OPERA Current and Upcoming Funding Opportunities at NIH Governor’s Grants Office Higher Education Conference May 22, 2012 Michelle G. Bulls, Deputy Director Office of Policy for Extramural Research Administration

2 NIH Basics: The Funding Opportunity Announcement What is a Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA)? –Publicly available; –Federal Agency publishes its intent to award discretionary grants or cooperative agreements, usually as a result of competition; –Federal-wide terminology for what NIH refers to as Program Announcement (PA), Request for Application (RFA), Program Announcement with special receipt, referral and/or review consideration (PAR) and Program Announcement with a set aside (PAS). –Can be found at Grants.gov/FIND and in the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts.Grants.gov/FINDNIH Guide for Grants and Contracts

3 NIH Basics: The Funding Opportunity Announcement (cont.) What is a Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA)? –NIH has developed omnibus Parent Announcements for common grant mechanisms;Parent Announcements –For use by applicants who wish to submit what were formerly termed “unsolicited” or "investigator-initiated" applications; –Responding to a Parent FOA ensures that the correct application package is used and enables NIH to receive the application through Grants.gov;Grants.gov –Parent announcements are NIH-wide and offer broad eligibility; –Some NIH institutes may limit their participation. So check the announcement's statement of interest; –All applications must be submitted in response to a FOA regardless whether the submission is electronic or paper.

4 NIH Basics: The NIH Guide to Grants and Contracts What is the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts? –Official publication for NIH medical and behavioral research grant policies, guidelines and funding opportunities; –NIH Guide announcements (PAs, RFAs and Notices) are published daily; –NIH transmits a weekly to the NIH Guide LISTSERV with a Current Weekly Table of Contents (TOC)Current Weekly Table of Contents (TOC) –The NIH Guide serves in lieu of the Federal Register, in compliance with the Administrative Procedures Act. For more information see: –Grant Application Basics, –Grants Process Overview, –Types of Grant Programs, –NIH Guide LISTSERV, –Funding Opportunities and Notices,

5 NIH Basics: Interacting with NIH Questions about a particular Funding Opportunity Announcement: Contact the referenced Program Official for scientific issues; the referenced Grants Management Official for administrative issues Questions about a funded grant: Each Notice of Award includes contact information for the assigned Program Official and Grants Management Specialist; contact information also in the eRA Commons Status Module Questions about NIH Grants Process: OER Grants Website: Interested in the mission of a particular Institute/Center: See Slide 12 for other general contact information

6 Selected Programs for Specific Populations Most NIH FOAs offer broad applicant eligibility but encourage application submissions from underserved and unrepresented communities; Some programs target specific populations: Academic Research Enhancement Awards (AREA) (R15) (PA );PA New and Early Stage Investigator Initiatives: Pathway to Independence Award, K99/R00 (PA );PA Research Supplements to Promote Diversity in Health-Related Research (PA ).PA Some NIH Institutes and Centers (IC) support programs that foster research training and the development of a highly trained and diverse biomedical and behavioral research workforce: National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS) Support of Competitive Research (SCORE) Program; Bridges to the Baccalaureate Program. The National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities (NIMHD) Research Centers in Minority Institutions (RCMI) Program.

7 Electronic Post-Award Administration - Pilots Underway Research Performance Progress Report (RPPR) Initial pilot, with limited institutions, April 2012; Mandated use of the new RPPR module is tentatively scheduled for Fall all SNAP and all Fellowship awards made in Calendar Year 2013; More information: and NOT-OD http://grants.nih.gov/grants/rppr/index.htmNOT-OD Administrative Supplements (T-3) Electronic submission pilot began February 1, 2012; Optional for all single project grantees; Can submit through the eRA Commons or, through Grants.gov for schools that have systems to interact directly with Grants.gov; Contact IC or review IC web site before submitting; More information: PA and NOT-OD PA NOT-OD Organization Changes (T-6 & T-7) An electronic submission of Change of Grantee Institution (T-7s) and Successor-in- Interest (T-6) applications; Contact IC or review IC web site before submitting. More information coming soon—check the NIH Guide

8 Looking Ahead Council on Financial Assistance Reform (CoFAR) –Created by OMB; –Interagency group of Executive Branch officials; –Replaces the Grants Policy Council and the Grants Executive Board; –Intended to foster more efficient and effective Federal financial management; –February 28, OMB published an Advanced Notice of Proposed Guidance. Outlines potential reform ideas for federal policies on cost principles and administrative requirements for grants and cooperative agreements;Advanced Notice of Proposed Guidance –Ideas include: reforms to audit requirements (Circulars A-133 & A-50); reforms to cost principles (Circulars A-21, A-87, and A-122, and the Cost Principles for Hospitals); reforms to administrative requirements (Circulars A-102, A-110, & A-89); –Comments were due April 30, 2012.

9 Recent Policy Notices Effective Date Policy Change and Guide Notice 4/18/2012NIH Announces the Posting of a Checklist for Policy Development related to the 2011 revised regulation on Promoting Objectivity in Research (Financial Conflict of Interest) (NOT-OD )NOT-OD /30/2012Notice of Requirement for Electronic Submission of Just-in-Time Information and Related Business Process Changes Beginning April 20, 2012 (NOT-OD )NOT-OD /21/2012NIH Announces the Posting of New and Updated Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) applicable to the 2011 revised regulation on Promoting Objectivity in Research for All NIH-Supported Institutions (NOT-OD )NOT-OD /9/2012NIH Announces the Posting of a Web-based Tutorial applicable to the 2011 revised regulation on Promoting Objectivity in Research for All NIH-Supported Institutions (NOT-OD )NOT-OD /27/2012New NIH Policy on Efficient Spending Related to Grants Supporting Conferences and Meetings (NOT-OD )NOT-OD

NIH Regional Seminar Last chance to attend a 2012 Regional Seminar for administrators and researchers new to NIH. June 20-22, 2012 – Washington, DC (REGISTRATION IS OPEN)REGISTRATION IS OPEN * Optional NIH eRA computer workshops are offered the day before the two-day seminar. These half-day workshops are designed for administrators and investigators, and provide attendees with hands- on experience utilizing the eRA Commons and the overall electronic grants process. More at: NOT-OD &

11 Summary of Helpful NIH Web Pages Office of Extramural Research (OER) Web Page NIH Grants Policy Statement (Rev. 10/11) eRA Commons Web pages Applying Electronically Self Help Resources page: Intellectual Property Policy property.htmhttp://grants.nih.gov/grants/intell- property.htm NIH Extramural Response to Natural Disasters

12 NIH Grants Information: Contacts! General Application Questions: – –Phone: Grants.gov Customer Support: – –Webpage: –Phone: eRA Commons Helpdesk: –Webpage: –Phone: or Division of Grants Policy: – –Phone: Division of Grants Compliance & Oversight: – –Phone:

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