What are the rules concerning Grant reviewing for other institutions?
(Answer provided by Bradley S. Beall, Deputy General Counsel, 3-1-07). a. NIH: While USU does not prohibit investigators from receiving an honorarium for reviewing grants for NIH (if on leave), NIH has a policy that they will not pay an honorarium to reviewers from other government institutions. However, this policy apparently does not prevent NIH from paying for a reviewer from USU to have a hotel room to facilitate attending the study section meetings. All those arrangements should be made through NIH (or its contractor) via the pertinent study section such that the reviewer incurs no out-of-pocket expenses. b. Other agencies: Grant reviewers may accept honoraria for reviewing grants from other institutions as long as there is no conflict of interest, they are on leave during the time the review is completed, and they have filled out the proper “outside activity” form (http://www.usuhs.mil/ogc/form1004.pdf).
