NCCAM Termination of Participation in F31 Program

Notice Number: NOT-AT-11-004

Release Date: June 30, 2011

National Cancer Institute (NCI)
National Institute on Aging (NIA)
National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA)
National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD)
National Institute on Dental and Craniofacial Research (NIDCR)
National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)
National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)
National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS)
National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health (NCCIH formerly NCCAM)

This is to inform the scientific community that NCCAM will no longer participate in the Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Awards (NRSA) for Individual Predoctoral Fellows (Parent F31) (Parent F31) (PA-11-111) program. The last receipt date for new non AIDS F31 applications to NCCAM is August 8, 2011, and September 7, 2011 AIDS related applications; the last receipt date for resubmissions of non AIDS F31 applications to NCCAM is April 8, 2012 and AIDS-related applications is May 7, 2012.

All other aspects of PA-11-111 remain unchanged.

NCCAM will continue to offer support for pre-doctoral students through Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Awards for Individual Predoctoral Fellowships to Promote Diversity in Health-Related Research (Parent F31 - Diversity)(PA-11-112), the Ruth L. Kirschstein NRSA Institutional Research Training Grants (Parent T32) (PA-11-184) and the Ruth L. Kirschstein NRSA Short-Term Institutional Research Training Grants (Parent T35) (PA-11-185).

Additionally, investigators may continue to include support for pre-doctoral students on NCCAM research project grants (e.g., R01, U01, R21, P01, U19, etc.).

Please direct all inquiries to:

Partap S. Khalsa, DC, PhD, Acting Training Officer
National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine
6707 Democracy Boulevard, Suite 401, Bethesda, MD 20892
301/594-3462
[email protected]
www.nccam.nih.gov