NIH GRANT PREPARATION WORKSHOP: NIH GRANT PREPARATION WORKSHOP: A workshop for new investigators...

NIH GRANT PREPARATION WORKSHOP: A workshop for new investigators about putting together

administrative portions of a grant and the NIH review panel.

Presenters: Renna Lilly, BUSM Office of Proposal Development

Sarah Yeboah, Office of Sponsored ProgramsCarter Cornwall, Study Section Reviewer

Thursday, September 172-4pmR-115

*Investigators interested in attending interactive critique sessions for their grants are required to attend this workshop in order to be eligible for the sessions on:

Wed 12/9 and Thurs 12/10.

BUSM Office of Proposal Development

Planning Stages

• Contact sponsors to obtain background information, confirm eligibility criteria, and clarify guidelines/policies to ensure proposals prepared and submitted are administratively compliant and address programmatic priorities as described in funding announcement

Proposal Development and Review• Assist in the preparation of budgets and budget justifications

• Complete administrative components of application and internal documents

• Track all proposal tasks, including those assigned to collaborators at other institutions, to ensure that these tasks are completed and gathered in a timely manner to include in the application

• Review the final proposal to verify that all required components are complete, have been formatted correctly and adhere to sponsor guidelines

• Submit complete and final application to BU OSP for final review, approval, and submission

BUSM Departments, Sections and Centers Currently Supported by OPD

Anatomy and Neurobiology Microbiology

Arthritis Center NEIDL

Biochemistry Neurology

Biomedical Genetics Ophthalmology

Biophysics & Physiology Ob/Gyn

Cancer Center Pathology

Computational Biomedicine Pharmacology

CReM Psychiatry

Endocrinology Pulmonary Center

Framingham Heart Study Rheumatology

Graduate Medical Sciences Vascular Biology

Tips to keep in mind when planning a submission

1. You are not alone-putting together a grant is a team effort– PI: working/editing science, finalizing details with collaborators – Dept Admin and/or OPD: developing budget, completing admin sections, completing/routing internal documents,

uploading pieces into application, routing to OSP– OSP: conducts final review and submission of application*

*all applications for external funding need to be approved by OSP prior to submission

2. Plan ahead- At a minimum, BU OSP deadline is 5 business days for the complete application– If planning to submit for the February 5th NIH deadline, the grant will need to be finalized by January 29th– Do you have a subcontract? Consultants? Collaborators? Additional paperwork is required from them which takes

time

3. Discuss your project with your Dept. chief/chair - They need to approve it before OSP can submit, especially if there is a proposed cost-share, require additional space….etc

4. Discuss your application with colleagues- They can be great resource for boiler plate information (resources, equipment, data sharing…etc) and help critique your science

BUSM Office of Proposal Development

www.bumc.bu.edu/proposaldevelopmentHousman Building, R703

Director: Renna Onario Lilly, MPH, CRAtelephone: 617-638-4502email: rolilly@bu.edu Associate: Kate Petcosky Associate: Chelsea Rathbun telephone: 617-638-5378 telephone: 617-638-4538email: petcosky@bu.edu email: crathbun@bu.edu