International Extramural Associates Research Development Award (IEARDA)

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International Extramural Associates Research
Development Award (IEARDA)

• Association of Research Administrators in
  African (ARAA) 5nd November 2010, Kampala -
  Uganda
• By Nelson Kakande

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IEARDA Program Introduction

• Project Title Strengthening Research Training
  and Administrative capacity of Office of Research
  and Development
• Funded by Eunice Kennedy Shriver National
  Institute of Child Health and Human Development
  (NICHD), National Institutes of Health (NIH)
  Grant Number 1G11HD065299-01
• Project Period Five Years Award ( 2010 2015)
•  Principal Investigator Nelson Kakande
• Awadee Joint Clinical Research Centre (JCRC)

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Goal of IEARDA

• The goal of IEARDA program is to develop cadres
  of research administrators that can address
  current and future NIH and other funding
  agencies grant policies and procedures, and to
  strengthen the research training and grant
  administrative infrastructure of the Office of
  Research and Development (ORD) at JCRC and its
  affiliated institutions

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Participating Institutions

• Joint Clinical Research Center (JCRC) (Awadee
  Institution)
• Uganda Christian University Mukono
• Mbarara University of Science and Technology
  (MUST)

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IEARDA ORGANOGRAM
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IEARDA ADVISORY BOARD

• The panel draws upon top leadership and
  experienced researchers/program implementers at
  respective Institutions .
• Prof. Peter Mugyenyi , Executive Director Joint
  Clinical Research (JCRC)
• Dr. Cissy Kityo, Deputy Executive Director Joint
  Clinical Research (JCRC)
• Prof. Nozom Mukiibi, Mbarara University of
  Science and Technology (MUST)
• Dr. Fredrick Kakembo, Uganda Christian
  University Mukono

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IEARDA Management

• The IEARDA Advisory Board roles
• Offer technical, infrastructural and logistical
  support to IEARDA secretariat and respective
  institutions ORD
• Participate in selection of personnel from their
  institutions to be involved in the training
• Approve and follow up institutional ORD
  sustainability plans
• Monitor implementation of IEARDA activities,
  strategic planning and activity plan execution
• Participate in annual review of IEARDA program
  activities
• .

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IEARDA Management Cont.

• The IEARDA Secretariat
• Comprises of a full time Program administrator
  (Ms. Florence Mirembe) who receive technical
  support from the IEARDA administrator
• (Ms. Regina Namirembe) and working closely
  with research administrators (ORD) at the 3
  IEARDA partner Institutions
• The program coordinator (Ms. Florence Mirembe)
  oversees all administrative aspects of the
  project and provides a variety of comprehensive
  administrative support including to Organize
  training workshops, meetings and conference
  calls Develop quarterly and annual reports of
  the program Liaising with the three IEARDA
  partner institutions Document all training
  activities Offer required assistance to
  facilitators for the training programs Tracking
  the outcomes and success of the program and
  Administering the logistical aspects of the
  training.

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JCRC- IEARDA Operational Conceptual Framework
Uganda Christian University Mukono OR
IEARDA Secretariat at JCRC
Joint Clinical Research Centre OR
Mbarara University OR
Other Institutions
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JCRC- IEARDA Program Objectives

• To strengthen the research training capacity and
  administrative infrastructure of the Office of
  Research and Development (ORD) at Joint Clinical
  Research Centre ( JCRC) and the capability of its
  affiliated institutions. The ORD will
• Constitute a one-stop resource centre for grants
  information and technical support to
  investigators
• Identify and train teams of scientists in grants
  proposal writing, application process and award
  management
• Identify and regularly disseminate information on
  trainings, conferences, grant opportunities and
  other relevant information
• Provide necessary technical support/training to
  grants managers on financial regulatory
  mechanisms, submitting FSR and annual reports

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JCRC- IEARDA Program Objectives

• To assist affiliated academic and research
  institutions in standardization and completing
  mandatory registration necessary for NIH
  electronic grant applications by
• Ensuring and assisting institutions in Uganda
  attain the necessary registration that enable
  them to apply for grants electronically (NIH
  grants , other federal funds)
• Providing hands-on training in electronic grant
  submission and responding to errors
• Providing an oversight function and support
  supervision for the nascent research and grants
  management offices

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JCRC- IEARDA Program Objectives

• To foster and strengthen collaboration among
  social science, medical, clinical, and public
  health disciplines so that trainees can develop
  capacity to manage multi-disciplinary and
  interdisciplinary research by
• Providing interdisciplinary training of the
  research scientists
• Identifying and connecting the trainees to
  suitable mentors in different disciplines
  required for a multi-disciplinary research
  question
• Providing an online discussion forum for research
  scientists and alumni trained on grantmanship

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JCRC- IEARDA Program Objectives

• To strengthen the capacity of the office of
  research and develop personnel to spearhead the
  translation of research findings into practice
  and policy advocacy thereby ensuring that
  evidence-based interventions from operational
  research are shared and implemented efficiently
  in order to improve health services through
• Training scientists on introduction to
  dissemination and implementation research
• Introducing to scientists on how to translate
  research into practice and policy
• Training teams of multi-disciplinary scientists
  on public engagement with research

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JCRC- IEARDA Program Objectives

• To provide the JCRC International Extramural
  Associate (IEA) with training on NIH grantmanship
  so as to obtain knowledge and skills required to
  effectively administer NIH and other agencies
  awards. This was achieved through
• The IEAs participation in the long distance
  learning
• The IEAs three- week residency training at NIH

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Short courses to be conducted in the period 2010
to 2015
Title of the Short -course Yr 1 Yr 2 Yr 3 Yr 4 Yr 5
Grants writing and Award Administration and management (n80) x x x x
Engaging the public in Research (n 120) x x x x
Data collection methods, use of research and facility based data management (n120) x x x
Research ethics (n20) x
Training Trainers in Grant Writing, Electronic Submission and Award Management (n24) x x
Manuscript writing , publication and Intellectual property rights (n90) x x x
Mentoring and mentorship seminar (n160) x x x
Introduction to research methodology and research administration (n60) x x x
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Short courses to be conducted in the period 2010
to 2015
Title of the Short -course and Activities Yr 1 Yr 2 Yr 3 Yr 4 Yr 5
Introduction to translation of research findings into practice and policy innovations (n60) x x x
Research compliance issues x x x x
Scientific research misconduct x x x x
Recruit IEARDA personnel , furnish ORD, establish and launch advisory board , t initial consultative meeting and reviewing research policies at of the three IEARDA institutions x
Identify and regularly disseminate information on trainings, conference, grant opportunities and relevant information x x x x x
Conduct consultative meetings, training and continued needs assessment at 3 institutions x x x x x
Identify and procure references/reading materials on strengthening ORDs x x x x x
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Short courses to be conducted in the period 2010
to 2015
Title of the Short -course and Activities Yr 1 Yr 2 Yr 3 Yr 4 Yr 5
Developing, refine and implement IEARDA sustainability plans at each of the 3 institutions x x x x x
Conduct Monitoring and evaluation of the EARDA activities to assess impact x x x x x
Participate in relevant local and international scientific conferences/meetings, workshops and seminars x x x x x
Document progress on the development of a post-EARDA plan to continue institutional research capacity building x x x x x

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Key Accomplishments

• The IEAs participated in the long distance
  learning and three- week residency training at
  NIH
• Reviewed and finalized IEARDA 5year activity plan
  - approved by NIH
• Recruitment of IEARDA Program Coordinator
• Established the IEARDA Advisory Board
• Furnishing Offices Of Research and Development
  (ORD) at JCRC, Mbarara University of Science and
  Technology (MUST) and Mukono University
• Established a list serve (62 scientists ) for
  Disseminating trainings, conferences/workshops
  and grants Opportunities
• Reviewing the Research policies at IEARDA partner
  institutions

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Acknowledgements

• 1. NICHD/NIH Staff Dr. Jean Flagg Newton, Dr.
  Regina James, Dr. Carl
• Hill
  Dr. Jeanne McDermott and Shona Anderson
• 2. Prof. Peter Mugyenyi , Executive Director
  Joint Clinical Research (JCRC)
• 3. EARDA team at JCRC Ms. Florence Mirembe and
  Ms. Regina Namirembe
• 4. IEARDA advisor board Dr. Cissy Kityo,
  Prof. Nozom Mukiibi, and Dr.
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  Fredrick Kakembo
• 5. IEARDA partners and stakeholders in and
  outside Uganda

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Thank You !