The Collections Branch (CB) is comprised of four service areas, which assist the NIH in meeting its mission to seek fundamental knowledge about the nature and behavior of living systems and to apply that knowledge to enhance health, lengthen life, and reduce illness and disability.
Fellowship Program
The Fellowship Program was established to provide financial support to an individual during a period in which the awardee is acquiring research experience or training. The program is made up of three types of awards:
- The Intramural Research Training Award (IRTA),
- Cancer Research Training Award (CRTA), and the
- Intramural Visiting Fellow (VF) Programs.
These awards are also known as stipends, and they are managed by the NIH Institutes and Centers through the NIH Fellowship Program.
The OFM Fellowship team provides accounting and payment services to the NIH Institutes and Centers in support of the NIH Fellowship Program.
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Royalties
Each year, NIH researchers develop hundreds of new technologies leading to innovative inventions. The NIH Office of Technology Transfer (OTT) plays a strategic role by supporting the patenting and licensing efforts of the NIH ICs; they protect, monitor, market and manages a wide range of NIH discoveries, inventions, and other intellectual property as mandated by the Federal Technology Transfer Act (FTTA) and related legislation. The Office of Financial Management’s Royalty team manages payment and accounting for funds received under the FTTA. This law enables the government to form cooperative research and development agreements (CRADAs) and negotiate patent licenses, promoting the application of publicly funded research in real-world scenarios. It also allows inventors to patent their technologies and share in royalties received by the NIH.
The Royalty team partners with the
Office of Technology Transfer and supports their mission by overseeing the collection of royalty resources, and providing accounting, financial reporting, and payment services in compliance with the FTT Act. (read more)
Gifts and Cooperative Research and Development Agreements (CRADAs)
Our office supports the NIH Institutes and Centers by processing the collections of funds and accounting for all gifts and donations to the NIH, which includes bequests, devises of real property, grants, and monetary donations.
We also collect and monitor Cooperative Research and Development Agreement
(CRADAs) funds received from other agencies, organizations, and institutions, and distribute those funds to the various NIH Institutes and Centers.
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Scientific Review and Evaluation Activity (SREA)
The National Institutes of Health is the largest public funder of biomedical research in the world. Its mission is to seek fundamental knowledge about the nature and behavior of living systems and the application of that knowledge to enhance health, lengthen life, and reduce illness and disability. To accomplish its mission, the NIH offers funding opportunities to extramural researchers seeking grant proposals of high scientific caliber. By funding these grants, the NIH fosters innovation, that can lead to breakthroughs in understanding and treating diseases, develop new technologies, therapies, and can even contribute to economic growth of companies formed to commercialize new research.
The NIH Scientific Review Evaluation Activity Management and Service Center supports the NIH in facilitating pathways to discovery by overseeing the processing honoraria, per diems, and other fees for scientific peer reviewers. These experts participate in committee meetings to evaluate proposed grant applications, ensuring a thorough review process on behalf of the NIH. The Office of Financial Management’s (OFM) SREA team plays a key role in the Center’s activities and serves as a liaison to the Center regarding payment processing, accounting, and financial reporting.
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