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Subject: NIH Update: Maximizing Fairness in Peer Review, Changes to the Biosketch, Inclusion Data Management System
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Efforts to Maximize Fairness in NIH Peer Review
Posted on May
29, 2014 by Richard Nakamura, director of the NIH Center
for Scientific Review, and Sally Rockey
We want you to know NIH is working on multiple fronts to get to the bottom of unexplained racial disparities in R01 grant funding and to maximize fairness in NIH peer review. Since the problems and the
solutions are bigger than NIH, we have reached out to the scientific community and other concerned citizens for help. Now armed with a team of experts and a set of new initiatives, we’d like to tell you about our efforts to address this important issues –-
particularly an exciting opportunity for you to submit your input. …. Continue
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Posted on May
22, 2014 by Sally Rockey
We’re set for a major change in how you portray your body of work when applying for NIH funds. With strong support from NIH leadership, we will be rolling out a new biosketch format. The new NIH biosketch
emphasizes your accomplishments instead of just a list of publications, which, as previously discussed, we questioned as the best way to showcase your scientific contributions. …. Continue
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on Addressing Sex Differences in Pre-clinical Studies
Posted on May
16, 2014 by Sally Rockey
You likely saw the recent Nature policy article, in which NIH Director Francis Collins and NIH Office of Research on Women’s Health Director Janine Clayton discussed ways that NIH is addressing sex differences
in research. As our understanding of science evolves, so do our policies that govern research. This commentary cites several studies that highlight the need to further consider sex differences in preclinical research and describes how NIH will enact new policies
to expand the consideration of sex differences in research studies using animal models and cells. The article generated quite a buzz in the community, and I wanted to take this opportunity to explain the roll out of our implementation plan. …. Continue
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Top Stories
Improvements
to Inclusion Data Reporting and Management
A new system for reporting and managing your clinical research inclusion data is on its way. Currently, grantees report on sex/gender,
race, and ethnicity information as required by NIH’s policy on the Inclusion of Women and Minorities in Clinical Research, …. Continue
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Do the Revised 2011 Financial Conflict of Interest (FCOI) Regulations Apply To?
Calendar
July
4, 2014: NIH Closed for Federal Holiday
NIH (including help desks) will be closed Friday, July 4, 2014 (Independence Day). If a postmark/submission date falls on this federal holiday, the application
deadline is automatically extended to the next business day.
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