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2021 NIH Virtual Seminar on Program Funding and Grants Administration Tell Us What You Think! Overall Feedback Form

Tell us about yourself

• What best describes your professional role?

 Investigator  Research Trainee or Postdoc  Grant Writer

 Department Administrator  Office of Sponsored Programs  Finance Officer

Other ___________

• List your total years of experience working with NIH grants:

 Less than 1 year  2-4 years  5-10 years

 10+ years

• What best describes your primary institutional affiliation?

 University - Large NIH Portfolio  University - Small NIH Portfolio  University – No NIH grants

 Small Business  Non-profit  Hospital

 Not from a research institution

How was your overall virtual experience?

• Were your expectations met with this online seminar?  Yes  No

• Was this online seminar valuable and worth your time?  Yes  No

• Would you recommend the seminar to others?  Yes  No

• Did the communications effective prepare you for the seminar?  Yes  No

• In the future, would you prefer the virtual experience for a seminar like this one over an in-person event?

 Yes  No

If you answered “No” to any of the questions above, please specify why: ________________________________________________________________________________________

This is the first virtual seminar of its kind for the NIH Office of Extramural Research. To improve future events, please rate your experience with the following seminar components:

MAIN PROGRAM AGENDA	Topnotch	Good	Ok	Meh	Needs Improvement
Overall Experience with the NIH Program Agenda
Session Options
Online delivery: Balance of content and engagement.
Overall usefulness of information in sessions
Agenda schedule format

MEET THE EXPERTS EXHIBIT HALL	Topnotch	Good	Ok	Meh	Needs Improvement
Overall Experience with the Exhibit Hall & Booths
Ease of identifying booths of interest
Accessibility of NIH experts
Utility of Resources
Swag Bag & Video Vault Options
Helpfulness of booth events
Usefulness of Slack for topic-based chats

NETWORKING LOUNGES	Topnotch	Good	Ok	Meh	Needs Improvement
Overall Experience with Networking Lounges
Value of topics
Value of conversations

vFAIRS ONLINE PLATFORM	Topnotch	Good	Ok	Meh	Needs Improvement
Overall Experience with the vFAIRS Platform
Registration process
Website navigation
Visual Experience
Technology effectiveness (Zoom, vFairs chat, etc.)
Technical Assistance (if applicable)

• If you were the coordinator for next seminar, what would you change to improve the attendee experience? ___________________________________ _________ ________________________

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• Do you prefer in-person or virtual format for seminars such as these?

 Virtual  In-person

• Let us know the 3 most useful sessions you attended:

TITLE	MOST USEFUL
Advanced Administrative Topics: Post-Award Issues
Advanced Administrative Topics: Pre-Award
After-Hours Conversation – Developing and Optimizing Your Mentor Relationships
After-Hours Conversation – NIH Trivia Challenge: Know-It-All of Know-None-At-All
After Your First Award: Next Steps in Your Journey with NIH
All About Costs: A Post-Award Primer
An Overview of NIH Policies on Human Subjects Research
Animals in Research: Tips to Keep Out of the Doghouse
Beyond Grants and Contracts: Other Transactions
Budget Building for Administrators Investigators
Building Partnerships to Support Innovations
Commitment Transparency
Compliance Pitfalls & Strategies for Success
Current Issues at NIH: Grants Policy Updates
Data & Resource Sharing: Firming Foundations for Future Frontiers
Deep Dive into 2021 Application Forms and Related Policy Changes
Developing a Culture of Safety in Biomedical Research
Diversity in the Biomedical Workforce
eRA Commons: Interacting with NIH Electronically Post-Submission
Financial Conflict of Interest: Staying Out of Trouble
Fundamentals of the NIH Grants Process and Need-to-Know Resources
Grant Writing for Success
How NIH Processes And Assigns Your Application
Including Diverse Populations in NIH-funded Clinical Research
Invention Reporting Under Bayh-Dole
Keynote with Dr. Michael Lauer
Let’s Look at Peer Review
Navigating NIH Programs: An Overview
NIH and You: Working to UNITE the Extramural Research Community
NIH Loan Repayment Programs (LRP)
NIH Next Generation Research Initiative: Training Future Biomedical Researchers
NIH Peer Review: "Live" Mock Study Section with Q&A
Not Funded….Now What? Guidance from the Experts
Notice of Award Arrives….Now What?
OHRP Presents: What is Human Subjects Research? Defining Research Involving Human Participants and Getting It Through Reviews
Open Mike with Dr. Michael Lauer
Partnering with International Research Organizations &the Grants Process
Planning Your Career Path: NIH Experts Share Their Perspectives
Planning Your First Application: Top 5 Tips
Ready! Set! Submit! Application Preparation & Submission
Research Enhancement Award (R15) Program
Research Involving Animals: OLAW
Research Misconduct & Integrity
Review Integrity: Mistakes You Don’t Want to Make
Rigor & Reproducibility: Back to Basics
Roles, Responsibilities and Partnerships Throughout the Grant Life Cycle
Supporting Transitions from Academia to Product Development
Understanding and Writing an Effective "K" Application
Understanding NRSA Fellowships “F” and Training “T” Grants
Using RePORT to Understand Who & What NIH Funds

If you utilized the On-Demand Library, which of the following did you find most useful:

eRA Overview
eRA: Streamlining Administrative Supplements
Financial Conflict of Interest (FCOI): What You Need to Know
Finding & Understanding Funding Opportunity Announcements (FOAs)
How NIH Processes and Assigns Your Application
Master Class on Review Integrity
R&D Contracts (Part 1 of 2): Contract Administration and Getting Paid for Your Work
R&D Contracts (Part 2 of 2): Finding Opportunities and Writing Proposals –
Registering & Reporting Results to ClinicalTrials.Gov
NIH Grants Administration Take 5: NOSIs
xTRACT & xTrain: Your Tickets to Managing NIH Training and Career Award Documents

Thank you for your time to help us evaluate this seminar and the effectiveness of the program and platform.

If you have any questions or suggestions following the conclusion of this seminar, please contact us at NIHRegionalSeminars@nih.gov.