Michelle G. Bulls is the Director of the Office of Policy for Extramural Research Administration (OPERA), with policy and compliance oversight for the 24 Institutes and Centers’ grants management offices within the National Institutes of Health (NIH). Ms. Bulls provides national leadership and oversight in the business and financial management of the federal assistance biomedical research programs supported by NIH. She has over 20 years of grants administration experience and is well respected Federal-wide for her grants policy expertise. She remains a change agent in the area of grants management, streamlining and reformation efforts across the Federal government. She continues to lead Federal-wide research efforts to reduce administrative burden for the extramural research community and represents NIH by serving on the executive board of the Federal Demonstration Partnership and serving as co-chair of the Research Business Module subcommittee. She is leading change through other research specific platforms and has co-led the implementation of research-wide terms and conditions that implement the Uniform Regulations, as well as the Final Research Performance Progress Report. Ms. Bulls continues to lead trans-NIH policy efforts as well as implement Department and Federal-wide policies for NIHs grants administration enterprise.
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