1. 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

2. 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

3. What is the NIH?
The National Institutes of Health is made up of 27 institutes, centers and offices .
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

4. 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

5. 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

6. 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

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

8. 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 )
NIH: Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Awards for Individual Predoctoral Fellowships to Promote Diversity in Health-Related Research (Parent F31 - Diversity) (PA )

9. 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 and -016)

10. 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

11. Where on NIH site is information for NIH funding?
Types of Grant Programs Site:
Research Grants (R series)
Research Training and Fellowships ( T and F series)
Extramural Training Site:

12. 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
Faculty mentor with NIH funding
Graduate School
Dr. Joseph Oppong: Graduate Research Fellowship Program
Office of Nationally Competitive Internships
Dr. James Duban : Internships and grant writing

13. 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
Fogarty Funding:
Travel Support Predoctoral:
Graduate Students:
Fogarty Fellows and Scholars Program:

14. 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.

15. Funded Concepts Databases
DOD-CDMRP
DOD – SBIR/STTR
DOE (Energy)
DOEd (Education)
DOEd (ED- FIPSE)
EPA
NEA
NIH
NSF

16. Q & A