WOMEN IN NHLBI RESEARCH TRAINING AND CAREER DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS NIH GUIDE, Volume 22, Number 17, April 30, 1993 P.T. 34, II Keywords: Grants Administration/Policy+ Biomedical Research Training Biomedical Research, Multidiscipl The National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute Although the number of women in science has increased over the years, women have yet to attain parity with their male colleagues in the numbers trained in research or in positions of scientific leadership. The National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) is strongly committed to increasing the number of women represented in its research training and career development programs in cardiovascular, lung, and blood diseases. To accomplish this goal, women are encouraged to apply for research training, individual fellowships, and career development grants and to serve as training faculty, sponsors, and mentors on training, fellowship, and career development grant applications. The NHLBI encourages deans, department chairpersons, grantees, training directors, and other individuals interested in cardiovascular, lung, and blood research to consider creative ways by which women may be recruited, retained, and supported in these research areas. The NHLBI urges the scientific community to promote the recruitment and inclusion of women in its biomedical research training and career development programs in the following ways: Institutional National Research Service Award (NRSA) Training Grants o Recruitment of women trainees. o Inclusion of women as training faculty. o Submission of applications from women. Individual National Research Service Award Fellowships o Inclusion of women as sponsors of applications. o Submission of applications from women. Career Development Awards o Inclusion of women as mentors on Clinical Investigator Development Award applications. o Submission of career award applications from women, including the Clinical Investigator Development Award, the Research Career Development Award, and the Academic Awards. The objectives, mechanisms of support, and application procedures for these programs have been published previously and are available from the NHLBI staff listed below. The most important factor in making funding decisions is the initial review group's assessment of the scientific and technical merit of an application. However, the NHLBI and its National Advisory Council also consider other factors such as programmatic needs and balance. The need for more women in our training and career development programs as Principal Investigators and as faculty, sponsors, and mentors will be another factor that will enter into future funding decisions. INQUIRIES Inquiries concerning this policy can be directed to the respective NHLBI Division staff below: John Fakunding, Ph.D. Division of Heart and Vascular Diseases National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute Federal Building, Room 3C01 7550 Wisconsin Avenue Bethesda, MD 20892 Telephone: (301) 496-1724 FAX: (301) 402-2043 Mary Reilly, M.S. Division of Lung Diseases National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute Westwood Building, Room 640 Bethesda, MD 20892 Telephone: (301) 594-7466 FAX: (301) 594-7487 Fann Harding, Ph.D. Division on Blood Diseases and Resources National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute Federal Building, Room 5A08 7550 Wisconsin Avenue Bethesda, MD 20892 Telephone: (301) 496-1817 FAX: (301) 496-9940 .
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