Attachment 4 Participant Emails

Attachment 4: Participant Emails

Invitation Email:

Dear Prevention Researcher,

The National Institutes of Health (NIH) Office of Disease Prevention (ODP) is launching an initiative to enhance the scientific rigor of NIH-funded research projects and is seeking your help. The ODP is developing a database of experts in research methods relevant to prevention research that can help Scientific Review Officers identify reviewers for NIH grant applications. By completing the Prevention Research Expertise Survey you will be providing the content for an “electronic directory” that will aid SROs in identifying appropriate experts to serve on their review committees and in matching the most qualified reviewers to specific grant applications.

Please take a few minutes to fill out the survey which asks you to provide information about your scientific and grant review expertise. Please know that the NIH will not share your information with any organization or individual outside the federal government. The information will be used primarily by NIH for the purpose of identifying reviewers, but may also be used to identify appropriate experts for other NIH activities such as serving on panels, committees, workgroups, writing groups, or for similar purposes by other federal agencies.

The ODP is the lead Office at the NIH responsible for assessing, facilitating, and stimulating research in disease prevention and health promotion and disseminating the results of this research to improve public health. For more information on the ODP, visit the ODP website.

Thank you for taking the time to fill out the survey!

Sincerely,

David M. Murray, Ph.D.

Associate Director for Prevention

Director, Office of Disease Prevention

National Institutes of Health

Confirmation email:

Dear Prevention Researcher,

Thank you for completing the Prevention Research Expertise Survey (PRES). Based on your responses to the survey, National Institutes of Health (NIH) personnel may contact you to invite you to serve as a reviewer of grant applications and/or participate in activities related to the expertise you indicated you have. Please feel free to share this survey with your colleagues and other prevention research experts.

The ODP asks that you continue to update your PRES profile as your experience and interest levels change over time. A reminder email about updating your information will be sent to you every 2-3 years. To make changes to your profile, please access your individual profile.

The ODP is the lead Office at the NIH responsible for assessing, facilitating, and stimulating research in disease prevention and health promotion and disseminating the results of this research to improve public health. For more information on the ODP, visit the ODP website.

Sincerely,

David M. Murray, Ph.D.

Associate Director for Prevention

Director, Office of Disease Prevention

National Institutes of Health

Thank You page:

Thank you for completing the Prevention Research Expertise Survey.

We ask that you further support the Office of Disease Prevention’s (ODP) effort to improve the rigor of prevention research by sharing this survey with your colleagues and other prevention research experts.

Based on your responses, National Institutes of Health (NIH) personnel may contact you to invite you to serve as a reviewer of grant applications and/or participate in activities related to the expertise you indicated you have.

The ODP asks that you continue to update your profile as your experience and interest levels change over time. A reminder email about updating your information will be sent to you every 2-3 years. To make changes to your profile, please access your individual profile.

The ODP is the lead Office at the NIH responsible for assessing, facilitating, and stimulating research in disease prevention and health promotion and disseminating the results of this research to improve public health. For more information on the ODP, visit the ODP website.

Sincerely,

David M. Murray, Ph.D.

Associate Director for Prevention

Director, Office of Disease Prevention

National Institutes of Health

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Email Please Complete Your Survey:

Dear Prevention Researcher,

Thank you for initiating the process of filling out the Prevention Research Expertise Survey (PRES), conducted by the National Institutes of Health (NIH), Office of Disease Prevention (ODP). Your participation in this survey is very important to the NIH.

Our records indicate that you have not fully completed the PRES. Therefore, we ask that you take a few minutes to fill in any missing fields in your individual survey. If you have already done so, please disregard this email.

Your participation will help the ODP enhance the scientific rigor of NIH-funded research projects. The ODP is developing a database of experts in research methods relevant to prevention research that can help Scientific Review Officers (SROs) identify reviewers for NIH grant applications. By completing the PRES you will be providing the content for an electronic directory that will aid SROs in identifying appropriate experts to serve on their review committees and in matching the most qualified reviewers to specific grant applications.

Please feel free to share this survey with your colleagues and other prevention research experts.The ODP is the lead Office at the NIH responsible for assessing, facilitating, and stimulating research in disease prevention and health promotion and disseminating the results of this research to improve public health. For more information on the ODP, visit the ODP website.

Sincerely,

David M. Murray, Ph.D.

Associate Director for Prevention

Director, Office of Disease Prevention

National Institutes of Health