Scientific Review Officer

Did you know that our client has impacted the lives of thousands of people around the world through cutting-edge advancements in translational research, biomedical informatics, and data science applications? 

We are seeking a Scientific Review Officer to join our vibrant team at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) supporting the National Center for Complimentary and Integrative Health (NCCIH) located in Bethesda, MD.
 

Benefits We Offer:

• 100% Medical, Dental & Vision Coverage for Employees
• Paid Time Off and Paid Holidays
• 401K match up to 5%
• Educational Benefits for Career Growth
• Employee Referral Bonus
• Flexible Spending Accounts:
  • Healthcare (FSA)
  • Parking Reimbursement Account (PRK)
  • Dependent Care Assistant Program (DCAP)
  • Transportation Reimbursement Account (TRN)

Minimum Education

PhD

Additional Qualifications:

Field of Study

• Neuroscience
• Physiology
• Miscellaneous Psychology

Software

• Microsoft office
• SharePoint
• Outlook

Skills

• Technical Writing
• Peer review process for grants

 

Work Details:

• Work with staff to manage the scientific peer review of grant and cooperative agreement applications, and contract proposals assigned for primary merit review. 1
• Collaborate with staff to identify and coordinate the participation of reviewers for each application received and identify and coordinate the participation of reviewers for grant applications. 2
• Provide support to federal Scientific Review Officer with writing and editing of summary statements including the resume of discussion when needed. 3
• Performs administrative review of research grant applications.
• Provide timely response to all inquiries from program, reviewers, and applicants and keep informed of all actions.
• Perform a thorough review of the content of each individual application and its relevance in terms of the scientific interests of the Institute.
• Evaluate incoming applications for completeness, compliance, and responsiveness.
• Interact with and coordinate the review activities with appropriate NCCIH and/or CSR staff.
• Organize and plan face-to-face video conference, in-person, or virtual review meetings as determined by NCCIH staff.
• Identifies specific areas of expertise for peer review panel, searches databases and resources and prepares lists of potential reviewers.
• Identify and select reviewers by matching the expertise of the reviewers to the research grant application.
• Identify and select reviewers by matching the expertise of the reviewer with the specific science contained in the research grant applications and recommend potential reviewers.
• Prepare peer review rosters.
• Make initial determinations regarding the appropriate assignment of all grants.
• Make assignment decisions and resolve conflicts in assignments based on knowledge of the scientific interests of the Institute.
• Validates and enters information into databases.
• Work with staff on entry of reviewer data into the Committee Management system in order to prepare peer review rosters.
• Assign applications to reviewers.
• Analyze and assist in validating payment information submitted to the NIH Scientific Review Evaluation Activity (SREA) Management and Service Center.
• Identifies involved persons who must be on a conflict of interest list and identifies deficiencies which must be addressed prior to review.
• Assess reviewers against applications for potential conflicts of interest.
• Enter, update and check the correctness of conflict data for all reviewers.
• Use databases and internet sites to identify appropriate reviewers.
• Examine key personnel, institutional affiliations and letters of support associated with each grant application to determine potential conflicts of interest.
• Serve as liaison between federal staff and reviewers.
• Attends peer review meetings to take notes for use when preparing final summary of documentation of meeting proceedings.
• Attend review meetings and ensure that each application receives an appropriate and fair review; create a meeting roster and enter relevant reviewer information; and enter meeting information in Internet Assisted Review.
• Prepares and presents opening administrative remarks for peer review meetings.
• Schedule review meetings; prepare materials for reviewers; interact with staff.
• Captures the results of committee deliberations during the review meeting.
• Attend study section meetings and support the federal Scientific Review Officer by taking note of discussions.
• Consult with staff as necessary to ensure smooth execution of pre- and post-meeting details.
• Obtains written critiques from reviewers.
• Obtain, evaluate and coordinate written critiques from expert reviewers.
• Subsequent to the reviews, manage the coordination of critiques from expert reviewers,
• Ensure that high quality written reviews are obtained.
• Evaluates incoming reviews for completeness and accuracy.
• Provide recommendations for follow-up by federal Scientific Review Officer.
• Proofread, clarify and edit reviews, summaries and reports.
• Evaluate incoming reviews for completeness and accuracy.
• Ensure that high quality written reviews are obtained.
• Ensure that summary statements and technical evaluation reports are compiled and edited to produce high quality documents.

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