Electronic Council Book
Some links will work for NIAID staff only.
This SOP has internal roles only.
Standard Operating Procedure Table of Contents
Purpose
To enable Council members to read, search, sort, and print summary statements for Council's second-level review of grant applications.
Procedure
The NIH Electronic Council Book (ECB) is a database system that gives Council members and staff access to summary statements written by scientific review officers in the Center for Scientific Review and DEA's Scientific Review Program so Council can perform its second-level review of grant applications. ECB displays applications' percentile, overall impact score, integrated review group (IRG), program class code, application type, activity code, grant number, PI name, and project title from the eRA Federal Intranet. NIH staff load summary statements into the ECB nightly, so it is always current.
NIAID Staff and Council Members
- Staff with a valid IMPAC account that includes the QuickView user role can access the Query View Report (QVR) System. To get an IMPAC account, contact your IC's IMPAC coordinator. Find a list of IMPAC Institute Coordinators on theeRA Federal Intranet. Go to Electronic Council Book login, Council version, Query View Report System, or Electronic Council Book main login page.
- When using ECB or QVR, search by percentile, overall impact score, IRG, program class code, application type, activity code, grant number, PI name, or project title to retrieve applications.
- To expedite Council review, one member from each subcommittee uses the ECB to approve early awards for applications within the payline with no special initial peer review issues, such as human subjects concerns. See the Expedited Council Review and Award SOP for details.
ECB includes the following modules:
- Query View Report System—Houses summary statements for current and past Councils starting in October 1997 for all ICs and enables staff with IMPAC access to use QVR to create ad hoc queries and reports.
- Council—Gives advisory Council members access to all primary and secondary assigned summary statements for the current round.
Contacts
Contact for NIAID Staff—OERPO
Contact for NIAID Staff—OERPO
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Links
Council Guidance
Council Timetable
Documentation for the Electronic Council Book
Expedited Council Review and Award SOP