All About Grants at NIH

The Office of Extramural Research (OER) at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) presents conversations with NIH staff members. Designed for investigators, fellows, students, research administrators, and others, we provide insights on grant topics from those who live and breathe the information. In mp3 and updated monthly. 216139

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Update frequency: every 39 days
Average duration: 11 minutes
Episodes: 106
Years Active: 2010 - 2024

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Human Subjects Protection and Monitoring Plans

You have done your homework. Read the requisite materials on human subjects. Spoken with program staff at NIH. Even listened to Part 1 of this podcast mini-series for some insights on how you know if…

00:10:00 | Thu 29 Oct 2020

Research Misconduct

That’s a bit…odd. That gel image looks photoshopped. The data looks to good to be true. And, wait a second, that figure appeared in another paper! These are examples of research misconduct. What do y…

00:16:00 | Mon 14 Sep 2020

Am I Doing Human Subjects’ Research?

You have a promising research idea that may involve human participants to carry out the study. Do you know what to do next? Join us for the next NIH’s All About Grants podcast conversation about how …

00:13:00 | Fri 28 Aug 2020

Invention Reporting and Patent Protections for Grantees

So your supported research led to a nifty new invention, one that is patentable. What do you do next? Does NIH need to know about the invention resulting from the awarded grant? What patent protectio…

00:18:00 | Fri 17 Jul 2020

All About Contracts

Yes, we are talking about contracts in this next installment of the NIH’s All About Grants podcast series. Our guests will be George Kennedy and Brian O’Laughlin, who are acquisition staff from the N…

00:15:00 | Mon 11 May 2020

Notices of Special Interest (NOSIs)

When dutifully scanning the weekly Table of Contents email for the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts every Friday afternoon, have you found yourself wondering where all the Notices of Special Intere…

00:12:00 | Fri 31 Jan 2020

Certificates of Confidentiality

The people who volunteer to participate in NIH-funded research trust that the sensitive information they provide will be protected. To help ensure this protection, NIH issues certificates of confiden…

00:12:00 | Mon 06 Jan 2020

Managing Conflicts of Interest in Peer Review

Thousands of researchers serve as peer reviewers each year at NIH. As part of their service, they assess the scientific and technical merit of numerous applications. Sometimes, during their review, t…

00:08:00 | Fri 25 Oct 2019

New “All About Grants” Podcast on Letters of Support

Letters of support are a valuable part of your grant application. They provide an opportunity for you to document the commitment and support of your institution and collaborators, the availability of…

00:08:00 | Mon 23 Sep 2019

Maintaining Confidentiality in Peer Review

Confidentiality is at the core of ensuring research ideas submitted in grant applications are protected. In this next installment of the NIH’s All About Grants podcast series, Sally Amero, Ph.D., NIH…

00:12:00 | Tue 09 Apr 2019

Using RePORT Web Tools Throughout the Grants Process

You probably know the NIH RePORT suite of tools as a useful hub of information where you can find reports, data, and analyses of NIH-funded research and answers to the most commonly asked questions o…

00:12:00 | Fri 15 Mar 2019

Rigor, Reproducibility, and Transparency in Research

This podcast aims to help the extramural research community better understand the NIH’s Rigor and Transparency policy. Dr. Patricia Valdez, NIH’s Extramural Research Integrity Officer, describes how…

00:10:00 | Wed 12 Dec 2018

Preparing for Private Investment

Wondering how to knock that investor pitch out of the park? In this next installment of the “All About Grants” podcast series, small business innovators will get a front row seat to hear how to prepa…

00:13:00 | Wed 10 Oct 2018

NIH's Inclusion Across the Lifespan Policy

In 2017, as part of our on-going implementation of the 21st Century Cures Act, NIH announced the Inclusion Across the Lifespan policy. Effective January 29, 2019, NIH will begin considering age, alo…

00:08:00 | Mon 06 Aug 2018

Valid / Stratified Analyses

For decades, NIH has required so called valid analysis, also known as stratified analysis, to explore how well interventions work across sex/gender and race/ethnicity for all applicable clinical tria…

00:07:00 | Mon 06 Aug 2018

NIH Advisory Councils

Ever wonder why a grant application must undergo a separate round of peer review, even after a panel of experts initially weigh in on its scientific merit and provide scores for NIH to consider when …

00:10:00 | Thu 05 Jul 2018

How Does NIH Protect Your Privacy?

NIH takes the security and privacy of data of people supported by NIH grants seriously. Some of this information is made public if we make an award—such as name and contact information. That said, ot…

00:07:00 | Tue 22 May 2018

Cover Letters and their Appropriate Use

Dr. Cathie Cooper, director of the NIH Division of Receipt and Referral (DRR) speaks to Megan Columbus about the cover letter file and in what it is used for in conjunction with NIH applications.

00:06:34 | Fri 30 Mar 2018

Why it's so Important to Submit Applications Early

Dr. Cathie Cooper, director of the NIH Division of Receipt and Referral (DRR) speaks to Megan Columbus about the importance of submitting application early due to changes in NIH's policies and applic…

00:10:22 | Tue 02 Jan 2018

Changes to the NIH Appendix Policy for 2018

Dr. Cathie Cooper, director of the NIH Division of Receipt and Referral(DRR) speaks to Megan Columbus about the NIH appendix policy and new limits on what can be included as appendices.