Writing NIH Grants in the Era of Changing Peer Review

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Writing NIH Grants in the Era of Changing Peer
Review

• Phyllis Leppert, Moderator
• New CSR Study Sections Sooja Kim
• NICHD DSR Changes Phyllis Leppert
• Grant Opportunities and Funding Mechanisms John
  Ilekis and Estella Parrott
• Grant Writing Koji Yoshinaga

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Statistics about the NIH

• NIH Accounts for approximately 30 of the total
  national support for Health RD.
• NIH obligations account for approximately 79 of
  the Federal share of obligations for Health RD.
• Approximately 80 of the NIH Budget is devoted to
  extramural awards.
• Over 90 of NIHs extramural awards are grants.

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Approximate Distribution of NIH Expenditures
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Approximate Distribution of NIH Appropriation
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NIH Extramural Awarding Components

• National Cancer Institute (NCI)
• National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI)
• National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and
  Kidney Diseases (NIDDK)
• National Library of Medicine (NLM)
• National Institute of Child Health and Human
  Development (NICHD)
• National Institute of Deafness and Other
  Communication Disorders (NIDCD)
• National Institute of Environmental Health
  Sciences (NIEHS)
• National Institute of Neurological Disorders and
  Stroke (NINDS)
• National Institute on Aging (NIA)
• National Institute of Allergy and Infectious
  Diseases (NIAID)
• National Institute of Arthritis and
  Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases (NIAMS)
• National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial
  Research (NIDCR)
• National Eye Institute (NEI)
• National Institute of General Medical Sciences
  (NIGMS)
• National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)
• National Institute for Nursing Research (NINR)
• National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and
  Alcoholism (NIAAA)
• National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)
• National Center for Complementary and Alternative
  Medicine (NCCAM)

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How Are Assignments Made?

• TO STUDY SECTIONS BASED ON
• Specific Review Guidelines of Each Study Section
• TO INSTITUTES BASED ON
• Overall Mission of The Institute
• Specific Programmatic Mandates and Interests of
  the Institute

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Electronic Tools for Extramural Staff and
Applicants
CommonsAdministrative Module CGAPCompetitive
Grant Application Process RRReceipt and Referral
Module CMCommittee Management Module REVReview
Module ECB/CAMElectronic Council Book/Council
Administration Module Early Concurrence
Module GMGrants Management Module ICOInstitute
and Center Operation Module E-SNAPStreamlined
Non-Competing Award Process i-EdisonInvention
Reporting Module QVRQuery/View/Reporting
System IC-STOReIC Search, Track, Order and
Report (Shared Module) ICDIC Specific Data
System StatusApplicant status system
RED Applicant Tools WHITE Staff Tools GREEN
Staff and Council