Leaping the Hurdles and

Navigating the Maze:

Understanding the NIH

Susan Newcomer, NICHD

JHU November 5, 2014

NICHD Mission• Ensure that every person is born healthy

and wanted

• Women suffer no harmful effects from reproductive processes

• All children have the chance to achieve their full potential for healthy and productive lives, free from disease or disability

• Ensure the health, productivity, independence, and well-being of all people through optimal rehabilitation.

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The Population Dynamics Branch is always interested in research on:-- Fertility & contraception-- Mortality, morbidity & health-- Migration & population distribution-- Family & household structure and

processes-- Marriage and cohabitation-- Demographic methods-- Economic demography-- Behavioral research on HIV and STIs-- Fatherhood-- Population & environment-- Child care

Maternal and Pediatric Infectious Disease Branch

[used to be PAMA]• The MPIDB’s original mission was to support and conduct domestic

and international research related to the epidemiology, diagnosis, clinical manifestations, pathogenesis, transmission, treatment, and prevention of HIV infection and its complications in infants, children, adolescents, and women (pregnant and non-pregnant). As the HIV epidemic has evolved in the United States and globally, the branch’s research reflects these changes and addresses important research opportunities and gaps as they arise. The branch now also funds research related to other infectious pathogens in HIV-infected and -uninfected populations. The branch supports and conducts research into the epidemiology, natural history, pathogenesis, transmission, treatment, and prevention of other important infectious diseases, including congenital infections such as cytomegalovirus and toxoplasmosis; tropical diseases specifically affecting children and pregnant women; and vaccine-preventable disease in infants, children, adolescents, and women. These include research training programs, clinical trials and investigator initiated research on these issues.

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MPID Current InitiativesRFA-HD-15-017: Increasing Access and Uptake of HIV Testing and Counseling (HTC) and Appropriate HIV-

related Services for Adolescents in Low and Middle-income Countries (R01)

http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-HD-15-017.html

PAR -13-349: Sustained Release of Antivirals for Treatment or Prevention of HIV (SRATP) (R01)

http://grants1.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-13-349.html

RFA-AI-14-008: Sustained Release for Antiretroviral Treatment or Prevention (SRATP) of HIV Infection

(UM1)

http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-AI-14-008.html

NOT-HD-14-017 for PAR-13-055: Dissemination and Implementation Research in Health (R01)

http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/notice-files/NOT-HD-14-017.html

NOT-HD-14-018 for PAR-13-056: Dissemination and Implementation Research in Health (R03)

http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/notice-files/NOT-HD-14-018.html

NOT-HD-14-019 for PAR-13-054: Dissemination and Implementation Research in Health (R21)

http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/notice-files/NOT-HD-14-019.html

SBIR/STTR Purpose and Goals

• Stimulate technological innovation

• Use small business to meet Federal R&D

needs

• Foster and encourage participation by

minorities and disadvantaged persons in

technological innovation

• Increase private-sector commercialization

innovations derived from Federal R&D

• http://sbir.nih.gov/

Becoming a reviewer

• The Center for Scientific Review, which organizes the

peer review system, is always looking for junior people

to be on panels – to learn how to review– it is very

helpful.

• See this website to apply:

• http://public.csr.nih.gov/ReviewerResources/Become

AReviewer/Pages/default.aspx

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Funding Information• Office of Extramural Research

http://grants.nih.gov/grants/oer.htm

• NIH grants tutorial:

http://www.niaid.nih.gov/ncn/grants/

• Youtube 15 minute explanation of review

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rNwsg_PR90w&feature=youtu.be

• Tips on preparing applicationshttp://grants1.nih.gov/grants/grant_tips.htm

• Reviewing

http://public.csr.nih.gov/ReviewerResources/BecomeAReviewer/Pages/Overview-of-ECR-program.aspx

-- Small business grant information

http://sbir.nih.gov/