Graduate School Professional Development Series: NIH Funding Denise Perry Simmons, Ph.D. Assistant Vice President UNT Research Development Office of Research and Economic Development March 6, 2014

Overview What is the NIH? What types of funding are available to Graduate Students? What steps are necessary to prepare to be competitive for funding? Where is information found for NIH funding? Where are on-campus services for help with applying for NIH funding? NIH Fogarty International Center Q & A

What is the NIH? The National Institutes of Health is made up of 27 institutes, centers and offices http://www.nih.gov/icd/ . Funding: Intramural and Extramural Campus Locations Main campus: Bethesda MD Administrative Offices: Rockville, MD Core Facility Services: Gaithersburg, MD Translational : Fort Dietrich, MD NIDA: Baltimore, MD

What is the NIH? MISSION Mission: seek fundamental knowledge about nature and behavior of living systems AND the application of that knowledge to enhance health lengthen life reduce illness reduce disability http://www.nih.gov/about/mission.htm

What is the NIH? RESEARCH SUPPORTED Improve Health of Nation by supporting research in causes, diagnosis, prevention and cure of human diseases processes of human growth and development biological effects of environmental contaminants understanding of mental, addictive and physical disorders directing program for collection, dissemination and exchange of information in medicine and health (e.g. development and support of medical libraries, training of medical librarians and other health information specialists http://www.nih.gov/about/mission.htm

What types of funding are available to Graduate Students? Individual fellowships Institutional training grants Faculty research grants Doctoral candidates as Co-PI on research grants

What types of funding are available to Graduate Students? Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award (NRSA) http://grants.nih.gov/training/nrsa.htm Individual fellowships NRSA Fellowships – F31 Institutional training grants NRSA Training Grant – T32

What types of funding are available to Graduate Students? The F- kiosk Individual fellowships : NRSA Fellowships – F31 NIH: Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Awards for Individual Pre-doctoral Fellows (Parent F31) (PA-11-111) http://grants1.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-11-111.html NIH: Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Awards for Individual Predoctoral Fellowships to Promote Diversity in Health-Related Research (Parent F31 - Diversity) (PA-11-112) http://grants1.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-11-111.html

What types of funding are available to Graduate Students? The T-kiosk Institutional Research Training Grants: NRSA– T32 NIH:Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award (NRSA) Institutional Research Training Grant (Parent T32) (see (PA-14-015 and -016) http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-14-016.html http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-14-015.html

What steps are necessary to prepare to be competitive? Mentor(s) must have strong record as researcher recent publications in area of proposed research successful competition for research funding track record of training researchers successful former trainees expertise and in areas of proposed research Student: knowledge base about already funded ideas research concept written with specific aims preliminary data to indicate feasibility well-written research proposal draft referees in place who know your work and capabilities Resources: must have demonstrated availability and access to

Where on NIH site is information for NIH funding? Types of Grant Programs Site: https://grants.nih.gov/grants/funding/funding_program.htm Research Grants (R series) Research Training and Fellowships ( T and F series) Extramural Training Site: https://grants.nih.gov/training/extramural.htm

Where are on-campus services for help with NIH ? Office of Research and Economic Development – Research Development Dr. Simmons : internships, funding, grant writing, general information denise.simmons@unt.edu Faculty mentor with NIH funding Graduate School Dr. Joseph Oppong: Graduate Research Fellowship Program Joseph.oppong@unt.edu Office of Nationally Competitive Internships Dr. James Duban : Internships and grant writing james.duban@unt.edu

NIH Fogarty International Center? The International component of the NIH Mission: support and facilitate global health research conducted by U.S. and international investigators…training next generation of scientists to address global health needs http://www.fic.nih.gov/About/Pages/default.aspx Fogarty Funding: http://www.fic.nih.gov/Funding/Pages/Fogarty-Funding-Opps.aspx Travel Support Predoctoral: http://www.fic.nih.gov/Funding/NonNIH/Pages/predoctoral-graduate.aspx Graduate Students: http://www.fic.nih.gov/Funding/NonNIH/Pages/predoctoral-graduate.aspx Fogarty Fellows and Scholars Program: http://www.fic.nih.gov/Programs/Pages/default.aspx

Homework You Need to Next Plan strategically, think creatively. Review the databases of already funded concepts. Discuss your idea with Mentor and selected institute Program Director. View any webinar links. Perform a thorough literature review. Select a right topic – emphasize novelty, paradigm change. Prepare your “trajectory” for graduation– timeline, milestones to include research project.

Funded Concepts Databases DOD-CDMRP http://cdmrp.army.mil/search.aspx DOD – SBIR/STTR http://www.dodsbir.net/awards/default.asp DOE (Energy) http://science.energy.gov/ber/funding-opportunities/award-search/ DOEd (Education) http://www2.ed.gov/fund/data/award/grntawd.html DOEd (ED- FIPSE) http://fipsedatabase.ed.gov/fipse/ EPA http://yosemite.epa.gov/oarm/igms_egf.nsf/Homepage?ReadForm NEA http://www.arts.gov/grants/recent/ NIH http://projectreporter.nih.gov/reporter.cfm NSF https://www.fastlane.nsf.gov/a6/A6Start.htm

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