NATIONAL RESEARCH SERVICE AWARD INSTITUTIONAL RESEARCH TRAININGGRANTS NIH GUIDE, Volume 23, Number 21, June 3, 1994 P.T. 44 Keywords: Biomedical Research Training Biomedical Research, Multidiscipl National Institutes of Health PURPOSE The National Institutes of Health (NIH) will award National Research Service Award (NRSA) institutional training grants (T32) to eligible institutions to develop or enhance research training opportunities for individuals, selected by the institution, who are training for careers in specified areas of biomedical and behavioral research. The purpose of the NRSA program is to help ensure that highly trained scientists are available in adequate numbers and in the appropriate research areas and fields to carry out the nation's biomedical and behavioral research agenda. LEVELS OF TRAINING The NRSA program supports both predoctoral and postdoctoral research training. Predoctoral: Predoctoral research training must lead to the Ph.D. or a comparable research doctorate degree. Students enrolled in health- professional programs that are not part of a formal, combined program (i.e. M.D./Ph.D.) and who wish to postpone their professional studies in order to gain research experience may also be appointed to a T32. Predoctoral research training must emphasize fundamental training in areas of basic biomedical and behavioral sciences. Postdoctoral: Postdoctoral research training is for individuals who have received a Ph.D., an M.D. or comparable doctoral degree from an accredited domestic or foreign institution. Comparable doctoral degrees include, but are not limited to the following: D.D.S., D.O., D.V.M., O.D., D.P.M., Sc.D., Eng.D., Dr. P.H., D.N.Sc., D. Pharm., D.S.W., and Psy.D. Research training at the postdoctoral level must emphasize specialized training to meet national research priorities in the biomedical and behavioral sciences. Research training grants are a desirable mechanism for the postdoctoral training of physicians and other health professionals who may have had extensive clinical training, but limited research experience. For such individuals, the training may be a part of a research degree program; in all cases, health-professional postdoctoral trainees should agree to engage in at least two years of research, research training, or comparable experiences beginning at the time of appointment. Short-Term Research Training Positions for Health-Professional Students: T32 applications, may include a request for short-term positions reserved specifically to train medical or other health- professional students on a full-time basis during the summer or other "off quarter" periods. Short-term appointments are intended to provide health-professional students with opportunities to participate in biomedical and/or behavioral research in an effort to attract these individuals into research careers. Short-term positions should be longer than two months but may not last longer than three months. Students should be encouraged to obtain two or more periods of short-term research training during their studies leading to a health professional degree. Such appointments may be consecutive or may be reserved for summers or other "off quarter" periods. Since some NIH Institutes support short-term research training positions on a limited basis, applicants are strongly urged to contact the appropriate NIH institute representative listed at the end of this announcement, before requesting short-term research training positions in a T32 application. APPLICANT ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS Only domestic, non-profit, private or public institutions may apply for grants to support research training programs. The applicant institution must have the staff and facilities required for the proposed program. The research training program director at the institution will be responsible for the selection and appointment of trainees to receive NRSA support and for the overall direction of the program. Trainees appointed to the training program must have the opportunity to carry out supervised biomedical or behavioral research with the primary objective of developing or extending their research skills and knowledge in preparation for a research career. GENERAL PROVISIONS Positions on NRSA institutional grants may not be used for study leading to the M.D., D.D.S., or other clinical, health-professional degrees except when those studies are a part of a formal combined research degree program such as the M.D./Ph.D. Similarly, trainees may not accept NRSA support for studies which are a part of residency training leading to a medical specialty or subspecialty except when the residency program credits a period of full-time, postdoctoral research training toward board certification and the trainee intends to pursue a research career. Students enrolled in health-professional doctoral degree programs may receive support for short-term research training for one or more periods lasting up to three months each. Such students may also interrupt their studies for a year or more to engage in full-time research training before completing their professional degree. Trainees are required to pursue their research training on a full-time basis, devoting at least 40 hours per week to the program. Within the 40 hours per week training period, research trainees in clinical areas must devote their time to the proposed research training and must confine clinical duties to those that are an integral part of the research training experience. TRAINEE ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS To be appointed to a research training grant, an individual must be a citizen or a non-citizen national of the United States or must have been lawfully admitted for permanent residence (i.e., in possession of a currently valid Alien Registration Receipt Card I-551, or must be in possession of other legal verification of such status). Individuals on temporary or student visas are not eligible. Predoctoral Trainees: Predoctoral trainees must have received a baccalaureate degree by the beginning date of their NRSA appointment, and must be training at the postbaccalaureate level in a program leading to the Ph.D. in science or in an equivalent research doctoral degree program. Health-professional students who wish to interrupt their studies for a year or more to engage in full-time research training before completing their professional degrees are also eligible. Postdoctoral Trainees: Postdoctoral trainees must have received, as of the beginning date of the NRSA appointment, a Ph.D., M.D. or comparable doctoral degree from an accredited domestic or foreign institution. Written certification by an authorized official of the degree-granting institution that all degree requirements have been met, prior to the date training is to begin, is acceptable. Short-Term Health Professional Trainees: To be eligible for short- term research training positions, health-professional students must have completed at least one quarter in a program leading to a clinical doctorate prior to participating in the program. Individuals matriculated in a formal research degree program or those holding an M.S., a Ph.D., or an M.D./Ph.D. degree or equivalent graduate level research degree are not eligible for short-term training positions. Within schools of pharmacy, only individuals who are candidates for the Pharm.D. degree are eligible for short-term positions. DURATION OF SUPPORT Institutional NRSA research training grants may be made for periods up to five years and are renewable. Trainee appointments are normally made in 12-month increments with support for additional years dependent on satisfactory progress and the continued availability of funds. No trainee may be appointed for less than nine months during the initial period of appointment, except with the prior approval of the NIH awarding unit or when health-professional students are appointed to approved, short-term research training positions. No individual trainee may receive more than five years of aggregate NRSA support at the predoctoral level or three years of aggregate NRSA support at the postdoctoral level, including any combination of support from institutional training grants and individual fellowship awards. Any exception to the total duration of trainee support at either the predoctoral or postdoctoral level requires a waiver from the Director of the awarding component at the NIH. The grounds for approving extension of support can be found in the current Guidelines for National Research Service Awards for Individual Awards and Institutional Grants. RECRUITMENT AND APPOINTMENT OF TRAINEES The primary objective of the NRSA program is to prepare qualified individuals for careers in biomedical and behavioral research. Within the framework of the program's longstanding commitment to excellence and projected needs for investigators in particular areas of research, it is important that attention also be given to recruiting individuals from minority groups that are underrepresented nationally in the biomedical and behavioral sciences. The following groups have been shown to be underrepresented in biomedical and behavioral research nationally: African Americans, Hispanics, Native Americans, Alaskan Natives, and Pacific Islanders. Future use of the term "minority" in this announcement will refer to these groups. Other considerations relate to the duration of training and the movement of trainees to individual support mechanisms. Studies have shown that the length of the appointment to a training grant for postdoctoral trainees with health-professional degrees is strongly correlated with subsequent application for and receipt of independent NIH research support. Program directors, therefore, are strongly encouraged to limit appointments to individuals who plan to remain on the grant or in some other type of research experience for a minimum of two years. It has also been shown that individuals who have been supported by an individual postdoctoral fellowship are more likely to apply for and receive NIH research support than individuals who have received support from a training grant alone. Program directors are therefore encouraged to identify candidates for individual postdoctoral fellowships or early career development (K) awards in order to stimulate applications. During the review of applications, peer reviewers will examine the training record to determine how long health-professional postdoctoral trainees engage in research training and whether postdoctoral trainees have been successful in applying for individual training support. Past studies have shown that trainees from programs oriented exclusively toward health-professionals are less likely to apply for and receive research grant support than health-professionals who train alongside postdoctoral researchers with a Ph.D. degree. Programs that focus on research training for individuals with an M.D. or other health-professional degrees should consider developing strong ties to basic science departments or modifying their program to include individuals with a Ph.D. degree if such changes are consistent with the goals of the program. Applications should describe the contribution of basic science departments to the research training experience and indicate also if both M.D. and Ph.D. trainees are included in the training program. PAYBACK PROVISIONS All postdoctoral trainees must sign an agreement to fulfill the NRSA payback requirements when they are appointed initially to a research training grant or receive an individual fellowship. The NIH Revitalization Act of 1993 substantially modified the service payback requirement for individuals supported by the NRSA program. Beginning with appointments and reappointments made on or after June 10, 1993, the following guidelines apply: o Predoctoral trainees are not required to sign the Payback Agreement Form (PHS Form 6031) and do not incur a service payback obligation. o Postdoctoral trainees in the first twelve months of postdoctoral NRSA support must sign the payback agreement form and incur one month of obligation for each month of support. o Postdoctoral trainees in the thirteenth and subsequent months of NRSA support are not required to sign the Payback Agreement Form and do not incur a service payback obligation. o The thirteenth and subsequent months of postdoctoral NRSA support are considered acceptable payback service for prior postdoctoral support. Individuals appointed to their initial NRSA postdoctoral period on or after June 10, 1993, and who continue under that award for two years, have fulfilled their obligation by the end of the second year. Service payback obligations can also be paid back by conducting health-related research or teaching for more than 20 hours per week for a full year. Recipients must begin to undertake any remaining obligated service on a continuous basis within two years after termination of NRSA support. The period for undertaking payback service may be delayed for such reasons as temporary disability, completion of residency requirements, or completion of the requirements for a graduate degree. Requests for an extension must be made in writing to the awarding unit specifying the need for additional time and the length of the required extension. Recipients of NRSA support are responsible for informing the awarding unit of changes in status or address. For individuals who fail to fulfill their obligation through service, the United States is entitled to recover the total amount of NRSA funds paid to the individual for the obligated period plus interest at a rate determined by the Secretary of the Treasury. Financial payback must be completed within three years beginning on the date the United States becomes entitled to recover such amount. Under certain conditions, the Secretary, Health and Human Services may extend the period for starting service or repayment, permit breaks in service, or otherwise waive or suspend the payback obligation of an individual. STIPENDS National Research Service Awards provide funds, in the form of stipends, to graduate students and postdoctoral researchers. A stipend is provided as a subsistence allowance for trainees to help defray living expenses during the research training experience. It is not provided as a condition of employment with either the Federal Government or the awardee institution. Predoctoral: The current annual stipend for predoctoral trainees is $10,008. For appointments of less than a year, the stipend will be based on a monthly proration that is currently $834 per month. Postdoctoral: The current annual stipend for postdoctoral trainees is determined by the number of FULL years of relevant postdoctoral experience at the time of appointment. Relevant experience may include research experience (including industrial), teaching, internship, residency, clinical duties, or other time spent in full-time studies in a health-related field following the qualifying doctoral degree. The stipend for each additional year of NRSA support is the next level on the stipend scale. Current postdoctoral stipends are as follows: Years of Relevant Experience Stipend Less than 1 $19,608 1 20,700 2 25,600 3 26,900 4 28,200 5 29,500 6 30,800 7 or more 32,300 A trainee with a health-professional doctoral degree who is enrolled in a graduate degree program is considered to be in postdoctoral training and will receive the appropriate postdoctoral stipend listed above. No departure from the established stipend schedule may be negotiated by the institution with the trainee. The stipend for each additional full year of stipend support is the next level in the stipend structure and does not change mid-year. The sponsoring institution is allowed to provide funds to an individual in addition to the stipends paid by the NIH. Such additional amounts may be either in the form of augmented stipends (supplementation) or in the form of compensation, such as salary or tuition remission for services such as teaching or serving as a laboratory assistant, provided the following conditions are met: Stipend Supplementation: Supplementation or additional support to offset the cost of living may be provided by the awardee institution but must not require any additional obligation from the trainee. Federal funds may not be used for supplementation unless specifically authorized under the terms of both the program from which such supplemental funds are to be received and the program whose funds are to be supplemented. Under no circumstances may PHS funds be used for supplementation. Compensation: An institution may provide additional funds to a trainee in the form of compensation (as salary and/or tuition remission) for services such as teaching or serving as a laboratory assistant. A trainee may receive compensation for services as a research assistant or in some other position on a Federal research grant, including a PHS research grant. However, compensated services should occur on a limited, part-time basis apart from the normal research training activities, which require a minimum of 40 hours per week. In addition, compensation may not be paid from a research grant that supports research that is part of the research training experience. Under no circumstances may the conditions of stipend supplementation or the services provided for compensation interfere with, detract from, or prolong the trainee's approved NRSA training program. Educational Loans or G.I. Bill: An individual may make use of Federal educational loan funds and assistance under the Veterans Readjustment Benefits Act (G.I. Bill). Such funds are not considered supplementation or compensation. Concurrent Awards: An NRSA may not be held concurrently with another Federally sponsored fellowship or similar award that provides a stipend or otherwise duplicates provisions of the NRSA. More specific information on stipend supplementation and compensation is available in the current Guidelines for NRSA Individual Awards - Institutional Grants and in the current PHS Grants Policy Statement. TAX LIABILITY Section 117 of the Internal Revenue Code applies to the tax treatment of all scholarships and fellowships. Under that section, non-degree candidates are required to report all stipends, and any monies paid on their behalf for course tuition and fees required for attendance as gross income. Degree candidates may exclude from gross income (for tax purposes) any amount used for tuition and related expenses such as fees, books, supplies, and equipment required for courses of instruction at a qualified educational organization. The taxability of stipends, however, in no way alters the relationship between NRSA trainees and institutions. NRSA stipends are not considered salaries. In addition, trainees supported under the NRSA are not considered to be in an employee-employer relationship with the NIH or the awardee institution. It must be emphasized that the interpretation and implementation of the tax laws are the domain of the Internal Revenue Service and the courts. PHS takes no position on what the status may be for a particular taxpayer, and it does not have the authority to dispense tax advice. Individuals should consult their local IRS office about the applicability of the law to their situations and for information on the proper steps to be taken regarding their tax obligations. OTHER TRAINING COSTS Tuition and fees, including self-only medical insurance, for the individual in training, are allowable trainee costs if such charges are required of all persons in a similar training status at the institution, without regard to their source of support. Family medical insurance coverage is not an appropriate charge to the NRSA research training grant. Tuition at the postdoctoral level is limited to that required for specific courses in support of the approved research training program. Trainee travel, including attendance at scientific meetings that the institution determined to be necessary to the individual's research training, is an allowable trainee expense. In addition, support for travel to a research training experience away from the grantee institution may be permitted. Research training experiences away from the parent institution must be justified considering the type of opportunities for training available, how these opportunities differ from those offered at the parent institution, and the relationship of the proposed experience to the trainee's career stage and career goals. This type of research training requires prior approval from the NIH. Letters requesting such training may be submitted to the NIH awarding component at any time during the award period. Institutional costs of up to $1,500 per year per predoctoral trainee and up to $2,500 per year per postdoctoral trainee may be requested to defray the costs of other research training related expenses, such as staff salaries, consultant costs, equipment, research supplies, and staff travel. Under exceptional circumstances, which can include accommodating the disabilities of a trainee, it is possible to request institutional costs above the standard rate. These additional costs must be explained in detail and carefully justified in the application. Consultation with program staff in advance of such requests is strongly advised. The institution may receive up to $125 per month to offset the cost of tuition, fees, travel, supplies, and other expenses for each short-term, health-professional research training position. An indirect cost allowance based on eight percent of total allowable direct costs (this excludes tuition), or actual indirect costs, whichever is less, may be requested. Applications from State and local government agencies may request full indirect cost reimbursement (see current PHS Grants Policy Statement). REVIEW CRITERIA Applications are evaluated for merit by NIH initial review groups based on the following criteria: o Past research training record of both the program and the designated preceptors as determined by the success of former trainees in establishing independent and productive research careers; o Past research training record in terms of the success of former trainees in obtaining individual research awards or fellowships and career awards for further development; o Objectives, design, and direction of the research training program; o Caliber of preceptors as researchers, including successful competition for research support; o The training environment, including the institutional commitment, the quality of the facilities, availability of appropriate courses, and the availability of research support; o Recruitment and selection plans for trainees, and the availability of high quality candidates; o The record of the research training program in retaining health- professional postdoctoral trainees for at least two years in research training or other research activities; o When appropriate, the concomitant research training of health- professional postdoctorates (i.e., individuals with the M.D., D.O., D.D.S., etc.) with basic science postdoctorates (i.e., individuals with a Ph.D., etc.) or linkages with basic science departments. Short-Term Research Training Positions: In addition to the above criteria, applications that request short-term research training positions will also be assessed using the following criteria: o The quality of the proposed short-term research training program including the commitment and availability of the participating faculty, the program design, the availability of research support, and the training environment; o Access to candidates for short-term research training and the ability to recruit high quality, short-term trainees from the applicant institution or some other health-professional school; o The characteristics of the research training program that might be expected to persuade short-term trainees to consider academic/research careers, particularly in clinical areas; o The success in attracting students back for multiple appointments; o The effects of the short-term training program on the quality of the regular research training program, including the appropriateness of the number of short-term positions, and the plan to integrate the short-term training program into the regular research training program; o The plan to follow former short-term trainees and assess the effect of such research training on their subsequent careers. ADDITIONAL REVIEW CONSIDERATIONS Minority Recruitment Plan: The NIH remains strongly committed to increasing the participation of individuals from underrepresented minority groups in biomedical and behavioral research. As announced in 1989, all competing applications for institutional NRSA research training grants must include a specific plan to recruit minorities, and renewal applications also must include a report on the recruitment and retention record during the previous award period. If an application is received without a plan, or without a report on the previous award period, the application will be considered incomplete and may be returned to the applicant without review. Additional information on this requirement was published in the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts, Volume 22, Number 25, July 16, 1993. Competing renewal applications for research training grants must include a detailed account of experiences in recruiting individuals from underrepresented groups during the previous award period. Information on the types of recruitment strategies used and which have been successful and unsuccessful must be included. The report should provide information on the racial/ethnic distribution of: (a) students and/or postdoctorates in the department(s) relevant to the training grant, (b) individuals who applied for research training, (c) individuals who were offered admission, and (d) individuals who were appointed to the research training grant. For those trainees who were appointed to the grant, the report should include information about the duration of research training and whether those trainees have finished their training in good standing. After the overall educational and technical merit of an application has been assessed, peer reviewers will examine and evaluate the record of the program in recruiting and retaining underrepresented minority trainees during the previous award period. The panel also will consider whether the experience in recruitment during the previous award period has been incorporated into the formulation of the recruitment plan for the next award period. The findings of the panel will be included in an administrative note to the summary statement. If the minority recruitment plan of the application is judged to be unacceptable, funding will be withheld until a revised plan that addresses the deficiencies is received. Staff within the awarding component, with guidance from the appropriate national advisory committee or council will determine whether amended plans and reports submitted after the initial review are acceptable. Training in the Responsible Conduct of Research: Every predoctoral and postdoctoral NRSA trainee supported by an institutional research training grant must receive instruction in the responsible conduct of research. For more information on this provision, please consult a notice in the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts, Volume 21, Number 43, November 27, 1992. Applications must include a description of a program to provide formal or informal instruction in scientific integrity or the responsible conduct of research. Applications without plans for instruction in the responsible conduct of research will be considered incomplete and may be returned to the applicant without review. Although the NIH does not establish specific curricula or formal requirements, all programs are encouraged strongly to consider instruction in the following areas: conflict of interest, responsible authorship, policies for handling misconduct, policies regarding the use of human and animal subjects, and data management. Plans must address the subject matter of the instruction, the format of the instruction, the degree of faculty participation, trainee attendance, and the frequency of instruction. The rationale for the proposed plan of instruction must be provided. Program reports on the type of instruction provided, topics covered, and other relevant information, such as attendance by trainees and faculty participation, must be included in future competing and noncompeting applications. The NIH encourages institutions to provide instruction in the responsible conduct of research to all graduate students and postdoctorates in a training program or department, regardless of the source of support. Initial review groups will assess plans on the basis of the appropriateness of topics, format, amount and nature of faculty participation, and the frequency and duration of instruction. The plan will be discussed after the overall determination of merit, so that the quality of the plan will not be a factor in the determination of the priority score. Plans will be judged as acceptable or unacceptable. The acceptability of the plan will be described in an administrative note. Regardless of the priority score, applications with unacceptable plans will not be funded until a revised, acceptable plan is provided by the applicant. The acceptability of the revised plan will be judged by staff within the awarding component at the NIH. Following initial review, applications are also reviewed by the appropriate NIH Institute or Center Council, Board, or other advisory group. These advisory groups will consider, in addition to the assessment of the scientific and educational merit of the research training grant application, the initial review group's comments on the recruitment of individuals from underrepresented minority groups into the research training program and the plan for instruction in the responsible conduct of research. REVIEW SCHEDULE Application Receipt Date: Jan 10 May 10 Sep 10 Initial Review Meeting: Jun Oct/Nov Feb/Mar Council/Board Meeting: Sep/Oct Jan/Feb May/Jun Earliest Start Date: Dec 1 Apr 1 Jul 1 Many institutes review applications once per year. A table listing these institutes and the appropriate receipt dates is provided below. Institute or Center Application Receipt Date NICHD Jan 10 NEI Jan 10 NIAAA May 10 NIDCD May 10 NIEHS May 10 NIMH May 10 NINDS May 10 NINR Sep 10 NIDR Sep 10 Applicants are encouraged to contact appropriate Institute staff before preparing and submitting an application. Contacts are listed beginning on page 16. APPLICATION PROCEDURES Applicants must use the grant application form PHS 398 (rev. 9/91). This revision contains special instructions for Institutional National Research Service Awards. Applicants who wish to include a request for short-term research training positions should identify short-term positions separately within the "Stipends" and "Training Related Expenses" categories on the budget page. Under "Stipends", short-term positions should be listed in the "Other" category. Tuition, fees, and insurance, and trainee travel, where necessary, are included in "Training Related Expenses." The description of the short-term research training program should be included in the application for the regular research training program, but should be separated from the description of the regular program within each section of the application. In addition to the information requested in the "Program Plan" section, the applicant should address the relationship of the proposed short-term program to the regular research training program and provide assurance that the short-term program will not detract from the regular program. Applicants must observe the 25-page limit on the narrative section. The form PHS 398 is available at institutional offices of sponsored research or their equivalent. If not available locally, call (301) 710-0267 or send a request, accompanied by a self-addressed mailing label to: Office of Grants Information Division of Research Grants National Institutes of Health Westwood Building, Room 449 Bethesda, MD 20892 FUNDING CRITERIA Applications are selected for funding primarily on the basis of scientific and educational merit, but other factors are considered, such as: availability of funds, research program priorities, and balance among types of research training supported by the awarding component. The awarding NIH Institute will notify the applicant of the final action shortly after the advisory group meeting. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION For additional information, see the current document titled Guidelines for National Research Service Awards, Individual Awards - Institutional Grants usually available at the institution or contact the appropriate NIH staff person listed below. AUTHORITY AND REGULATIONS NRSA Institutional Research Training Grants are made under the authority of Section 487 of the Public Health Service Act as amended (42 USC 288). Title 42 of the Code of Federal Regulations, Part 66, is applicable to this program. This program is also described under the following numbers in the Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance: 93.121, 93.172, 93.173, 93.272, 93.278, 93.282, 93.306, 93.361, 93.398, 93.821, 93.837-93.839, 93.846-93.849, 93.853-93.856, 93.859, 93.862-93.868, 93.871, 93.880, 93.894, and 93.929. NIH STAFF CONTACTS Applicants are strongly encouraged to contact the individuals designated below, in advance of preparing an application, for additional information concerning the areas of research, receipt dates, and other types of pre-application consultation. NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON AGING (NIA) Dr. Robin Barr Telephone: (301) 496-9322 NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON ALCOHOL ABUSE AND ALCOHOLISM (NIAAA) Dr. Ernestine Vanderveen, Division of Basic Research Telephone: (301) 443-1273 Dr. Mary Dufour, Division of Biometry and Epidemiology Telephone: (301) 443-4897 Ms. Frances Cotter, Division of Clinical and Prevention Research Telephone: (301) 443-1207 NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES (NIAID) Dr. Milton Hernandez Telephone: (301) 496-7291 Dr. Leslye Johnson, Division of Microbiology and Infectious Diseases Telephone: (301) 496-7051 Dr. Eugene Zimmerman, Division of Allergy, Immunology, and Transplantation Telephone: (301) 496-8973 Ms. Nancy Brown, Division of AIDS Telephone: (301) 496-0638 NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ARTHRITIS AND MUSCULOSKELETAL AND SKIN DISEASES (NIAMS) Dr. Richard Lymn Telephone: (301) 594-9959 NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE (NCI) Dr. Vincent Cairoli Telephone: (301) 496-8580 Dr. John Schneider Telephone: (301) 496-8580 Dr. Andrew Vargosko Telephone: (301) 496-8580 NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT (NICHD) Ms. Hildegard Topper Telephone: (301) 496-0104 NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON DEAFNESS AND OTHER COMMUNICATION DISORDERS (NIDCD) Dr. Daniel Sklare Telephone: (301) 496-1804 NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF DENTAL RESEARCH (NIDR) Dr. Thomas Valega Telephone: (301) 594-7617 NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF DIABETES AND DIGESTIVE AND KIDNEY DISEASES (NIDDK) Dr. Walter Stolz Telephone: (301) 594-7527 NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON DRUG ABUSE (NIDA) Dr. Timothy Condon Telephone: (301) 443-6036 Dr. Charles Sharp, Division of Basic Research Telephone: (301) 443-1887 Dr. Arthur Horton, Division of Clinical Research Telephone: (301) 443-4060 Dr. Mario De La Rosa, Division of Epidemiology and Prevention Research Telephone: (301) 443-6543 Dr. Heinz Sorer, Medications Development Division Telephone: (301) 443-6270 NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SCIENCES (NIEHS) Dr. Michael Galvin Telephone: (919) 541-7825 NATIONAL EYE INSTITUTE (NEI) Dr. Maria Giovanni Telephone: (301) 496-0484 NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF GENERAL MEDICAL SCIENCES (NIGMS) Dr. John Norvell Telephone: (301) 594-7784 NATIONAL HEART, LUNG, AND BLOOD INSTITUTE (NHLBI) Dr. Fann Harding, Division of Blood Diseases and Resources Telephone: (301) 496-1817 Dr. John Fakunding, Division of Heart and Vascular Diseases Telephone: (301) 496-1724 Ms. Mary Reilly, Division of Lung Diseases Telephone: (301) 594-7466 NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH (NIMH) Dr. Harry Gwirtsman, Division of Clinical and Treatment Research Telephone: (301) 443-3264 Dr. Kenneth Lutterman, Division of Epidemiology and Services Research Telephone: (301) 443-3373 Dr. Stanley Schneider, Division of Neuroscience and Behavioral Science Telephone: (301) 443-4347 NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS AND STROKE (NINDS) Mr. Edward Donohue Telephone: (301) 496-4188 NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR NURSING RESEARCH (NINR) Dr. Ernest Marquez Telephone: (301) 594-7865 Dr. Mary Lucas, Acute and Chronic Illnesses Branch Telephone: (301) 594-7397 Dr. Sharlene Weiss, Health Promotion and Disease Prevention Branch Telephone: (301) 594-7496 Dr. Patricia Moritz, Nursing Systems Branch Telephone: (301) 594-7493 NATIONAL CENTER FOR HUMAN GENOME RESEARCH (NCHGR) Dr. Bettie Graham Telephone: (301) 496-7531 NATIONAL CENTER FOR RESEARCH RESOURCES (NCRR) Dr. Harriet Gordon Telephone: (301) 594-7945 OTHER NIH RESEARCH TRAINING PROGRAMS The NIH provides other opportunities for training and career development for individuals interested in biomedical and behavioral careers. Some examples of these programs are: o NRSA Short-Term Institutional Research Training Grants o NRSA Individual Postdoctoral and Senior Fellowships o NIGMS Minority Predoctoral Fellowships o Minority Access to Research Careers (MARC) Program o Career Opportunities in Research (COR) Institutional Training Grants o Career Development (K) Awards o Research Supplements for Underrepresented Minorities o Research Supplements to Promote the Recruitment of Individuals with Disabilities into Biomedical Research Careers o Foreign-funded postdoctoral fellowships for research experiences abroad. For a comprehensive list of programs that provide scientific training support at levels from high school to senior investigator, refer to "Research Training and Career Development Programs Supported by the National Institutes of Health. NIH Publication No. 92-2273." This booklet can be obtained by writing the Grants Information Office, National Institutes of Health, Westwood Building, Room 449, Bethesda, Maryland, 20892, telephone (301) 710-0267. NRSA PROGRAMS AT OTHER AGENCIES WITHIN THE PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE Agency for Health Care Policy and Research (AHCPR) The AHCPR (formerly the National Center for Health Services Research and Health Care Technology Assessment) is a separate agency of the Public Health Service. AHCPR supports NRSA institutional training grants that allow predoctoral and postdoctoral trainees to gain experience in applying research methods to the systematic analysis and evaluation of health services. For information and application forms, contact the NRSA Project Officer, AHCPR Center for Research Dissemination and Liaison, 2101 East Jefferson Street, Suite 400, Rockville, MD 20852; telephone (301) 594-1362. Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) The HRSA is a separate agency within the Public Health Service. HRSA offers postdoctoral institutional research training grants for research training in primary medical care. These awards permit trainees to gain experience in applying research methods to the systematic analyses and evaluation of primary medical care. For information and application forms, contact the following offices at 5600 Fishers Lane, Rockville, Maryland 20857: Grants Management Branch (T32) Residency and Advanced Grants Section Bureau of Health Professions, HRSA Parklawn Building, Room 8C-26 Telephone: (301) 443-6002 Programmatic inquiries may be addressed to: Division of Medicine, BHP/HRSA Primary Care Medical Education Branch Parklawn Building, Room 4C-04 Telephone: (301) 443-6820 .
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