CHANGES IN NINDS NRSA AND CAREER DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS 

NIH GUIDE, Volume 25, Number 38, November 8, 1996

 

P.T. 22, 44, 34



Keywords:

  Neuroscience 

  Grants Administration/Policy+ 

 

National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke

 

The National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS)

announces several important changes in its training and career

development programs.  These changes result from discussions with the

National Advisory Neurological Disorders and Stroke Council and from

the recommendations of a NINDS Workshop on Training and Development.

The changes affect both the National Research Service Award (NRSA)

Program (fellowships and institutional training grants) and Career

Development Award Programs (K-series awards).  These changes are

effective with the February 1, 1997 receipt date for Career

Development Awards and the May 10, 1997 receipt date for NRSA

Training Grants.

 

NATIONAL RESEARCH SERVICE AWARD (NRSA)

 

A.  INSTITUTIONAL TRAINING GRANTS (T32) - Under a new program of

Institutional National Research Service Awards, NINDS will accept

applications for the following types of training grants:

 

Predoctoral training grants associated with Ph.D. programs offering

broadly-based predoctoral training in the neurosciences.  These

training grants will be offered as part of a new Jointly Sponsored

NIH Predoctoral Training Program in the Neurosciences that is jointly

sponsored by NIA, NICHD, NIDCD, NIDR, NIGMS, NIMH, NINDS, and NINR.

 

Highly-focused postdoctoral training grants offering training in a

particular specialized area of neuroscience research.  A portion of

these grants will be reserved for programs that focus on clinical

research or research on specific neurological disorders or problems.

It is expected that most of the slots on these clinically focused

grants will be awarded to trainees with M.D. degrees.

 

Broadly-based postdoctoral training programs that include

postdoctoral training for both Ph.D. and M.D. degree holders.  These

grants are meant to encourage the integration of basic scientists and

clinical researchers into a single neuroscience training community.

 

B.  INDIVIDUAL POSTDOCTORAL FELLOWSHIPS (F32) - National Research

Service Awards for individual postdoctoral fellowships will remain

unchanged.  NINDS expects to make a modest increase in the number of

these awards.

 

CAREER DEVELOPMENT AWARDS

 

A.  DEVELOPMENT AWARDS FOR CLINICAL SCIENTISTS - The NINDS will offer

two career development awards, the Mentored Clinical Scientist

Development Award (MCSDA - K08) and the Independent Scientist Award

(ISA - K02).  The new MCSDA program will provide three years of

support for research training.  To be eligible, application must be

made within three years of completing clinical training, which is

defined as residency training and, if applicable, an additional year

of clinical fellowship.  M.D., M.D./Ph.D. and other health profession

degree holders (e.g., D.D.S., D.O., D.V.M. and Dr. P.H.) are

eligible.  The new ISA program is a five year award directed to those

holding M.D., M.D./Ph.D. and other health professional degrees (e.g.,

D.D.S., D.O., D.V.M. and Dr. P.H.) who are beginning their careers as

independent researchers.  To be eligible, application must be made

within six years of completing clinical training, which is defined as

residency training and, if applicable, an additional year of clinical

fellowship.  Both the MCSDA and the ISA will provide support for

salary and related fringe benefits as well as an annual research

allowance.

 

B.  The NINDS will continue its Mentored Research Scientist

Development Award (MRSDA - K01) programs in their present form as

follows:

 

Ernest Everett Just Faculty Research Career Development Award, which

is designed to foster the development of neuroscience research

faculty at historically black colleges and universities.

 

Re-Entry into the Neurological Sciences Award (RENS) program, which

supports individuals who have experienced a three to eight year

interruption in their neuroscience research careers for family or

other reasons and seek to accomplish a re-entry into such research

careers.

 

INQUIRIES

 

Inquiries regarding this notice may be directed to:

 

Joseph S. Drage, M.D.

Division of Extramural Activities

National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke

7550 Wisconsin Avenue, Room 1016

Bethesda, MD  20892-9190

Telephone:  (301) 496-4188

FAX:  (301) 402-4370

Email:  jd66x@nih.gov

 

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