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

2. 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

3. 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

4. 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

5. 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

6. 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

7. Activity CodeSerial NumberSuffixes 1R01GM01234501A1/S1 Application Institute/CenterYear of Support Type Sample Application Number

8. NIH Guide NIH Grants Policy Statement PHS 398 Application PHS 2590 Progress Report PHS 416-1 Application PHS 416-9 Progress Report Notice of Grant Award Relevant RFA or PA http://www.grants.nih/grants/oer.htm Essential Documents

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