# Presentation: 301138

## eRA (electronic Research Administration) SBIR Public Briefing

- March 4, 2002
- Jerry Stuck

##  Agenda

- Welcome
- Overview of eRA SBIR Opportunity	    Jerry Stuck
- Overview of eRA Project			    Jerry Stuck
- NIH Electronic Research Adm.:	NIH Commons Interface  	  George Stone, Ph.D.
- Introduction to Data Standards		Paul Markovitz
- Questions and Answers

## Overview of eRA SBIR Opportunity

- Jerry Stuck
- Coordinator of Commons Activities
- eRA Project

## Background - NIH Grants

- ~$13.5 billion in FY2000
- 50,000 grantees worldwide
- Applicants submit ~47,000 competing research and research training applications each year

## Background – NIH Grantees

- In FY2000
- 		 NIH provided research support to:
- >2,500 institutions, universities, medical schools, research institutes, and for-profit and not-for-profit organizations
- >$1M to 663 institutions
- >$10M to 200 institutions
- >$100M to 40 institutions

## Background – eRA Project

- Electronic research administration (eRA) is NIH’s infrastructure for conducting electronic transactions for the receipt, monitoring, and administration of NIH grant awards to biomedical investigators worldwide
- eRA integrates two parallel systems:
- 		     NIH Commons and IMPAC II
- NIH Commons is the external grantee customer interface
- IMPAC II is the internal NIH customer interface

## Slide 7

## eRA Objective = Full Electronic Grants Administration 

**IMPAC II **

**IMPAC II **

**-**

**-**

**NIH Transactional Database**

**NIH Transactional Database**

**3,500 Users from OD & IC’s**

***eRA Objective = Full Electronic Grants Administration****** ***

**~ 100,000 Applicants / 2,000 Grantee Institutions Worldwide**

**~ 100,000 Applicants / 2,200 Grantee Institutions Worldwide**

** ****1.6 million transactions daily**

## Research Objectives

- A large number of NIH grantee organizations will not independently develop capabilities to interact fully with NIH Commons
- Purpose is to stimulate the development of applications and services that could be purchased by or licensed to these NIH grantee organizations

## Research Objectives

- This opportunity is NOT intended to support the development of software or services for the NIH eRA Project
- eRA Project is funded and supported by existing NIH staff and contractors

## Research Objectives

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- NIH’s intention is to receive datastream input from grantee organizations based on government-wide data standards
- XML DTD
- Grant Applications and Notice of Grant Awards
- Grants Data Dictionary: _[www.fedcommons.gov/Docs/data.html](http://www.fedcommons.gov/Docs/data.html)_
- Expect to refine data standards while working with SBIR awardees and other federal and customer groups

## Research Objectives

- NIH Services
- Register with the NIH Commons
- Create and update Organizational and Professional Profiles
- Submit Competitive Grant Applications
- Check status of pending actions
- Submit non-competing progress reports
- Submit Invention Disclosures
- Receive Notice of Grant Award

## Certification

- Certification process will be developed working with Phase II awardees
- Resulting in certification of software/services developed by Phase II awardees
- Certification could be given for applications that perform some, but not all, Commons functions