Key Functions
- Provides the Director, Division of Extramural Activities (DEA), and senior staff within the NIAID scientific divisions with advice, program management, and guidance on matters pertaining to research training.
- Serves as the focal point for establishing NIAID-wide goals for Training and Career Development Grant Programs intended for developing new generations of scientists to conduct research in areas of interest to NIAID.
- Manages the following NIAID Research Supplement programs:
- Administers NIAID Loan Repayment Programs.
- Implements NIAID Small Business Programs and funding opportunities in conjunction with the DEA Director, scientific program officers, and senior NIH and NIAID staff.
- Leads NIAID small business outreach efforts and initiative development.
- Participates in international extramural activities pertaining to
- Review of and assistance with NIAID international programs.
- Implementation of risk mitigation programs that train foreign health science administrators and scientists how to properly oversee and manage NIAID research awards, including International Applications and Foreign Grants Management.
- Manages Foreign Organization System reviews, which helps foreign officials and researchers in low- and middle-income countries understand and build their capacity to manage NIH research funds.
- Represents DEA on NIAID workgroups and committees, as well as trans-NIH advisory groups and committees responsible for reviewing or improving research training; science education; international partnerships and programs; small business research funding; and program leadership.
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