Leveraging AI for Business Process Automation

NIGMS has developed a method to automate the initial referral of grant applications to the proper scientific expertise within the Institute using Natural Language Processing and Machine Learning. NIGMS IRMB and DIMA are currently using this NLP/ML algorithm developed in R statistical software to parse grant applications and to determine Project Officer candidates for grant assignment. This process was previously fully manual and required a substantial person hour effort. NIGMS has collaborated with the Electronic Records Administration group to incorporate this technique into the Internal Referral Module, and the tool is now available to be adapted for broader use across the NIH.