NIAMS INITIATIVE TO SUPPORT RESEARCH AT INSTITUTIONS WITH SUBSTANTIAL MINORITY ENROLLMENT Release Date: June 29, 1999 National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases The National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases is committed to expanding research opportunities for investigators at institutions with substantial minority enrollments who wish to develop research programs relating to the many missions of the Institute. The Institute announces three programs to aid in this goal (see http://www.nih.gov/niams/grants/ep11.htm) 1. The Collaborative Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases Sciences Award (CAMSSA), is a new program (S11) now available for applicants from institutions with substantial minority enrollment. The applicant investigator must be a full-time faculty member of a minority serving institution and must document the potential for excellence in research. The applicant submits an investigator initiated project in which the applicant and a collaborating scientist will work in a clearly defined area of mutual research interest. The collaborating investigator is a senior scientist at a research intensive institution. A modest subcontract to the collaborating investigator may be included to offset costs of the collaboration. Detailed guidelines for the CAMSSA program may be found at the following web site: http://www.nih.gov/niams/grants/camssa.htm 2. The Minority Research Enhancement Award (MIREA) is an additional program supported by NIAMS. The MIREA is an administrative supplement to an NIAMS R01, R37, P01, P30, P50, or P60 grant for the support of a faculty member of a minority serving institution to collaborate with the principal investigator of the active NIAMS grant. The MIREA may be one mechanism for funding an initial collaboration to produce preliminary data for the CAMSSA. However, a MIREA is not a prerequisite for a CAMSSA. Detailed guidelines for the MIREA program may be found at the following web site: http://www.nih.gov/niams/grants/mireagud.htm 3. The NIAMS Small Grants Program (R03) gives special emphasis to applications from institutions with substantial minority enrollment. The NIAMS Small Grants Program is described at the following web site: http://www.nih.gov/niams/grants/pa/par99-099.html NIAMS contact for the special initiatives for institutions with substantial minority enrollment: Dr. Julia B. Freeman 45 Center Drive, Room 5AS 19F Bethesda, MD 20892-6500 Phone: 301-594-5052 Fax: 301-480-4543 Email: freemanb@exchange.nih.gov
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