Program Changes for NCRR Biomedical Technology Resource Centers

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Program Changes for NCRR Biomedical Technology
Resource Centers

• Douglas M. Sheeley, Sc.D.
• Division of Biomedical Technology
• National Center for Research Resources
• June 20, 2006

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Program Changes for NCRR Biomedical Technology
Resource Centers

• Electronic Submission of Applications
• Adjustments to the BTRC Program Guidelines
• New Pre-application Process (The X02)

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ELECTRONICSUBMISSION
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By the end of Sept. 2007, NIH plans to

• Require electronic submission through Grants.gov
  for all NIH research grant applications
• Transition from the PHS 398 application form to
  SF424 family of forms

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One grant program at a time.

• NIH will transition to electronic submission of
  the SF424 (RR) through Grants.gov mechanism by
  mechanism
• All applications will need to be submitted in
  response to an FOA (funding opportunity
  announcement).
• We need to create an FOA for the P41 BTRC
  program.
• This is an opportunity to revisit the program
  guidelines and make adjustments.

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NIH Planned Transition Dates of Mechanisms for
Electronic Submission using the SF424 (RR)
Resource (G7, G8, G11, G13, G20), Career
Development (K), S11, S21, S22 (Jun. 1, 2007)
SBIR/STTR (Dec. 1, 2005)
R13/U13 (Dec. 15, 2005)
R18/U18, R25, C06/UC6 (Oct. 1, 2006)
Fellowship (F) (Aug. 5, 2007)
R36 (Feb. 17, 2006)
Potential R01 Multi-PI Pilot (Oct. 1, 2006)
R15 (Feb. 25, 2006)
Training (TD), U45, D71/U2R (Sep. 10, 2007)
S10 (Mar. 22, 2006)
DP1(Jan. 22, 2007)
X02 (April 18, 2006)
Project/Center (P), G12, M01, S06, R10/U10, U01,
U19, U54, U56, R24/U24 (Oct. 1, 2007)
X01 (May 18, 2006)
R01(Feb. 1, 2007)
R03, R21/R33, R34(June 1, 2006)
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• Current as of February 21, 2006. Visit the Web
  site for the latest version http//era.nih.gov/El
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Mechanism Abbreviation Key C06/UC6 Research
Facilities Construction Grants DP1 NIH Directors
Pioneer Award Program D71/U2R International
Training Cooperative Agreement/
Phase 2 of FIC mechanism D71 G Resource
Program P Research Program Projects and
Centers R01 Research Project Grant
Program R03 Small Grant Programs R10/U10
Cooperative Clinical Research Grants R13/U13
Support for Conferences Scientific
Meetings R15 Academic Research
Enhancement Awards (AREA) R18/U18 Research
Demonstration and Dissemination Projects
R21/R33 Exploratory/Development
Research R24/U24 Resource Related Research
Projects R25 Education Projects R34
Clinical Trial Planning Grant Program R36
Research Dissertation Grant Program SBIR
Small Business Innovation Research STTR
Small Business Technology Transfer S06,S10,S11
Biomedical Research S21,22 Health Disparities
Endowment Grants U Cooperative
Agreement Awards X01 High Throughput
Screening X02 Preapplication
NCRR anticipates that we will begin accepting
(requiring) electronic submission of P41
applications on October 1, 2007.
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This is BIGWhat should I do to get ready?

• 1. Register with the eRA commons
• Required for electronic submission
• How NIH communicates with applicants
• Assignments Study section, IC, Council
• Score
• Summary Statement
• Most current status
• Go to http//era.nih.gov/ElectronicReceipt/

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Adjustments to the P41 BTRC Program
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Creating an FOA for P41 BTRCsAn Opportunity to
Consider Changes

• Review of the 1999 program guidelines
• Informed by experiences with
• Integrated Proteomics and Glycomics Centers
• The NIH Roadmap
• Changes to vocabulary (for example)
• Collaborative Research (Driving)
• Service (Access)
• Clarification of criteria for five domains
• Better explanations of TRD, Collaboration,
  Service, Training, and Dissemination

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Creating an FOA for P41 BTRCsSome Issues We are
Considering

• Limits on the number of collaborative projects
  presented in the application
• Page limits for each section
• Scoring of the Admin Mngmt section
• Role of site visits in review, how conducted
• Multiple PIs

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Creating an FOA for P41 BTRCsThe New Forms

• The SF424 is not structured the same way as the
  PHS398.
• NIH needs to design new forms to deal with
  complex, multi-project applications.
• An opportunity to make the application and review
  processes easier
• More explicit instructions for structuring the
  application
• e.g. a specific outline for collaborative
  projects

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The New X02 Pre-Application Process
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The X02 MechanismA Formalized Process for
Submission and Consideration of Pre-Proposals

• NCRR will issue FOAs requesting pre-proposals
  using the new X02 mechanism.
• Required for first time P41 BTRC applications
• Applicants submit a brief pre-proposal that will
  be subjected to either administrative or peer
  review.
• Pre-proposals will not contain budgets and will
  not be considered by NCRR Council.
• Applicants may be invited to submit a full
  proposal in response to the P41 BTRC FOA.

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The X02 MechanismA Formalized Process for
Submission and Consideration of Pre-Proposals

• Will allow NCRR to issue announcements of
  interest in specific areas if appropriate
• Will provide valuable feedback to program staff
  regarding programmatic priorities and community
  needs

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Please share your thoughtsHow can we improve
the BTRC program?

• We welcome questions, comments, suggestions.
• Send your emails to Doug Sheeley at
• sheeleyd_at_mail.nih.gov