| Wednesday
June 22, 2005 - Computer Labs (Optional) |
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Thursday June 23, 2005 |
| 7:00 - 8:00 am |
REGISTRATION/CONTINENTAL BREAKFAST |
| 8:00 - 8:15 am |
Welcome/Introduction of Program and
Seminar Faculty |
| 8:15 - 9:25 am |
PLENARY SESSION 1
NIH Fundamentals
Starting with the basics: NIH structure, budget, roles and
responsibilities, mechanisms of support. Includes fundamentals
of regulations, policy and grants administration. |
| 9:25 - 10:40 am |
PLENARY SESSION 2
Scientific Peer Review
Understanding the NIH peer review process can improve your
chance of getting funded. Learn how to use the peer review
process to your advantage. |
| 10:40 - 11:00 am |
BREAK |
| 11:00 - 12:15 am |
CONCURRENT SESSION 1
1A |
All About Costs: A Post-Award Primer
(repeated)
A discussion of post-award costing issues, including expenditure
and reporting of grant funds and other important topics. |
| 1B |
Current Issues at NIH (repeated)
An overview of administrative and policy changes affecting
NIH and its grantees. Targeted towards participants with
NIH experience. |
| 1C |
Getting Started as a New Investigator
Getting it all together: finding pportunities, understanding
how to convey your qualifications to reviewers, identifying
appropriate mechanisms of support, utilizing the resources
provided by NIH and your institution, and more. |
| 1D |
Research Training Awards
Issues specific to grants awarded under the auspices of
Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Awards,
specifically Individual Fellowships and Institutional
Training Grants. Administrative and programmatic aspects
of training grants and fellowships will be discussed,
including application preparation tips. |
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| 12:15 - 1:45 pm |
LUNCH
Join a faculty member’s table for lunch or stop by
the eRA booth. This is a great time to get questions answered! |
| 1:45 - 3:00 pm |
CONCURRENT SESSION 2
2A |
After the Award is
Made…Then What?
What happens in your institution and at the NIH between
grant award and closeout. Scientific and business issues
will be addressed. |
| 2B |
Career Development Opportunities
NIH Career Development (K) awards provide research training
opportunities for both research scientists and clinicians
at various stages of their careers. The presentation will
describe the various career award mechanisms and cover
policies that apply to these awards. |
| 2C |
Electronic Research Administration
(repeated)
An overview of NIH’s electronic research administration
processes. Learn about the tools you can use today and
plans for future development. |
| 2D |
Pre-award Budget Basics (repeated)
Pointers and pitfalls of preparing budget requests from
the scientific and financial/administrative perspectives. |
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| 3:00 - 3:20 pm |
BREAK |
| 3:20 - 4:45 pm |
PLENARY SESSION 3
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Grant Writing for Success
Insights and helpful hints on preparing an application
for submission. Valuable information for anyone involved
with application preparation and submission. |
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| 5:30
- 7:30 pm |
Attendee Reception, Purdue Memorial
Union
Location: North South Ballroom |
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Friday June 24, 2005 |
| 7:15 - 8:00 am |
CONTINENTAL BREAKFAST |
| 8:00 - 9:15 am |
CONCURRENT SESSION 3
3A |
All About Costs: A
Post-Award Primer (repeat)
Overview of post award costing issues, including expenditure
and reporting of grant funds and other important topics. |
| 3B |
NIH Roadmap
The NIH Roadmap provides a framework for NIH research
priorities, identifying the most compelling opportunities
in three main areas: new pathways to discovery, research
teams of the future, and re-engineering the clinical research
enterprise. |
| 3C |
Research Contracts
What are they? How are they awarded? Who gets them?
Should you try and get one? |
| 3D |
Take a Walk through the PHS 398 Grant Application
(repeated)
Take a mentored tour through the PHS 398 grant
application. Let us help you strengthen your next submission! |
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| 9:25 - 10:40 am |
CONCURRENT SESSION 4
| 4A |
Electronic Research Administration
(repeat)
Join us for a tour of NIH’s electronic research
administration systems. View the tools you can use today
and learn about plans for future development. |
| 4B |
Risks and Responsibilities of Research
NIH cant perform its mission without the highest standards
for scientific research. Policies of research integrity
and conflict of interest are core to these objectives.
This session will provide an overview of these policies.
Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3
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| 4C |
Small Business Research Funding
OpportuNIHties (SBIR/STTR)
Overview of the SBIR/STTR Programs, including
ways industry and academia can develop mutually beneficial
partnerships. |
| 4D |
Solving the Mystery of NIH Policies
and Procedures
Navigating the NIH website for policies and procedures
can be a challenge. In this session we will show you where
to find and how to use critical resources for each stage
of grant application and award administration. Includes
a tour of the NIH Grants Policy Statement, the most comprehensive
document for presenting policies and regulations regarding
NIH grants and cooperative agreements. |
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| 10:40 - 11:00 am |
BREAK |
| 11:00 - 12:15 am |
CONCURRENT SESSION 5
5A |
Compliance Basics for the NIH Grantee
A discussion of common compliance issues at grantee institutions. |
5B |
Managing Complex Research
Grants
Oversight and coordination of complex award mechanisms,
including clinical trials, multi-site projects, program
projects, etc. adds additional responsibilities for PIs
and administrators. Come learn the ins and outs of managing
research grants in an increasingly complex environment.
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| 5C |
Research Involving Human and
Animal Subjects
Review of federal regulations requirements for research
involving human and animal subjects, including insights
on addressing research involving living organisms in
you application.
Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 |
| 5D |
Open Q&A
Still have questions? Ask away at this informal question
and answer session with NIH faculty. |
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| 12:15 - 1:45 pm |
LUNCH
Join a faculty member’s table for lunch or stop by
the eRA booth. |
| 1:45 - 3:10 pm |
CONCURRENT SESSION 6
6A |
Current Issues at NIH
(repeat)
An overview of administrative and policy changes affecting
NIH and its grantees. Targeted towards participants with
NIH experience. |
| 6B |
Mock Study Section Meeting
Experience the NIH peer review process in action! Entertaining
and informative for anyone involved in the grant process.
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| 3:20 - 4:30 pm |
CONCURRENT SESSION 7
7A |
Bumps in the Road
How to handle less common situations: changes in PI, scope,
institution; sabbaticals, etc. |
| 7B |
Open Q&A
Still have questions? Ask away at this informal question
and answer session with NIH faculty. |
| 7C |
Pre-award Budget Basics (repeat)
Pointers and pitfalls of preparing budget requests from
the scientific and financial/administrative perspectives. |
| 7D |
Take a Walk through the PHS 398
Grant Application (repeat)
Take a mentored tour through the PHS 398 grant
application. Let us help you strengthen your next submission! |
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