Target Audience

This activity is open to DMU faculty and staff only.

Sponsored by the DMU Office of Research and Hanover Research. Lunch will be served. 

Purpose

Two cornerstones of science advancement are rigor in designing and performing scientific research and the ability to reproduce research findings. The National Institutes of Health (NIH) has revised application instructions and review criteria to enhance reproducibility of research findings through increased scientific rigor and transparency. 
 
These updates took effect for research grants submitted in 2016 and beyond.  The Nature Publishing Group, Science, and the NIH have also made joint commentary on identifying the common opportunities in the scientific publishing arena to enhance rigor and further support research that is reproducible, robust, and transparent. 
 
Come learn about these newly integrated requirements relating to Rigor and Reproducibility. 

Four Areas of Focus

• Scientific Premise
• Scientific Rigor
• Biological Variables
• Authentication

FACILITATOR

Bryan DeBusk, PhD, GPC
 
Since 2008, Bryan has helped clients obtain more than $100 million in funding from government agencies and private foundations including the National Science Foundation (NSF), the National Institutes of Health (NIH), the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, and other health-related agencies and organizations. Bryan assists basic and clinical health researchers prepare competitive proposals by providing comprehensive consulting support including writing, review, and revision. With an academic background in the health sciences and experience obtaining external funding for his own program of research in a university setting, Bryan brings both scientific expertise and grants development skills to the consulting relationship that equip him to help researchers improve the quality of their proposed work as well as the clarity of the presentation. Bryan’s NIH experience includes preparation of proposals for most of the agency’s institutes and centers through the research (e.g., R01, R03, R15, R24) and program/center (e.g., P01, P50) grant mechanisms as well as training grants (e.g., T32), cooperative agreements (e.g., U19, U54, UH2/UH3), and others. His clients routinely receive Impact/Priority Scores of 25 or better, and he has served as lead consultant on proposals scored in the first percentile.