Research at Johns Hopkins Medicine

The transition to electronic application submission has heightened the NIH's awareness of challenges posed by having very large numbers of incoming grant applications on any single day. The volume has the potential to cause bottlenecks in a number of critical places. Spreading receipt dates to have a steady flow of applications rather than "boom and bust" cycles will allow many different groups to have a realistic approach to this complex process and maximize electronic system responsiveness. The heaviest receipt dates from all agencies on Grants.gov are the first of the month, the 15th of the month, the first Friday, and last day of the month. The proposed NIH receipt dates have been intentionally offset from these dates to improve Grants.gov response times for NIH applicants. An effort was made to use recurring days of the month for simplicity (i.e. new R01s would come in on February 5 and renewals on March 5). The R01s, NIH's most frequently used mechanism, were kept early in the receipt window to allow time for processing. The receipt date of the 5th of the month was chosen to be sure the bolus of submissions that come in on the receipt date and the few days prior missed Grants.gov's heaviest volume days. The proposed dates provide additional time for proposal development for application mechanisms often used by new investigators - R03s, R21s, and Ks.

The Offices of Research Administration, Human Subjects Research, and Policy Coordination will be closed on Friday, November 3rd for staff to attend off-site diversity training. The offices will re-open on Monday, November 5th.

The National Institutes of Health (NIH) has been accepting applications for its five Loan Repayment Programs (LRPs) for Fiscal Year 2007.

The five LRPs offered by the NIH include the Clinical Research LRP, Clinical Research LRP for Individuals from Disadvantaged Backgrounds, Contraception and Infertility Research LRP, Health Disparities LRP, and Pediatric Research LRP.

Through these programs, the NIH offers to repay up to $35,000 annually of the qualified educational debt of health professionals pursuing careers in biomedical and behavioral research. The programs also provide coverage for Federal and state tax liabilities.

To qualify, applicants must possess a doctoral-level degree, devote 50% or more of their time (20 hours per week based on a 40-hour work week) to research funded by a domestic non-profit organization or government entity (Federal, state, or local), and have educational loan debt equal to or exceeding 20% of their institutional base salary. Applicants must also be U.S. citizens, permanent residents, or U.S. nationals to be eligible.

All applications for 2007 awards must be submitted online by 8:00 p.m. EST, December 1, 2006.

For an online application, program information, or other assistance, visit the LRP Web site at www.lrp.nih.gov, telephone the Help desk at 866-849-4047, or send email inquiries to lrp@nih.gov.


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