2. How to get funded from the National Institutes of Health Minda R. Lynch, Ph.D., Chief Behavioral and Cognitive Science Research NIDA

3. What’s NIH? u National Cancer Institute u National Eye Institute u National Heart, Lung, and Blood Inst. u National Human Genome Research Inst u National Institute on Aging u National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism u National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases u National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases u National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering u National Institute of Child Health and Human Development u National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders u John E. Fogarty International Center u Center for Scientific Review u National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research u National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases u National Institute on Drug Abuse u National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences u National Institute of Mental Health u National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke u National Institute of Nursing Research u National Library of Medicine u Warren Grant Magnuson Clinical Center u Center for Information Technology u National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine u National Center for Research Resources

5. What Grant Is Right? - what stage of research career - what are your research needs - do you need a mentor or collaborators? - how big is the project? Talk with the Institute Program staff, they can help match your needs to the right funding mechanism

6. Research Career Development Timetable Graduate Student NRSA F30, F31, T32, R03 Post-doc NRSA F32, T32 Early Career K01, K08, K23, R03, R01, R15, K22 Mid Career R01, K02, P01 Senior Investigator K05, P50, P60

14. NRSA Pre-doctoral Fellowships u Individual Predoctoral Fellowship (F31) u Individual Predoctoral Fellowship for MD/PhD Students (F30) FEATURES Duration Up 5 yrs (F31), 6yrs (F30) Mentor Yes Stipend $15,060 Tuition, Fees, Health Insurance U.S. Citizen or Naturalized Resident

15. NRSA Post-doctoral Fellowships (F32) u Individual Postdoctoral Fellowship. u Stipend based upon the number of years of relevant postdoctoral experience at the time of the award. FEATURES Duration - 3 Years Mentor - Yes Stipend - Up to $42,300 Renew - No Eligibility - US Citizen or naturalized resident

16. NRSA Traineeships Pre and Post-doctoral (T32) u Institutional Training Grants. u Focus varies at each institution. u Applications go directly to training site. UB currently has four T32’s from NIAAA, NIDCR (2), and NIAID

17. Mentored Career Development Awards (K Awards) u Mentored Research Scientist Development (K01) u Mentored Clinical Scientist Development Award (K08) u Mentored Patient- Oriented Research Career Development (K23) u Mentored Career Development Award (K25) FEATURES Duration - 3,4 or 5 years Mentor - Yes Salary - Up to $90,000 Res. Costs - Up to $50,000 Renew - No Receipt Dates – Feb 1, June 1, Oct 1

20. Mentored Research Scientist Development u K 01 u Research or health professional doctorate. u Needs additional period to gain expertise in area new to the candidate.

21. Mentored Clinical Scientist Development Award u K 08 u Clinicians who are committed to career in research. u Methodologies, theories, conceptualizations.

22. Patient-Oriented Research POR is defined as research conducted with human subjects (or on material of human origin such as tissues, specimens, and cognitive phenomena) for which an investigator directly interacts with human subjects. This area of research includes: 1) mechanisms of human disease; 2) therapeutic interventions; 3) clinical trials, and ; 4) the development of new technologies.

23. Mentored Patient-Oriented Research Career Development u K 12 u Educational Institutions or Professional Organization u Support career development for clinicians leading to research independence.

24. Mentored Patient-Oriented Research Career Development K 23 u MD, PhD, DDS, DNSc interested in patient-oriented research.

25. Research Development Support u K01, K08, K23 u NIH allows for funds up to $50,000 per year for research-related costs outlined in each program announcement.

26. Other Awards u Small Grant (R03) u R01 u R15

27. SMALL GRANTS PROGRAM: RO3 Research relevant to any area of the Institute's programmatic mission. FEATURES Duration: Up to 2 years. Research support: up to $50,000 per year (direct costs) plus allowable indirect costs. Not renewable. * Not all Institutes support this

28. Behavioral Science Track Award for Rapid Transition NIDA, NIMH, NIAAA u Newly independent behavioral scientists B/START FEATURES Duration - 1 year Mentor - No Support - $50,000 Renew - No Pages - 10 pgs. Resubmit- No

29. B-START Success Rate at NIDA * * estimated

30. Research Awards u Regular Research Awards (R01) FEATURES. Duration - Up to 5 years. Mentor - No. Res. Costs - Not limited. Renew - Yes. Pages - 25 pgs.

31. Academic Research Enhancement Award (R15) To stimulate research in educational institutions that provide baccalaureate training but that have not been major recipients of NIH support. All health professional schools/colleges and other academic institutions except those that have received research grants and/or cooperative agreements from the NIH totaling more than $2 million per year (in both direct and indirect costs) in each of 4 or more of the last 7years.

32. Research Awards u Academic Research Enhancement Award AREA (R15) FEATURES Duration - up to 3 years Mentor - No Res. Costs - $100,000 total Renew - Yes Pages - 25 pgs.

33. Exploratory/Developmental Grant (R21) u Explore feasibility of an innovative research question u Doesn’t require preliminary data FEATURES Duration - 3 years Mentor - No Support - $100, 000/ year Renew - No Receipt Dates – Feb 1, June 1, Oct 1

34. Requests for Applications (RFA)  Formal announcement describing an institute initiative in a well-defined scientific area  Invitation to the field to submit research grant applications for a one-time competition  Set-aside of funds for a certain number of awards

35. Program Announcement  Invites grant applications in a given research area  May describe new or expanded interest in a particular extramural program  May be a reminder of a continuing interest in a particular extramural program  Generally has no funds set aside  Applications reviewed in CSR along with unsolicited grant applications

36. NIH GUIDE for Grants and Contracts  Announces NIH Scientific Initiatives  Provides NIH Policy and Administrative Information  Available on the NIH Web Site : http://www.nih.gov

37. How are funding decisions made? Based on priority score and programmatic need

38. Who/What is a Grants Management Officer? Implements the funding process Watches over the budget Ensures compliance of grantee with Institute policies and regulations You should have sponsored programs call your GMO

39. Review Criteria Significance Approach Innovation Investigator Environment Hot “TIP” # 1: Reviewers are asked to identify the STRENGTHS and WEAKNESSES of your proposal---USE those words to guide the reviewers

40. Hot “TIP” # 2: Include basic information where necessary. Only a few of the reviewers will be EXPERTS in all aspects of your application. Successful Writing Strategies Audience: remember your proposal is one of many—20-40 proposals/meeting; one reviewer is responsible for 4 to 8 reviews at 2 to 4 hours per review = a lot of time Make your proposal easy to read: larger print, preserve white space; be concise

41. Concept Development What should you write about? Focused sequence of studies that build on one another Planned studies that: are hypothesis-based provide useful info regardless of outcome info from one study sets stage for others have contingency plans if they don’t work Questions: what will be learned why is it important?

42. Common problems-- studies lack cohesiveness sequence of experiments is not logical results of a study results in a dead end contingency plans either not stated or ill conceived and are not feasible Hot “TIP” # 4: Follow the instructions on the 398 form Common Pitfalls

43. Be patient – It’s a long process There are three overlapping cycles per year: FEBMARAPRMAYJUNJULAUGSEPOCTNOVDECJAN Cycle 1 Receipt Review Council Referral Award Cycle 2 Receipt Review Council Referral Award Cycle 3 Receipt Referral Review Council Award Council

44. Your application is here.

45. Finally….. You won’t get a grant if….. You Don’t Apply You won’t get a grant if….. You Don’t Re-Apply!