Institutional National Research Service Award (T32)
(Graduate Students)
This award enables research institutions to support predoctoral
research training in specific areas and fields of shortage.
Selection of institutions is by national competition; trainees
are selected through local review procedures established by
the program director at the grantee institution. Trainees are
required to pursue their research training full-time, and trainees
in clinical areas are expected to confine their clinical duties
to those that are part of their research training. Trainees
must be U.S. citizens, noncitizen nationals, or legal permanent
residents of the U.S. Persons on temporary or student visas
are not eligible.
At the time of appointment, trainees must have received a
baccalaureate degree and must be training at the graduate
level in a program leading to the Ph.D., Sc.D., or other equivalent
degree. Trainees who wish to interrupt their medical, dental,
veterinary, or other professional school studies to engage
in full-time research training before completing their professional
degrees are also eligible. These awards do not support study
leading to the M.D., D.O., D.D.S., or other similar professional
degrees, nor do they support residency training.
Institutional grants are renewable, through competition,
for up to 5 years.
"Per NIH policy, investigators requesting more than $500,000
direct costs in any given year must receive prior approval
from the Institute before submitting an application. Guidelines
for requesting approval can be found at the following URL:
http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/funding/policies/500kweb.htm
Who is eligible? U.S. research institutions
The opportunities? Research training
Duration of support? Full-time for up to 5 years
Where? At U.S. institution receiving the award
Applications due?
- January 25 - The NHLBI will accept all
types of competing T32 applications (new, renewal/competing
continuation, resubmission/amended) on this date.
- May 25 - This date has been eliminated;
after 5/25/07 no T32 applications of any type will
be accepted.
- September 25 - Only resubmission/amended
T32 applications will be accepted on this date.
The program is announced annually in the NIH Guide to
Grants and Contracts available by subscription or by accessing
the NIH
Website. Previous announcements can be used to
prepare draft applications since the program requirements
and receipt dates do not change significantly from year to
year.
The most
recent announcement can be found at the following URL:
http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-06-468.html.
For additional information specific to the National Heart,
Lung, and Blood Institute T32 awards, please see the NHLBI
Supplemental Guidelines and Other Related Documents to the
Institutional National Research Service Award (NRSA) Application
(T32).
The NHLBI Website also lists training programs under the
category Request for Applications/Proposals
& Program Announcements through the application receipt
date.
Please note that the links indicated above are for two
different websites. To return to the NHLBI Research Training
and Career Development website, use the Internet navigation
"Back" button.
Stipend: Current
stipend and training-related expense levels for National
Research Service Awards (NRSA) trainees are available at:
http://grants.nih.gov/training/nrsa.htm. Other allowable costs
are tuition,
fees, health insurance, and travel to scientific meetings
("Notice of New NIH Policy for Funding of Tuition, Fees,
and Health Insurance on Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research
Service Awards" available at: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/notice-files/NOT-OD-06-093.html).
How to apply: Institutions apply to the NIH using
application form PHS 398. The form is available at http://grants.nih.gov/grants/funding/phs398/phs398.html.
For further assistance contact:
Grants Information
Telephone (301) 435-0714
Email: grantsinfo@nih.gov.
Institutions should send the signed original and five complete
photocopies of the application (with full Appendix materials)
to:
Center for Scientific Review
National Institutes of Health
Two Rockledge Center, Room 1040
6701 Rockledge Drive, MSC 7710
Bethesda, Maryland 20892-7710 (U.S. Postal Service Express
or regular mail)
Bethesda, Maryland 20817 (for express/courier service; non-USPS
service)
One additional signed complete photocopy (with full Appendix
material) of the application should be sent to:
Chief, Review Branch
Division of Extramural Research Affairs
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute
6701 Rockledge Drive, MSC 7924
Bethesda, Maryland 20892-7924
Bethesda, Maryland 20817 (for express mail)
Phone: (301) 435-0270
FAX: (301) 480-0730
Email:
Chief, Review Branch
Please contact the following NHLBI staff member if you
have questions about this award:
Michael Commarato, Ph.D.
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute
Two Rockledge Center, Room 8140
6701 Rockledge Drive, MSC 7940
Bethesda, Maryland 20892-7940
Phone: (301) 435-0535
FAX: (301) 480-7971
Email:
CommaraM@nhlbi.nih.gov
Revised: May 2007
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