Position Objective: Provide services as a Scientific Reviewer in support of the overall functions of the National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS) within the National Institutes of Health (NIH). The purpose of this position is to support the NIGMS Scientific Review Branch (SRB) as a NIGMS Scientific Reviewer.

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Complete the administrative review of grant applications for completeness and compliance with the Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO). 1

• Interact and coordinate review activities with SRB staff such as preparing review meeting materials and accomplishing tasks in an orderly and efficient manner. 3

• Provide application, reviewer and meeting specific recommendations for consideration by the Scientific Review Officer and staff.

• As requested, correspond with potential reviewers and complete recruitment of the review panel.

• Implement administrative flexibilities under supervision of the SRB Section Chief, for example, by managing the process of splitting Special Emphasis Panels (SEPs), if needed.

• Schedule review meetings; prepare materials for reviewers. 2

• Evaluate grant applications to identify areas of expertise required for peer review.

• Prepare clearly written meeting documents and materials that contain accurate information such as deadlines, review policy and materials and instructions for reviewers.

• Use systems such as Committee Management (CMM), Peer Review, QVR, and Internet Assisted Review (IAR) to perform review related tasks such as adding reviewers to rosters, enabling reviewers, preparing summary statements, adding meeting and post-submission material, and setting up meeting phases.

• Work with the review meeting’s SRO/Designated Federal Official (DFO) to ensure an appropriate understanding of the review meeting status and topics that need special attention, such managing reviewer attendance, late critiques and preliminary scores, potential Conflict of Interests (COIs), reviewer assignments and workload, and issues that may impact the discussion order of applications.

• Drafts Resume/Summary of Discussion based on discussion notes from the meeting.

• Formats critiques to SRB standard practices.

• Collaborate with staff on the preparation and evaluation (pre-publication) of NOFOs to ensure internal NIGMS and SRB consistency and adherence to both NIH policy and NIGMS programmatic requirements.

• Work with staff on the entry of reviewer and meeting data into the CMM, Peer Review, QVR, and IAR Systems.

• Assess reviewers against applications for potential conflicts of interest.

• Schedule and facilitate pre-review meetings to orient reviewers and NIH staff to policy, procedures, expectations and requirements of the review meeting.

• Upload appropriate critique template to match the NOFO specified review criteria (if applicable).

• Set deadlines in IAR for reviewers to submit critiques and monitor their receipt.

• Follow up with assigned reviewers to ensure they meet critique submission deadlines.

• Monitor IAR during the Edit phase to encourage reviewers to submit updated critiques.

• Complete additional actions and requests related to application review such as late application submissions, acceptance of post-submission materials.

• Stay abreast of scientific advances in relevant fields and laws, regulations, and policies related to COI, review criteria, human subjects protections and inclusion, animal welfare, and other relevant factors related to NIH peer review.

• Mentors and coaches peer reviewers in the performance of reviews.

• Subsequent to one review cycle ending, evaluate incoming applications for completeness and accuracy. - Ad-Hoc

• Generate accurate and succinct summary statements that reflect the discussion of each application under review, including major score driving strengths and weaknesses. - Ad-Hoc

• Ensure that post-meeting reports and documents are compiled and edited to produce high quality documents. - Ad-Hoc

• Work with staff to identify and coordinate the participation of reviewers for applications received by the SRB. - Ad-Hoc

• Identify and select reviewers by matching the expertise of the reviewer with the applications’ content while also balancing appropriate demographic considerations such as gender, minority, geographic region, and institution type distributions among the review panel. - Ad- Hoc

  Basic Qualifications:

• Ph.D. in chemistry, biochemical sciences, biology, microbiology, molecular biology, neuroscience, genetics, biomedical engineering, pharmacology, physiology, community and public health, or a related discipline.

• Scientific writing and editorial skills.

• Skilled in Outlook, QVR, Microsoft Teams, and Microsoft Office.

• Experience with the peer review process for grants.

  Minimum Qualifications:

• Ability to multi-task and pay close attention to detail.

• Excellent analytical, organizational and time management skills.

• Strong communication skills, both oral and written.

  *This job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required by this position.

  To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed above are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

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Requisition ID: 6793