Friday, July 3, 2009

Federal Grant Application Reviewers Needed – W/Stipend #2

Qualified experts are needed for the Federal Office of Community Services (OCS) and the Office of Public Health and Science (OPHS) Grant Reviews! There is a stipend for the reviewers. Agencies and departments of the Federal and possibly your state and local governments are in need of grant reviewers. Grant reviewers are professionals who are hired by agencies to review applications for possible funding. I have listed and linked RESOURCES for you as support in considering and applying as a grant reviewer.

1. Qualified experts needed for the Office of Public Health and Science Grant Reviews!

Register to be a Grant Reviewer for the Office of Public Health and Science. As a member of the website you will receive communications from them regarding opportunities to participate in discretionary grant reviews.

Your assistance and expertise are essential to ensure the selection of the best proposals for funding from a competitive field of grant applicants. As a Member of the Office of Public Health and Services website you are able to create a profile, access your contact information, identify your fields of interest/expertise, and submit your resume online.

Benefits of being a Grant Reviewer
  • Networking with Federal officials
  • Building new relationships with professional peers
  • Learning about preparing quality grant applications
  • Gaining a full understanding of the award process
If you have worked with Office of Public Health and Science in the past or may have registered to be a reviewer before you may already have a member profile. Please login to your profile to update your information.

Please update your profile with the most current expertise choices and you will be prompted to upload it following your profile changes and/or acceptance.

2. Qualified experts needed for the Office of Community Services Grant Reviews!

Register to be a Grant Reviewer for the Department of Health and Human Services' Office of Community Services (OCS). As a member of this website you will receive communications from them regarding opportunities to participate in discretionary grant reviews.

Your assistance and expertise are essential to ensure the selection of the best proposals for funding from a competitive field of grant applicants. As a Member of the Office of Community Services Grant Review website you are able to create a profile, access your contact information, identify your fields of interest/expertise, and submit your resume online.

Benefits of being a Grant Reviewer
  • Networking with Federal officials
  • Building new relationships with professional peers
  • Learning about preparing quality grant applications
  • Gaining a full understanding of the award process
If you have worked with Office of Community Services in the past or may have registered to be a reviewer before you may already have a member profile. Please login to your profile to update your information for this year.

To update your resume for this year, please update your profile with the most current expertise choices and you will be prompted to upload it following your profile changes and/or acceptance.

You will begin at the Reviewer Recruitment Module (RRM). If you are a registered member of their website you will receive communications from them regarding opportunities to participate in discretionary grant reviews. If you would like to register to become a reviewer for OCS or OPHS, click on the appropriate button at the web site linked below to navigate to the respective registration website. If you have already registered and would like to update your profile, use the buttons to navigate to the respective site and login in to the system to view/edit your profile.

https://rrm.grantsolutions.gov/

RESOURCES

Grant Application Reviewing Right for you? From the Administration on Youth, Children and Families.

What are the expectations of grant application reviewers and panel chairpersons prior to the grant review?

What are the expectations of grant application reviewers and panel chairpersons during onsite training?

What are the expectations for panel chairpersons throughout the evaluation?

What are the expectations of grant application reviewers throughout the evaluation?

Review the Disabilities Statement.

Reviewer Confidentiality Statement

The content of grant applications is highly confidential. It is critical that no grant application reviewer participate in a review of any grant application where a conflict of interest exists or may exist. Therefore, before reviewing a grant application, each grant application reviewer will be given a Grant Application Reviewer Confidentiality Statement to read and affirm by signature.

The Center for Scientific Review has produced a video of a mock study section meeting to provide an inside look at how the National Institutes of Health grant applications are reviewed for scientific and technical merit. The video shows how outside experts assess applications and how review meetings are conducted to ensure fairness. The video also includes information on what applicants can do to improve the chances their applications will receive a positive review.

To make the video both authentic and authoritative, real reviewers volunteered to review real but altered and disguised applications. NIH staff members also volunteered to participate in this video, which was developed in collaboration with the NIH Office of Extramural Research.

Find Out What Has Changed Since the Video Was Produced: Check out the list of new policies and changes that have been implemented since they released this video. This list also covers upcoming changes you should know about. They hope to update the video soon.

http://cms.csr.nih.gov/ResourcesforApplicants/InsidetheNIHGrantReviewProcessVideo.htm

A GUIDEBOOK FOR FEDERAL GRANT REVIEWERS by Karen A. Morison from 2002. This is from the Heritage Foundation. The pay rates listed are now low.

http://www.heritage.org/research/governmentreform/fedbook.cfm

The Institute of Museum and Library Services has excellent handbooks about the grant review process:

IMLS program offices prepare reviewer handbooks for each grant program, which provide reviewers with the background information and instruction they need to effectively review grant applications. The following handbooks are available in PDF format:

2008 National Leadership Grants (PDF, 184KB)

2006 Native American/Native Hawaiian Museum Services Program (PDF, 131KB)

2006 Museums for America Grants (PDF, 170KB)

2006 Conservation Project Support (PDF, 202KB)

2005 21st Century Museum Professionals (PDF, 147KB)

Review OnlineReviewers can access the Online Reviewer System Login here (password-protected).

http://www.imls.gov/reviewers/reviewers.shtm

Common Questions Grant Reviewers Ask About Proposals

http://www.urbanministry.org/wiki/common-questions-grant-reviewers-ask-about-proposals

Federal Grant Application Reviewers Needed – W/Stipend

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