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HRD-81-42 1 (1980-12-16)

handle is hein.gao/gaobabbkq0001 and id is 1 raw text is: INrED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE WASHINGTON, D.C. 20548 HUMAN DoJO-,.ES DEC 1 6 1983 The Honorable Julius B. Richmond, M.D. Assistant Secretary for Health Department of Health and Human Services Dear Dr. Richmond: Subject: ILIHHW Biomedical Research Support Grant Programj( HRD-81-42) During our survey of the National Institutes of Health's (NIH's) BiomedicdI Research Support Grant (BRSG) program, we noted that NIH did not have measurable program objectives or a methodology for evaluating the program's efl-2ctiveness. As part of our survey, we also looked into the activities ILH funded unde;r the FRSQ program and found no significant or w-idespread problems with the use of grant funds. The objectivsc of our survey were to determine whether (i) the program's objectives were being achieved arid (2) grant funds were being properly used. We reviewed policies, procedurec, guidelins, plans, and studies related to the program and inter- viewed officials from NIH's Division of Research Resources, which is responsible for its implementation. We also performed on-site r-cviews at four grantees and conducted intervi -ws at two other qrantee.. During our on-site visits, we intrviewed grar.tee officials and reviewed the grantee:;' systems for managing their g;.ants, including their financial records and annual reports to NiH._ The BRSG program was authorized in 1960 by Public Law 86-799, which amended section 301 of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 241). Under Public Law 86-798, grants are made to public or nonprofit universities, hospitals, laboratories, and other institutions to complement other types of targeted recearch support. The general BRSG grants give grantees the flexibilitv and discretion to identify and meet research needs not readily served by the other grant progrfams. Under the program, each grant is admi:istered at the grantee institution by a program director. A standing committee of qualified scientific and administrative personnel from the institution is required to advise the program director on the use of BRSG furds. Each grantee must submit annual reports to &..'IH's u'- ar officials showing how funas have been used and what has been acheved. ( 1091

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