News for Researchers
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NIH has begun requiring all competing research grant applications to be submitted electronically via the Web portal Grants.gov, using Form SF-424 (Research and Related, or R&R, application). These changes began in December 2005 and are being phased in by grant mechanism (type of grant). See era.nih.gov/electronicreceipt.
New CTSA Program Launched
NIH has started a new program, originating from both the NIH Roadmap and community input. The Institutional Clinical and Translational Science Awards (CTSA) program will speed up advances in CAM and conventional medicine. These CTSAs will create "academic homes for the discipline of clinical and translational science" at academic health centers across the United States. Through partnerships between institutions and disciplines, the grants will support development of new methods and approaches, integrated resources, and training/mentoring. The application deadline for a planning CTSA has passed (March 2006), but there will be annual opportunities to apply for institutional CTSAs. To find out more, see www.ncrr.nih.gov/clinical_research_resources/funding.asp#ctsa.medlineplus/
druginfo/herb_All.html.
Recent Announcements
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Research
PAR-06-108: Developmental Centers for Research on Complementary and Alternative Medicine: Phase I
Sponsor: NCCAM. These awards will encourage development of preliminary CAM research projects through partnerships between organizations focusing on CAM practices and conventional medicine institutions.
Four recent NIH Program Announcements invite eligible small businesses in the United States to apply for Small Business Innovation Research grants or Small Business Technology Transfer grants.
Training and Career Development
PA-06-133: NIH Pathway to Independence (PI) Award (K99/R00)
Sponsors: NCCAM and other components of NIH. This award will provide up to 5 years of support for highly promising postdoctoral research scientists.
PA-06-001: Mentored Research Scientist Development Award (K01)
Sponsors: NCCAM and other components of NIH. This initiative will support intensive, supervised career development in a variety of biomedical, behavioral, and clinical research fields.
