RESEARCH SUPPLEMENTS TO PROMOTE REENTRY INTO BIOMEDICAL AND BEHAVIORALRESEARCH CAREERS NIH GUIDE, Vol. 21, No. 25, July 10, 1992 P.T. 34, II Keywords: Biomedical Research, Multidiscipl Grants Administration/Policy+ National Institutes of Health Application Receipt Date: August 15, 1992 PURPOSE The Office of Research on Women's Health and the Office of Extramural Research, National Institutes of Health (NIH), wish to announce the initiation of a pilot program to encourage fully trained women and men to reenter an active research career after taking time off to raise children or to attend to other pressing personal or family needs. This program will provide administrative supplements to existing NIH research grants for the purpose of supporting a full-time or part-time research experience tailored to refresh existing research skills and knowledge. BACKGROUND The NIH is concerned about the appropriate and adequate representation of women and minorities in biomedical and behavioral research careers. Adequate representation of diverse segments of the population is essential to ensure a thorough consideration of research issues of broadest interest to the populace of the United States. Over the years, the NIH has launched a number of special programs to encourage individuals from ethnic minority groups to enter research careers. No comparable programs have been developed to encourage women to enter research careers. This has been, in part, because the portion of NIH predoctoral and postdoctoral research training positions filled by women has increased steadily over the past decade. Currently, women occupy more than 40 percent of the predoctoral and postdoctoral research training positions supported by the NIH. In spite of the increasing participation of women in research training, women constitute only 19 percent of the pool of NIH Principal Investigators. It is believed that the low representation of women may be in part related to the fact that women bear a preponderance of the responsibilities surrounding child rearing and family care. The NIH is, therefore, launching a new program specifically designed to offer opportunities to women and men who have interrupted their research careers to attend to family responsibilities such as child rearing. It is anticipated that the positions made available through this program will enable individuals to reestablish careers in biomedical and behavioral research. GENERAL PROVISIONS In all cases, the proposed research experience must be an integral part of the approved ongoing research of the parent grant or cooperative agreement. The individual supported under this supplemental award, hereafter called the candidate, must be given the opportunity to act as a full participant in the research project and must be given an opportunity to enhance and refresh her or his research capabilities to assist the development as an independent, competitive research investigator. Supplemental awards will be consistent with the goal of strengthening the existing research program and with the overall programmatic balance and priorities of the funding component of the NIH. Awards will be made according to the policies and provisions stated in this announcement. Principal Investigators are encouraged to contact the appropriate NIH staff identified in the INQUIRIES section prior to submission in order to obtain specific information about application characteristics and submission requirements. Administrative supplements provided under this program may be for either part-time or full-time support for the candidate provided all supported time is spent updating and enhancing research skills in preparation for an independent research career. Generally, part-time appointments may not be less than 20 hours per week. Supplemental awards may not exceed $50,000 in direct costs per year. A maximum of $40,000 may be requested for salary and fringe benefits for the candidate. The amount of salary requested must be consistent with the policies of the grantee institution and must be related to the percent effort requested for the supplement. An additional amount up to $10,000 may be requested for supplies and travel. Equipment may not be purchased except in unusual circumstances, and not without prior approval of the NIH awarding component. The Office of Research on Women's Health estimates that $1,000,000 will be available for 10 to 15 supplemental awards in FY 1992. ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS Grants and Cooperative Agreements: The following active NIH awards at domestic institutions are eligible for Research Supplements to Promote Reentry into Biomedical and Behavioral Research Careers: R01, R10, R35, R37, P01, P50, P60, and U01. Principal Investigators on such awards are invited to submit a request for an administrative supplement to the awarding component of the parent grant to support an eligible candidate interested in reestablishing a research career. In all cases, the parent grant must have at least two years of support remaining at the time of a supplemental award. Usually, a parent grant would support only one administrative supplement including Research Supplements for Underrepresented Minorities, Research Supplements to Promote the Recruitment of Individuals with Disabilities into Biomedical Research Careers, and the Research Supplement to Promote Reentry into Biomedical and Behavioral Research Careers. Candidates: Candidates for support under this program must have completed a doctoral degree, such as an M.D., D.D.S., Ph.D., or equivalent, and must have interrupted her or his training or career development to raise children or to attend to other family responsibilities. In most cases, candidates will have completed or nearly completed postdoctoral research training and will have had sufficient experience to be appointed at a staff or faculty level. Candidates must be able to demonstrate the potential to establish an independent research career by providing evidence of excellence prior to the career hiatus. It is expected that most of the applicants for this program will be women, since women are more likely to interrupt their careers to attend to family responsibilities, but men who satisfy these criteria also are eligible to apply. This pilot program is not designed to provide an opportunity for additional postdoctoral research training. Individuals interested in further postdoctoral training are encouraged to consider National Research Service Award research training grants and fellowships or NIH research career awards. Information about such awards may be obtained from the Office of Grants Inquiries at telephone (301) 496-7441. In most cases, the candidate will not have been an independent Principal Investigator on a traditional research grant (R01, R29), a project leader on a component of a program project or center grant (e.g., P01, P50), or a Principal Investigator on an individual Research Career Development Award (K04). The candidate, however, may have previously received NIH support for research training (e.g., T32, F32), early career development (K08, K11, K12, K15, K16), or may have received research support from Minority Biomedical Research Support (S06) or a small grant (R03). Candidates must be citizens or non-citizen nationals of the United States or have been lawfully admitted for permanent residence (i.e., in possession of an Alien Registration Receipt Card) eligible for this award. It is recognized that individual circumstances vary, and for unusual situations, NIH program administrators should be consulted for a determination of eligibility. APPLICATION PROCEDURES A request for this supplement must be submitted by August 15, 1992. In making requests, the grantee institution, on behalf of the Principal Investigator of the parent grant and in cooperation with the candidate, must submit the request for supplemental funds directly to the awarding component that supports the parent grant. The request is not to be submitted to the NIH Division of Research Grants. Principal Investigators are encouraged to obtain the address for submission from the NIH program administrator of the parent grant. The request for a supplemental award must include the following: (1) a completed face page (with appropriate signatures) from Grant Application Form PHS 398 (Rev. 9/91). Include the title and grant number of the parent grant and the type of supplement being requested on line 1; (2) a brief three to four page description, prepared by the Principal Investigator of the parent grant that includes: (a) a summary or abstract of the funded grant or project, (b) a description of the research experience proposed for the candidate, (c) how the supplement will expand and foster the independent research capabilities of the candidate, and (d) how the proposed experience relates to the specific research goals and objectives of the parent grant; (3) a signed statement from the candidate outlining her/his research objectives, career goals, and a description including the length of and the reason for the career hiatus; (4) the social security number and biographical sketch of the candidate that includes a curriculum vitae, publications, and other evidence of scientific achievement; (5) a signed statement from the Principal Investigator establishing the eligibility of the candidate for support under this program including information on citizenship, previous research experience, a description of how the candidate will contribute to the goals of the parent grant, and the plan to provide the necessary experience for the candidate to reenter a productive research career; (6) a proposed budget entered on budget pages from the Grant Application Form PHS 398, related to the percent effort (where appropriate) for the research experience of the candidate during the first and future years. If the initial budget period requested is less than 12 months, the budget must be prorated accordingly; (7) documentation, if applicable, that the proposed research experience is approved by the Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee (IACUC) or human subjects Institutional Review Board (IRB) of the grantee institution; (8) if any of the research is to be conducted at a site other than the grantee institution, an appropriately signed letter from the institution where the research is to be conducted must also be - submitted. The request must be signed by the Principal Investigator, the candidate, and the appropriate institutional business official. REVIEW CONSIDERATIONS The staff of the particular awarding component will review requests for supplements using the following general criteria: o the qualifications of the candidate including career goals, prior research training and experience, and potential to enter an independent research career; o the plan for the proposed research experience in the supplemental request and its relationship to the parent grant; o evidence from the Principal Investigator that the experience will enhance the research potential, knowledge, and/or skills of the candidate; o evidence from the Principal Investigator that the activities of the candidate will be an integral part of the project. FUNDING The decision to fund a supplement will take six weeks from the time all the necessary information is received. In most cases during the first budget period, funds will be provided as an administrative supplement to the parent grant. In subsequent years, continued funding for the supplement is contingent on funding of the parent grant and cannot extend beyond the current competitive segment of the parent grant. The continuation of support for the candidate in the remaining years of the competitive segment of the grant will depend upon satisfactory review by the NIH awarding component of progress for both the parent grant and the supplemental project, the research proposed for the next budget period, and the appropriateness of the proposed budget to the proposed effort. For non-competing continuation applications, the progress report for the supplement must be clearly delineated from the progress report for the parent grant. The progress report in both non-competing and competing applications must include information about the research activities supported by the supplement even if support for future years is not requested. INQUIRIES Principal Investigators interested in participating in these programs are encouraged to contact NIH staff administering the parent grant. For general information about the research supplements, contact the following staff person of the appropriate awarding component: NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON AGING Deputy Associate Director Office of Extramural Affairs Building 31, Room 5C02 Bethesda, MD 20892 Telephone: (301) 496-9322 NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ALLERGY AND INFECTIOUS DISEASES Assistant Director, Division of Extramural Activities Solar Building, Room 4C03 Bethesda, MD 20892 Telephone: (301) 402-0159 NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ARTHRITIS AND MUSCULOSKELETAL AND SKIN DISEASES Director, Extramural Program Building 31, Room 4C32 Bethesda, MD 20892 Telephone: (301) 496-0802 NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT Special Assistant to the Deputy Director Building 31, Room 2A03 Bethesda, MD 20892 Telephone: (301) 496-0104 NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON DEAFNESS AND OTHER COMMUNICATION DISORDERS Director, Division of Extramural Activities 6120 Executive Boulevard, EPS-400B Rockville, MD 20892 Telephone: (301) 496-8693 NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF DENTAL RESEARCH Director, Extramural Program Westwood Building, Room 503 Bethesda, MD 20892 Telephone: (301) 496-7723 NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF DIABETES AND DIGESTIVE AND KIDNEY DISEASES Assistant Director for Grants and Contracts Division of Extramural Activities Westwood Building, Room 657 Bethesda, MD 20892 Telephone: (301) 496-7793 NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SCIENCES Director, Division of Extramural Research and Training Building 3, Room 301A P.O. Box 12233 Research Triangle Park, NC 27709 Telephone: (919) 541-7723 NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF GENERAL MEDICAL SCIENCES Assistant Director, Referral and Liaison Westwood Building, Room 925 Bethesda, MD 20892 Telephone: (301) 402-0593 NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS AND STROKE Deputy Director, Division of Extramural Activities Federal Building, Room 1016 Bethesda, MD 20892 Telephone: (301) 496-4188 NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE Director, Division of Extramural Activities Building 31, Room 10A03 Bethesda, MD 20892 Telephone: (301) 496-5147 NATIONAL EYE INSTITUTE Research Training and Resources Officer Building 31, Room 6A49 Bethesda, MD 20892 Telephone: (301) 496-5983 NATIONAL HEART, LUNG, AND BLOOD INSTITUTE Director, Division of Extramural Affairs Westwood Building, Room 7A17B Bethesda, MD 20892 Telephone: (301) 496-7416 NATIONAL CENTER FOR NURSING RESEARCH Director, Extramural Programs Building 31, Room 5B03 Bethesda, MD 20892 Telephone: (301) 496-0523 NATIONAL LIBRARY OF MEDICINE Acting Associate Director, Division of Extramural Programs Building 38A, Room 5N505 Bethesda, MD 20892 Telephone: (301) 496-4621 NATIONAL CENTER FOR RESEARCH RESOURCES Acting Deputy Director for Extramural Research Resources Building 12A, Room 4011 Bethesda, MD 20892 Telephone: (301) 496-6023 NATIONAL CENTER FOR HUMAN GENOME RESEARCH Chief, Research Grants Branch Building 38A, Room 612 Bethesda, MD 20892 Telephone: (301) 496-7531 .
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