - NIH Intramural Affairs Computer-Based Training module for Researchers

Legislative Mandates
     - FY 2001 Appropriations (P.L. 106-554; Signed 12/ 21/00
     - FY 2000 Appropriations (P.L. 106-113; Signed 11/ 29/99)
     - Provisions Governing Human Fetal Tissue Research (03/06/00)

Process for Requesting Agency Prior Approval under Grants & Cooperative Agreements by email (01/06/00)

Obtaining & Disseminating Biomedical Research Resources (12/99)
     - COGR Guidance to Universities

Consortium Agreements for Collaborating Institutions

Graduate Student Compensation (12/10/01)

NRSA Fellowship Stipend Amounts
     - Awards with FY99 funds (11/19/98)
     - Awards with FY00 funds (12/21/99)

Acceptance for Review of Unsolicited Applications that Request More than $500,000 Direct Costs (03/20/98)

Inclusion of Children as Participants in Research involving Human Subjects (03/06/98)

NRSA Fellowship Guidelines (07/03/97)

Procedures for handling non-election of title to patentable biological materials (05/17/96)

Inclusion of Women, Minorities, and Persons with Disabilities in NIH Sponsored Meetings & Conferences (04/28/95)

Instruction in the Responsible Conduct of Research in Institutional Training Grants (06/17/94)

Inclusion of Women & Minorities as Subjects in Clinical Research (03/18/94)
     - Update (08/02/00)

Regulatory Requirements

Inclusion of Human Subjects
     - Revised Policy for IRB Review of Human Subjects Protocols in Grant Applications

Laboratory Animal Welfare

Recombinant DNA & Human Gene Transfer

Scientific Misconduct: Office of Research Integrity

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