Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award (NRSA) Institutional Research Training Grants (T32) (Postdoctoral Individual)

This award enables research institutions to support postdoctoral research training in specific areas and fields of shortage. Selection of institutions is by national competition. Trainees are selected through local review procedures established by the program director at the grantee institution. The maximum training period for postdoctoral individuals is 3 years. They are required to pursue their research training full-time, and trainees in clinical areas are expected to confine their clinical duties to those that are part of their research training. Trainees must be U.S. citizens, noncitizen nationals, or legal permanent residents of the U.S. Persons on temporary or student visas are not eligible.

At the time of appointment, trainees must have received a Ph.D., M.D., D.O., D.D.S., D.V.M., O.D., D.P.M., Sc.D., Eng.D., Dr.P.H., D.N.Sc., or equivalent degree from an accredited domestic or foreign institution. Certification by an authorized individual at the degree-granting institution that all degree requirements have been met is acceptable.

Institutional grants are renewable, through competition, for up to 5 years.

Applications for NRSA Institutional Grants requesting $500,000 or more in direct costs in any given year must receive prior approval from the NHLBI before submitting an application. Please see the NHLBI T32 Supplemental Guidelines (Section III. Application Procedures, B.) for requesting approval.

Who is eligible? U.S. institutions

The opportunities? Research training

Duration of support? Full-time for up to 3 years

Where? At U.S. institutions receiving the award

Applications due?

• January 25 - The NHLBI will accept all types of competing T32 applications (new, renewal/competing continuation, resubmission/amended) on this date.
• September 25 - Only resubmission/amended T32 applications will be accepted on this date.

The most recent announcement can be found at the following URL: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-08-226.html.

For additional information specific to the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute T32 awards, please see the NHLBI Supplemental Guidelines and Other Related Documents to the Institutional National Research Service Award (NRSA) Application (T32).

The NHLBI Website also lists training programs under the category Request for Applications/Proposals & Program Announcements through the application receipt date.

Stipend: Current stipend levels for National Research Service Awards (NRSA) trainees are available at: http://grants.nih.gov/training/nrsa.htm. Other allowable costs are tuition and fees, and travel to scientific meetings and workshops.

Training Related Expenses, including Health Insurance (TRE): The applicant institution may request the NIH standard NRSA Training Related Expenses (FY 2008, $4,200 annually for each predoctoral trainee and $7,850 annually for each postdoctoral trainee) to help defray other research training expenses, such as health insurance (self-only or family, as applicable), staff salaries, consultant costs, equipment, research supplies, and faculty/staff travel directly related to the research training program. Health insurance is an allowable expense that may be charged to the Training Related Expenses budget category but only to the extent that the same health insurance fees are charged to non-Federally-supported students and postdoctoral individuals ( see http://grants1.nih.gov/grants/guide/notice-files/NOT-OD-06-093.html for additional information). Funds are provided as a lump sum on the basis of the predetermined amount per predoctoral and postdoctoral trainee approved for support.

Payback: One month of payback for each month of training, up to a maximum of 12 months. This requirement can be fulfilled by teaching or research (a minimum of 20 hours per week) on a continuous basis beginning within 2 years after support ends.

How to apply: Institutions apply to the NIH using application form PHS 398. The form is available at http://grants.nih.gov/grants/funding/phs398/phs398.html. For further assistance contact:

Grants Information
Telephone (301) 435-0714
Email: grantsinfo@nih.gov.

Institutions should send the signed original, including the checklist, and five signed complete photocopies of the application (with full Appendix materials) to:

Center for Scientific Review
National Institutes of Health
Two Rockledge Center, Room 1040
6701 Rockledge Drive, MSC 7710
Bethesda, Maryland 20892-7710 (U.S. Postal Service Express or regular mail)
Bethesda, Maryland 20817 (for express/courier service; non-USPS service)

One additional signed complete photocopy (with full Appendix material) of the application should be sent to:

Chief, Review Branch
Division of Extramural Research Affairs
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute
6701 Rockledge Drive, MSC 7924
Bethesda, Maryland 20892-7924
Bethesda, Maryland 20817 (for express mail)
Phone: (301) 435-0270
FAX: (301) 480-0730
Email: Chief, Review Branch
 
Please contact the following NHLBI staff member if you have questions about this award:

Michael Commarato, Ph.D.
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute
Two Rockledge Center, Room 8140
6701 Rockledge Drive, MSC 7940
Bethesda, Maryland 20892-7940
Phone: (301) 435-0535
FAX: (301) 480-7971
Email: CommaraM@nhlbi.nih.gov

Revised: December 2008