For Faculty Reviewers at NIH

New GSA directive affects NIH reimbursement process for new reviewers and reviewers up for CCR renewal May 22, 2008

In accordance with a recent General Services Administration (GSA) directive, NIH will discontinue use of the U. S. Treasury Central Contractor Registration (CCR) for electronic disbursement of reviewers' honoraria and reimbursements for expenses incurred during their participation in NIH peer review meetings. NIH is diligently seeking a new, efficient reimbursement system. However, effective immediately and through September 30, 2008, the following interim solution will be implemented:

• Reviewers whose CCR registration is active at the time of reimbursement will continue to receive payment via direct deposit.
• Reviewers who are not registered with CCR (or whose registration has expired) will be issued a check from a government contractor, World Travel Services, Inc. (WTS) for this fiscal year only (October 1, 2007, to September 30, 2008). The check will be sent to the residential mailing address on file in the eRA Commons.
• Reviewers do not need to renew their CCR registration once it expires. Reviewers should ignore emails from CCR prompting them to renew their registration.

Reviewers can check the status of their CCR registration at www.ccr.gov, by following these instructions:

• Click on "Search CCR" located on the left side of the page.
• Enter their DUNS number.
• Click on "Search."
• View the registration status located at the top of the page.

NIH is committed to ensuring that all reviewers receive their disbursements as efficiently as possible, and is working to develop a new system to facilitate this process. Additional information will be forthcoming. Thank you for your continued support of the NIH peer review process during this transition.

OER Communications Office
Division of Communications and Outreach
Office of Extramural Research
National Institutes of Health