Michelle G. Bulls, Deputy Director Office of Policy for Extramural Research Administration

1. Current and Upcoming Funding Opportunities at NIHGovernor’s Grants Office Higher Education ConferenceMay 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.

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; • 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; • 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 e-mail to the NIH Guide LISTSERV with a 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, http://grants.nih.gov/grants/grant_basics.htm; • Grants Process Overview, http://grants.nih.gov/grants/grants_process.htm; • Types of Grant Programs, http://grants.nih.gov/grants/funding/funding_program.htm; • NIH Guide LISTSERV, http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/listserv.htm; • Funding Opportunities and Notices, http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/index.html.

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: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/oer.htm • Interested in the mission of a particular Institute/Center: http://www.nih.gov/icd/ • 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-12-006); New and Early Stage Investigator Initiatives: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/new_investigators/index.htm Pathway to Independence Award, K99/R00 (PA-11-197); Research Supplements to Promote Diversity in Health-Related Research (PA-12-149). 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 2012--all SNAP and all Fellowship awards made in Calendar Year 2013; More information: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/rppr/index.htm and NOT-OD-12-083 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-12-100 and NOT-OD-12-024 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, 2012 - 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; 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

10. 2012 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) • * 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-12-040 & http://grants.nih.gov/grants/regionalseminars/WashingtonDC_2012/index.html

11. Office of Extramural Research (OER) Web Page http://grants.nih.gov/grants/oer.htm NIH Grants Policy Statement (Rev. 10/11) http://grants.nih.gov/grants/policy/nihgps_2011/index.htm eRA Commons Web pages http://era.nih.gov/ Applying Electronically http://grants.nih.gov/grants/ElectronicReceipt/index.htm Self Help Resources page: http://era.nih.gov/help/self_help.cfm Intellectual Property Policy http://grants.nih.gov/grants/intell-property.htm NIH Extramural Response to Natural Disasters http://grants.nih.gov/grants/natural_disasters.htm Summary of Helpful NIH Web Pages

12. General Application Questions: E-Mail: GrantsInfo@nih.gov Phone: 301-435-0714 Grants.gov Customer Support: E-Mail: support@grants.gov Webpage: http://grants.gov/ Phone: 800-518-4726 eRA Commons Helpdesk: Webpage: http://ithelpdesk.nih.gov/era/ Phone: 301-402-7469 or 800-504-9552 Division of Grants Policy: E-Mail: GrantsPolicy@mail.nih.gov Phone: 301-435-0949 Division of Grants Compliance & Oversight: E-Mail: GrantsCompliance@mail.nih.gov Phone: 301-435-0949 NIH Grants Information:Contacts!

13. ? Office of Policy for Extramural Research Administration,Office of Extramural ResearchGrantsPolicy@mail.nih.gov / GrantsCompliance@mail.nih.gov301-435-0949 / 301-435-0938