Roles of NIH Staff
(Who ya gonna call?)
June 2008 – Presentation delivered at NCCAM Grantsmanship Workshop
NCCAM Staff
Program Officer Responsibilities
- Manage scientific research portfolio of grants, contracts, and cooperative agreements
- Identify opportunities and needs of science specific to the Center's mission — RFAs, PAs
- Provide technical assistance to applicants
- Observe scientific review meetings
- Discuss review issues with applicant
- Evaluate the programmatic merit and mission relevance of applications
- Prepare funding recommendations
- Review annual research progress of grantees
- Report on scientific progress and program accomplishments
Contact Before Submission = PO
The Program Officer can:
- Describe research areas appropriate for submission to NCCAM
- Direct you to the appropriate institute/center
- Discuss current research priorities
- Answer questions, e.g. NIH requirements, grant mechanisms
- Discuss ideas
- Sometimes contact is mandatory, e.g. budget > $500K/yr or R13
Contact During Review = SRO
The Scientific Review Officer can:
- Make sure appropriate expertise is on the review panel
- Discuss possibilities for submission of supplemental information
- Conduct the review, post the scores, and write the summary statement
Contact After Review = PO
The Program Officer can:
- Help to interpret the summary statement
- Discuss concerns
- Talk about possible next steps
- Responding to reviewer concerns
- Change mechanism
- Change study section
Contact Before Funding = GMO
The Grants Management Officer can:
- Provide Assistance to Grantees with JIT information
- Other support
- IND Approvals
- IACUC Approvals
- Process grant transfer to another institution
- Process human and animal subjects code resolutions
- Help resolve budget issues
- Issue the award
* PO will help
OCRA
Office of Clinical and Regulatory Affairs:
- Plans, coordinates, and monitors NCCAM's clinical trials, serving as a resource for NCCAM's clinical investigators, helping to ensure the safety of clinical trials.
- Oversees the NCCAM Data Safety Monitoring Board and ensures compliance with Institutional Review Board and U.S. Food and Drug Administration regulations.
* PO will help
PIWG
Product Integrity Working Group
"After peer review, applicants with a better likelihood of being supported will be notified by NCCAM to submit product integrity information. The information will be evaluated by a working group of the NCCAM Council. The working group will be convened by NCCAM after review but before a funding decision is made. Using the applicant guidance as evaluation criteria, the working group will determine if the information is satisfactory or unsatisfactory. A applicant will have opportunities to submit additional information in response to a written request."
* PO will help
Contact After Funding = PO
- Progress Reports
- Monitor (and rejoice in) scientific progress
- Confirm policy adherence
- Evaluate changes in key personnel or levels of effort
- Explain grant policy
- Respond to emergency situations
- Evaluate administrative supplement requests
- Help you prepare for your next grant
NCCAM Staff
- Important Resource for Applicants and Grantees
- Find the appropriate person on the NCCAM website
- Call early
- Call often
