Notice of Participation of the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) in PA-11-110 Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Awards for Individual Predoctoral MD/PhD and Other Dual Doctoral Degree Fellows (Parent F30)

Notice Number: NOT-HL-12-162

Release Date: January 10, 2013

PA-11-110

National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI)

This Notice is to inform potential applicants that the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) is participating in funding opportunity announcement PA-11-110 "Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Awards for Individual Predoctoral MD/PhD and Other Dual Doctoral Degree Fellows (Parent F30). The NHLBI is interested in supporting individual predoctoral fellowships for combined MD/PhD training in research areas relevant to the mission of the NHLBI. The NHLBI supports research training and career development of researchers in fundamental sciences and clinical disciplines related to heart, vascular, lung, and blood diseases; sleep disorders; and blood resources. Among the research training areas of emphasis, but not limited to, are Computational Biology, Bioinformatics, Systems Biology or Network Biology, and Interdisciplinary Research.

Potential overlapping areas of interest shared by the NHLBI and other Institutes/Centers of the NIH include myeloproliferative and myelodysplastic disorders, hematological malignancies resulting from disruptions in hematopoiesis, and the use of hematopoietic stem cell transplantation and other cellular therapies.

The NHLBI does not support fellowship projects primarily focused on malignancy-related research, vaccine development, or pathogens per se. Therefore, applicants are strongly encouraged to contact the NHLBI before submitting an application to determine its appropriateness for this FOA and the mission of the NHLBI.

PA-11-110 has been changed in the following ways.

The Components of Participating Organizations section has been revised to include the NHLBI:

National Cancer Institute (NCI)
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI)
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 of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK)
National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)
National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS)
National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)

The CFDA Number(s) section has been revised to include the NHLBI CFDA Numbers:

93.837, 93.838, 93.839, 93.233

All other aspects of the FOA remain unchanged.

Please direct all inquiries to:

Scientific/Research Contact:

Drew Carlson, Ph.D.
Program Director
Division of Cardiovascular Sciences, NHLBI (responding for all NHLB programmatic Divisions) Rockledge II Building, Room 8142
6701 Rockledge Drive, MSC 7940
Bethesda, MD 20892-7940
Telephone: (301) 435-0535
FAX: (301) 480-7404
Email: carlsonde@nhlbi.nih.gov

Financial or Grants Management Contact:

Ms. Beckie Chamberlin
DCVS Team Leader
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute
6701Rockledge Drive, Room 7154
Bethesda, MD 20892-7926 (20814 express)
Telephone: (301) 435-0183
FAX: (301) 451-5462
Email: chamberr@nhlbi.nih.gov

Mr. Mykle L. Lyons
Grants Management Specialist
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute
6701Rockledge Drive, Room 7163
Bethesda, MD 20892-7926 (20814 express)
Telephone: (301) 443-8772
FAX: (301) 451-5462
Email: mykle.lyons@nih.gov