Research

Forms And Procedures

All letters of intent, pre-proposals, and proposals that include any budgetary information MUST be coordinated through your department administrator, and routed through the Associate Dean for Research prior to submission to the sponsor. See routing policy for timeline.

Personnel expending effort on external federal, private or state agencies are required to certify effort on a periodic basis in accordance with federal and institution policies. To certify your effort please visit the UMB Maximus website.

For IACUC related forms, please click here. 

NIH and ARRA (Stimulus) Information

Specific NIH grant notes: All NIH ARRA grants will be subject to the recently announced review criteria and a new 9-point scoring system, and the prior appeals process will not be enforced.

Recovery Act Limited Competitions:

  • NOT-OD-09-060 - ARRA Funds for Summer Student Research Experiences
  • NOT-OD-09-056 - ARRA Funds for Administrative Supplements
  • All About Grants at NIH. Starting point if you are new to NIH funding. Includes tips on grant writing, choosing the right grant mechanism, understanding peer review and more.
  • NIH Research Portfolio Online Research Reporting Tool (RePORT) - Reports, data and analysis of NIH research activities. Craft a comprehensive search of all NIH funding activities according to your specific interests. Search will result in a list of funded projects with abstracts, statement of public health relevance, as well as contact information for the project's PI.
  • To help provide an understanding of the NIH K awards, visit the K Kiosk at NIH.  If you have questions regarding your funded K award, contact your program or grant management specialist for specific guidance on your award.
  • NIH is committed to providing a pathway to research independence for new investigators. Visit their New Investigators Program Page for information about Pathway to Independence, K and R01 funding awards and other resources.
  • Standing receipt dates for NIH/AHRQ and NIOSH applications.
  • The NIH Public Access Policy ensures that the public has access to the published results of NIH funded research. It requires scientists to submit journal final peer-reviewed manuscripts that arise from NIH funds to the digital archive PubMed Central. The Policy requires that these articles be accessible to the public on PubMed Central to help advance science and improve human health. Visit NIH's Public Access Homepage for more information. For more information about your rights as an UMB author and/or to download the copyright addendum to ensure compliance, visit the HSL Scholars Website.
  • Update on NIH - funding, statistics and more.

Contacting ORD:

All correspondence regarding pending proposals should be directed to
Team-E@ordmail.umaryland.edu Correspondence should never be sent directly to a team member unless responding to a direct inquiry or per instruction from ORD.
 
All correspondence regarding subcontracts should be sent to subteam@ordmail.umaryland.edu. Data Use Agreements should be emailed to corporate@ordmail.umaryland.edu

Electronic Routing (COEUS)

Classes are offered to provide instruction in proposal development, budget preparation and approval. Classroom training is mandatory for anyone in the role of Aggregator. Training of faculty and support staff assigned to other roles is at the discretion of each Department Chair and Administrator.

Register for classes, find help and support, review course materials or how to route NIH or other sponsored agreements using COEUS. To search for help on a particular topic from the course materials, please click here to view an indexed reference manual of COEUS job aids. If you are not sure of what Proposal Type to use in COEUS, click here.  

Your departmental administrators can also provide additional assistance and guidance