Category: SVPR

  • Coming in May 2025: Investigators Must Use SciENcv To Format NIH and NSF Personnel Documents

    Authors: Deepika Bhatia, AVP, (RCRA) & Kimberly Eck, Sr. AVP, (SVPR) SciENcv is an application in My NCBI that helps you create and manage documents in support of grant applications with participating agencies. In SciENcv you can document your education, employment, research activities, publications, honors, research grants, and other professional contributions. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sciencv/ For NIH: Biosketches…

  • Effective January 25, 2025 – A Revised NIH Grant Review Process with a Focus on Scientific Merit & Reputational Bias Reduction

    By: Erica Pitre, Office of Research Development The National Institutes of Health (NIH) has taken steps to simplify its grant review process for most research project grants for applications with due dates of January 25, 2025 or later. Upcoming changes have been undertaken in order to address the complexity of the peer review process and…

  • Grant Forward at Emory University

    Author: Cortney Levine, Office of Research Development The Office of the Senior Vice President for Research sponsors a university-wide subscription to GrantForward.  GrantForward provides easy, customizable access to thousands of grant opportunities through a single easy-to-use interface. Researchers can use this service to self-curate personalized funding notices, as well as to create research profiles that…

  • 2024 Research Administration Dragon Service Awards

    On April 29, 2024, the Office of Research Administration (ORA) held the fifth Research Administration Dragon Service Awards. This is part of an ongoing commitment to recognize and celebrate the contributions and achievements of Research Administration’s staff and members of the Faculty/Research community who demonstrate outstanding partnership with Research Administration. The winners of this year’s…

  • Introducing OKRs: A New Chapter in the Office of Research Administration at Emory

    By Lisa Wilson, Interim Assistant Vice President, ORAO A Strategic Shift to Drive Research Excellence  Emory’s Office of Research Administration (ORA) is taking a significant step forward in an ever-evolving academic environment. Inspired by John Doerr’s influential book, “Measure What Matters,” our leadership team has embraced the Objectives and Key Results (OKRs) framework. This strategic…

  • Research Week 2023 in Review

    Author: Tricia Callahan, Interim Director, ORA Research Training Over 400 staff gathered over three days to learn, connect, and celebrate during Research Week 2023. Attendees selected from over 32 contact hours of general knowledge and skill-based educational opportunities. Check out the opportunities and highlights from the celebration here: Research Week 2023 Recap Video.mp4 The feedback…

  • NIH Revises Grant Review Process – Focus on Scientific Merit & Reputational Bias Reduction

    After gathering significant feedback from the extramural community, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) will begin taking steps to simplify its grant review process.  The simplified review framework will focus peer review on the key questions needed to assess the scientific and technical merit of proposed research projects – should and can the proposed research…

  • Grant Forward at Emory University

    The Office of the Senior Vice President for Research sponsors a university-wide subscription to GrantForward.  GrantForward provides easy, customizable access to thousands of grant opportunities through a single easy-to-use interface. Researchers can use this service to self-curate personalized funding notices, as well as to create research profiles that will further refine and individualize grant recommendations…

  • 2023 ORA Dragon Service Awards

    On April 24, 2023, the Office of Research Administration (ORA) held the fourth ORA Dragon Service Awards. This is part of an ongoing commitment to recognize and celebrate the contributions and achievements of ORA’s staff and members of the Faculty/Research community who demonstrate outstanding partnership with ORA. The winners of this year’s awards were nominated…

  • ORD Supports Future ARPA-H Performers and Program Managers

    The Office of Research, through efforts centered in the Office of Research Development (ORD), is actively supporting Emory’s future Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health (ARPA-H) performers and those interested in serving as Program Managers to ARPA-H. Faculty interested in research development support can reach out to ORD as they plan submissions to the newly…