1. Information on Appointment and Pay Mechanisms and Promotions

Position Description
Appointment Mechanisms

Title 42
Title 38
Commissioned Corps

Criteria for Appointment and Promotion
Manual Issuance (For more detailed information about the policies and procedures for the appointment of Staff Clinicians)
BSC/Site Visit Reviews

 2. Intramural Professional Designations (IPDs) for all intramural staff

Overview of Intramural Professional Designations
Chart - Intramural Professional Designations and Appointment Mechanisms

3. Human Subjects Research in the NIH Intramural Research Program

Office of Human Subjects Research Protections
Guide to Preventing Conflicts of Interest in Human Subjects Research at the NIH
Guidelines for Human Biospecimen Storage and Tracking

4. Conflict Resolution - Provision of Assistance to Staff

Processes for Resolution of Conflicts within the NIH IRP
Working with Displaced Title 42 Staff Scientists/Clinicians

5. Family/ChildCare Support, Leave Policies, and Workplace Flexibilities

NIH ChildCare Services and Information
NIH WorkLife Center - for career services and childcare/family care referrals
Lactation Program
Family Leave and Policies for FTE Employees

Manual Chapter for further information

Overview of Federal Leave Categories
Annual Leave for FTE Employees

For further information on Leave for FTE Employees

Alternative Work Schedules - Flexible Work Schedules
Telework

6. Information relative to Trainees

IRTA/CRTA positions
Visiting Fellows (Visa information)
Leave policies for trainees
Other available mechanisms for hiring trainees and senior fellows
5 year/8 year Rule for Postdoctoral Fellows
Exceptional Extension of IRTA Fellowships to a Sixth Year
Early Termination policy for postdoctoral fellows
Mentoring policies and related documents
BSC review of mentoring by PIs

7. Information on Hiring

Search processes and policies
InterviewQuestions-ReferenceLetters
InterviewDosAndDonts
How to Hire a Postdoc  

 8. Conduct and Ethics

Covers topics such as Official and Outside Activities; Service on Scientific Advisory Boards; Letter-writing for Trainees and Colleagues; Collaborations on Grants with Extramural Colleagues ; Policies on Sharing Resources Derived in NIH Laboratories

 9. Information Sources

Office of Intramural Research
NIH Intramural Database (Annual Reports and Bibliographies)
List of all NIH IC Intramural Programs
Intramural Program Home Page
Intramural Research Sourcebook