Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award (NRSA) Individual Senior Fellowship (Parent F33) (PA-21-047)

PA-21-047

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
National Cancer Institute Scientific Program Contact: Sonia B. Jakowlew, Ph.D. Email: jakowles@mail.nih.gov Grants Management Contact: Nicole Jones Phone: (240) 276-7156 Email: jonesni@mail.nih.gov	NCI Specific Information: NCI requires a clear cancer focus in the research training and gives funding priority to applications for which the primary sponsor has cancer related R01 (or equivalent) research funding. For the F33, R01-equivalent research funding includes peer-reviewed research grants with a minimum of 3 years in duration and $150,000 in annual direct costs. Grants under a no-cost extension do not qualify. Additional NCI-specific information/requirements can be found at http://www.cancer.gov/researchandfunding/cancertraining/funding/f33.
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute Scientific Program Contact: Wayne Wang, PhD, Phone: (301) 435-0535 Email: wayne.wang2@nih.gov Grants Management Contact: Chantal Falade Phone: (301) 827-5870 Email: Chantal.falade@nih.gov	NHLBI Specific Information: The NHLBI supports senior fellows who can continue as experienced scientist 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 NHLBI Mission Statement. Prospective applicants are encouraged to read the NHLBI Strategic Plan to familiarize themselves with the research areas of interest to the Institute.
National Institute on Aging Scientific Program Contact: NIA Training Office National Institute on Aging (NIA) Email: NIAtraining@nih.gov Grants Management Contact: Jessi Perez Phone: (301) 496-1472 Email: jessi.perez@nih.gov	NIA Specific Information: 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 of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases Scientific Program Contact: Kristy Nicks, Ph.D. Phone: 301-594-5055 Email: kristy.nicks@nih.gov Grants Management Contact: Jamie Thompson Phone: (301) 594- 3614 Email: thompsonja@mail.nih.gov	NIAMS Specific Information: Specific information on NIAMS F awards can be found at: http://www.niams.nih.gov/Funding/Funding_Opportunities/activity_codes.asp
National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research Scientific Program Contact: Anissa J. Brown, PhD Research Training and Career Development Branch National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research Telephone: (301) 594-4805 Email: anissa.brown@nih.gov Grants Management Contact: Dede Rutberg, MBA Phone: (301) 594-4798 Email: rutbergd@mail.nih.gov	NIDCR Specific Information: NIDCR welcomes senior fellowship applications from experienced scientists (at least seven years beyond the qualifying doctoral degree), enabling them to update their skills or make changes in the direction of their careers. Support may be requested for up to two years. Applicants must conduct research relevant to the NIDCR Strategic Plan and 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 F33 proposal to the Institute’s research priorities.
National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences Scientific Program Contact: Michael C. Humble, Ph.D. Phone: (984) 287-3272 Email: humble@niehs.nih.gov Grants Management Contact: Clark Phillips Phone: (984) 287-3364 Email: clark.phillips@nih.gov	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 General Medical Sciences Scientific Program Contact: Michael A. Sesma, Ph.D. Email: msesma@nigms.nih.gov Grants Management Contact: Grace Olascoaga Phone: (301) 594-5135 Email: olascoag@nigms.nih.gov	NIGMS Specific Information: Specific information on NIGMS F33 awards including FAQs can be found at: http://www.nigms.nih.gov/Training/IndivSenior/. NIGMS Senior fellowships do not support typical sabbatical research which is closely related to the investigator’s area of expertise. Rather, NIGMS support for F33 fellows is intended to allow investigators to make major changes in the direction of their research careers by providing them with opportunities to spend a short period of time (typically 12 months) training with an appropriate sponsor. The sponsor’s field and area of expertise must be significantly different from that of the applicant and should be optimal for the proposed training. Applicants must demonstrate that the proposed training will redirect, revitalize, or restart their research careers once they return to their home institution. Applicants must have a permanent position to which they expect to return following completion of the F33 fellowship.
National Institute of Nursing Research Scientific Program Contact: David Banks, Ph.D., M.P.H., M.S.S.W., RN Phone: (301) 496-9558 Email: banksd@mail.nih.gov Grants Management Contact: Randi Freundlich Phone: (301) 594-5974 Email: Freundlichr@mail.nih.gov	NINR Specific Information: NINR uses the F33 fellowship to provide support for individuals, who have a Bachelor’s degree or higher in nursing, to provide senior fellowship research training to nurse scientists who would like to extend their potential for continuing to contribute to nursing research in scientific areas related to NINR’s mission. Applications must have a clear focus in science areas related to the NINR mission statement and strategic plan. Only nurse applicants who have a research doctoral degree are accepted for this postdoctoral research training program. Nurses with research doctoral degrees 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 email sending a copy of their NIH Biosketch with any questions and a synopsis of interests and research/training aims.