NIH Regional Seminar in San Francisco in October

The NIH Office of Extramural Research (OER) is offering the NIH Regional Seminar on Program Funding and Grants Administration in San Francisco, California this fall: October 17-19, 2018. Registration is now open.

The NIH Regional Seminar serves the NIH mission of providing education and training for the next generation of biomedical and behavioral scientists. This seminar is intended to:

• Demystify the application and review process
• Clarify federal regulations and policies
• Highlight current areas of special interest or concern

Who Should Attend? The seminar and optional workshops are appropriate for those who are new to working with the NIH grants process – administrators, early stage investigators, researchers, graduate students, etc. For those with more experience, the seminar offers a few more advanced sessions, updates on policies and processes direct from NIH staff, as well as valuable presentation resources to share with your institution.

Who are the Presenters? The NIH Regional Seminar involves approximately 65 NIH and HHS staff who are brought to a central location in order to educate, share, and hear your questions over the course of two days, plus the pre-seminar workshops. (Faculty Page with pictures and bios will be posted this spring, so keep watching this website!)

This seminar is your opportunity to make direct contact with NIH policy officials, grants management, program and review staff, and representatives from the HHS Office for Human Research Protections (OHRP), HHS Office of the Inspector General (OIG), and others. In addition, take advantage of discussions involving more than 600 fellow attendees from around the world.

In addition to learning more about the NIH grants processes and policies through the optional workshops and 2-day sessions, there are opportunities throughout the seminar to Meet the Experts 1:1. These 15 minutes chats are a great way to get more specific questions answered by NIH & HHS experts. You’ll have the opportunity to sign up in advance or on-site to speak with the expert(s) of your choice participating in the seminar.

What are some of the topics? Here’s a quick overview of some of the topics:

• Budget Basics for Administrators and Investigators
• Career Development Awards
• Clinical Trials
• Compliance (Case Studies)
• Current Issues at NIH
• Diversity in the Extramural Research Workplace
• electronic Research Administration (eRA)
• Financial Conflict of Interest
• Fundamentals of the NIH Grants Process
• Grant Writing for Success
• Human Research Protections
• Intellectual Property, Inventions, and Patents
• Loan Repayment Program
• Office of Laboratory Animal Welfare (OLAW)
• Peer Review Process
• Preventing & Detecting Fraud
• Public Access
• SciENcv
• R&D Contracts
• Research Integrity
• Rigor & Reproducibility
• Training/Fellowships
• SBIR/STTR Program
• …and that’s not all!

Can I go ahead and make my hotel reservations now? Yes! See the Hotel/Travel page for all the details. The room block is for a limited time and rooms traditionally sell out before the date for this seminar.

For inquiries regarding the seminar, email NIHRegionalSeminars@mail.nih.gov.

Listserv information is available on the NIH Regional Seminar page.