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Table of IC-Specific Information, Requirements and Staff Contacts
Release Date: November 8, 2020
Expiration Date: September 8, 2023
| NIH Institute or Center | Institute or Center Specific Information |
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National Cancer
Institute Hana Odeh, Ph.D. Anu Puri, Ph.D.
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NCI Specific Information: NCI requires a clear cancer focus in graduate research training and gives funding priority to applications whose sponsor and/or co-sponsor have active cancer-related R01, or R01-like, peer-reviewed research grants. For the NCI F31 Award, R01-like research funding includes peer-reviewed research grants from other federal sources and private foundations with a duration of at least 3 years with a minimum of $150,000 direct costs per year. Grants under a no-cost extension do not qualify. Please see also PA-21-052, the Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award (NRSA) Individual Predoctoral Fellowship to Promote Diversity in Health-Related Research (Parent F31-Diversity) Additional NCI-specific information/requirements can be found at: http://www.cancer.gov/researchandfunding/cancertraining/funding/f31 |
| National Eye
Institute Scientific Program Contact: Neeraj Agarwal, PhD Phone: (301) 451-2020 Email: [email protected] Grants Management Contact: Karen Robinson-Smith Phone: (301) 451-2020 Email: [email protected] |
NEI Specific Information: See: /training/index.htm |
| National Heart,
Lung, and Blood
Institute Scientific Program Contact: Marquitta White, PhD Phone: 301-827-4822 Email: [email protected] Grants Management Contact: Kimberly Stanton Phone: (301) 435-0166 Email: [email protected] |
NHLBI Specific Information: The NHLBI supports training programs to prepare individuals to become productive researchers in the causes, diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of diseases of the heart, blood vessels, lungs, and blood; and in the uses of blood and blood resources. See http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/about/org/mission.htm for NHLBI’s mission statement. Prospective applicants are encouraged to read the NHLBI Strategic Plan http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/about/strategicplan/ documents/StrategicPlan_Appendix.pdf to familiarize themselves with the research areas of interest to the Institute.” |
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National Human Genome Research
Institute
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NHGRI Specific Information: NHGRI will consider only applications that propose research training directly relevant to the mission of NHGRI. NHGRI supports the development of resources, approaches, and technologies that accelerate and support studies focused on the structure and biology of genomes; the genomics of disease; the implementation and effectiveness of genomic medicine; and genomic data science and bioinformatics. NHGRI also supports ethical, legal, regulatory, policy, economic, cultural, and societal issues raised by the advancement and use of genomics. More details about the institute’s vision and priority areas can be found in the 2020 NHGRI Strategic Vision. NHGRI does not support disease-specific research. Prospective applicants are strongly encouraged to contact the Scientific Program Contact before preparing an application to discuss the relevance of the proposed research to the Institute's research priorities. |
| National Institute on
Aging Scientific Program Contact: NIA Training Office National Institute on Aging (NIA) Email: [email protected] Grants Management Contact: Jessi Perez Phone: (301) 496-1472 Email: [email protected] |
NIA Specific Information: NIA’s focus is on aging and the contribution of aging to disease etiology, prevention and treatment. NIA has a particular focus on research into Alzheimer’s disease and its related dementias. Further information on NIA’s mission in supporting genetic, biological, clinical, behavioral, social, and economic research on aging can be found at: http://www.nia.nih.gov/research |
| National Institute
on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism Scientific Program Contact: Ivana Grakalic, Ph.D. Phone: (301) 443-7600 Email: [email protected] Grants Management Contact: Lauren E. Early Phone: (301) 443-2434 Email: [email protected] |
NIAAA Specific Information: NIAAA sponsors a variety of fellowships and career development programs to ensure the training of highly qualified new investigators in alcohol-related research. Training opportunities under this announcement include research in the social, behavioral, biomedical, biological, and mathematical sciences as related to alcohol abuse and alcoholism. Please refer to the NIAAA website for a comprehensive description of NIAAA goals and priorities (http://www.niaaa.nih.gov/about-niaaa/our-work/strategic-plan). The NIAAA scientific program contact will be able to evaluate eligibility, recommend the most appropriate fellowship mechanism and refer you to the NIAAA program officer with relevant research expertise. |
| National Institute
of Allergy and Infectious
Diseases Scientific Program Contact: Microbiology and Infectious Disease (Non-AIDS) Research: Stephanie Coomes, Ph.D. Phone: (301) 761-6855 Email: [email protected] AIDS-Related Research: Martin Gutierrez, B.S. Phone: (240) 292-4844 Email: [email protected] Basic Immunology, Allergy, Transplant, Autoimmunity, and Immune-Based Disease Research: Timothy A. Gondré-Lewis, Ph.D. Phone: (240) 627-3566 Email: [email protected] Grants Management Contact: Trevor Alford Phone: (240) 747-7398 Email: [email protected] |
NIAID Specific Information: NIAID requires a clear scientific focus in graduate research training related to any of the NIAID mission areas: https://www.niaid.nih.gov/sites/default/files/NIAIDStrategicPlan2017.pdf Support will be provided for a maximum of 3 years. By the time of activation of the award, applicants must be at the dissertation research stage of training and enrolled in a Ph.D. or equivalent research degree program, a formally combined M.D. and Ph.D. program, or other combined professional/clinical and research doctoral program in the biomedical, behavioral, or clinical sciences. For additional Information please reference link here: https://www.niaid.nih.gov/grants-contracts/training-career-grant-programs |
| National Institute
of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin
Diseases Scientific Program Contact: Kristy Nicks, Ph.D. Phone: 301-594-5055 Email: [email protected] Grants Management Contact: Jamie Thompson Phone:(301) 594- 3614 Email: [email protected] |
NIAMS Specific Information: Specific information on NIAMS F awards can be found at: http://www.niams.nih.gov/Funding/Funding_Opportunities/activity_codes.asp |
| Eunice Kennedy Shriver
National Institute of Child Health and Human
Development Scientific Program Contact: Dennis A. Twombly, Ph.D. Phone: (301) 451-3371 Email: [email protected] Grants Management Contact: Robin Kurtz Phone: (301) 435-6978 Email: [email protected] Bryan S. Clark, MBA Phone: (301) 435-6975 Email: [email protected] |
NICHD Specific Information: NICHD offers fellowships in areas relevant NICHD’s mission, including demography, social sciences, and population dynamics; male and female fertility and infertility; developing and evaluating contraceptive methods; improving the safety and efficacy of pharmaceuticals for use in pregnant women, infants, and children; HIV infection and transmission, AIDS, and associated infections; pediatric growth and endocrine research; child development and behavior; developmental biology and typical and atypical development; intellectual and developmental disabilities; gynecologic health conditions, including pelvic floor disorders; and childhood injury and critical illness; and rehabilitation medicine. The research interests of NICHD are described in more detail at: https://www.nichd.nih.gov/about/org/der/branches Prospective applicants are strongly encouraged to contact NICHD’s Scientific/Research Contact before preparing an application to discuss the relevance of the proposed research and training to the Institute’s research priorities. |
| National Institute
on Deafness and Other Communication
Disorders Scientific Program Contact: Alberto L. Rivera-Rentas, Ph.D. Phone: (301) 451-3245 Email: [email protected] Grants Management Contact: Samantha Tempchin Telephone: 301-435-1404 Email: [email protected] |
NIDCD Specific Information: The NIDCD conducts the peer review of applications for this dissertation-stage fellowship program within its Scientific Review Branch based on the expedited review schedule of four to five months from submission to award. NIDCD supports research and research training in hearing, balance, taste, smell, voice, speech and language. Since NIH Institutes have overlapping programmatic interests, prospective applicants are strongly encouraged to contact the Institute’s Scientific Program Contact in the early stages of formulating an application to ensure that the proposed research is within NIDCD’s scientific purview. In addition, please consult NIDCD’s Fellowship Frequently-Asked Questions (FAQs) at http://www.nidcd.nih.gov/funding/types/pages/fellowship_faqs.aspx. |
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National Institute of Dental and
Craniofacial Research Anissa J. Brown, PhD
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NIDCR Specific Information: NIDCR supports predoctoral training leading to a PhD for fellows conducting dental, oral, and craniofacial research in an area relevant to the NIDCR Strategic Plan (http://www.nidcr.nih.gov/Research/ResearchPriorities/StrategicPlan/). Applicants must demonstrate a commitment to a career in dental, oral and craniofacial health research. Prospective applicants are strongly encouraged to contact the NIDCR Scientific Program Contact before preparing an application to discuss the relevance of the proposed research to the Institute's research priorities. |
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National Institute of Diabetes and
Digestive and Kidney
Diseases Hematologic Disorders: |
NIDDK Specific Information: NIDDK supports the training of Ph.D., or equivalent, students in the areas of research supported by the Institute: diabetes, endocrinology, metabolic diseases; gastroenterology, hepatology, obesity, nutrition; and kidney, urologic, and hematologic disorders. Applicants are encouraged to contact the appropriate NIDDK program director before beginning the process of applying for this fellowship. |
| National Institute on
Drug Abuse Scientific Program Contact: Lindsey Friend NIDA Office of Research Training, Diversity and Disparities Phone: (301) 594-4673 Email: [email protected] Grants Management Contact: Nadia Felix Phone: (301) 827-5701 Email:[email protected] |
NIDA Specific Information: NIDA supports the training of predoctoral fellows conducting drug abuse and addiction research. Prospective applicants are highly encouraged to contact a NIDA Program Official in their area of interest, prior to preparing an application. For a list of NIDA training contacts, please see http://www.drugabuse.gov/ResearchTraining/Contacts.html. For additional guidance on applying for this predoctoral fellowship, visit http://www.nida.nih.gov/ResearchTraining/Predocfaqs.html |
| National Institute
of Environmental Health Sciences Scientific Program Contact: Michael C. Humble, Ph.D. Phone: (984) 287-3272 Email: [email protected] Grants Management Contact: Clark Phillips Phone: (984) 287-3364 Email: [email protected] |
NIEHS Specific Information: Training opportunities supported under this announcement by the NIEHS are expected to focus on the environmental health sciences and be responsive to the mission of the NIEHS, which is to reduce the burden of human illness and dysfunction from environmental causes by understanding how environmental factors, individual susceptibility and age interrelate in the disease process. Fellowship applications should examine/address how an environmentally relevant toxicant or exposure is, or might be, involved in a human health endpoint such as a specific human disease, dysfunction, pathophysiologic condition, or relevant disease process. Examples of environmentally relevant toxicants include industrial chemicals or manufacturing byproducts, metals, pesticides, herbicides, air pollutants and other inhaled toxicants, particulates or fibers, and fungal/bacterial or biologically derived toxins. Agents considered non-responsive to this announcement include, but are not limited to: alcohol, drugs of abuse, pharmaceuticals, chemotherapeutic agents, radiation which is not a result of an ambient environmental exposure, and infectious or parasitic agents, except when agents are disease co-factors to an environmental toxicant exposure to produce the biological effect. Fellowship applications may include research in the Environmental Public Health field in which communities which are exposed to environmental exposures or have concerns about environmentally related diseases are actively engaged in all stages of research, dissemination and evaluation. Examples of proposals in the Environmental Public Health field include investigating the health effects / impacts of environmental exposures that disproportionately burden low income or minority communities, investigating emerging environmental threats to communities, investigating exposure-related diseases that are of great concern to a community, and research and evaluation methodology to improve the theories and implementation strategies for working with communities to address their environmental health concerns. Fellows would learn how to conduct research using community based participatory methods, create outreach and education programs and translate research finding to a vast array of stakeholders. |
| National
Institute of Mental Health Scientific Program Contact: Email: NIMH Training Contacts Grants Management Contact: Rita Sisco Phone: (301) 443-2805 Email: [email protected] |
NIMH Specific Information: The NIMH supports a broad spectrum of basic and translational research, including basic neuroscience, human genetics, adult and developmental translational research, services and intervention research, and AIDS-related research (NIMH Extramural Research Programs) that advances our mission and strategic research priorities. See NIMH NRSA Practices and Guidance for guidance about NIMH-specific practices for individual fellowship applications and awards. Prospective applicants are strongly encouraged to contact Institute program staff before preparing an application to discuss the relevance of the proposed research to the Institute’s research priorities and for guidance on the proposed research and training plans. |
| National Institute
on Minority Health and Health
Disparities Scientific Program Contact: For initial inquiries contact: [email protected] Grants Management Contact: Priscilla Grant, JD Phone: (301) 594-8412 Email: [email protected] |
NIMHD Specific Information: The mission of the National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities (NIMHD) is to lead scientific research to improve minority health and eliminate health disparities http://www.nimhd.nih.gov. Applications are accepted for all areas of research, including biomedical, clinical, behavioral, and social sciences, as related to minority health or health disparities. Prospective applicants are encouraged to contact the Institute’s Scientific Program Contact in the early stages of formulating an application to discuss the relevance of the proposed research to the Institute’s research priorities. |
| National Institute
of Neurological Disorders and
Stroke Scientific Program Contact: Stephen J. Korn, Ph.D. Phone: (301) 496-4188 Email: [email protected] Grants Management Contact: Chief Grants Management Officer Email: [email protected] |
NINDS Specific Information: NINDS utilizes the F31 grant mechanism to support outstanding predoctoral students who are engaged in research and training that will result in rigorous, broadly based neuroscience expertise. Thus, in addition to the relevance of the research to the NINDS mission, NINDS gives priority to students who will also obtain strong neuroscience training. Applications may, in some cases, also be supported from students training in other disciplines for the purpose of conducting research directly focused on the NINDS mission. Potential applicants may wish to contact an NINDS Program Director before they begin to prepare their application to ensure that their training plans, as well as their research project, fit within NINDS priorities. F31 support will be provided for a maximum of 3 years. In addition, students must be within the first 6 years of graduate school to receive support. Exceptions to these policies may be made in rare and unusual circumstances and will require a written waiver from the Director of Training and Career Development. Any waiver will require a detailed written justification and should be requested at least six months prior to the termination date of the fellowship award. Applicants should consult the NINDS training website for NINDS specific information and instructions: https://www.ninds.nih.gov/Funding/Training-Career-Development/Fellowships#F31. |
| National Institute of
Nursing Research Scientific Program Contact: David Banks, Ph.D., MPH, RN Phone: (301) 496.9558 Email: [email protected] Grants Management Contact: Randi Freundlich Phone: (301) 594-5974 Email: [email protected] |
NINR Specific Information: NINR uses the F31 fellowship to provide support for individuals to pursue graduate training that leads to a research doctoral degree. Eligibility is limited to non-nurses enrolled in nursing research doctoral degree programs and to nurses with a Bachelor’s degree or higher enrolled in any research doctoral degree program. Applications must have a clear focus in science areas related to the NINR mission, which is to promote and improve the health of individuals, families, and communities. Applicants should also consider NINR areas of special interest identified in NOT-NR-21-001. Those interested in applying for this opportunity are strongly encouraged to contact the NINR Program Director for Extramural Training. The applicant may contact the NINR Program Director by emailing a copy of their draft NIH Biosketch with any questions and a draft synopsis of interests and research/training aims. Applicants proposing to receive training in clinical trial research should be sure to carefully read instructions found at: Guidance Center |
| National Library of
Medicine Scientific Program Contact: Clinical and Public Health Informatics: Hua-Chuan Sim, MD Phone: (301) 594-4882 Email: [email protected] Translational and Bioinformatics: Jane Ye, Ph.D. Phone: (301) 594-4882 Email: [email protected] Consumer Health Informatics: Alan VanBiervliet, Ph.D. Phone: (301) 594-4882 Email: [email protected] Grants Management Contact: Andrea Culhane Phone: 301-402-0069 E-mail: [email protected] |
NLM Specific Information: NLM supports research career development in data science, clinical/public health informatics, bioinformatics, translational informatics and consumer health informatics. We define informatics as the intersection of computer, information, biomedical and behavioral sciences with one or more application domains. Application domains of interest include health care delivery, basic biomedical research, clinical and translational research, public health and others. |
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National Center for Complementary and
Integrative
Health Jennifer N. Baumgartner, Ph.D. Debbie Chen |
NCCIH Specific Information: NCCIH uses this program to support predoctoral individuals in supervised research training experiences. NCCIH will not accept applications to this program proposing to conduct new, free-standing clinical trials. Applicants to the fellowship programs interested in clinical trial research are encouraged to participate in the planning, design, and implementation of the mentor’s ongoing clinical trials in order to gain the training and experience necessary to become independent clinical investigators. Before the application receipt date, applicants and mentor(s) are strongly encouraged to discuss their proposed research interest with an NCCIH Program Officer in the specific scientific area and/or intervention that is closely related to the proposed project to confirm its relevance to NCCIH's mission, research priorities, and strategic plan. A list of NCCIH program officials can be found at https://nccih.nih.gov/grants/contact#area. Applications that will include the use of natural products or devices in an ongoing interventional research project should explicitly describe the status of the Investigational New Drug (IND) or Investigational Device Exemption (IDE). Applicants interested in natural products research are encouraged to review NCCIH's Natural Product Integrity Policy. |
| Office of
Research Infrastructure
Programs Scientific Program Contact: Stephanie Murphy, VMD, PhD Telephone: 301-451-7818 Email: [email protected] Grants Management Contact: Nicole Franklin Phone: 301-402-8682 Email: [email protected] |
ORIP Specific Information: Before the application receipt date, applicants are strongly encouraged to discuss their proposed research interest with ORIP’s scientific program contact. ORIP supports training applications exclusively from highly qualified veterinary students or holders of degrees in veterinary medicine in biomedical areas related to comparative /translational medicine. |