>What do I think the dream PHS 398 would be like? To be quick to the point,
>my dream 398 would be concerned about the research and the research only. I
>just took a look at the TRAM iPDF forms (http://tram.east.asu.edu/) to
>remind myself just how much redundant material is asked for proposal to
>proposal.
>
>Imagine the day when NIH and the rest of the federal agencies go forward
>with the Federal Commons (http://www.fedcommons.gov/) and the whole concept
>behind Professional and Organizational Profiles (both profiles are being
>tested by NIH with FDP schools). When this happens, the following will be
>true:
>
>Form AA (Face Page) would cut over half of the information (most of it
>relates to organizational and PI information). With that, AA could be
>combined with Form II, the checklist--to create a true Face Page that would
>provide better overall summary information for reviewers both at NIH and at
>the institutions that are applying.
>
>Form FF (the biosketch), as we know it today, would cease to exist. Instead,
>via the professional profiles in a federal database, reviewers would have
>access to a true summary of the PI's and other key members on the proposal's
>abilities. In addition, imagine the amount of research could be done in the
>time saved from researchers all of the country constantly reformatting their
>biosketch from proposal to proposal.
>
>Form GG (other support) would, for the same reasons, cease to exist.
>
>Form HH (Facilities) - If the professional profiles are designed well, they
>could include a facilities component. The PI could simply indicate what
>portions of the facilities they have available would actually be used by the
>proposal in question.
>
>Form JJ (Personnel Report for Continuations) - Professional profiles strike
>again, reducing six columns to two.
>
>Form KK (Personal Data) would also absolutely cease to exist.
>
>The reason I bring this up is because I think it is important that faculty
>buy into this as well, and if they do buy in, push it when the opportunities
>arise, such as membership on an NIH Committee that is looking at
>reformatting the 398. Maybe the committee might agree that the resources
>that could be used to reformat the 398 should instead be funneled into the
>development of the Federal Commons.
>
>Just an idea.
>
>Erin
>
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>Erin B. Lindsay
>User Liaison, Research Admin.
>Caltech
>(626) 395-3596
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