International Funding Collaborations

1. National Council of University Research Administrators International Funding Collaborations

2. Welcome and Introductions Thomas E. Wilson Assistant Vice President University College of Health Sciences Rush University Medical Center Thomas_Wilson@rush.edu David E. Lynch Executive Director Office for Sponsored Research, Chicago Campus Northwestern University dlynch@northwestern.edu

3. High vs Low-Income Countries • KarolinskaInstitutet, Sweden • University of Ibadan, Nigeria

4. Karolinska Institutet, Sweden • a leading Medical University • 45% of Sweden’s academic medical research • 22 departments, clinical and basic sciences • 1600 Senior Researchers • 2165 active PdDstudents • 5885 undergraduate students

5. The Nobel PrizeIn Physiology or Medicine

6. KI Grants Office History 1998 - 99 Advisor international funding 1999 Administrator/financial manager 2000 Independent unit (Grants Office) 2002 Advisor international funding (became an US specialist) Lawyer Budget advisor Science writer (became an EU specialist ) 2004 Financial manager2005 Financial manager 2008 Advisor EU-funding Advisor National and Nordic funding 2011 Compliance Coordinator 2013 Five (5) financial managers

7. Karolinska InstitutetCentral Administration 2013

8. Björn Kull, PhD Head of Unit PRE-CONTRACT POST-CONTRACT office Team Facilitating Research Tatjana Nilsson, PhD Team leader EU Grants Specialist Eva Björndal Team leader Compliance Coordinator Anna-Carin Christoffersson Team leader Administrator F&F + 9 colleagues +2 under recruitment 8 financial managers 1 US grants specialist + 3 colleagues (all PhDs):1 EU specialists1 Nordic/National specialist1 US specialist +4 colleagues2 funds and foundations specialists 1 internal grants specialist1 Electronic lab books specialist (PhD)

9. Grants Office • Main objectives • Maximize external research funding • Clients • Researchers • Administrators • Heads of departments • Heads of administration • Internal Boards at KarolinskaInstitutet • Number of applications completed by Grants Office 2012 • EU - 120 • US – 120 • National - 190

10. Legal representative EU • Authorized Representative • LEAR USA • Authorized Organizational Representative AOR • Grants.gov • Signing Official ( NIH eRA Commons) • Financial Representative (NSF Research.Gov) • Certifications • OHRP Federal Wide Assurance (FWA) – human trials • OLAW Animal Welfare Assurance – animal trials • ORI Annual Report on Research Misconduct

11. Grants Office works with the whole project life cycle for international grants Pre-contract Post-contract takes over from the moment negotiations start

12. University of Ibadan, Nigeria • The oldest and one of the most prestigious Nigerian Universities • Besides the College of Medicine, there are now ten other faculties: Arts, Science, Agriculture and Forestry, Social Sciences, Education, Veterinary Medicine, Technology, Law, Public Health and Dentistry

13. University of Ibadan, Nigeria • Research Management OfficeDr. Eme T. Owoaje, Director

14. Research Management Office • Objectives • To consolidate the position of the University of Ibadan as a centre of excellence for research activities • To increase innovative and cutting-edge research activities among staff and students; facilitate continuous research capacity building among staff and students • To encourage the mainstreaming of research outcomes into teaching and community service

15. University of Ibadan, Nigeria Research Management Office (RMO) The RMO is structured into five units under the Office of the Director

16. Research Management Office Units • Research Development & Policy Unit • Collaboration, training, identification of funding opportunities, proposal review & submission • Finance Unit • Financial management of grants • Research Ethics & Integrity Unit • Human subjects, Research integrity, Research safety • Research Links Unit • Liaises with private sector sponsors • Legal Unit • Ensure that the legal interest of the University is adequately protected in all research contracts/MOUs

17. Acknowledgements: • Eva Björndal, Team Leader Post-Contract and Financial Compliance, Grants Office, KarolinskaInstitutet • OlumuyiwaMoses Desmennu, Research Management Office, University of Ibadan, Nigeria • Lori Palfalvi and Dan Young, Northwestern University

18. @ 2014 National Council of University Research Administrators Thomas E. Wilson, MBA Senior Research Administrator Assistant Vice President Rush University Medical Center

20. @ 2014 National Council of University Research Administrators • National Science Foundation (NSF) Program objectives: • The NSF does not make awards directly to international institutions or organizations, but encourages investigators to collaborate with international investigators • Grant funds can be shared with international institutions through subawards or memos of understanding

22. @ 2014 National Council of University Research Administrators • Partnership for International Research • and Education Grants (PIRE) • PIRE is designed to enable U.S. scientists and engineers to build strong, long-lasting international research collaborations • PIRE awards are focused research projects that can only be successful with the collaboration of international partners • Initial PIRE grants were made to Brigham Young University, Johns Hopkins University, Michigan State University, Michigan Technological University, Pennsylvania State University, Princeton University, Rice University, the University of Alaska at Fairbanks, the University of California at Santa Barbara, the University of Massachusetts at Amherst, the State University of New York at Albany, and the University of Rhode Island

24. @ 2014 National Council of University Research Administrators • National Institutes of Health • In general, international organizations and institutions are eligible to apply for grants • Eligible for “R” series (R01, R21, R03) mechanisms • Also, eligible to be project director on a Program Project (P01)

25. @ 2014 National Council of University Research Administrators • NIH Peer Review • The following as part of the peer review process and award decision: • Whether the project presents special opportunities for furthering research programs through the use of unusual talent, resources, populations, or environmental conditions in other countries that are not readily available in the United States or that augment existing U.S. resources. • Whether the proposed project has specific relevance to the mission and objectives of the Institute or Center and has the potential for significantly advancing the health sciences in the United States.

27. @ 2014 National Council of University Research Administrators • Fogarty International Center (FIC) • Fogarty International Center, the international component of the NIH, addresses the global health challenges through innovative and collaborative research and training programs and supports and advances the NIH mission through international partnerships. • All FIC grants are in response to program announcements posted on Grants.gov, and are searchable using the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts.

28. Subrecipientmonitoring and managing risk • Terms and terminology • Turnaround time and setting expectations • Cash management • Other factors

29. Discussion: similarities/differenceschallengesopportunities