Scientific Reviewer

Title: Scientific Reviewer
Duration: 12+ months contract with possible extension
Location: Bethesda, MD (Onsite)

Employment Type – Contract

Job Description: -

• Perform isolation of peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMC) according to GLP guidelines.
• Perform an administrative review of incoming grant and cooperative agreement applications hereafter: applications to identify whether the studies proposed in the application are not NIH-defined clinical trials.
• Identify applications containing NIH-defined clinical trials by applying the NIH definition of a clinical trial to the research plans described in the application.
• Determine whether applications have been submitted on an appropriate funding opportunity announcement FOA or submitted in appropriate FOA but submitted as an inappropriate type as a clinical trial when the application is not proposing a clinical trial.
• Determine whether the FOA used for submission allows clinical trials or does not allow clinical trials, and whether the research plans described in the application are compliant with the terms of the FOA under which the application is submitted.
• Prepare a daily report for the Division of Receipt and Referral DRR staff; list applications on an inappropriate FOA with a short description of the problem.

Minimum Education

• PhD

Skills

Expertise in Human Subjects research; expertise in human clinical trials

Job Types: Full-time, Contract

Pay: $30.00 - $40.00 per hour

Benefits:

• Health insurance

Schedule:

• 10 hour shift
• 8 hour shift
• Day shift
• Evening shift
• Night shift

Ability to Relocate:

• Bethesda, MD 20814: Relocate before starting work (Required)

Work Location: In person