TYPES OF NIH GRANTS Donald Patrick Discussion for Biobehavioral Cancer Prevention Training Grant Quarterly Fellows Meeting - July 15, 2005

Award Mechanisms Grants – Assistance awards to support and stimulate research. Often unsolicited. If solicited published in the NIH Guide to Grants and Contracts as: RFA – Request for Applications – one receipt date and funds set aside to funds PA – Program Announcement PAS – Program Announcement with funds set aside PAR – Program Announcement reviewed by the Institutes not CSR

R series Research Project Grants – single project grant awards Traditional – R01’s Exploratory / Developmental Grants – R21’s Small Grants – R03’s Conference Grants – R13’s AREA – R15’s Small Business – R43’s/ R44’s Training Grants – R25’s Award Mechanisms

P series Grants – multiple projects – support research and core faculty Often must obtain approval of the Institute to submit either because they are only funded through solicitations or requesting over $500,000  P01’s – Program Project  P30’s, P50’s – Center Grant Award Mechanisms

Kirchstein NRSA’s Institutional Training Grants – R25’s Institutional Training Grants – T32, T34, T35’s (prebaccalaureate, predoctoral, and postdoctoral) Individual Fellowships  Predoctoral (F30, F31)  Postdoctoral (F32)  Senior (F33) Career Awards (K’ Award Mechanisms: Research Training and Career Awards

Competing – Type 1 Competing Continuation – Type 2 Supplement – Type 3 Non-competing Continuation – Type 5 Change of Grantee Institution – Type 7 Change of Institute, Non-competing – Type 8 Change of Institute, Competing – Type 9 “Types” of NIH Grants

Activity CodeSerial NumberSuffixes 1R01GM A1/S1 Application Institute/CenterYear of Support Type Sample Application Number

NIH Guide NIH Grants Policy Statement PHS 398 Application PHS 2590 Progress Report PHS Application PHS Progress Report Notice of Grant Award Relevant RFA or PA Essential Documents

Identify NIH Program  Search Institute Web Sites  ID Pool of Potential Staff  Send about Idea  Identify relevant RFA or PA Follow-Up Developing the Application