This session will focus on informing HRA members about the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (NASEM) Roundtable on Aligning Incentives for Open Science and what funders can do to promote and incentivize open science practices. Some concepts that are addressed by the toolkit include: · Open access of publications (immediate or delayed) · Preregistration · Encouraging use of preprints · Providing incentives for open behavior · Encouraging or incentivizing reusing available datasets (such as supporting hack-a-thons, etc.) · Providing training/funding for training on open science practices for researchers · As there is an entire session dedicated to Data Sharing... read more →
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If you are not happy with the results below please do another searchAttendees heard the details of the NIH Policy for Data Management and Sharing from Dr. Lyric Jorgenson, Deputy Director, Office of Science Policy at the NIH. Then Dr. Naba Bora, Biomedical Research Program Manager at the Office of Congressionally Directed Medical Research Programs spoke about the CDMRP policy and how CDMRP is already implementing their data-sharing incentives and procedures within their programs. The goal of this webinar was to learn from them what HRA Members can do to implement their own policy.
Dr. Hannah Valantine, NIH’s first Chief Officer for Scientific Workforce Diversity, will present NIH’s plans to support scientific workforce diversity and inclusion efforts in the face of COVID-19. NIH’s plans include supporting inclusive excellence, which features messages about cognitive bias and institutional culture change. Dr. Valantine will discuss a number of NIH programs that target these areas, primarily at the graduate and faculty level.Dr. Cato Laurencin chairs the NASEM Roundtable on Black Men & Black Women in Science Engineering, and Medicine. He has written extensively on related issues, including a Science Editorial highlighting the efforts of the Roundtable to focus... read more →
Eliseo J. Pérez-Stable, MD, Director of the National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities (NIMHD), gave an update to the AAMC community on key NIMHD issues for the extramural research and research training community. Dr. Pérez-Stable addressed: Current funding opportunities targeting inequities related to COVID-19 and minority health and health disparities Contributors to racial/ethnic inequities in NIH funding and efforts underway to address the disparity These are the slides he used during his presentation.
Evidence has shown that a diverse healthcare workforce not only improves patient care outcomes, it also allows organizations to be more productive, creative and innovative. Still, minorities face slower promotion rates and are significantly less represented in leadership and academic career positions. In addition to curated resources and events on diversity, HRA also has dedicated the Research Workforce and Early Career Development Working Group focused on helping HRA members build a diverse, motivated, and committed research workforce. Statements by the Community In response to recent events, many organizations in the scientific community have posted powerful statements condemning racism and committing to push... read more →
This series is designed as an introduction to HRA Analyzer, our members-only online awards database. If you have never worked with Analyzer before, we strongly encourage you to view the kickoff webinar recording from April 30. 4/30 • Kickoff Webinar This first webinar in the HRA Analyzer series presented an overview of platform functionality, including basic award searches (from HRA organizations and NIH) and introduction to other data types that are aggregated and linked. Maneesh Kumar, co-chair of the Grants Program Analysis Working Group, showed how to create compelling graphics, and Dimensions staff was available to answer questions. The recording... read more →
The Council on Governmental Relations (HRA’s partner in the NFRI initiative) is compiling guidance and actions by specific agencies and offices within the federal government. You can see agency-specific (e.g. NIH, OMB or NSF) guidance. You can also view COGR's Federal Agency Guidance Matrix (Updated) as well as many other resources.
The Grants Program Analysis Working Group recently held its bimonthly call to discuss the status of current projects and upcoming goals. We had a very productive call, and wanted to take a moment to share with you a brief recap, for your interest (and to encourage you to get involved, if you like any of the topics noted below!) Here are few highlights from the call: Tools Subgroup Update: The Tools Subgroup co-chairs, Heather Calderone and Hongxia Hu, are working to create a toolkit for the membership that will detail available tools and how they can best be implemented to... read more →
Strategic partnering is becoming an increasingly valuable approach for nonprofits to advance their missions. This session will present three different types of strategic partnerships: partnering with FDA to accelerate approval of new therapies for rare diseases; advocacy partnering to increase support for a mission-related NIH center; and pharmaceutical partnering related to a foundation-developed patient registry. Representatives from the partnering organizations will present why and how they partner to create win-win outcomes, and they will be joined by their partnering HRA members on a panel to address audience questions. Moderator Joe Cotter Research Constituent Engagement Manager | American Cancer Society Presenters ... read more →
Research over the last decade has revealed the enormous diversity of the human microbiome and the myriad of ways that it impacts health and disease. Dr. Lita Proctor, PhD, the former Coordinator of the Human Microbiome Project (HMP), will present some of the findings of the HMP, and its second phase, the integrative HMP, as well as discuss how the scientific community is moving past inventorying and into establishing cause and effect. She will also discuss where microbiome research should head in the future – for instance, can microbiome research be translated to improve health and treat disease? Moderator Margaret... read more →