NIH T-35 Application

1. NIH T-35 Application Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award Short-Term Institutional Research Training Grants http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-11-185.html

2. NIH T-35 Application – PA-11-185 Overall goal: To develop and/or enhance research training opportunities for individuals interested in careers in biomedical, behavioral and clinical research. Duration: Up to five years, however trainees selected for short-term training program are required to pursue training for 2-3 months, full time. Research Training Activities: • Basic biomedical or clinical sciences • Behavioral or social sciences • Health Services Research • Any other discipline relevant to the NIH mission Training Program Director/Principle Investigator (PD/PI) responsible for: • Selection and appointment of trainees • Overall direction, management, administration and evaluation of the program • Monitoring and assessing the program • Submit all required documents and reports Awards: • Cost of stipends as subsistence allowances for living expenses during training • Research supplies, tuition, fees, certain types of travel (scientific meetings) , health insurance, administrative costs related to training • Does not cover: transportation expenses (i.e. to/from residence to institution)

3. NIH T-35 Application – PA-11-185 Components of Participating Organizations: National Eye Institute (NEI): http://www.nei.nih.gov/ National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI): http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/ National Institute on Aging (NIA): http://www.nia.nih.gov/ National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA): http://www.niaaa.nih.gov/ National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID): http://www.niaid.nih.gov/ National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering (NIBIB): http://www.nibib.nih.gov/ National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD): http://www.nidcd.nih.gov/ National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK): http://www2.niddk.nih.gov/ National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS): http://www.niehs.nih.gov/ National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (NCCAM): http://www.nccam.nih.gov/ National Center for Research Resources (NCRR): http://www.ncrr.nih.gov/ Office of Dietary Supplements (ODS): http://ods.od.nih.gov/ • Special Note: Because of the differences in individual Institute and Center (IC) program requirements for this FOA, prospective applicants MUST consult the Table of IC-Specific Information, Requirements and Staff Contacts, to make sure that their application is appropriate for one of the participating NIH ICs. Prior consultation with NIH staff is strongly encouraged.. Table of IC-Specific Information, Requirements and Staff Contacts: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/contacts/parent_T35.html

4. NIH T-35 Application – PA-11-185 • Release Date:  March 25, 2011 Letters of Intent Receipt Date(s): Not Applicable Application Receipt Dates(s): Standard dates apply http://grants1.nih.gov/grants/funding/submissionschedule.htm • Peer Review Date(s): Standard dates apply http://grants1.nih.gov/grants/funding/submissionschedule.htm • Council Review Date(s): Standard dates apply http://grants1.nih.gov/grants/funding/submissionschedule.htm • Earliest Anticipated Start Date: Standard dates apply http://grants1.nih.gov/grants/funding/submissionschedule.htm

5. NIH T-35 Application – PA-11-185 Mentors should have: • strong records as researchers, including successful competition for research support in the area of the proposed research training program.  • past record of research training • successful former trainees who have establishing productive scientific careers.  Researchers from diverse backgrounds, including racial and ethnic minorities, persons with disabilities, and women are encouraged to participate as mentors.

6. NIH T-35 Application – PA-11-185 • The individual to be trained must be a citizen or a noncitizen national of the United States or have been lawfully admitted for permanent residence at the time of appointment. • Trainees are required to pursue research training for 2-3 months on a full-time basis devoting at least 40 hours per week or as specified by the sponsoring institution in accordance with its own policies, to the program. • Within the full time training period, research trainees in clinical areas must devote their time to the proposed research training and must confine clinical and other duties to those that are an integral part of the research training experience. • Successful trainees may be appointed for additional periods of short-term training, or when appropriate, they may be encouraged to enter an extended period of full-time training supported by an NRSA training grant or fellowship or an NIH career development award. Additional details on citizenship, training period, and aggregate duration of support are available in the NIH Grants Policy Statement. • NRSA institutional short-term training grants are intended to introduce pre-doctorates and post-doctorates to research that would not otherwise be available through their regular course of graduate study. • Short-term training is not intended, and may not be used, to support activities that would ordinarily be part of a research degree program or any undergraduate training. Positions on NRSA short-term institutional training grants may not be used for courses and study leading to an M.D., D.D.S. D.O., D.V.M., or other clinical, health professional degree, nor do they support residency training. Research elective credit may be granted for students who complete a short-term research training experience supported by the T35.  • The decision to award elective credit will be at the discretion of the sponsoring institution and must be consistent with the policies of the institution.  Any additional costs associated with the decision to allow research elective credit may not be charged to the T35.

7. NIH T-35 Application – PA-11-185 • Trainees appointed to the short-term research training program must have the opportunity to carry out supervised biomedical, behavioral, or clinical research with the primary objective of developing or enhancing their research skills and knowledge in preparation for a health-related research career.  • Trainees must be able to commit full-time effort, normally defined as 40 hours per week or as specified by the sponsoring institution in accordance with its own policies, to the program and its related research activities, consonant with NRSA guidelines. Within the full-time training period, research trainees who are also training as clinicians must devote their time to the proposed research training and must confine clinical duties to those that are an integral part of the research training experience. • A Kirschstein-NRSA institutional research training grant must be used to support a program of full-time research training.  It may not be used to support undergraduate level training or studies leading to the M.D., D.D.S., or other clinical, health-professional training except when those studies are part of a formal combined research degree program, such as the M.D./Ph.D.  Similarly, trainees may not accept NRSA support for clinical training that is part of residency training leading to clinical certification in a medical or dental specialty or subspecialty.  It is permissible and encouraged, however, for clinicians to engage in NRSA-supported full-time postdoctoral research training even when that experience is creditable toward certification by a clinical specialty or subspecialty board.