With Gratitude to Dr. Hugh Auchincloss, and a Welcome to Dr. Sarah Read
We congratulate Hugh Auchincloss, M.D., on his retirement after 18 years of service in NIAID leadership. You’ll recall, Dr. Auchincloss served as NIAID’s acting Director following the departure of former Director Dr. Anthony Fauci after nearly 40 years. Before that, his primary responsibilities involved research and strategic planning and implementation, as well as oversight of an extensive portfolio of basic, clinical, and applied research and product development. He ensured a smooth transition to Dr. Jeanne Marrazzo as our new Director last year.
Following a national search, Sarah Read, M.D., M.H.S., was named as the new NIAID Principal Deputy Director. After starting in 2001 as a clinic physician in the NIH Clinical Center’s Intramural AIDS Program, Dr. Read has worked in the Division of AIDS since 2006, and since 2018 has been the Deputy Director, where she oversaw its more than $1 billion HIV/AIDS research portfolio and clinical trials networks. Dr. Read also played a major role in the Accelerating COVID-19 Therapeutic Interventions and Vaccines (ACTIV) public-private partnership, leading a working group that prioritized candidate therapeutics to evaluate in master protocols, and she continues her key role in NIAID’s ongoing pandemic preparedness.
Newcomer to NIH Funding? Attend the NIH Grants Process Primer Webinar
The NIH Grants Process Primer webinar may be for you, especially if you are:
- New to or have limited experience working with the NIH extramural grants application process.
- Looking to enhance your knowledge of NIH and the grants application process, tools, and systems.
Read the event overview, meet the presenters, and register for the free two-part webinar, scheduled for November 13 and 14, 2024, from 1 to 4 p.m. Eastern Time each day. NIH is the largest public funder of biomedical research in the world, and understanding the structure and foundation of NIH’s grants process is vital to successfully applying for NIH funding.
This webinar will be closed-captioned and include an American Sign Language interpreter. Send requests for reasonable accommodations at least 5 days before the event to NIHGrantsEvents@nih.gov.
OLAW Annual Reports Are Due on December 1
A reminder to domestic institutions with an approved Domestic Animal Welfare Assurance that Annual Reports to the NIH Office of Laboratory Animal Welfare (OLAW) for the reporting period of October 1, 2023, through September 30, 2024, are due by December 1, 2024.
The following information should be reported:
- Any change in the institution’s AAALAC International accreditation status.
- Any change in the institution’s animal care program and use as described in PHS Policy section IV.A.1.a-i.
- Any change in the Institutional Official or the Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee (IACUC) membership.
- Dates that the IACUC conducted its semiannual evaluations of the program and facilities.
- Any minority view by an IACUC member.
Refer to the Annual Report to OLAW webpage for more information and the updated Annual Report form. Domestic institutions must download the updated Annual Report form and email the completed PDF, signed by the designated institutional official, to olawarp@mail.nih.gov by December 1, 2024. Address questions to the OLAW Division of Assurances at 301-496-7163 or olawdoa@mail.nih.gov.
Loan Repayment Program Application Deadline Is November 21
If you are a doctoral-level clinician or researcher committed to conducting NIH-qualified clinical research, consider applying to the NIH Loan Repayment Program (LRP) to help reduce your educational debt. Successful applicants may receive up to $50,000 each year toward qualified educational debt, as explained in Eligibility & Programs. NIH’s Application Process Interactive Roadmap lays out the key steps for completing an LRP application.
You must have an eRA Commons ID to complete an LRP application. Submit your application electronically through the LRP Online Application system. But don’t delay: this year’s application window opened on September 1, and closes on November 21, 2024.
Find more details on NIAID’s Loan Repayment Programs page. You can ask for more assistance from the LRP Information Center at lrp@nih.gov or 866-849-4047. If you have NIAID-specific questions about LRPs, contact us at AITrainingHelpDesk@niaid.nih.gov or 301-594-5945.