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Research funding options
For what purpose: By eligibility
Funding your Research Career Research studies Doctoral students
Research career only
training US citizens only
NRSA and beyond Research program Post-doctoral only
Office for Nursing Research development
October 2007
What is an NRSA (Ruth L. Kirschstein
Individual National Research Service Award)?
Is there an NRSA proposal in Individual pre-doctoral fellowship
your future? Designated as F31 in federal code
Up to 5 years support for research
training (including dissertation)
National Research Service Awards Stipend
(NRSA) Tuition, fees & health insurance
F31 Fellowships from NIH Institutional allowance
Research supplies, equipment, texts, travel
Eligibility Career Cascade
US citizen, non-citizen national or
permanent resident by time of award Senior Scientist
K05
Enrolled or accepted to a doctoral p
Independent Scientist
K02
RO1 Grants
O G a ts Midcareer Investigator POR
K24
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program Mentored Research Scientist
K01
Mentored Clinical Scientist
Development Award
K08
Registered Nurse (for NINR only) Career Transition Award
K22
Mentored Patient-Oriented Research
K23
Individual Pre/post doc Institutional Pre/post doc Individual NRSA Pre/post doc Institutional NRSA Pre/post doc
F31/32 T32 F31/32 T32
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NIH Research Training Budget Pre-Doctoral and Post-Doctoral Training Positions as
(Thousands) Percentages of All NIH Training Positions
Fiscal Years 1976 – 2001* Fiscal Years 1976 - 2001
$600,000
$500,000
55%
Pre-Doctoral
$400,000
50%
Current Dollars Post-Doctoral
$300,000
$200,000 45%
$100,000
Constant Dollars**
40%
$0 '76 '78 '80 '82 '84 '86 '88 '90 '92 '94 '96 '98 '00
'76 '81 '86 '91 '96 '01 ADAMHA merged with NIH in October, 1992.
*ADAMHA merged with NIH in 10/92 **Adjust ed using the Biomedical Research and Development Price Index (BRDPI)
Institute and Center Research Training Budgets as a
Number of Fellowship (F31) Applications Reviewed and Awarded Percentage of Their Total Budget
Fiscal Years 1990 – 2001 Fiscal Year 2001
700 10.00%
NINR
Received
600
Awarded 8.00%
500
400 6.00%
300
200 4.00%
100
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Currently funded NRSA Applying for an NRSA Grant
Cecelia Roscigno - Sample of previously
Children's Experiences funded & finished
Finding the match
Following Traumatic With a faculty sponsor
Brain Injury (NINR) Kristen Cloyes: Mental
Lynn Reinke – End of Illness in Super-
p With a funding institution and their
life caring needs for Maximum Security
Prison Units: B program
patients with COPD
(NINR) Jamie Goldstein-Shirley: Mechanics – getting the forms filled out
Mary Taylor – End-of-Life Decision-
Integrating Yoga into Making:Beyond the Timing and supports
diabetes self- Autonomy Model
management (NCCAM)
Sandra Jolley: Prenatal
Patience and perseverance
risk for post-partum
depression
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Matchmaking & Grant Writing Balance
Fit – science and faculty sponsor
Training
Fit – funding source & your career level Research
Program
Plan
Fit – your science and their priorities
Fit – your writing & their review criteria
Fit – your proposal & their application
format
Helpful guides Helpful guides (2)
Quick guide for grant applications Parker B, Steeves R. (2005) "The National
(Office of Behavioral and Social Science Research Service Award: Strategies for
Research) developing a successful proposal." J Prof
http://deainfo.nci.nih.gov/EXTRA/EXTDOCS/gntapp.htm b ( ) (go
Nurs. Jan-Feb;21(1):23-31. ( to online l
journals in healthlinks, or click on pubmed
Qualitative methods in health (OBSSR
link in ONR website)
publications)
researchhttp://obssr.od.nih.gov/news/publications.html (click on Grant aids, UWSON website
title) http://www.son.washington.edu/research/int
ernal/GrantInformation/GrantInformation.asp
Writing with an eye to the review Review criteria - candidate
Candidate
Review categories
Previous undergraduate and graduate education,
Candidate degrees, and academic performance;
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Relevant research experience, awards and honors, ,
Research training plan professional training, and publications;
Research proposal Evidence of the candidate's commitment to a
research career;
Sponsor Letters of reference regarding the candidate's
qualifications, commitment, and scientific potential
Institutional commitment, resources
Review criteria can be found in the NRSA program announcement:
http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-05-091.html
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Review criteria – research
Review criteria – training plan proposal
Research Training Plan Research Proposal
Clarity, specificity, justification for the candidate's proposed Clarity, specificity, and scientific significance of the
research training needs
candidate's stated research interests, questions, and
Adequacy of the objectives, design, and components of the
research training plan for meeting research training needs, objectives;
i l di coursework and individualized supervised research
including k d i di id li d i d h Organization, coherence, and thoroughness of the
O i ti h d th h f th
experiences; candidate's critical review and synthesis of the
Adequacy of plans to provide training in the responsible conduct literature in support of the stated research interests,
of scientific research; questions, and objectives;
(Candidacy students: names of dissertation committee members
and the relevance of their expertise to the research training Adequacy and feasibility of the proposed research
plan); design, including
Potential of proposed research training to lead the candidate to methods, measures, procedures, sample composition,
a productive research career in scientific areas related to the subject recruitment, and data analytic plans.
NINR mission Details and specificity of the research design should be
commensurate with the candidate's level of research
experience, training, and completed coursework;
Review criteria – Institutional
Review criteria – Sponsor environment, commitment
Sponsor
Qualifications of the sponsor as researcher, including Adequacy of research training environment
history of publications, successful competition for Level of institution’s commitment to research training, career
research support development
G d f between research i t
Goodness of fit b t t f
h interests of (labs, courses,
Quality of facilities (labs courses computer access subject
access,
access for example
candidate & scientific expertise, experience of
sponsor(s) Availability of other research support
Evidence of sponsor’s understanding of candidate’s
research training needs, ability to assist in meeting
needs [judged from sponsor statement]
Past research training record of sponsor
Review criteria – human subjects Mechanics
Adequacy of plans for the protection of Use the Public Health Service (PHS)
human subjects, animals, and the 416-1 form – copies online at ONR
environment, to the extent they may be
website:
d l ff db h h
adversely affected by the research proposed;d
Adequacy of plans to include women, Full set of useful information on
children and minorities as subjects in SON ONR website (including this
research, if applicable slide show):
http://www.son.washington.edu/research/internal/Gr
Data and safety monitoring plan if clinical antInformation/phs416/phs416.asp
intervention
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Mechanics - 2 Important Details
Start working with your faculty sponsor Read the CURRENT program announcement
WELL in advance of deadlines (4-6 and directions
months) Carefully
Several times
You may request ONR to help you set Reference letters
up a design or draft review (“modeling
Description of program – individualized to
party”) your research training. This part of the
Resources for ‘standard’ text (SON sponsor statement but you should write a lot
intranet) of it
Plans to receive instruction in responsible
conduct of research – be specific
Instruction in Responsible
Conduct of Research Important Details - 2
Role seminar Human Subjects
On being a scientist: Responsible Indicate you will use just-in-time process
conduct in research Start on human subjects application right
http://www.nap.edu/catalog/4917.html away (either full application or approval in
Summer Biomedical Research Integrity series principal)
3-5 public lectures Clinical research – data safety, etc
Small group interdisciplinary case discussions
Winding through the bureaucracy Patience & Perseverance
Electronic routing and signatures from your 9 month wait to hear how you did
sponsor’s department
Smile while you revise
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Electronic routing and signature from the
Associate Dean for Research We do “remodeling parties” also
Real signatures from grants and contracts Enjoy your grant when it comes
Grants specialist in ONR will help with how to
make this all happen
Getting it mailed
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All doctoral students
So, what if you aren’t eligible for Hester McClaws fund
federal support? Up to $3500 for dissertation support
Apply through Associate Dean for
Academic Services
Other sources of grant funding for Candidate, with approved proposal
pre and post-doctoral people Abstract, endorsement by supervisory
committee chair
Budget
Pre and post doctoral – external
small grants ($5000-15,000) How to find small grant funds
Sigma Theta Tau International Search Community of Science (COS) through
http://www.nursingsociety.org/research/main.html UW office of research link
Local, Psi chapter-at-large http://www.washington.edu/research/cos/index.html
National, international Often on ONR website when calls come out
American Nurses Foundation Search specific organization website
http://www.anfonline.org/
Submit through UW with your supervisory
Tri-service nursing (active, reserve armed
chair as sponsor/PI of record for UW
forces only)
Specialty nursing organizations
Post-doctoral only
SON internal Research Intramural Funding
Program (RIFP) if connected to faculty
research and will build to ongoing program
Intramural UW funding that can be completed
during period of appointment (examples:
Alcohol & Drug Abuse Institute, some
Research Royalty Fund)
Extramural small grant funding that can be
completed during period of post-doc
appointment (see all the examples on prior
slides)
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