NIH Funding Opportunities for Economists

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NIH Funding Opportunitiesfor Economists

• C-FARE Session
• AAEA Annual MeetingMontreal
• July 26, 2003
• Rachel A. Nugent, Ph.D.
• Fogarty International Center
• National Institutes of Health

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Overview of Presentation

• Opening the black box what is NIH?
• Why consider applying for funding at NIH?
• What to do before applying
• After you apply
• Opportunities for economists at NIH
• Contact me with questions

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Why apply for funding at NIH?

• New emphasis on social and behavioral research
• Increase in inter-disciplinary research
• 2.5 billion in behavioral and social science
  research throughout NIH

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How NIH grant funding works

• 80 investigator-initiated proposals
• Three deadlines per year on a revolving basis
• Fixed receipt dates Feb 1, June 1, Oct 1
• 20 respond to solicitations PAs and RFAs
• Referred to appropriate IC and peer reviewed
• IC determines funding line

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Main types of research grants for
investigators

• R01 - Research Project Grant
• R03 - Small Grant
• R21 Planning Grant
• K01 Research Career Development Award

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Special funding initiatives

• RFA Request for Applications
• PA Program Announcement
• How NIH asks researchers to consider certain
  topics or areas
• Also how NIH notifies researchers that funding
  mechanisms (e.g., R03s) are available

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RFA versus PA
RFA PA
Funds set aside for projects? Yes Usually not
Special application deadlines? Yes Usually not
How long active? Until deadline 3 years
Special review panel? Often Usually not
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Is it worth the effort?

• True, NIH is very competitive
• Grant applications are demanding
• Most senior NIH researchers failed initially, but
  eventually succeeded
• But, you control the science
• NIH support is generous and prestigious

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Things to do before applying

• Identify target IC and relevant program staff
• Get advice from program staff about research plan
  and funding mechanisms
• Review the website for
• Research recently funded
• Current RFAs and PAs
• Information for applicants

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CRISP

• Computer Retrieval of Information on Scientific
  Projects Database of federally-funded biomedical
  research
• National Institutes of Health (NIH),
• Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services
  (SAMHSA),
• Health Resources and Services Administration
  (HRSA),
• Food and Drug Administration (FDA),
• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
  (CDCP),
• Agency for Health Care Research and Quality
  (AHRQ),
• Office of Assistant Secretary of Health (OASH).

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Use CRISP to

• Search for scientific concepts, emerging trends
  and techniques
• Search for funded grant abstracts
• Find NIH institutes interested in your area
• Find the NIH study section that reviews
  applications in your research area

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NIH HOME PAGE
http//www.nih.gov
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GRANTS PAGE
Watch for the GUIDE in a later slide
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CRISP HOME PAGE
http//crisp.cit.nih.gov
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CRISP SEARCH
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CRISP RESULTS
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CRISP ABSTRACT
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• http//grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/index.html

http//grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/index.html
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Do more digging

• Find NIH grantees and ask them for
• Successful applications
• Successful summary statements
• Unsuccessful summary statements
• Summary statement is the written critique from
  the peer review, called pink sheet

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Additional preparation (cont.)

• Work with a researcher who has been through the
  NIH process
• Choose the right topic
• Something you know
• Something you are recognized for
• Dont go beyond what you can do

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Study the study section

• Look up the rosters of recent study sections
• Center for Scientific Review
• www.csr.nih.gov/Committees/rosterindex.asp
• IC-specific Divisions of Scientific Review
• Ascertain what study section will review your
  proposal
• Talk to the program officer about the study
  section if you have any concerns

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NIH Review System

• What do the reviewers want to determine?
• SCIENTIFIC CREDIBILITY
• What does the IC want to determine?
• WILL THE WORK HAVE IMPACT AND BE SUCCESSFUL IF
  FUNDED
• Who reviews?
• Center for Scientific Review
• Institutes own review panels
• Special Emphasis Panel

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How Does the Application Flow Through the System?

• Comes into CSR
• gt65,000
• applications per year
• gt500,000,000
• pieces of paper

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Panel-Make Up

• Scientific Review Administrator (SRA)
• Chairperson
• Panel Members
• First, second and third reviewers

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Review, funding decision, and after

• Wait for your priority score and summary
  statement
• Contact the program officer with questions
• If unsuccessful, consider an appeal or
  reapplication
• If successful, fulfill ALL your promises, stay in
  touch with your program officer

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Human Subject Concerns

• http//ohrp.osophs.dhhs.gov/index.html
• Federal Wide Assurance (FWA)
• The Federal Policy (Common Rule) for the
  protection of human subjects at Section 103(a)
  requires that each institution "engaged" in
  Federally-supported human subject research file
  an "Assurance" of protection for human subjects.
  The requirement to file an Assurance includes
  both "awardee" and collaborating "performance
  site" institutions.

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Whats inside the black box for economists?

• National Institute for Child Health and
  Development
• National Institute on Aging
• Office of Behavioral and Social Science
  Research/OD
• Fogarty International Center
• National Institute on Drug Abuse
• National Institute on Alcoholism and Alcohol
  Abuse
• National Institute of Mental Health

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NICHD Demographic and Behavioral Sciences Branch

• Economist Jeff Evans, Ph.D.
• Economic Demography
• Intergenerational Transactions
• https//www.nichd.nih.gov/about/cpr/dbs.htm
• http//www.nichd.nih.gov/about/cpr/dbs/htmstaff

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NICHD (cont.)

• Demographer Rebecca Clark, Ph.D.
• Population and environment
• Immigration
• Population movement
• Demographic Methods
• http//grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-98
  -098.html
• http//grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-95-
  036.html

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NIA Behavioral and Social Research

• Associate Director Richard Suzman, Ph.D.
• Individual Behavioral Processes
• Population and Social Processes
• Demography and Epidemiology
• Health and Retirement
• Health and Social Institutions
• http//www.nia.nih.gov/research/extramural/behavio
  r/programs.htm

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OBSSR Behavioral and Social Science Research

• Chief Virginia Cain, Ph.D.
• Methodology and Measurement in Social Science
  (PA-02-072)
• http//grants1.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-02
  -072.html
• Social and Cultural Dimensions of Health
  (PA-02-043)
• http//grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-02-
  043.html

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Fogarty International Center, NIH

• MissionPromote and support scientific research
  and training internationally to reduce
  disparities in global health.
• Science for Global Health

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Fogarty International Center

• International Studies in Health and Economic
  Development (ISHED)
• http//grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-T
  W-01-001.html
• Health, environment and economic development
  (HEED)
• http//grants2.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-
  TW-03-005.html
• International Research Scientist Development
  Award (IRSDA) K01
• http//grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-02
  -041.htm

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International Studies in Health and Economic
Development

• Purpose R01 research grants to examine and
  establish the scientific basis for linkages
  between health and economics including
  microeconomic behavior, health systems analysis,
  health financing, macroeconomic impacts and
  measures

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International Studies in Health and Economic
Development

• 11 research grants in FY 2001-2005, 5 full awards
  and 6 development awards
• Examining links between health and economic
  outcomes
• 4 of the full awards examine impacts of nutrition
  on cognitive and economic outcomes

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ISHED (cont.)

• 3 awards examining impact of HIV/AIDS on economic
  outcomes
• Other studies looking at impacts of iron
  supplementation, micronutrient deficiency and
  education intervention on multiple physical and
  economic pathways

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Health, Environment and Economic Development
(HEED)

• Objective support interdisciplinary,
  international research collaborations on the
  linkages among health, environment, and
  development in developing countries

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3 million children die from environmentally
related causes each year.
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Over 800 million people in the world are food
insecure.
Over 1 million people die each year from
work-related diseases and injuries.
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80-90 of diahhreal cases are related to
environmental degradation.
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By 2006, more than 50 of the worlds population
will live in urban areas.
Children in mega-cities receive 2-8 times WHO
guidelines for air pollutants.
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2-3.5 billion people in developing countries
rely on traditional fuels for cooking and
heating.
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Inappropriate livestock-rearing practices lead to
zoonotic disease and antibiotic resistance.
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Program Highlights
Health, Environment and Economic Development
(HEED)

• Developmental grants in 2003
• Full research grants in 2005-6
• Strong research capacity building
• Policy relevance and dissemination plans
• Evaluation of impacts

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HEED Topics
Health, Environment and Economic Development
(HEED)

• Health Environmental Impacts of a Major
  Pipeline Project in Chad
• Ecological Approach to Malaria Control in Brazil
• Reducing SO2 Emissions in Taiyuan, China
• Air Quality, Respiratory Health and Industrial
  Zoning in Delhi

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HEED Topics
Health, Environment and Economic Development
(HEED)

• Factors Associated with the Use of Pesticides in
  southern Africa
• Water Privatization Policies and Health in Chile
• Impact of Leishmaniasis on HEED in Tunisia

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Career Development Award K01

• Open to U.S. post-docs and junior faculty
• Four years of salary support to develop global
  health research career
• Develop a mentored training and research plan
• Exs Evaluation of Progresa program, economic
  impact of AIDS funerals, transmission of SFV
  through bushmeat

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growing Issue Obesity

• NIH Task Force formed in April 2003 to design
  obesity research agenda
• Issue will receive substantial funding
• Trans-NIH and cross-disciplinary

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Building a Framework for Organizing and
Coordinating Obesity Research Activities

• Identification of genetic, behavioral and
  environmental factors causing obesity
• Understanding pathogenesis of obesity and its
  comorbidities
• Prevention and treatment of obesity
• Policy, health services, economics, translation
  to practice
• Enabling technologies
• Development of multi-disciplinary research teams

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NIH Obesity Research Outcome Goals (Draft 6/03)
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Some Sources of Information on NIH Grant Writing

• http//www.niaid.nih.gov/ncn/grants/default.htm
• http//www.nigms.nih.gov/funding/tips.html
• http//www.niddk.nih.gov/fund/grants_process/grant
  writing.htm
• http//deainfo.nci.nih.gov/EXTRA/EXTDOCS/gntapp.ht
  m
• http//www.drugabuse.gov/Funding/Grantapps.html
• http//www.nigms.nih.gov/funding/tips.html
• http//grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/notice-files/no
  t97-010.html

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Feel free to contact

• Program officer Dr. Rachel Nugent
• nugentra_at_mail.nih.gov
• 301-496-8733
• For further information http//www.nih.gov/fic/pr
  ograms/econ.html