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NIH Academic Research Enhancement Award (AREA) Grants (R15) SOT 2010
Mike Humble, PhD
Program Administrator
Division of Extramural Research and Training (DERT)
National Institute of Environmental Health Science (NIEHS)
National Institutes of Health (NIH)
Dept of Health & Human Services (DHHS)
NIH Academic Research Enhancement Award (AREA) Grants (R15) SOT 2010
Mike Humble, PhD
Program Administrator
Division of Extramural Research and Training (DERT)
National Institute of Environmental Health Science (NIEHS)
National Institutes of Health (NIH)
Dept of Health & Human Services (DHHS)
The National Institute of Environmental Health SciencesThe National Institutes of Health
NIH and NIEHS
NIH R15 AREA Grants
NIH Review Process
OvervieOvervieww
NIH consists of 27 Institutes and Centers
= Extramural only
NEI
NCI
NHLBI
NLM NINDS
NIMH
NIAMS
NINR
NCCAM
CIT
CC
NHGRI
NIA
NIAAANIAID
NICHD
NIDCD
NIDCR
NIDDK
NIDA
NIEHS
OD
NIGMSNCRR
NIBIBNCMHD
FIC CSR
NIEHS -- National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences
Human health and human disease result from three interactive elements:
environmental factors
individual susceptibility
age
The mission of the NIEHS is to reduce the burden of human illness and dysfunction from environmental causes by understanding each of these elements and how they interrelate.
Grant Mechanisms“R”: Research Project
R01: Reseach GrantR03: Small Research GrantsR15: AREA GrantsR21: Exploratory/Developmental GrantsR43: Small Business Innovation Research
“P”: Multi-component projects
P01: Program ProjectsP30 & P50: Center Grants
“T”: Institutional
Training
T32: Institutional Training GrantsT35: Short-term Training
“F”: Individual
Fellowships (NRSA)
F30: MD/PhD Predoctoral FellowshipF31: Diversity Predoctoral FellowshipF32: Postdoctoral Fellowships
“K”: Career
Development
K99/R00: Pathways to Independence AwardK08: Mentored Clinical Scientist Develop AwardK12: Institutional Career Develop Program
Although there are many mechanisms, not all mechanisms are available at all Institutes under all
circumstances.
NIH Academic Research Enhancement Award Grants
“AREA” Grants (R15)
Since Fiscal Year 1985, Congressional appropriations for the NIH have included funds for AREA program.
It was realized that a significant number of the Nation’s research scientists earn their baccalaureate and/or advanced degrees at educational intuitions that have not been major recipients of NIH support.
The AREA grant program creates an opportunity for scientists and institutions otherwise unlikely to participate extensively in NIH programs, to contribute to the Nation's overall biomedical and behavioral research effort.
AREA grants support small-scale health-related research projects proposed by faculty members of eligible, domestic institutions.
NIH Academic Research Enhancement Award (AREA) Grants (R15)
The three goals of the AREA program are:
to support meritorious research
to strengthen the research environment of the educational institution
to expose students to research.
Students will benefit from participating on research projects and will be encouraged to continue studies in the biomedical sciences.
The AREA grant is a research award and not a training award.
The focus of the proposal/project should be on hands-on meritorious research, and not on course work, training plans, or training objectives.
NIH AREA Grants (R15)
AREA grants support small-scale, new or renewal, projects in biomedical and behavioral research, including:
pilot research projects and feasibility studies
development, testing, and refinement of research techniques
secondary analysis of available data sets
similar discrete research projects that demonstrate research capability
Applicants may submit more than one application, provided they are scientifically distinct
applicant may have only one AREA grant at a time.
NIH AREA Grants (R15)
Introduction to Application (Resubmission or Revisions only)
Specific Aims: 1 page
Research Strategy: should not exceed 12 pages
Background
Significance
Innovation
Approach
Preliminary studies for new applications
Progress report for renewal/revision applications
Includes tables, graphs, figures, diagrams, and charts.
NIH AREA Grants (R15) – New Page Limits
Budget:
up to $300,000 direct costs plus applicable Facilities & Administrative (F&A) /indirect costs
Project Period:
The total project period may be up to three (3) years.
NIH AREA Grants (R15) -- Details
Eligible Institutions:
Must offer baccalaureate or advanced degrees in the sciences related to biomedical and behavioral sciences
AREA grants are meant for educational institutions that have not been major recipients of NIH support
Limits: NIH funding totaling less than $6 million per year (in both direct and F&A/indirect costs) in each of 4 or more of the last 7 years.
NIH AREA Grants (R15) -- Details
Eligible Individuals
Any individual with the skills, knowledge, and resources necessary to carry out the proposed research is invited to work with their institution to develop an application for support.
May not be the Project Director/Principal Investigator (PD/PI) of any active NIH research grant at the time of award of an AREA grant (although he or she may be one of the project personnel for an active NIH grant held by another PD/PI).
May not be awarded more than one AREA grant at a time (although he or she may hold successive new or competing renewal AREA grants).
May not submit an application to NIH for another research grant for essentially the same project proposed in a pending AREA application.
NIH AREA Grants (R15) -- Details
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New Investigator vs Early Stage Investigator
New Investigator: has not yet been awarded a substantial, competing NIH research grant.
Early Stage Investigator (ESI): a New Investigator who has completed his or her terminal research degree or medical residency—whichever date is later—within the past 10 years and has not yet been awarded a substantial, competing NIH research.
Receipt dates
All R15 – new, renewal, resubmission, revision
February 25
June 25
October 25
NIH AREA Grants (R15) -- Details
http://grants.nih.gov/grants/funding/area.htm
NIH AREA Grants (R15) -- Website
NIH AREA Grants (R15) -- Contacts
Enhanced Review Criteria for FY2010
Core Review Criteria
For research grant applications and cooperative agreements
Received for potential FY2010 funding
Will receive individual criterion scores from assigned reviewers & discussants
Significance
Investigator(s)
Innovation
Approach
Environment
9-point Scoring Descriptions
Weaknesses
Current AREA Grants Announcement:
PA-10-070: Academic Research Enhancement Award (Parent R15)
http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-10-070.html
NIH AREA Grants (R15)
