This module-based course:

Presents an overview of the basic principles and practice of successful grantsmanship both from a research and programmatic perspective;

Provides a comprehensive understanding of the different processes, structures, factors and essential skills required when developing competitive proposals thatare funded;

Describes the various key elements involved in proposal preparation such as identifying potential funding resources (government and private/foundations),formulating objectives, determining appropriate project/research design and evaluation methods, building budgets and sustainability plans, and understanding the grant review process.

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE - CONGRESSIONALLY DIRECTED MEDICAL RESEARCH PROGRAMS (CDMRP)

All pre-applications must be submitted electronically to the Electronic Biomedical Research Application Portal (eBRAP) https://ebrap.org. Full applications must be submitted electronically to the Grants.gov website http://grants.gov.

Fiscal Year 2017 (FY17) Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis Research Program

Fiscal Year 2017 (FY17) Autism Research Program

Fiscal Year 2017 (FY17) Bone Marrow Failure Research Program

Fiscal Year 2017 (FY17) Breast Cancer Research Program

Fiscal Year 2017/2018 (FY17/18) Defense Medical Research and Development Program

Fiscal Year 2017 (FY17) Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy Research Program

Fiscal Year 2017 (FY17) Gulf War Illness Research Program

Fiscal Year 2017 (FY17) Lung Cancer Research Program

Fiscal Year 2017 (FY17) Military Burn Research Program

Fiscal Year 2017 (FY17) Multiple Sclerosis Research Program

Fiscal Year 2017 (FY17) Neurofibromatosis Research Program

Fiscal Year 2017 (FY17) Ovarian Cancer Research Program

Fiscal Year 2017 (FY17) Parkinson's Research Program

Fiscal Year 2017 (FY17) Peer Reviewed Cancer Research Program

Fiscal Year 2017 (FY17) Peer Reviewed Medical Research Program

Fiscal Year 2017 (FY17) Peer Reviewed Orthopaedic Research Program

Fiscal Year 2017 (FY17) Prostate Cancer Research Program

Fiscal Year 2017 (FY17) Psychological Health/Traumatic Brain Injury (PH/TBI) Research Program

Fiscal Year 2017 (FY17) Spinal Cord Injury Research Program

Fiscal Year 2017 (FY17) Tick-Borne Disease Research Program

Fiscal Year 2017 (FY17) Tuberous Sclerosis Complex Research Program

Fiscal Year 2017 (FY17) Vision Research Program

For more information visit:  http://cdmrp.army.mil/funding/prgdefault

Interested in applying contact Cindy Dickson, x44571 or cdickson@llu.edu

Posted on June 5, 2017 by Mike Lauer

We appreciate the many thoughtful comments posted to the blog about working together to improve NIH funding support for early- and mid-career investigators to stabilize the biomedical workforce and research enterprise using a measure called the Grant Support Index (GSI). Some clear themes have emerged, including: …. Continue reading →

Getting to Know Federal Funders and their Research Interests

Posted on June 6, 2017 by Mike Lauer

Working with NIH applicants and awardees as an extramural program division director, I often shared the NIH RePORTER resource as a tool for exploring the research topics NIH supports. Learning what projects we support, using a robust database of historical and newly-funded projects (updated weekly), provides researchers valuable insight as they consider developing their own research programs and applications for funding. Another valuable tool which you might be familiar with is Federal RePORTER, which expands the RePORTER concept to support searching over 800,000 projects across 17 Federal research agencies, with trans-agency data updated annually. As Federal RePORTER recently received an update to introduce some new functions and additional agency data we’d like to highlight some of the ways it helps both the public and scientific researchers alike …. Continue reading →

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Issued Patent Citations Will Be Accepted As Post-Submission Application Materials

NIH recently updated its policy for what materials will be accepted as post-submission application materials. Beginning with applications submitted for due dates on or after September 25, 2017, citations of newly issued patents can be included in post-submission materials. The NIH post-submission materials policy allows grant applicants to submit limited information …. Continue reading →

New Resources

New Tutorials on Preparing and Submitting Your NIH Grant Application

New to the NIH grant process? Ever wish someone would explain and walk you through applying for NIH grants step by step? If so, we hope our newest resource will be the next best thing to joining you for an in-person lesson. …. Continue reading →

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What Are “Key Biological and/or Chemical Resources” That Should Be Addressed In My Application’s Authentication Plan?

The quality of resources used to conduct research is critical to the ability to reproduce the results, so to address scientific rigor in your NIH application, we ask you to include an authentication plan. Key resources refer to established resources that will be used in the proposed research. Key biological and/or chemical resources include, but are not limited to, cell lines, specialty chemicals, antibodies and other biologics. Key biological and/or chemical resources may or may not have been generated with NIH funds and: …. Continue reading →

What Kind of Information Should I Include in the “Authentication of Key Biological and/or Chemical Resources” Attachment?

Applicants proposing to use established key biological and/or chemical resources are expected to include an authentication plan in the “Authentication of Key Biological and/or Chemical Resources” attachment, even if the key resources were purchased or obtained from an outside source that provided data on prior authentication. The authentication plan must include only a description of the methods proposed to authenticate key resources prior to use and at regular intervals, if appropriate. The plan should be no more than one page. Key resources and the methods for authentication will vary by research field. For example, …. Continue reading →

When I was asked to do an Items of Interest on Carryover, my brain immediately thought “carry on,” then quickly added “my wayward son.” Ahh, Kansas, Leftoverture, 1976. It is kind of ironic that the name of that album is Leftoverture. Leftover… carryover. Somehow it is all connected, like 6 Degrees of Kevin Bacon.

Carryover is a process in which unobligated funds remaining at the end of the budget period (leftover funds) may be carried forward to a future budget period. In the past, the request to carryover funds from one budget period to another would have been done with the Principal Investigator emailing (with the Signing Official’s sign off) the Grants Management Officer (GMO) to explain why there are funds remaining and to get permission to carry the funds over.

Starting in June 2017, there will be an option to submit Carryover requests electronically under the Prior Approval Module. Carryover requests will join Withdrawal of an Application, $500K or More Requests, Change of PD/PI Requests, and No Cost Extension Requests as an optional electronic submission method.

Grantees are allowed automatic carryover of funds if they have the expanded authorities to do so. For those awards that do not have expanded authorities, grantees need to submit a carryover request to their respective GMO for prior approval. This can be done electronically via the Prior Approval module in eRA Commons, scheduled for early June. Note that the electronic method is optional.

Only a Signing Official can submit the request.

A Carryover request will be available in Prior Approval when the grantee has met these two conditions:

1. Prior year’s FFR (Federal Financial Report) has been submitted.
2. The grant is still active, meaning the project period has not ended and a no-cost extension (NCE) request has been submitted by the institution requesting additional time, and the grant has not been closed.

As part of the process, several key pieces of information will be required to complete the request:

• Unobligated funds to be carried over
• Explanation of unobligated funds
• Budget Justification
• Scientific Justification

Closely related to the Carryover request is the No-Cost Extension request. If a Carryover request is made within 90 days of the project period end date, the Prior Approval Module will allow you to initiate the No-Cost Extension request at the same time as the Carryover request.

So, now (sing it with me people) lay your weary head to rest, don’t you cry no more, because Carryover will let you carry on!

Latest Video Releases

Grab a cold drink, a box of “pup-corn” and enjoy the latest eRA video tutorials. With the Prior Approval module expanding rapidly, we recently added four tutorials demonstrating the functionality of:

1. Withdrawal of an Application
2. $500K or More Requests
3. Change of PD/PI Requests
4. No Cost Extension

And coming soon will be the Carryover Request tutorial (see above for information).

Now, you may find it odd that the links above don’t take you straight to the videos. They take you to a page that then links to the videos on YouTube. Trust me, I am not intentionally making your life more difficult.

The videos are hosted on YouTube. But, since a YouTube URL can only be used once, when these tutorials get updated, the URL will also be updated. By bringing you to our launch page first, we ensure you will get to the latest, most recent versions of the tutorials.

So enjoy and happy viewing!