RESEARCH TRAINING, FUNDING & OPPORTUNITIES

September 24, 2011 Alberto Rivera-Rentas, Ph.D. NIH, NIGMS, MORE & CBB

Alberto L. Rivera-Rentas, Ph.D. Email: riverara@nigms.nih.gov

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Diversity National Landscape NIH Research Training Research Funding

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NIGMS WHY WE NEED A DIVERSE WORKFORCE?

The United States is rapidly transforming into one of the most racially and ethnically diverse nations in the world. Science and engineering are national assets that drive innovation, economic strength, leadership, and the Nations national security (see Standing Our Ground II: Efficacy of University-based S & E Programs Despite Limitations of Strict Scrutiny, 2008) Groups commonly referred to as minorities are the fastest growing segment of the population and are emerging as the Nations majority. Training a diverse student body in STEM education today is imperative to improve the science literacy of the lay public for future generations. Despite the rapid growth of racial and ethnic minority groups in the United States, the potential of these groups is largely untapped and their representation among the Nations scientific workforce has grown only modestly (Bowen and Bok, 2008).
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NIGMS WHY WE NEED A DIVERSE WORKFORCE?

To remain competitive in science and technology, the drivers of innovation, economic growth and national security, must continue to invest in the scientific training of its own people to produce a highly creative scientific workforce (Durand, 2008). A diverse globally-oriented scientific workforce and a diverse pool of science students are critical to achieving the Nations mission and goals. Different views, backgrounds, and experiences are associated with improved learning, greater diversity of ideas and approaches, and greater productivity and innovation that lead to new developments and improvements in current research knowledge that contribute to the national goal of improving the health of the people of the United States (Du Chatenier, Verstegen, Biemans, Harm, Mulder, & Omta, 2009). Students who have reaped the educational benefits of diversity will be better equipped to succeed and to assume leadership roles (Gurin, 1999).
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NIGMS

Alberto L. Rivera-Rentas, Ph.D. Email: riverara@nigms.nih.gov

NIH is the steward of medical and behavioral research for the Nation. Its mission is science in pursuit of fundamental knowledge about the nature and behavior of living systems and the application of that knowledge to extend healthy life and reduce the burdens of illness and disability.

All Other Training 3% 3% Mgmt & Support

5%

Annual Budget $31.2 Billion

Fiscal Year 2010

Other Research 6% Research Centers 10% 11% 11%

R&D Contracts Intramural Research

Research Project Grants (RPG)

53%

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27 NIH Institutes and Centers

Office of the Director

National Institute on Aging

National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism

National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases

National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases

National Cancer Institute

National Institute of Child Health and Human Development

National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders

National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research

National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases

National Institute on Drug Abuse

National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences

National Eye Institute

National Institute of General Medical Sciences

National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute

National Human Genome Research Institute

National Institute of Mental Health

National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke

National Institute of Nursing Research

National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine

Fogarty International Center

National Center for Research Resources

National Library of Medicine

National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering

National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities

Clinical Center

Center for Information Technology

Center for Scientific Review

no funding authority

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WEBSITE: http://www.nigms.nih.gov
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View staff contact information by research area

NIGMS

Who are we? What do we do? Research InvestigatorInitiated Projects Program Projects SBIR-STTR Research-Training Institutional Individual
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View staff contact information by research area

NIGMS

Who are we? What do we do? Research Portfolio Ion Channels Gap Junctions Gating Mechanisms R01s R15s MBRS SCs SBIR-STIR
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View staff contact information by research area

NIGMS

Who are we? What do we do? Research-Training Institutional - NIGMS MBRS RISE IMSD Institutional NBP ENDURE

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MORE Research Training Programs SUMMARY

Students Academic Level
Associate Degree Baccalaureate Degree Post Baccalaureate Graduate MS Graduate - PhD RISE* RISE* IMSD

MORE Branches and Programs

MBRS RISE* RISE* IMSD MARC PREP BRIDGES PhD MARC Special Initiatives BRIDGES BS

* Institutional eligibility requirement

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MORE Research Training Programs

Common Facts Institutional Program: Curricular improvement Academic enhancement activities Research scientific technical training Research professional training Research experiences Student travel scientific meetings Institutional impact evaluation Student support: Salaries (Stipends only MARC) Institutional Commitment: Strongly encouraged
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Post-doc Grad. Student

RISE-MS Bridges PhD T32 Fellowships Rs IRACDA

Senior Junior Sophomore Freshman Comm. College

RISE-PhD IMSD T32 Fellowships

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NIH Predoctoral Training (PhD & MD/PhD)

Institutional Predoctoral Research Training Grants (T32) Individual Predoctoral Fellowships (F31 and F30)

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September 2006

NIH Institutional Training (T32)

Grad school training leading to science PhD (or MD/PhD) Students are selected by the graduate institution that has a T32 training program At NIGMS, typically supports the 1st and 2nd years of graduate school training Student support for partial tuition, health insurance, & $20K stipend/year; up to 5 years of NRSA support.
Citizenship: By the time of award, citizen or a non-citizen national of the United States or have been lawfully admitted for permanent residence Recruitment for Diversity

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September 2006

NIGMS T32 PROGRAMS

Behavioral-Biomedical Research Interface Bioinformatics and Computational Biology Biostatistics Biotechnology Cellular, Biochemical, and Molecular Sciences Chemistry-Biology Interface Genetics Molecular Biophysics Pharmacological Sciences Systems and Integrative Biology (Neuroscience) Medical Scientist (MD-PhD) Training Program (MSTP) http://www.nigms.nih.gov/Training/ Elias A. Zerhouni, M.D.

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Individual Predoctoral Fellowships (F31/F30)

F31 fellowship leading to science PhD - parent: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-10-108.html - diversity: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-10-109.html F30 fellowship leading to MD/PhD - http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-10-107.html Citizenship: By the time of award, citizen or a non-citizen national of the United States or have been lawfully admitted for permanent residence For matriculating grad student s - support to obtain degree(s) Student support for partial tuition, fees, health insurance, and $20K stipend/year; up to 5 years of NRSA support.
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September 2006

NIH Predoctoral Fellowships (F31)

Candidate must identify a mentor who will supervise the predoctoral research Mentor and candidate work together to prepare the F31 or F30 application; competitive program reviewers look at the following:

Applicant - Mentor - Environment - Proposed Research

-

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F31 Announcements All the details are here!

Participating Organizations Title Announcement Type Program Announcement Number Link to Apply Electronically Key Dates Summary / Overview Specifics Objectives Award Information Eligibility Application / Submission Review Information Award Administration Agency Contacts

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Download Forms from Grants.gov

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NIGMS REVIEW: THE NEXT FRONTIER!!!!

WHO & WHAT REVIEWERS DO CRITERIA

Research

Idea Investigator Collaborations Institution

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Reviewers Appreciate a Readable Application

Start with an outline and then write a topic sentence for each main point Make only one point in each paragraph, stating it clearly as a topic sentence Keep it short and simple (KISS): Keep paragraphs short. Start with basic ideas and progress to more complex ones. Use short sentences with a basic structure: subject, verb, and object. Break up long sentences Keep related ideas and information together, e.g., put clauses and phrases as close as possible to -- preferably right after -- the words they modify. Use strong, active verbs -- they are the workhorses of effective sentences. For example, write "We will develop a cell line," not "A cell line will be developed."
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September 2006

IMPACT/PRIORITY SCORES
Score 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 Descriptor Exceptional Outstanding Excellent VeryGood Good Satisfactory Fair Marginal Poor AdditionalGuidanceonStrengths/Weaknesses Exceptionallystrong, essentiallynoweaknesses Extremelystrongwithnegligibleweaknesses Verystrongwithonlysomeminorweaknesses Strongbutwithnumerousminorweaknesses Strongbutwithatleastonemoderateweakness Somestrengthsbutsomemoderateweaknesses Somestrengths, atleastonemajorweakness Afewstrengthsandafewmajorweaknesses Veryfewstrengths, numerousmajorweaknesses
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NIGMS PATHWWAY TO INDEPENDENCE

K99/R00
WEBSITE: http://www.nigms.nih.gov/Research/Application/k99review_guidelines.htm
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NIGMS PATHWWAY TO INDEPENDENCE

K99/R00
WEBSITE: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/contacts/parent_K99_R00.html
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NIGMS EARLY INDEPENDENCE AWARD

WEBSITE: http://commonfund.nih.gov/earlyindependence/
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NEW INNOVATOR AWARD

WEBSITE: http://commonfund.nih.gov/newinnovator/
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TRANSFORMATIVE R01
WEBSITE: http://commonfund.nih.gov/T-R01/
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NIGMS NIH INTRAMURAL

WEBSITE: http://www.training.nih.gov
Alberto L. Rivera-Rentas, Ph.D. Email: riverara@nigms.nih.gov