The Office of Extramural Research (OER) sponsors semiannual NIH Regional Seminars on Program Funding and Grants. These seminars are intended to help demystify the application and review process, clarify Federal regulations and policies, and highlight current areas of special interest or concern. The seminars serve the NIH mission of providing education and training for the next generation of biomedical and behavioral scientist. NIH policy, grants management, review and program staff provide a broad array of expertise and encourage personal interaction between themselves and seminar participants. The seminars are appropriate for grants administrators, researchers new to NIH, and graduate students.

Please direct all seminar specific registration and logistical questions to the host institutions below.

For general or program related information on the NIH Regional Seminars, please contact Megan Columbus at megan.columbus@nih.gov or 301-435-0937.

Upcoming Seminars:

Past Seminars:

NIH has sponsored these seminars since 1979. The following list represents only the latest years.

DATE	STATE	HOST
June 24-25, 2004	Seattle, Washington University of Washington School of Medicine	2004 program Faculty list Registration/logistical information.
May 6-7, 2004	Miami, FL	University of Miami and Florida A&M; University, College of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences 2004 program Faculty list Registration/logistical information (PDF) Optional hands-on training for NIH electronic research administration systems (NIH Commons) will be offered in conjunction with the NIH Regional Seminar on May 5.
June 11-12, 2003	Baltimore, MD	University of Maryland, Baltimore - Draft program (MS Word), Faculty List (MS Word)
April 24-25, 2003	Palo Alto, CA	Stanford University - Draft program (MS Word), Faculty List (MS Word)
June 6-7, 2002	Louisville, KY	University of Louisville - Meeting Agenda (PDF, MS Word), Faculty List (PDF, MS Word)
April 11-12, 2002	East Lansing, MI	Michigan State University (Meeting Agenda PDF, RTF)
June 2001	Portland, OR	Oregon Health Sciences University (Meeting Agenda PDF, RTF)
March 2001	Houston, TX	University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center UT Houston Health Sciences Center UT Galveston Medical Branch (Meeting Agenda PDF, MS Word)
July 2000	Ithaca, New York	Cornell University
June 2000	Kansas City, Missouri	Kansas City Life Sciences Taskforce
July 1999	Madison, Wisconsin	University of Wisconsin
May 1999	Gainesville, Florida	University of Florida
July 1998	Salt Lake City, Utah	University of Utah
September 1997	Nashville, Tennessee	Vanderbilt University
June 1995	Boston, Massachusetts	Beth Israel Hospital
November 1994	Albuquerque, New Mexico	Univ. of New Mexico School of Medicine
May 1994	San Juan, Puerto Rico	SRA Education Committee (combined)
July 1994	Evanston, Illinois	Northwestern University
June 1993	Augusta, Georgia	Medical College of Georgia
January 1993	San Diego, California	UC San Diego
June 1992	Baltimore, Maryland	SRA Northeast Section (combined)
…1979

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