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Working with and Developing Proposals for the
Health Resources and Services Administration and
the National Institutes of Health
Presentation for Troy State University February
24-25, 2005
Grants Resource Center American Association of
State Colleges and Universities
Mimi Tangum, Director Ariel Herman, Program
Advisor
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Health Resources and Services Administration
(HRSA)

• Supports education training programs that
  promote a health care workforce with competencies
  skills needed to deliver cost-effective quality
  care education programs to meet the needs of
  vulnerable populations
• Seeks to improve cultural diversity in the health
  professions, to monitor relevant systems of
  health professions education in response to
  changing demands of the marketplace.
• Five Bureaus at HRSA (Health Professions
  (includes Division of Nursing) Maternal and
  Child Health Primary Health Care HIV/AIDS and
  Special Programs)
• http//www.hrsa.gov/grants/preview/default.htm

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HRSA Bureaus Most Likely to Fund Universities

• Bureau of Health Professions (BHP)
• Mission Improve the health status of the
  population by providing national leadership in
  the development, distribution and retention of a
  diverse, culturally competent health workforce
  that provides the highest quality care for all.
• Improve access to a diverse and culturally
  competent and sensitive health professions
  workforce.
• Maternal and Child Health Bureau MCH)
• Supports programs to improve access to
  comprehensive, culturally sensitive, quality
  health care for all women, infants, children,
  adolescents and their families, including fathers
  and their children with special health care needs.

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BHP Funding Opportunities (Nursing)

• Nurse Education, Practice and Retention Grants
• Supports projects that strengthen enhance the
  capacity for nurse education, practice
  retention to address the nursing shortage.
  Preference given to projects that will
  substantially benefit rural or underserved
  populations, or help meet public health nursing
  needs in state or local health departments. In FY
  05, up to 16.72 million is available to fund an
  estimated 66 awards. Last deadline
  12/3/04usually same each year
• Nursing Workforce Diversity Grants
• Grants awarded to increase nursing education
  opportunities for individuals from disadvantaged
  backgrounds by providing student scholarships or
  stipends, pre-entry preparation, retention
  activities. Eligiblity schools of nursing,
  nursing centers, academic health centers, other
  public or private non-profits. In FY 05, 33
  grants will be awarded, averaging 273,000. Last
  deadline 12/3/04
• http//bhpr.hrsa.gov/nursing/

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BHP Funding Opportunities (contd)

• Health Careers Opportunity Program (HCOP)
• Supports public private non-profit health
  professions schools training programs that
  provide students from disadvantaged backgrounds
  with opportunities to develop the skills needed
  to become professionals.
• Projects can include identification,
  recruitment, selection efforts facilitation of
  entry into training counseling, mentoring
  other services pre-entry training financial aid
  outreach, scholarships stipends work/study
  with community-based primary care providers (last
  deadline 2/21/05usually same time each year).
• http//bhpr.hrsa.gov/diversity/default.htm

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BHP Funding Opportunities, contd

• Bioterrorism Training and Curriculum Development
  Program
• Supports continuing education/training for
  practicing health care providers and enhancement
  of curricula in health professions schools to
  equip a healthcare workforce to deal with
  bioterrorism events. Special consideration given
  for using distance learning methodologies/teleheal
  th. In FY 05, 35 awards expected.
• Deadline 4/5/05
• For More Information Lynn Wegman, 301-443-1648,
  lwegman_at_hrsa.gov

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BHP Funding Opportunities, contd

• Allied Health Project Grants
• Supports health professions schools, academic
  health centers, other public or private
  non-profit entities to establish or expand allied
  health training programs.
• Projects focus on disciplines in short supply or
  high demand for elderly people rapid transition
  training for people with bachelors degrees in
  health sciences career advancement for allied
  health professionals, and student training in
  community-based settings in rural or other
  underserved areas.
• In FY 05, 2.3 million available to make about 18
  awards averaging 125,000.
• deadline 1/25/05deadline usually around same
  time each year
• http//www.hrsa.gov/grants/preview/professions.htm
  hrsa05083

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MCH Funding Opportunity

• Maternal and Child Health Research Program
• Supports maternal child health research
  relating to services which show promise of
  contributing to new knowledge will result in
  health status service improvements in states
  local communities. Funds applied research
  projects, not basic research, that are intended
  to improve health care delivery systems for
  mothers children. In FY 05, 2.8 million is
  available to make about 10 awards.
• ContactHae Young Park, 301-443-2207,
  hpark_at_hrsa.gov 
• Two deadlines a year 3/1/05 and 7/29/05

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National Institutes of Health (NIH)

• Comprised of 27 institutes/centers that fund
  basic biomedical and behavioral research in
  specific disease-related areas, such as cancer,
  heart disease, diabetes, arthritis, and
  infectious diseases.
• Institutes and centers also support research
  relating to a particular focus, such as aging,
  child health, mental health, nursing,
  environmental health, or drug abuse/alcohol abuse
  prevention.
• While all institutes/centers support research in
  the social and behavioral sciences, some do more
  than others, such as the Institutes on Aging,
  Child Health and Human Development, Mental
  Health, Drug Abuse and Alcoholism and Alcohol
  Abuse

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National Institute of Nursing Research

• Individuals encouraged to contact NINR extramural
  program staff to discuss proposed areas of
  investigation.
• Current Research Areas of interest
• Chronic Illness and Long Term Care
• http//ninr.nih.gov/ninr/research/dea/science/chro
  nic.html
• Health Promotion and Risk Reduction
• http//ninr.nih.gov/ninr/research/dea/science/heal
  th_promo.htm
• Cardiopulmonary health and critical care
• http//ninr.nih.gov/ninr/research/dea/science/card
  io.htm

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National Institute of Nursing Research, contd

• Current Research Areas of interest
• Neurofunction and Sensory Conditions
• http//ninr.nih.gov/ninr/research/dea/science/neur
  o.htm
• Immune Responses and Oncology
• http//ninr.nih.gov/ninr/research/dea/science/immu
  ne.htm
• Reproductive Health and Child Health Promotion
• http//ninr.nih.gov/ninr/research/dea/science/repr
  oductive.html
• End of Life and Environmental Contexts
• http//ninr.nih.gov/ninr/research/dea/science/endo
  flife.htm

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Important Fact 1 To Get Funded, You Must Know
your Funding Source (NIH) Inside Out

• NIH says, To write a successful NIH grant
  application, you'll need to understand the NIH
  granting philosophy.
• NIH funding derives from Congress, so it is
  important to understand NIHs current budget
  priorities

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High Priorities

• Health Disparities
• http//healthdisparities.nih.gov/welcome.html
• Obesity
• http//www.obesityresearch.nih.gov/about/about.htm
  
• Heart Disease
• Diabetes
• Aging
• Child Health

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How Research Priorities are Set at NIH

• Often explored through workshops at NIH.
• If the consensus is to further explore an
  existing area of science, then a program
  announcement (PA) for research applications is
  developed. It will be published in the NIH Guide,
  stay open for three years, and usually will have
  the standard NIH deadlines (Feb 1, June 1 and Oct
  1)
• Alternatively, funds may be set aside for hot
  topic research areas. A request for one-time
  only applications (RFA) will be published in the
  NIH Guide with specific deadlines.
• However, most research applications submitted to
  NIH are investigator initiated, and do not
  reference any PA or RFA.

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Important Fact 2 NIH Says It Will Fund Any Area
of Biomedical/Behavioral Science, But

• Since NIH is open to new ideas in all areas of
  biomedical and behavioral science, a good idea is
  always worth talking to NIH about
• Can be submitted for funding as an unsolicited
  application.
• However, NIH institutes and centers identify
  priority research areas as either
• Program Announcements
• suggests applications in ongoing research
  interest for next 3 years, or
• Requests for Applications
• solicits applications for one-time only hot
  topics, has specific deadlines, which are then
  published in the NIH Guide to Grants and
  Contracts
• http//grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/index.html

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Before You Contact NIH

• Check out what NIH has already funded in your
  area(s) of interest
• CRISP (Computer Retrieval of Information on
  Scientific Projects), a searchable database of
  abstracts of all research funded by NIH
  (http//crisp.cit.nih.gov/ ).
• Talk to recent awardees.
• Usually generous with their time and ideas
• Can share their respective funded proposals.
• GRC can facilitate those connections.

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Important Fact 3 Always Contact NIH

• Check NIH institute or center web pages
  (http//www.nih.gov/icd/ ) for the full range of
  program areas and program contacts.
• Pay attention to National Advisory Council
  information--future research agenda often
  discussed.
• Establish a dialogue with NIH program staff
• They want to talk with you.

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BEFORE You Contact NIH

• What is an NIH grant mechanism?
• F-Fellowships K-Career Development N-Research
  Contracts P-Program Project Research Center
  GrantsR-Research Project Grants (good proportion
  of NIHs budget) S-Research-Related Programs
  T-Training Grants U-Cooperative Agreements and
  Y-Interagency Agreements.
• Good descriptions of these mechanisms
• http//www.niaid.nih.gov/ncn/grants/mechan.htm
• http//grants1.nih.gov/grants/funding/funding_prog
  ram.htm

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New Investigators at NIH

• Encouraged to submit traditional research project
  grant (R01) applications, identifying themselves
  on the application face page as a new
  investigatorand also in biosketch.
• Reviewers will specifically be asked to consider
• Approach reviewers will place more emphasis on
  how applicant demonstrates that
  techniques/approaches are feasible
• Investigator reviewers will place more emphasis
  on applicants training and research potential,
  rather than track record and number of
  publications
• Environment reviewers will look for evidence of
  institutional commitment (space and time) to
  perform the research

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AREA Academic Research Enhancement Program (R15)

• For institutions receiving less than 3 million
  per year (over last 7 years) from NIH
• Recognizes role of teaching institutions in
  education of future researchers and practitioners
• Seeks to strengthen undergraduate experience
• Supports meritorious research for new knowledge
  and teaching vitality
• Small award--150,000 total for up to three years
• Applications due 1/25 5/25 and 9/25
• http//grants1.nih.gov/grants/funding/area.htm

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AREA Review Criteria

• AREA uses same review criteria and two-stage peer
  review process as other NIH programs.
• Special considerations regarding the investigator
  and environment are unique to AREA.
• PIs experience must be appropriate for
  supervising students who are conducting research.
• Applicants school or academic component must be
  suitable for an award in terms of likelihood for
  strengthening the research environment and
  exposing more students to research.
• Collaboration acceptable if majority of research
  is conducted at an AREA eligible institution

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AREA Review Criteria (cont.)

• Reviewers will consider two factors to determine
  if a fitting research environment is evident
• Documentation of the availability of
  well-qualified students to assist with the
  proposed research project.
• Evidence that students have pursued, or are
  likely to pursue, meaningful careers in the
  biomedical and behavioral sciences.

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NIH Small Grant Program (R03)

• Faculty from all types of institutions are
  eligible to apply.
• Call before submitting some NIH
  institutes/centers do NOT accept R03
  applications.
• Provides limited funding (usually not more than
  50,000) for a short period of time.
• Examples of the types of projects
• Pilot or feasibility studies
• Secondary analysis of existing data
• Small, self-contained research projects
• Development of research methodology
• Development of new research technology
• http//grants1.nih.gov/grants/funding/r03.htm

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Exploratory/Developmental Research Grant Award
(R21)

• Intended to encourage new, exploratory and
  developmental research projects by providing
  support for the early stages of development
• Such as projects to assess the feasibility of a
  novel area of investigation
• Or an experimental system with potential to
  enhance health-related research.
• Combined budget for direct costs for 2-year
  project 275,000 max.
• http//grants1.nih.gov/grants/funding/r21.htm

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Career Development Awards (K Awards)

• Research training grants for
• Scientists with a research doctorate, or
• Those with a health profession doctorate
• Opportunities from postdoctoral to independent
  scientist
• http//grants.nih.gov/training/careerdevelopmentaw
  ards.htm
• Career Award Wizard is designed to help identify
  an Individual NIH Career Award that might be
  right for the applicant
• http//grants.nih.gov/training/kwizard/index.htm
  

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What is a Modular Budget?

• The Modular Grant format replaces the regular
  research application format for requests up to
  250,000 direct costs per year.
• NOT a grant program. It is a revised application
  and award process for R01, R15 and other kinds of
  awards.
• Applicants request total direct costs in modules
  of 25,000, reflecting appropriate support for
  projects
• Typical modular grant application will request
  the same number of modules in each year.
• Categorical dollar information should NOT be
  provided in the application however, the
  responsibilities for the Principal Investigator
  and all key personnel must be specifically
  described.
• Use PHS-398 (modular budget instructions on p.
  13)
• http//grants.nih.gov/grants/funding/modular/modul
  ar.htm

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PHS-398

• NIHs application form used for all research
  project grants and career awards (K awards)
• If responding to a specific request for
  applications (RFA) or program announcement (PA),
  contact NIH for additional instructions.
• The instructions in the RFA or PA may differ from
  the general instructions in PHS-398 if so, they
  will supersede the general.
• http//grants.nih.gov/grants/funding/phs398/phs398
  .html
• Additional Questions?
• E-mail GrantsInfo_at_nih.gov or 301/435-0174

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What Happens to Your Application?

• Important to understand the two-step peer review
  process at NIHvery different from other federal
  agencies
• http//grants1.nih.gov/grants/peer/peer.htm
• Step One Peer review study sections are managed
  by Institute or Center administrators--list of
  140 standing study sections appears at
  http//www.csr.nih.gov/committees/rosterindex.asp
  
• Each study section has between 12-24 members who
  are primarily from academia
• 60-100 applications reviewed at each study
  section meeting
• Important Always submit a cover letter with your
  application
• Suggest the Integrated Review Group (IRG) study
  section(s) best able to assess your proposals
  merit,
• State Institute or Center most likely to fund it
  
• Cite whom at NIH you have been talking to.

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PEER REVIEW AT NIH

• Peer review is the essence of what NIH is all
  about
• http//www.csr.nih.gov/review/policy.asp
• New video on peer review at NIH
• http//www.csr.nih.gov/Video/Video.asp
• After initial review, a second level of peer
  review is done by NIH Institute or Center
  (National Advisory Councils)
• Final decisions depend on Institutes or Centers
  total research portfolio, type of grant, grant
  size, and grantee (newer investigator, minority,
  woman, etc.).

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NIH Review Criteria

• Significance Does the study address an important
  problem? How will scientific knowledge or
  clinical practice be advanced? What will be the
  effect of these studies on the concepts, methods,
  technologies, treatments, services, or
  preventative interventions that drive this field?
  
• Approach Are the conceptual or clinical
  framework, design, methods, and analyses
  adequately developed, well integrated, well
  reasoned, and appropriate to the aims of the
  project? Does the applicant acknowledge potential
  problem areas and consider alternative tactics?
• Innovation Is the project original and
  innovative? For example Does the project
  challenge existing paradigms or clinical
  practice address an innovative hypothesis or
  critical barrier to progress in the field? Does
  the project develop or employ novel concepts,
  approaches, methodologies, tools, or technologies
  for this area?

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NIH Review Criteria (ctd)

• Investigators Are the investigators
  appropriately trained and well suited to carry
  out this work? Is the proposed work appropriate
  to the experience level of the principal
  investigator and other researchers? Does the
  investigative team bring complementary and
  integrated expertise to the project (if
  applicable)?
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• Environment Does the scientific environment in
  which the work will be done contribute to the
  probability of success? Do the proposed studies
  benefit from unique features of the scientific
  environment, or subject populations, or employ
  useful collaborative arrangements? Is there
  evidence of institutional support?

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Other Helpful NIH Web sites

• NIH Grants Policy Statement
• http//www.grants.nih.gov/grants/policy/nihgps_20
  03/
• Success Rates by Institute and Award
• http//grants2.nih.gov/grants/award/success.htm
• Forms and Applications
• http//grants1.nih.gov/grants/forms.htm
• Electronic Applications (not quite there yet!)
• http//grants1.nih.gov/grants/era/era.htm

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Contact Us
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Association of State Colleges and
Universities 1307 New York Avenue, NW, Fifth
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Director Office of Sponsored Programs
enfinger_at_troyst.edu