TRAVEL FELLOWSHIPS FOR UNDERREPRESENTED MINORITY STUDENTS INCOMMUNICATION SCIENCES AND DISORDERS NIH GUIDE, Volume 21, Number 34, September 25, 1992 PA NUMBER: PA-92-108 P.T. 42, 48 Keywords: Communicative Disorders, Hearing Communicative Disorders, Speech National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders PURPOSE The National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD) encourages participation of minority students in scientific meetings and research forums related to communication sciences and disorders. The purpose of this Program Announcement (PA) is to encourage those organizations planning to submit conference grant applications (R13) to NIDCD to include requests for support of travel by minority students to those meetings. In addition, conference grant applications limited to support for minority student travel are encouraged from the sponsoring organizers of scientific meetings and conferences. 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 PA, Travel Fellowships for Minority Students in Communication Sciences and Disorders, is related to the priority area of special population objectives. Potential applicants may obtain a copy of "Healthy People 2000" (Full Report: Stock No. 017-001-11474-0 or Summary Report: Stock No. 017-001-11473-1) through the Superintendent of Documents, Government Printing Office, Washington, DC 20402-9325 (telephone 202-783-3238). ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS Applications may be submitted by domestic and foreign, for-profit and non-profit organizations, public and private, such as universities, colleges, hospitals, laboratories, units of State and local governments, and eligible agencies of the Federal government. Applications from minority individuals and women are encouraged. MECHANISM OF SUPPORT The support mechanism for grants in this area will be the conference grant (R13). RESEARCH OBJECTIVES The small number of African-American, Hispanic-American, Native American, and Pacific Islander individuals electing research careers is conspicuous in all areas of science. The number of minority researchers in this country is much lower than would be expected from the proportion of the population comprising minorities. Most particularly, there is notable underrepresentation of ethnic minority scientists in the communication sciences. Preparation for research in the communication sciences and disorders involves training in one or more of a variety of disciplines, including otolaryngology, speech-language pathology, audiology, auditory and chemosensory psychophysics, and the anatomy, biochemistry, pharmacology and physiology, and molecular biology and genetics related to hearing, balance, smell, taste, voice, speech and language. In each of these disciplines, recruitment and retention of minority students for research careers has lagged. By supporting minority student attendance at scientific meetings, the NIDCD anticipates that exposure to basic and clinical research developments will encourage their participation in communication sciences and disorders. Information on research opportunities will be made available to those students. Attracting undergraduate, graduate, and postdoctoral students from minority groups to the communication sciences and disorders should increase the number of active researchers in these areas. The NIDCD encourages conference grant applications (R13) which include a component related to travel support for minority students, as well as overall support for the conference. In addition, conference grant applications limited to support of minority student travel are encouraged from the sponsoring organizers of scientific meetings and conferences. A mentor specifically-assigned to each student is required. Issues to be addressed include, but are not limited to, the following: o A plan for the recruitment and selection of students, including selection committee and criteria for selection o Number and level of students to be selected o Minority group(s) to be targeted o Advertisement of availability of travel fellowships o The conference: purpose, content and scope; research elements or foci; justification of value of conference to minority student o The mentor: selection; qualifications, for example, research expertise, previous grant support, prior mentoring experiences; role of mentor prior to, during, and after the conference; plans for monitoring mentor o Activities during conference, such as opportunities for contact with other researchers in attendance, special workshops and discussions, and announcement of the student recipients o Evaluation of the conference experience by students o Justification of associated costs APPLICATION PROCEDURES Applications are to be submitted on the grant application form PHS 398 (rev. 9/91) and will be accepted at the standard application deadlines as indicated in the application kit. In addition, applicants are encouraged to obtain specific guidelines for the preparation of a conference grant application. Application kits and conference grant guidelines are available from most institutional offices of sponsored research, the NIDCD Program Administrator cited below, and the 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** REVIEW CONSIDERATIONS Applications will be reviewed for scientific and technical merit following the customary PHS peer review procedures. AWARD CRITERIA Applications will compete for available funds with all other applications received. The following will be considered in making funding decisions: o Quality of the proposed project as determined by peer review o Availability of funds INQUIRIES Written and telephone inquiries concerning this PA are encouraged. The opportunity to clarify any issues or questions from potential applicants is welcome. Direct inquiries regarding programmatic issues to: Judith A. Cooper, Ph.D. Deputy Director, Division of Communication Sciences and Disorders National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders Executive Plaza South, Room 400-B 6120 Executive Boulevard Rockville, MD 20892 Telephone: (301) 496-5061 FAX: (301) 402-6251 Direct inquiries regarding fiscal matters to: Sharon Hunt Grants Management Officer National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders Executive Plaza South, Room 400-B 6120 Executive Boulevard Rockville, MD 20892 Telephone: (301) 402-0909 AUTHORITY AND REGULATIONS This program is described in the Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance No. 93.173. Awards are made under authorization of the Public Health Service Act, Title IV, Part A (Public Law 78-410, as amended by Public Law 99-158, 42 USC 241 and 285) and administered under PHS grants policies and Federal Regulations 42CFR 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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