1. NIH GRANT PREPARATION WORKSHOP: A workshop for new investigators about putting together administrative portions of a grant and the NIH review panel.
Thursday, September 17
2-4pm
R-115
Presenters:
Renna Lilly, BUSM Office of Proposal Development
Sarah Yeboah, Office of Sponsored Programs
Carter Cornwall, Study Section Reviewer
*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.

2. 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

3. 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

4. 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

5. BUSM Office of Proposal Development
Housman Building, R703
Director: Renna Onario Lilly, MPH, CRA
telephone:
Associate: Kate Petcosky Associate: Chelsea Rathbun
telephone: telephone: