Careers in Government: National Institutes of Health NIH

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Careers in Government National Institutes of
Health (NIH)
Alison Deckhut Augustine, Ph.D. augustine_at_niaid.ni
h.gov Chief, Immunoregulation Section, Basic
Immunology Branch Division of Allergy,
Immunology, and Transplantation National
Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases,
NIH, DHHS
May 30, 2007
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• The NIH Mission
• Improve human health through biomedical and
  behavioral research, research training, and
  communications.
• How is this accomplished?

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NIH Structure
NIH Office of the Director 27 Institutes and
Centers (ICs)
ICs Intramural Labs
ICs Extramural Divisions

• Program Officers
• Scientific Review Administrators
• - Grants Management
• - Contracts Management
• Program Planning and Policy
• Communications/Public Liaison
• Regulatory Affairs

• Post-doctoral Fellows
• Senior Staff Fellows
• Staff Scientists
• Principal Investigators

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NIH Extramural Activities
NIH ICs A few examples
National Cancer Institute (NCI)
Center for Scientific Review (CSR)
National Center for Research Resources (NCRR)
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious
Diseases (NIAID)
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NIH Extramural Activities
NIH IC
CSR

• Scientific Review Administrators (SRA)
• Referral Officers
• Main Duties
• Receipt and referral of all NIH research
  grant applications
• Review most investigator-initiated
  applications and some solicited applications.

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NIH Extramural Activities
NIAID, NCI, NCRR, etc
NIH IC

• - Program Officers (PO)
• - Scientific Review Administrators (SRA)
• Main Duties
• Oversight of all grants and contracts
• funded through the IC (PO)
• Review of responses to grant and
• contract solicitations (SRA)
• Development of Funding Opportunity
• Announcements (PO and other IC staff).

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NIH Program Officer Roles and Responsibilities

• Help Investigators navigate the NIH - Policies
  and Procedures
• Oversight of Grants and Contracts funded by IC
• Initiate and develop Funding Opportunity
  Announcements (FOA) for Grants and Contracts
• Coordinate/Collaborate among ICs on research
  areas and opportunities

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NIH Scientific Review Administrator (SRA)Roles
and Responsibilities

• Organize study section peer review panels
• Ensure adherence to NIH policy during peer review
• Compile reviewer comments Summary Statements
• IC SRA assist in FOA development

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Other NIH Extramural Positions

• Policy and Planning
• Program planning activities
• Congressional liaison
• Communications
• Public Information
• Media
• .

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Other NIH Extramural Positions

• Regulatory
• Provides regulatory and operational support for
  the conduct of clinical trials, including
  interfacing with the various health authorities
  (e.g., FDA) to ensure accurate and timely
  exchange of information on regulatory issues.

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Career Opportunities Other Federal Agencies

• Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
  http//www.fda.gov/opacom/hpview.html
• Drug Evaluation and Research
• Devices and Radiological Health
• Biologics Evaluation and Research
• Field Operations/Regulatory Affairs
• Toxicological Research

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Other Federal Agencies

• Department of Homeland Security
  (DHS) http//www.dhs.gov/index.shtm
• Directorate for National Protection and Programs
• Directorate for Science and Technology (ST)
• US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO)
• http//www.uspto.gov/
• Patent Examiner

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Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)

• http//www.fbi.gov/
• Applied Science, Engineering Technology
  (forensics, etc)
• Special Agents
• Information Technology
• Linguists
• Volunteer Internship

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Department of Defense (DoD)

• http//www.defenselink.mil/
• Technical Program/Policy
• Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA)
  http//www.dtra.mil/
• Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency
  (DARPA) http//www.darpa.mil/
• Bench scientists
• USAMRIID
• AFRRI
• National Navy Medical Center (NNMC, Bethesda, MD)
• Walter Reed
• Fort Detrick
• Navy Research Labs (NRL)

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Federal Government Careers

• USAJOBS Official job site for the United States
  Federal Government
• DHHS, NIH, FDA, DHS, DTRA, and USDA
• http//jobsearch.usajobs.opm.gov/
• USPTO careers - http//usptocareers.gov/
• FBI careers - http//www.fbijobs.gov/

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Funding Opportunities for Pre and Post-doctoral
Investigators

• Kirschstein-National Research Service Awards
  (NRSA)
• Individual Pre-doctoral Fellows (F31)
• http//grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-07
  -002.html
• Individual Post-doctoral Fellows (F32)
• http//grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-07
  -107.html
• Individual Senior Fellows (F33) (gt 7 years
  post-doc)
• http//grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-07
  -172.html

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Post-doctoral Funding Opportunities

• Career (K) training series http//grants2.nih.gov
  /training/careerdevelopmentawards.htm
• Examples
• K01 Mentored Research Scientist Development
  Award
• Career development for a supervised position in
  biomedical, behavioral, or clinical sciences
  leading to research independence.
• NIAID Epidemiology, Modeling Techniques, and
  Outcomes Research
• http//grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-07-
  297.html
• Mentored Clinical Scientist Research Career
  Development Award (K08)
• Applicant - clinical doctoral degree
• Supervised research career development in
  biomedical and behavioral research, including
  translational research.
• http//grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-06-
  512.html

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Post-doctoral Funding Opportunities

• Research Scholar Development Award (K22)
• NIAID-supported intramural and extramural
  postdoctoral fellows moving to assistant
  professor positions in an academic institution
  (must have assistant professorship offer within 1
  year of award).
• 2 year award 150,000 (direct costs, year 1),
  and up to 100,000 (direct costs, year 2)
  http//grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-02
  -018.html
• NIH Pathway to Independence (PI) Award (K99/R00)
• Total cost, mentored phase (1-2 yrs) up to
  90,000 per year.
• Total cost, independent investigator phase (1-3
  yrs) up to 249,000 per year.
• http//grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-07-
  297.html

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Training Awards

• For additional information
• Dr. Milton Hernández, Ph.D. Director, NIAID
  Office of Special Populations and Research
  Training
• General policies for training
• Phone [phone] Email mh35c_at_nih.gov
• Dr. Lawrence Prograis M.D.
• Sr. Scientist for Special Programs and
  Bioethics,
• Division of Allergy, Immunology and
  Transplantation
• Phone [phone] Email lprograis_at_niaid.nih.g
  ov

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(TUFTS, HARVARD, CORNELL) ACADEMIC
CAREER UNIV. AARHUS UNIV. N.
CAROLINA CWRU GOVERNMENT
CAREER NSF Biochemistry Biophysics
Comp. Bio. Multi.
Instrument Instrument Dev. DDD
BIO NIH HSA
NCRR ADMINISTRATIVE CAREER NSF PURDUE
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PROGRESSIONS Physical Organic Enzyme
Mechanisms Clotting Enzymology Clotting and
Lipids Lipids and Drugs Instrumental
Methods Analytical Tools Control
Theory Quantitative Approaches
VENUE-LINE
ADMINISTRATIVE PROGRESSIONS Developing
Problems Single Lab Multiple Labs University
Level Issues Grants Administration Interagency
Activities Research Communities State Level
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FELLOWSHIPS FELLOWSHIPS GRANTS
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FEDERAL PEER REVIEW NIH NSF USDA DOE ETC.
PTO
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SE highest degree employed in nonSE
jobs Occupation Closely related? All
non-SE 33 Sales and Marketing 16 Management
Related 28 Non-SE Managers 35 Health
Related 53 Social Services 70 Technologists
Technicians 54 K-12 Teachers (not
SE) 54 K-12 Teachers (SE) 78 Management of
SE 57 Arts and Humanities 21 Non-SE
Postsecondary teaching 63 Other
non-SE 21 (2003 DATA)

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