{"id":3489,"date":"2021-07-16T16:08:28","date_gmt":"2021-07-16T20:08:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/spo\/?p=3489"},"modified":"2021-07-16T16:08:28","modified_gmt":"2021-07-16T20:08:28","slug":"policy-reminder-grants-policy-related-inquiries-to-nih","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/spo\/2021\/07\/policy-reminder-grants-policy-related-inquiries-to-nih\/","title":{"rendered":"Policy Reminder &#8211; Grants Policy related inquiries to NIH"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4>Executive summary of this NIH Notice<\/h4>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px\"><strong>NIH awards are made to recipients, which are most often institutions, not individuals. <span style=\"text-decoration: underline\">NIH grants-policy staff members conduct official business with the Authorized Organization Representative (AORs)<\/span><\/strong>, as detailed in <a href=\"https:\/\/grants.nih.gov\/grants\/policy\/nihgps\/HTML5\/section_2\/2.1.2_recipient_staff.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">NIHGPS Chapter 2.1.2 Recipient Staff.<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px\"><strong>As a reminder, inquiries regarding general grants-policy matters are best directed first to the recipient\u2019s Office of Sponsored Programs; specifically, the AOR.<\/strong><\/p>\n<h4><\/h4>\n<h4>Reminder Regarding Recipient and Applicant Grants Policy Related Inquiries<\/h4>\n<p>Notice Number: <a href=\"https:\/\/grants.nih.gov\/grants\/guide\/notice-files\/NOT-OD-21-151.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">NOT-OD-21-151<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Purpose<\/p>\n<p>The purpose of this notice is to remind the extramural research community of best practices regarding submission of grants policy related inquiries to NIH.<\/p>\n<p>Background<\/p>\n<p>The NIH grants policy inbox is experiencing an increasing volume of inquiries that are<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>from non-designated contacts, or<\/li>\n<li>best directed to\n<ul>\n<li>the recipient or applicant organization\u2019s internal grants administration contacts (e.g., Office of Sponsored Programs),<\/li>\n<li>the NIH contacts named in the Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA),<\/li>\n<li>or the NIH grants management contact at the awarding Institute or Center (IC).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>This notice serves as a reminder regarding recipient and applicant grants policy related inquiries.<\/p>\n<p>Policy Reminder<\/p>\n<p>NIH awards are made to recipients, which are most often institutions, not individuals. NIH grants-policy staff members conduct official business with the Authorized Organization Representative (AORs), as detailed in <a href=\"https:\/\/grants.nih.gov\/grants\/policy\/nihgps\/HTML5\/section_2\/2.1.2_recipient_staff.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">NIHGPS Chapter 2.1.2 Recipient Staff<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>As a reminder, inquiries regarding general grants-policy matters are best directed first to the recipient\u2019s Office of Sponsored Programs; specifically, the AOR. In rare instances where these contacts are not able to assist in resolving the inquiry, or determine a need to seek guidance from NIH on a complex or unusual policy circumstance, recipient\/applicant\u2019s AOR, not the PD\/PI, may may submit policy-related inquiries on the organization\u2019s behalf to the NIH grants policy inbox.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>For inquiries related to a specific FOA and\/or terms and conditions of an award, the recipient with designated authority may submit the inquries to the designated IC contact named in the FOA and\/or NOA. Please do not direct specific FOA or NOA inquiries to the OPERA Division of Grants Policy (DGP).<\/li>\n<li>For inquiries related to a specific award(s), recipient contacts with designated authority may submit their inquries to the NIH grants management contact at the awarding IC.<\/li>\n<li>For inquiries pertaining to general grants policy matters that do not necessarily intersect with a specific FOA or award, the recipient or applicant should consult with their organization\u2019s internal grants administration contacts, e.g. AORs within the Office of Sponsored Programs, closely review the NIH Grants Policy Statement, the FOA (if applicable), and other resources available on the NIH Grants Policy &amp; Compliance webpage and NIH Grants FAQs webpage. Only upon exhausting these resources should the institution\u2019s AOR or Directors of Offices of Sponsored Programs reach out directly to the DGP for assistance using the NIH grants policy inbox at (grantspolicy@nih.gov).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>As announced recently in <a href=\"https:\/\/grants.nih.gov\/grants\/guide\/notice-files\/NOT-OD-21-122.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">NOT-OD-21-122<\/a>, inquiries from the applicant\/institution\u2019s AOR related to changes to the biographical sketch and other support templates should be submitted to nihosbiosketch@nih.gov. Inquiries from faculty will be redirected to the institution\u2019s AOR for details.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Executive summary of this NIH Notice NIH awards are made to recipients, which are most often institutions, not individuals. NIH grants-policy staff members conduct official business with the Authorized Organization Representative (AORs), as detailed in NIHGPS Chapter 2.1.2 Recipient Staff. As a reminder, inquiries regarding general grants-policy matters are best directed first to the recipient\u2019s &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/spo\/2021\/07\/policy-reminder-grants-policy-related-inquiries-to-nih\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about Policy Reminder &#8211; Grants Policy related inquiries to NIH\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3716,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3489","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","odd"],"acf":[],"featured_image":false,"featured_image_medium":false,"featured_image_medium_large":false,"featured_image_large":false,"featured_image_thumbnail":false,"featured_image_alt":false,"category_details":[{"name":"News","link":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/spo\/category\/news\/"}],"tag_details":[],"_links_to":[],"_links_to_target":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/spo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3489","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/spo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/spo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/spo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3716"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/spo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3489"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/spo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3489\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/spo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3489"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/spo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3489"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/spo\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3489"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}