1. Graduate Training Grants
Succeeding with
Graduate Training Grants
Presented by John Essigmann
William R. and Betsy P. Leitch Professor in Residence of Chemistry
Professor of Toxicology and Biological Engineering, MIT
Director, Center for Environmental Health Sciences
Office of Research Development
Karen Drew, Director
Logan Schmidt, Sr. Research Development Officer
Jenna Horan, Research Development Administrator

2. Our Presenter: John Essigmann
William R. & Betsy P. Leitch Professor in Residence of Chemistry, Toxicology, and Biological Engineering
Director, MIT Center for Environmental Health Sciences (CEHS)
NIH National Research Service Award (NRSA) T32 grant in environmental toxicology for over 30 years

3. Succeeding with Graduate Training Grants Workshop Overview
What is a Training Grant?
Discussion with Professor Essigmann
Resources and Support for Training Grants
Before we hear from Professor Essiggmann, we’d like to hear from you: please introduce yourself, who you and what your interest or connection is with training grants

4. What is an NIH NRSA T32 Training Grant?
Objectives
Funds:
Prepares trainees for a career in research – academic or other
Trainee stipend & tuition
Requires and develops an existing pipeline for diverse recruits
Career development, teaching, & research activities
FOAs may fund predoctoral, doctoral, and/or postdoctoral
May fund trainee travel
Each I/C has its own requirements; due dates vary by I/C

5. What is an NSF NRT Training Grant?
Prepares trainees for a career in research – academic or other
Benefits not only trainees but also wider graduate community
Requires and develops an existing pipeline of diverse recruits
Funds trainees stipend & tuition
Funds MS or doctoral research trainees
Often includes industrial partners
Focuses on one of six of the NSF’s Big Ideas
Promotes interdisciplinarity

6. Our Presenter: John Essigmann
William R. & Betsy P. Leitch Professor in Residence of Chemistry, Toxicology, and Biological Engineering
Director, MIT Center for Environmental Health Sciences (CEHS)
NIH National Research Service Award (NRSA) T32 grant in environmental toxicology for over 30 years
Professor Essigmann’s slides go here

7. Training Grant Components
Clear Objectives & Quality Program
Program that includes special features (e.g., lab rotations, seminar series, entrance requirements; advisory committee)
Responsible conduct of research
Leadership
Director, a well-recognized scientist with a long training track record
Senior-level faculty with publications history, grants from NIH or similar agencies, and training experience
Trainees
Track record of past success with trainees
Adequate source of trainees
Diversity recruitment plan

8. Who Supports Training Grants at NU
University Decision Support (UDS)
NU’s institutional data repository and external data requests
NU Factbook in Tableau
College-level Data Officers
Departments PI
Some exceptional data will need to be gathered by participating PIs
Start as early as possible and inform UDS & your College ASAP

9. Exceptional T32 Data Requirements
Table 2: PhD Careers
PhD grads from the last 10 years currently engaged in research- intensive or related career
Table 5: Postdoc Publications
Publications from the past 10 years of postdocs who would have been eligible for program
Table 8: Graduate Placement
Graduates from the last 5 years who would have been eligible:
Topic of research project
Initial position
Current position

10. Exceptional T32 Data Requirements
Table 6: Applicant & Entrant Pool Characteristics
Counts of Entrants & Applicants to Program for the past 5 years
Total applicant pool
New entrants eligible for support
Characteristics of Entrants & Applicants for 5 years:
Mean number of publications
Mean number of first-author publications
Prior institutions
Percent with a disability

11. Exceptional NRT Data Requirements
Table: NRT Recruitment, Mentoring and Retention
Recruitment and retention outcomes for the past 5 years
For each participating department, provide:
# students admitted (e.g )
% retention (those that have completed or are still enrolled)
Time to degree (yrs)
Comparisons with national-level data are strongly encouraged
You will also need to provide the URM/disability/disadvantaged & female stats of your potential trainee pool

12. Upcoming Workshops Understanding NIH
Thursday, November 8: 11:30 am – 1:00 pm
Writing NIH Specific Aims
Thursday, November 15: 11:30 am – 1:00 pm
See the full workshop schedule and RSVP at: northeastern.edu/resdev/training

13. Additional Resources & Appendix Slides
Research Development FOAs and Limited Submissions
northeastern.edu/resdev/funding-announcement
NIH Data Tables

14. NIH Big Picture