MINORITY INSTITUTIONAL RESEARCH TRAINING PROGRAM

NIH GUIDE, Volume 21, Number 16, May 1, 1992



PA NUMBER:  PA-92-72



P.T. 44, FF



Keywords:

  Biomedical Research Training 

  Cardiovascular Diseases 

  Pulmonary Diseases 

  Hematology 



National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute



Letter of Intent Receipt Date:  July 1, 1992

Application Receipt Date:  August 24, 1992



PURPOSE



The National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) announces a

program to support full time research training for investigative

careers at minority schools in areas related to cardiovascular,

pulmonary, and hematologic diseases.



HEALTHY PEOPLE 2000



The Public Health Service (PHS) is committed to achieving the health

promotion and disease prevention objectives of "Healthy People 2000,"

a PHS-led national activity for setting priority areas.  This program

announcement, Minority Institutional Research Training, is related to

the priority area of heart disease and stroke.  Potential applicants

may obtain a copy of "Healthy People 2000" (Full Report:  Stock No.

017-001-00474-0) or "Healthy People 2000" (Summary Report: Stock No.

017-001-00473-1) through the Superintendent of Documents, Government

Printing Office, Washington, DC 20402-9325 (telephone 202-783-3238).



ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS



Grants in this program will be made to minority institutions, each of

which will collaborate with a research center that has well-established

cardiovascular, pulmonary, or hematologic research and research

training programs.  The applicant institution must be a domestic

medical or non-medical college, university or equivalent school in

which students of underrepresented minority groups, including Blacks,

Hispanics, American Indians, and Asian and Pacific Islanders, comprise

a majority or a significant proportion school enrollment.  The program

director at the minority school will be responsible for the selection

and appointment of trainees and the overall direction of the training

program.



The collaborating research center should be a medical school or

comparable institution that has strong, well-established

cardiovascular, pulmonary, or hematologic research and research

training programs.  Cooperation between institutions is needed to

provide each trainee with a mentor who is recognized as an accomplished

investigator in cardiovascular, pulmonary, or hematologic research and

who will assist the advisor at the minority institution in the

trainee's development and research plan.



Each trainee will be placed with a mentor who is an accomplished

investigator at the cooperating research center and who will assist the

advisor at the minority institution in the trainee's development and

research plan.  Trainees must be training at the post-baccalaureate

level in a relevant biomedical or behavioral science and have made a

strong commitment to completing a doctoral degree, be enrolled in a

minority health professional school, and have a doctoral degree or

equivalent in a biomedical or behavioral science.



MECHANISM OF SUPPORT



The mechanism of support is the Institutional National Research Service

Award (T32) research training grant. Institutions may request up to

five years of support.  Training programs may support predoctoral

students, postdoctoral trainees, and short-term trainees in health

professional schools.  Stipend levels for predoctoral and short-term

trainees are $8,800 per year and stipend levels for postdoctoral

trainees range from $18,600 to $32,300 per year.  Stipends may be

supplemented from non-Federal sources.  Training related expenses,

tuition and fees, and travel expenses may also be requested for

trainees, although the levels may vary depending on the type of

training to be supported.  The trainees may be appointed for 9-12

months (for short-term trainees, the period of appointment may be of 2

to 3 months duration) at any time during the course of the budget

period after he/she has been accepted as a full-time student.  A strong

interest in a cardiovascular, pulmonary, or hematologic research career

must be evident.  Indirect costs will be awarded based on eight percent

of total direct costs with no exclusions from the base for training-

related expenses.



RESEARCH OBJECTIVES



The Minority Institutional Research Training Program is designed to

offer research training grant awards in cardiovascular, pulmonary, and

hematologic research to minority schools to enable qualified graduate

students, health professional students, and postdoctoral students to

participate in research programs.  It is expected to attract students

in the developmental stages, increase awareness of these diseases, and

to acquaint them with career opportunities in research.



The Minority Institutional Research Training Program is intended to:



o  Train graduate students, health professional students, and

postdoctoral students at minority schools that have the potential to

develop a meritorious program in cardiovascular, pulmonary, or

hematologic* research for research careers in areas relevant to these

diseases.



o  Stimulate cardiovascular, pulmonary, and hematologic diseases and

hematologic resources research, prevention, control, and education by

offering minority school graduate students, health professional

students, and postdoctoral students the opportunity to enhance their

research capabilities in these areas.



* Within NHLBI, the term "hematologic" covers research on thrombosis

and hemostasis, immunohematology, blood cell disorders, sickle cell

disease, blood resources, including blood component and derivative

therapy, blood substitutes and blood resource management, aspects of

AIDS products in AIDS prevention and treatment, and AIDS-related bone

marrow and hematologic disorders.  Other Institutes of the NIH are

responsible for research on disorders of white cells, including the

leukemias, and other blood malignancies, and basic immunology related

to the lymphoid system.  Therefore the NHLBI does not provide support

for such studies.



LETTER OF INTENT



Each prospective applicant is requested to forward a letter of intent

that includes a descriptive title, the name and address of the Program

Director, the name and location of the institution to serve as the

research center, names of key investigators, and any other

participating institutions.  Such letters are requested for the purpose

of obtaining an indication of the number and scope of the applications

to be reviewed.  A letter of intent is not binding, is not a

requirement of submission, and does not enter into the review of the

application.  The letter of intent is requested by July 1, 1992, and is

to be addressed to:



Scientific Review Administrator

Research Training Review Committee

Division of Extramural Affairs

National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute

Westwood Building, Room 550

Bethesda, MD  20892



APPLICATION PROCEDURES



Applications are to be submitted on the grant application form PHS 398

(rev. 9/91).  Application kits are available at most institutional

business offices and may be obtained from the Office of Grants

Inquiries, Division of Research Grants, National Institutes of Health,

Westwood Building, Room 449, Bethesda, MD  20892, telephone (301)

496-7441.  The title and number of the announcement must be typed in

section 2a on the face page of the application.



The completed original application and five legible copies must be sent

or delivered to:



Division of Research Grants

National Institutes of Health

Westwood Building, Room 240

Bethesda, MD  20892**



Applications must be received on or before August 24, 1992.



REVIEW PROCEDURES



All applications responding to this announcement will be reviewed for

scientific and technical merit by the Research Training Review

Committee of the Division of Extramural Affairs, NHLBI, followed by a

second level review by the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Advisory

Council.



AWARD CRITERIA



Applications will compete for available funds with other approved

applications assigned to the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute.

The following will be considered in making funding decisions:



o Scientific and technical merit of the application as determined by

peer review

o Availability of funds

o Program balance among the research areas of the announcement



INQUIRIES



Written and telephone inquires are encouraged.  Guidelines for this

program may be obtained from any of the following:



John Fakunding, Ph.D.

Division of Heart and Vascular Diseases

National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute

Federal Building, Room 3C04

Bethesda, MD  20892

Telephone:  (301) 496-1724



Helena Mishoe, Ph.D.

Division of Blood Diseases and Resources

National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute

Federal Building, Room 504

Bethesda, MD  20892

Telephone:  (301) 496-6931



Mary Reilly, M.S.

Division of Lung Diseases

National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute

Westwood Building, Room 640A

Bethesda, MD  20892

Telephone:  (301) 496-7668



For fiscal and administrative matters, please contact:



Grants Operations Branch

Division of Extramural Affairs

National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute

Westwood Building, Room 4A15C

Bethesda, MD  20892

Telephone:  (301) 496-7255



AUTHORITY AND REGULATIONS



This program is described in the Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance

Nos. 93.837, 93.838, and 93.839.  Awards will be made under the

authority of the Public Health Service Act, Title III, Section 301

(Public Law 78-410, as amended; 42 USC 241) and administered under PHS

grants policies and Federal Regulations at 42 CFR Part 52 and 45 CFR

Part 74.  This program is not subject to the intergovernmental review

requirements of Executive Order 12372 or Health Systems Agency review.



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