The NIH Funding Process

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• The NIH Funding Process

Peggy McCardle, PhD, MPH
Child Development Behavior Branch
National Institute of Child Health Human
Development
We wish to acknowledge the use of several slides
prepared by staff of the Center for Scientific
Research
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National Institutes of Health

• Worlds largest supporter of biomedical,
  behavioral, and social science research and
  training.
• 27 Billion budget
• 19,000 employees

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National Institutes of Health
Office of the Director
National Institute of Child Health and
Human Development
National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism
National Institute of Arthritis
and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases
National Cancer Institute
National Institute on Aging
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious
Diseases
National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive
and Kidney Diseases
National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Rese
arch
National Institute on Drug Abuse
National Institute of Environmental Health
Sciences
National Institute on Deafness and
Other Communication Disorders
National Eye Institute
National Human Genome Research Institute
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute
National Institute of Mental Health
National Institute of Neurological Disorders
and Stroke
National Institute of General Medical Sciences
National Institute of Nursing Research
National Library of Medicine
National Center for Complementary and
Alternative Medicine
National Center on Minority Health and Health
Disparities
National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and
Bioengineering
Fogarty International Center
National Center for Research Resources
Center for Information Technology
Center for Scientific Review
Clinical Center
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Child Development Behavior Branch
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• Social Affective Development, Child
  Maltreatment Violence
• Developmental Cognitive Psychology, Behavioral
  Neuroscience, Psychobiology
• Behavioral Pediatrics Health Promotion
• Human Learning Learning Disabilities
• Language, Bilingualism Biliteracy Development
  Disorders Adult, Adolescent Family Literacy
• Early Learning School Readiness
• Math Science, Cognition Learning

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Figure 8 Total CDBB Funding, Fiscal Years 2000
Through 2003
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NIH 2003 budget 27 Billion

• NICHD Budget (2003)
• 1.2 Billion
• Over 80 goes to grantee institutions!

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How do I find funding opportunities?

• NIH Guide to Grants and Contracts
• http//grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/index.html
• Behavioral Social Research Guide to Grants at
  the NIH Electronic Mailing List
• http//obssr.od.nih.gov/Publications/BSSR-Guide/in
  dex.htm
• Selected from NIH Guide to Grants and Contracts
• Every 4 to 6 weeks
• OBSSR RCT HomePage
• http//obssr.od.nih.gov/Conf_Wkshp/RCT/RCT_Links.h
  tm

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Requests for Applications (RFA)
Announcement describing an institute initiative
in a well-defined scientific area Invitation to
the field to submit research grant applications
for a one-time competition Set-aside of funds for
a certain number of awards Applications generally
reviewed within the issuing institute
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Program Announcement (PA)
Invites grant applications in a given research
area May describe new or expanded interest in a
particular extramural program May be a reminder
of a continuing interest in a particular
extramural program Generally has no funds set
aside Applications reviewed in CSR along with
unsolicited grant applications