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Enhancing Public Access and Transparency on NIH Research through Reporting

(or where ARRA we heading?)Presented at the Association of Independent Research

Institutes 2009 Annual MeetingOctober 6, 2009

Robin M. Wagner, PhD, MSChief, Reporting Branch

Office of Extramural Research (OER)Office of the Director (OD)

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Today’s Speaker

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Acknowledgments

Reporting Branch Staff, OERRediet Berhane, MUPMatthew Eblen, MPIANatalie Graham, MSSusan Ivey, MACarl McCabe, PhD, MAKatrina PearsonLindsay Pool, MPHEmilee Pressman, MPH

OER ODJames Onken, PhDDorit Zuk, PhD

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Overview Major milestones for NIH in 2009

Received American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) funds

Enhanced reporting of NIH research investments through RePORT Website

Will present preliminary data on FY 2009 ARRA grants with “awarded” status in IMPACII as of 10/02/09 Excludes some last minute grant awardsWill not discuss ARRA contract awards

Will describe and conduct live demo of RePORT Website

Accountability is key to NIH’s ability to continue to attract new resources to

maximize health impact and strengthen the biomedical research workforce

Accountability is key to NIH’s ability to continue to attract new resources to

maximize health impact and strengthen the biomedical research workforce

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NIH’s Non-ARRA Budget in FY 2009

Total NIH Budget Authority:FY 2009 Enacted = $30,553,000

Research Project

GrantsR&D Contracts

Research Centers

Intramural

Research

Other

Research Training

Research Mgmt & Support

Other Research

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President Obama Signs Recovery Act

NIH is grateful to President Obama, Congress, and the American people for the opportunity for NIH to play its part

in improving the Nation’s health and economy

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Accelerate biomedical research

Fund already reviewed meritorious applications

Launch new programs that focus on innovation: Challenge, Signature, Grand Opportunity

Create and preserve jobs in every state across the nation Over 50,000 jobs over the next two years

Investing in Biomedical Research through ARRA

Over 30,000 applications!

To ARRA is Human!

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NIH ARRA Appropriation by Mechanism

$1,000$300 $500 $400

$8,200

$0

$3,000

$6,000

$9,000

ScientificResearchPriorities

ExtramuralConstruction

SharedInstrumentation

and OtherCapital

Equipment

NIH Buildingsand Facilities

ComparativeEffectiveness

Research (CER)

Mechanism

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Total NIH ARRA Funding = $10.4 Billion

Expect about 13,000 award actions and $5B obligated in FY2009

Data as of 10/2/2009

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FY 2009 ARRA Timeline

April May June July Aug Sep

Pay line extensionsSupplement decisions

Peer Reviewpanels

RFAs published

Awards made

Councilreview

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NIH ARRA Grant Awards to All Grantees and AIRI Members by Award Type

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Total NIH ARRA Awards

$ 4,353,713,575N=12,786 Awards

Total AIRI ARRA Awards

$317,944,822N=674 Awards

Preliminary data drawn 10/2/2009

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NIH ARRA Grant Awards by Award Type and Solicitation

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Other

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**Competitive revisions were previously called competitive supplements

Preliminary data drawn 10/2/2009

1212

Total ARRA Grant Dollars Awarded by NIH Institute and Center (IC)

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NIH IC

$ Awarded (millions)

Total ARRA Dollars Awarded by NIH in

FY 2009 = $4.4B

*Number ofAwards

Total = 12,786

Preliminary data drawn 10/2/2009

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New ARRA NIH-Wide Programs

Challenge Grants Grand Opportunities (“GO” Grants) Recruit new faculty to conduct research Provide summer jobs for high school / college

students and teachers to work in science labs AREA (R15) Grants

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All NIH ARRA Grant Awards by Program and Award Type

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Preliminary data drawn 10/2/2009

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NIH ARRA Grant Awards to AIRI Members by Program and Award Type

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Preliminary data drawn 10/2/2009

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Challenge Grants

Challenge Grants provide:Priority avenues of research, including 237

scientific topics in 15 broad scientific areasUp to $500K total costs/year for up to two years Over 20,000 applications received!Awarded $394M to 854 projects

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Broad Challenge Areas Broad Challenge Area

% of Applications Received

(01) Behavior, Behavioral Change and Prevention 6.5

(02) Bioethics 1.5(03) Biomarker Discovery and Validation 11(04) Clinical Research 9.5(05) Comparative Effectiveness Research 9.3(06) Enabling Technologies 19.8(07) Enhancing Clinical Trials 1(08) Genomics 4.4(09) Health Disparities 3.8(10) IT for Processing Health Care Data 2.5(11) Regenerative Medicine 3.6(12) STEM Education 2.5(13) Smart Biomaterials 2.2(14) Stem Cells 3(15) Translational Research 18.6

1818

Total Dollars Awarded for Challenge Grants

by NIH IC

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NIH

IC

$ Awarded (millions)

*Number of Awards

Total=854

Total Challenge Grant Dollars Awarded by NIH

in FY 2009 = $393.8M

Preliminary data drawn 10/2/2009

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Challenge Grants Program: Interim Observations

The extraordinary response clearly indicates that the biomedical research community has enormous untapped capacity and potential

The short-term effects of the program align well with the goals of ARRA

The program also will have long-term effects:Scientific progress will add to future advancesAdditional demand will continue to stress system

infrastructure

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Grand Opportunity Grants

Grand Opportunity (GO) Grants:High impactWell definedLarge scaleOver $500,000 per year

Over 2000 applications received Awarded $625M to 376 projects

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New Faculty

Core Centers for Enhancing Research Capacity

in U.S. Academic Institutions (P30) Newly trained scientists Start-up packages Pilot research projects Over 600 applications

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Summer Jobs in Research for Students and Teachers

Engage students and educators in research Encourage students to pursue research careers Provide summer internships at NIH-funded

laboratories for science teachersOver 1,339 awards to virtually every state, $45M

~ 4,000 jobs over the two summers (09 and 10)

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Academic Research Enhancement Awards (AREA)

Applicants must be a domestic (U.S.) institution or organization located in the 50 states, territories and possessions of the U.S.

Offer a baccalaureate or advanced degrees in sciences related to biomedical and behavioral sciences

Institution received less than $6.0 million in each of four or more of the last 7 years

$300,000 direct costs for up to 3 years

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Other ARRA Programs

FOA Due Date Funding Date

NCMHD Community Participation in Health Disparities Intervention Research Planning Phase (R24)

6/30/09 FY09

NCMHD Exploratory Centers of Excellence (P20) 7/01/09 FY09

NCMHD Dissertation Research Award to Increase Diversity (R36) 6/30/09 FY09

NCRR High End Instrumentation (S10) 5/06/09 FY09

NCRR Core Facility Renovation, Repair, Improvement (G20) 9/17/09 FY10

NCRR Extramural Facilities Improvement 5/06/09 6/17/097/17/09

FY10

NIH Biomedical Research, Development, and Growth to Spur the Acceleration of New Technologies (BRDG-SPAN) Pilot Program (RC3)

9/01/09 FY10

NIH Small Business Catalyst Awards for Accelerating Innovative Research (R43)

9/01/09 FY10

NIAID Protection of Human Health by Immunology and Vaccines (U01, U19)

10/15/09 FY10

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ARRA Reporting Requirements

All ARRA grants must have separate accounts and draw downs are from each account Includes supplements

Quarterly reporting through www.FederalReporting.gov No later than 10 calendar days after each calendar

quarter in which the recipient receives the award Reports are cumulative each quarter and include

award amount project descriptionproject locationpercent project completed number of jobs created/retained

Established NIH reporting requirements: http://grants.nih.gov/recovery/recipient_reporting.html

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Enhanced Public Access and Transparency through Reporting Pre-dates ARRA

The NIH Reform Act of 2006 Required establishment of an electronic system to

uniformly code research grants and activities of NIH Office of the Director and research ICs

The electronic system was required tobe searchable by a variety of codes, such as grant

type, IC, and public health area of interest when permissible, provide information on

relevant literature and patents associated with NIH supported research

Led to the Research, Condition, and Disease Categorization and new NIH RePORT Website

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Research, Condition, and Disease Categorization (RCDC)

Knowledge management tool to mine text data to perform research categorization

Benefits Improve reliability and consistency of disease coding

across NIH ICsSpeed up disease coding process Standardize and facilitate budget reporting by disease

topics Increase transparency and scientific validity

Starting in FY 2007, all NIH research grants, contracts and intramural projects are classified to RCDC disease or condition categories (currently 215)

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RePORT Website

and more…

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RePORT Website Features

Release of new, expanded NIH Data Book

GIS mapping of awards (uses institutional mailing address)

Introduction of dynamic reports

Creation of new reporting concepts

ARRA reports

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RePORT Website: Continuously Updated NIH ARRA Information

Interactive Website provides ARRA funding information by state, congressional district, and institution

http://report.nih.gov/recovery/arragrants.cfm

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New searchable RePORT Expenditures and Results database (RePORTER) on NIH research projects (v1.0) became available to public in June

Can export hit lists to Microsoft Excel

Shows publications and patents citing grant support

Links to PubMed, PubMed Central, USPTO

Recovery Act award search

CRISP is retired with release of production v1.0

RePORTER Project Database

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Planned Enhancements to RePORT Website in FY 2010

Customizable data books IC-specific RePORTs Interactive charts

Explore integration with other databases (e.g.,

clinicaltrials.gov) Analyze/chart/map/present search results Save favorites searches and portfolios

Set alerts for new grants/publications/patents

Export of RePORTER database as a bulk download and/or web service

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Online Demonstration of NIH RePORT

Transparency ∙ Access ∙ Public Trust

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Thank You!

Robin M. Wagner, PhD, MSChief, Reporting Branch

Division of Information ServicesOffice of Research Information Systems

Office of Extramural ResearchOffice of the Director

National Institutes of Health 

Address:6705 Rockledge Dr., Suite 4090, Room 4176

Bethesda, MD  20892 

Office: 301-443-5234Cell:    301-219-9788Fax:    301-480-2845

Web:  http://report.nih.gov