Useful Links

General Information

Monthly report on Meharry grants, applications and publications

NIH eRA Commons.  Use this NIH web site to track the progress of your NIH grant application, submit progress reports, and administer your grant.   If you don’t have a password, Click Here.

CRISP.  Find abstracts, dates, and other information about NIH awards to investigators here and at other institutions.

Glossary of terms and acronyms for NIH grants.

Activity codes for NIH and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS).  Use this manual to find out what a UR8 grant is, for example, or to see a compact list of all the loan repayment programs sponsored by  other DHHS agencies such as FDA and HRSA.

Advice and guidance for grant-writers

NIH Study Sections.  A schedule of Study Section Meetings, Study Section rosters, and other information about NIH’s peer review process and the Center for Scientific Review.

Reflections on Science. Observations by scientists about science.

Financial Management of Your Grant

Financial forms to manage your grant including Meharry Line Item Budget  form and list of the college’s account (“object”) codes for expenditures on your grant..

NIH Grants Policy Statement.  The definitive statement of what you may and may not do with your NIH grant.

OMB Circular A-21.  The regulations by which NIH and other federal agencies as well as Meharry determine what may be charged to grants, and what expenses must be covered by facilities and administrative (F & A or “indirect”) costs.

Technology Transfer

Bayh Dole Act.  The law that tells how universities must manage inventions that arise from federally-funded projects.

Association of University Technology Managers (AUTM).  Detailed information on all matters related to patents, licensing, and intellectual property in the university setting.

Professional Organizations

Association of University Technology Managers (AUTM), a professional organization for university employees who administer technology transfer, patents, and intellectual property in the university setting.

National Association of University Business Officers (NACUBO), a professional organization for employees involved in all aspects of university financial administration.

National Council of University Research Administrators (NCURA), a professional organization for university employees whose work involves research administration.

Society of Research Administrators (SRA), a professional organization for employees whose work involves research administration.