Submitting e-applications to NIH via HealthProposal.net
Tanner TB.
Submitting e-applications to NIH via HealthProposal.net.
Presented for
2004 NIH SBIR/STTR Conference.
06/23/2004
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Clinical Tools, Inc., was awarded an eRA-SBIR grant #1 R4418051-01 to create a system that provides members of the extramural research community a purely electronic means for writing and submitting proposals to the National Institutes of Health. CTI is developing, testing, refining, and deploying a web-based system with a public interface at http://www.HealthProposal.net. The system employs open source technologies, running custom-written Java servlets that leverage sophisticated applications of Extensible Markup Language (XML), Extensible Stylesheet Language (XSL), XSL for Formatting Objects (XSL:FO), and Simple Object Access Protocol (SOAP) on Linux servers.
For the agency’s March 2004 submission deadline, the system demonstrated a successful implementation of its core functionality. Researchers from an internationally known facility used the system’s web interface to enter detailed proposal data and to upload files for the narrative sections of their proposal. The system automatically packaged the files and data for secure transmission, and, when the researchers were ready to submit the proposal, the National Institutes of Health immediately gained access to the complete proposal in electronic form. Performance and interface enhancements are in progress, and will be completed in advance of the June 2004 submission deadline.
Phase II of this contract will see an expansion and refinement in the features and capabilities of HealthProposal.net. A means to balance the load of a high volume of users across several servers is currently being tested. Plans are in place to provide configurable security settings by which the lead member of a research team can grant or deny other team members read/write access to sensitive areas of a proposal. Proposal-writing tutorials, proofreading services, and other value-added features will also be developed to complement the context-sensitive help features already built into the system.
Electronic proposal-writing offers great advantages over the paper-based process. It can expand possibilities for collaboration, eliminate redundant data-entry, and help to manage and track the assembly of highly complex proposals. Refinement and expansion of the system proceeds toward the goal of making HealthProposal.net the premier solution for writing and submitting proposals to the National Institutes of Health.
Abstract: Read full abstract
Clinical Tools, Inc., was awarded an eRA-SBIR grant #1 R4418051-01 to create a system that provides members of the extramural research community a purely electronic means for writing and submitting proposals to the National Institutes of Health. CTI is developing, testing, refining, and deploying a web-based system with a public interface at http://www.HealthProposal.net. The system employs open source technologies, running custom-written Java servlets that leverage sophisticated applications of Extensible Markup Language (XML), Extensible Stylesheet Language (XSL), XSL for Formatting Objects (XSL:FO), and Simple Object Access Protocol (SOAP) on Linux servers.
For the agency’s March 2004 submission deadline, the system demonstrated a successful implementation of its core functionality. Researchers from an internationally known facility used the system’s web interface to enter detailed proposal data and to upload files for the narrative sections of their proposal. The system automatically packaged the files and data for secure transmission, and, when the researchers were ready to submit the proposal, the National Institutes of Health immediately gained access to the complete proposal in electronic form. Performance and interface enhancements are in progress, and will be completed in advance of the June 2004 submission deadline.
Phase II of this contract will see an expansion and refinement in the features and capabilities of HealthProposal.net. A means to balance the load of a high volume of users across several servers is currently being tested. Plans are in place to provide configurable security settings by which the lead member of a research team can grant or deny other team members read/write access to sensitive areas of a proposal. Proposal-writing tutorials, proofreading services, and other value-added features will also be developed to complement the context-sensitive help features already built into the system.
Electronic proposal-writing offers great advantages over the paper-based process. It can expand possibilities for collaboration, eliminate redundant data-entry, and help to manage and track the assembly of highly complex proposals. Refinement and expansion of the system proceeds toward the goal of making HealthProposal.net the premier solution for writing and submitting proposals to the National Institutes of Health.
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