A grant review committee is a group of people assembled to review grant proposals and make decisions on awards for a grant program. Grant review committees can vary in size, expertise, and time demands depending on the grantmaker and the grant program. The grant review committee’s role is to objectively evaluate all grant applications, and collaboratively make smart recommendations regarding funding to maximize impact. Running a grant review committee: Best practices (from Submittable) Clarifying the process - This should include defining the objectives, outlining the review process, and determining the timeline. This will help to clearly communicate expectations with prospective... read more →
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If you are not happy with the results below please do another search Annual report: a document written and released to inform an organization’s community or to the public by an organization to describe activities related to its funding and/or grant activities. Conversely, an annual report or a progress report can also be requested or required by a funder for the grantee to report scientific progress. Progress report periods can be defined by the funder at their discretion Blinding: also known as masking; the act of deidentifying any information that may introduce bias that could influence results. Bylaws: the rules or the operating manual by which an organization follows. These can include... read more →
Dear HRA members, Congratulations to the Program Committee for putting on another very valuable meeting! Below are the links to the resource page for each session. There you can find the recording, the speaker’s slides, and (for the Open Science and DEI sessions) a document consolidating speakers’ links/resources. The entire Spring 2022 Members Meeting agenda with these links can be found here. SESSION 1: How to Build Mentoring and Community Support Platforms to Support Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in Your Scientific Network SESSION 2: Open Science: Tortoise and the Hare SESSION 3: Innovative Models to Expedite Research Funding... read more →
Early-career investigators (ECI) require mentoring to succeed to their fullest potential and make it over the ‘career valley of death.’ Since diversity increases the strength of innovation, nonprofit funders may be considering setting up specifically-focused mentoring/training/support programs forblack, Indigenous and people of color (BIPOC) or other marginalized early-career investigator (ECI). The panel discussion from DEI experts in academia, government and non-profit space did not only give insights into their platforms and programs, they also gave advice on “what to do and what not to do” when you set up a program, and how to determine the short term versus longer... read more →
Is your org moving so slowly in implementing open science policies that you may forgo even a participant ribbon? Is your org moving so quickly that you have taken some wrong turns? Open science (including data sharing) was crucial to mitigating the effects of COVID-19. Sharing results and data helped in the development of diagnostics, vaccines, and multiple therapeutics. The future of medical and scientific research is increasingly populated with AI models that learn from existing data and point to the next experiment to be run. However, sharing data and providing open access to data is still not straightforward. On... read more →
Listed below are some of the resources provided during the April 21, 2022 "Enhancing Program Performance Using Logic Models” session during the spring virtual members meeting. Resources for "intro to logic models": Logic Model definitions NSF Logic Model Template W.K. Kellogg Foundation Logic Model Summary of W.K. Kellogg Foundation Logic Model UK Arthritis Research logic model Presented during the session: Early Career Investigator: NIH K award logic model Early Career Investigator: Career Development Award Logic Model Template Disease Based: Research Progress IBD Ventures (Crohn's & Colitis) Breakout Session Logic Model Examples Other examples: Clinical and Translational logic model template Disease... read more →
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Dear HRA Member or Potential Member! Thank you for your interest in the benefits of HRA membership. Below is a very detailed description of the perks of HRA membership - a self-guided tour if you will. But I am happy to walk you and/or other members of your team through all the perks that come with HRA membership. If you want to schedule a zoom call with me to take a “virtual tour” of HRA Activities through the lens of www.HealthRA.org please send an email to Maryrose[at]HealthRA[dot]org. Otherwise, read on for details enumerating the benefits of membership.... read more →
The Registry and Biorepository Working Group hosted a presentation by Dr. Stephen Rosenfeld on a new model of ethical review. The “Research Ethics Review Board” is a system of nonprofit, independent, Institutional Review Boards (IRBs). Research requires public trust in the scientific enterprise. Such trust is necessary both to support ongoing funding and so individuals are comfortable participating in research as subjects. IRBs were established to restore public trust in the research enterprise after the revelation of the Tuskegee Syphilis Study. Their mission is to ensure that research on people follows the principles of the Belmont Report: Respect for Persons, Beneficence... read more →
Per a recent survey to HRA membership, several organizations have a data-sharing/management policy in place or are considering developing one. This session will highlight the experiences of a few organizations currently implementing these policies. We will hear about specific aspects of their policies and implementation practices including: definition of a robust data-sharing/management plan, guidance to researchers on how to create a robust plan and specific repositories or tools to use, and what a robust plan looks like, internal compliance practices, and more. This presentation follows a webinar held on Tuesday, February 23 where HRA members heard directly from the National... read more →
The session will focus on racial disparities and opportunities to foster and support diversity, equity, and inclusiveness within the research workforce, specifically at the postdoc and early career faculty level. Candidates from underrepresented backgrounds may lack the social structures and networks to sustain career development in research, so the role of professional communities and mentorship relationships may be even more important. Can foundations work with academic institutions, federal funders, and other stakeholders to address this through recruitment, retention, mentorship, and networking strategies? What are the key parameters and metrics of success to consider? Moderator Gerard Honig, PhD Associate Director of... read more →