Supplemental Guidelines for the Ruth
L. Kirschstein
Institutional National Research Service Award (T32)
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute
National Institutes of Health
Revised October 2008
This document contains instructions for preparing applications
for the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI)
Institutional National Research Service Awards (T32). These
instructions must be used for all T32 applications submitted
to the NHLBI effective with the January 25, 2009 receipt date
for new, renewal (competing continuation) and resubmission
(revised/amended) applications and the September 25, 2009
receipt date for resubmission (revised/amended) applications,
and are to be used in conjunction with the National Institutes
of Health (NIH) T32 Program Announcement (PA-08-226), the
PHS 398, referenced under General Information,
VI. Other Documents Required for Preparing Applications,
and the NHLBI Notice of Change in Submission Dates, NOT-HL-07-109.
Receipt dates for competing applications:
- 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 T32 mechanism has not yet converted to electronic submissions.
Conversion to electronic submission is tentatively planned
for the September 25, 2009 receipt date. Further
details regarding the transition process are at http://era.nih.gov/ElectronicReceipt.
Also included in this document are:
- Frequently Asked Questions for T32 applications; and
- Recruitment and Retention Plan to Enhance Diversity
All potential applicants, whether applying for new or renewal
awards, are encouraged to consult with NHLBI program staff
listed under General Information, VII.
Staff Contacts early in the preparation process.
Contents:
General
Information
I.___Introduction
II. __Special
Requirements and Provisions
III.__Application
Procedures
IV.__Review
Procedures and Criteria
V. __Award
Criteria
VI.__Other
Documents Required for Preparing Applications
VII.__Staff
Contacts
- Preparation Instructions
Additional documents:
Frequently
Asked Questions Recruitment
and Retention Plan to Enhance Diversity
General Information
I. Introduction
Areas of training to receive increased emphasis by NHLBI
include:
- providing multidisciplinary training and exposure
of trainees to collaborative research;
- developing new investigators with the necessary competencies
and breadth of expertise needed for the future of biomedical
research;
- ensuring that trainees receive adequate mentorship,
and that mentorship is taught and evaluated;
- recruiting and retaining such investigators in the
scientific workforce and ensuring adequate representation
of the nation’s diversity in that workforce; and
- providing a continued flow of qualified physician-scientists
able to translate findings freely between the basic
and clinical spheres.
To ensure that T32 applications address these areas of emphasis,
the NHLBI has set forth the following specific requirements
and review criteria.
II. Special
Requirements and Provisions
A. Special NHLBI Programmatic Emphases:
1. Multidisciplinary training
a. At all stages of education and training, Program
Directors should foster broad, multidisciplinary approaches
to research, including
encouragement of interaction and collaboration among
trainees in related disciplines. This could include
travel by trainees to other
laboratories outside the applicant institution to receive
training in specialized disciplines, methodologies,
or technologies.
b. Program Directors should encourage new trainees
to widen the scope of their interests and capabilities,
to avoid too narrow a focus
too early in their careers and to develop the flexibility
needed for pursuing rapidly evolving scientific advances.
c. NHLBI encourages development of novel programs of
research training, to emphasize multidisciplinary team
approaches, networking,
and collaboration, emphasizing the competencies needed
for the future of biomedical research.
d. NHLBI encourages development of “virtual”
research training centers, to link (electronically or
through other means) multiple institutions
with unique or specific expertise to address a common
problem. Program Directors are encouraged to broaden
training experiences beyond
a single institution (in academia and industry) using
both long and short-term training experiences. Such
experiences might include exchanges of faculty and students.
Plans should be described for how interactions among
participants will take
place.
2. Necessary competencies
a. Applicants are encouraged to identify scientific
disciplines and evolving areas of scientific need which
are currently under-represented and to
design and implement training programs in such disciplines.
Documentation of available opportunities in such fields
and of the lack of qualified
scientists to realize these opportunities should be
included to justify emphasis on these evolving areas.
b. Programs in disciplines related to clinical research
should also include training in bioethics, clinical
trials and behavioral science. When possible
and appropriate, training programs should include training
in state-of-the-art technologies, integrative approaches,
and such mathematically-based
areas as bioinformatics, computational biology, and
statistics.
c. Training at the pre- and postdoctoral levels should
include “survival skills” such as grant
and manuscript writing, public speaking, obtaining funding,
mentorship (that is, providing skills that will enable
current trainees to train subsequent “generations”
of scientists), and establishing
research collaborations in a multidisciplinary setting.
3. Mentorship
a. NHLBI encourages “group mentorship,”
where multiple senior partners in team-based research
lend their individual expertise to the trainee,
as appropriate to the trainee's level of development
and under the overall guidance of the Program Director.
b. Applications should have a detailed mentoring plan
for the "typical" trainee and should describe
the process by which such plans will be developed
for future trainees. Items to be discussed in a mentoring
plan may include: 1) a description of approaches to
be used in mentoring; 2)
experience and expertise of mentors and proposed time
commitment; 3) training in oral and written communication
and personal interactions;
4) career planning; and 5) methods for evaluating and
reporting effectiveness of mentoring program in annual
progress reports. Formal
evaluation by trainees is encouraged. Formal evaluation
of trainees by their mentors
or advisory committees is also encouraged.
c. Applicant institutions should demonstrate their
support of mentoring, in terms of institutional administrative
support, protected time for mentoring,
and departmental support for student activities. They
should detail the steps taken to ensure that trainees
are aware of what they
may expect from their mentors and institutions and what
in turn is expected of them.
d. Consideration should be given to including as mentors
or co-mentors junior faculty who have established active,
independent research programs
early in their careers. The mentoring abilities of dynamic
young investigators may need to be documented in ways
other than a long track
record of producing seasoned independent investigators,
but the value of such individuals as role models should
not be underestimated.
Likewise effort should be made in mentoring junior faculty
to provide a pipeline for program mentoring stability.
e. Where possible and practical, the training experience
should be broadened by encouraging the active participation
of scientists and laboratories
in industry settings. This could include industry scientists
acting as mentors on training grants or providing short-term
experiences in industry
settings for trainees. Cost sharing in such partnerships
on the part of industry is encouraged.
4. Workforce diversity
a. NHLBI is strongly committed to ensuring diversity
in its research training programs. Each application
must include plans for active recruitment
of individuals from diverse backgrounds such as individuals
from underrepresented racial and ethnic groups, individuals
with disabilities, and
individuals from socially, culturally, economically,
or educationally disadvantaged backgrounds that have
inhibited their ability
to pursue a career in health-related research. The definition
of diversity recruitment groups and detailed instructions
on preparing the diversity
recruitment portion of the application can be found
in Item 8.9.4 in the PHS-398, referenced under General
Information, VI., Other
Documents Required for Preparing Applications. The diversity
recruitment plan must be specific for the program proposed
and should not rely on
the diversity recruitment efforts of the institution.
Applicants should also describe their personal involvement
in recruitment efforts
for the specific application (visits to minority institutions,
personal follow-up of potential applicants and interviewees,
etc). Applications without
adequate diversity recruitment plans will not be awarded
until an adequate recruitment plan is received and approved.
Additional information
regarding recruitment strategies for underrepresented
individuals from racial and ethnic groups, individuals
with disabilities, and individuals from disadvantaged
backgrounds can be found at the following link: http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/funding/policies/t32/t32recruitment.htm.
Once all training positions
are filled, including adequate representation of individuals
from diverse backgrounds, institutional NRSA training
grants funded by NHLBI may request an administrative
increase to support training of an additional trainee
from an underrepresented
racial/ethnic group, a trainee with a disability, and/or
an individual from a disadvantaged background. While
NRSA pre- and postdoctoral
trainees are usually at an advanced level of achievement,
candidates who remain disadvantaged will be considered
for an additional position
on the training grant on a case-by-case basis. Procedures
for requesting these administrative increases are
available at: http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/funding/policies/t32slotpros.htm.
b. The NRSA program has a program for limited part-time
training for trainees beginning families and facing
other unique pressures, which is described
in the NIH T32 Program Announcement PA-08-226 (see General
Information, VI. Other Documents Required
for Preparing Applications).
5. Clinical research
a. NHLBI encourages development of physician-investigators
with necessary skills to translate research findings
from the laboratory and clinical
research program into clinical practice.
b. Programs of clinical relevance should be established
for PhD scientist-trainees, with an emphasis on postdoctoral
training and course work
in human biology and behavioral science, and population-based
research to facilitate their subsequent engagement in
human subjects research
or clinical trials.
c. Applicants are encouraged to develop innovative
approaches to training physicians and non-physicians
in clinical research skills in the context
of NHLBI clinical networks and multicenter studies.
Such training can be facilitated by building on existing
study infrastructure and ongoing
activities. Programs that foster translational research
skills bridging basic and clinical research, or clinical
and population-based research
are encouraged.
B. NHLBI Provisions of Award
- Support may be requested for predoctoral training, postdoctoral
training, or a combination of both as defined under the
NRSA guidelines. In addition, applicants may request support
for short-term (that is, 2-3 months' duration) research
training positions for students enrolled in a program leading
to a clinical doctorate or a masters or doctorate in a physical
or quantitative science such as physics, chemistry, mathematics,
or engineering.
- NHLBI will not award costs through the tuition and fees
category for items such as malpractice insurance, computer
fees, or radioactive waste disposal.
- Trainee Travel: Up to $1,400 per trainee per year may
be requested for trainee travel (for pre- and post-doctoral
trainees only) and up to $500 per trainee per year may requested
for short-term trainees.
- Stipend increases are reviewed annually and will be incorporated
into future year commitments. Actual funding levels for
each budget period will be determined annually following
NHLBI staff evaluation of the non-competing renewal application.
- New strategies to manage the number of Full-Time Training
Positions (FTTPs) will enable the NHLBI to support a greater
number of meritorious training programs. During FY 2008
and thereafter, FTTP allocations will be held to the following
limits:
New programs (Type 1) can request no more than 8 FTTPs.
Renewal/Competing Continuations (Type 2) that had 12 or
fewer FTTPs during the previous period will be capped at
12.
Renewal/Competing Continuations that had more than 12 FTTPs
during the prior award period will be capped at the previous
number.
Renewal/Competing Continuations that entail a change of
program director since the prior award period will be capped
at 8 FTTPs.
III. Application
Procedures
A. Application Receipt and Award
Dates:
Receipt dates for competing applications:
- 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.
Award Date:
New competing awards for T32 grants will be issued as early
as February. Competing Renewals will usually follow the dates
of the last non-competing award end date.
B. Applications with Direct Costs
of $500,000 or More in any One Year:
Applications for NRSA Institutional Grants requesting $500,000
or more in direct costs for any year must obtain, prior to
submission, NHLBI agreement to accept their applications for
consideration. This policy applies to new competing, renewal/competing
continuation, and resubmission/amended applications. Requests
must be received by the NHLBI no later than 6 weeks prior
to the application receipt dates (see A. above). Without this
advance acceptance, applications will be returned by the Center
for Scientific Review.
Amended Applications:
NHLBI agreement to accept an application includes a statement
that the Institute will automatically accept a single resubmission
(amended) application (i.e., and "A1" application)
provided that the proposed aims and total direct costs per
year remain unchanged (excluding adjustments for changes in
stipend levels or other allowable costs mandated by NRSA,
or reductions in response to peer review).
The NHLBI will not accept a second resubmission application
(i.e., an "A2" application) requesting $500,000
or more in direct costs in any year regardless of the direct
costs requested in the previous submissions.
Procedures: The
training director must send a written request to NHLBI at
least 6 weeks in advance of the application receipt date.
The letter, countersigned by an institutional business
official, should be addressed to the Director of the appropriate
NHLBI division as identified below, and include:
- Number of training positions that
will be requested and what level (pre, post, short-term);
- For competing renewal applications,
state whether that is the same number and type of positions
as the last 5 years, or an increase; in the case of an increase,
provide a brief justification;
- For competing renewals, are any
substantial changes to the training program proposed, (e.g.,
the types and levels of students to be trained, or in the
scientific areas of training);
- Include two budget pages - Kirschstein-NRSA-Substitute
form pages 4 and 5
(http://grants.nih.gov/grants/funding/phs398/nrsafp4.pdf
and http://grants.nih.gov/grants/funding/phs398/nrsafp5.pdf);
- Do not apply the NIH tuition formula
to the dollars requested, list the actual costs of tuition.
Criteria for Acceptance: NHLBI
considers the following criteria in determining whether to
accept a proposed application:
- the proposed research training is
relevant to the NHLBI mission;
- the proposed research training complements
ongoing or new NHLBI programs;
- the proposed research training will
provide a valuable addition to existing knowledge;
- the proposed annual costs are reasonable;
- the proposed plans for data sharing;
- the proposed annual costs are reasonable
given the prior training record of the faculty involved
and, for renewal (competing continuation) applications,
on how many of the trainee slots for which funds have been
provided have been used;
- and for all proposed research involving
human subjects, the following additional criteria:
- the proposed research is applicable to public health.
Acceptance: Within
two to six weeks of receipt of the request letter, NHLBI staff
will inform the applicant whether or not to proceed with submission
of the proposed application. The acceptance letter from the
NHLBI must be included with the cover letter of the application.
The NIH Center for Scientific Review will not accept the application
without documentation of NHLBI permission to submit an application.
NHLBI Extramural Program Division
Directors: All written
requests for NHLBI agreement to accept applications subject
to this policy are to be submitted to one of the following
Division Directors:
Division of Cardiovascular Diseases
Dr. Sonia Skarlatos (Acting)
NHLBI/DCVD
Two Rockledge Center, Room 8124
6701 Rockledge Drive, MSC 7940
Bethesda, MD 20892-7940
Phone: 301-435-0477
Fax: 301-480-7971
Email: skarlats@nhlbi.nih.gov
Division of Lung Diseases
Dr. James Kiley
NHLBI/DLD
Two Rockledge Center, Room 10042
6701 Rockledge Drive, MSC 7952
Bethesda, MD 20892-7952
Phone: 301-435-0233
Fax: 301-480-3547
Email: kileyj@nhlbi.nih.gov
Division of Blood Diseases and Resources
Dr. Susan Shurin (Acting)
NHLBI/DBDR
Two Rockledge Center
6701 Rockledge Drive, MSC 7950
Bethesda, MD 20892-7950
Phone: 301-435-0080
Fax: 301-480-0867
Email: shurinsb@nhlbi.nih.gov
Division of Prevention and Population Sciences
Dr. Michael Lauer
NHLBI/DPPS
Two Rockledge Center, Room 10122
6701 Rockledge Drive, MSC 7936
Bethesda, MD 20892-7936
Phone: 301-435-0422
Fax: 301-480-1864
Email: lauerm@nhlbi.nih.gov
C. Where to Send the Application:
The
signed original and five complete photocopies of the application;
with full Appendix materials submitted on CD (see http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/notice-files/NOT-OD-08-031.html)
should be submitted to the Center for Scientific Review (CSR),
NIH, at the following address:
Center for Scientific Review
National Institutes of Health
6701 Rockledge Drive, Room 1040, MSC 7710
Bethesda, Maryland 20892-7710 (U.S. Postal Service Express
or regular mail)
Bethesda, Maryland 20817 (for express/courier service;
non-USPS service)
Personal
deliveries of applications are no longer permitted (see
http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/notice-files/NOT-OD-03-040.html.)
To expedite the review process conducted by NHLBI, one additional
signed complete photocopy with full appendix materials submitted
on CD of the application should be sent to:
Chief, Review Branch
Division of Extramural Research Activities
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute
Two Rockledge Center, Suite 7214
6701 Rockledge Drive, MSC 7924
Bethesda, MD 20892-7924
Bethesda, MD 20817 (express/courier service)
Prior to submission, applicants are strongly encouraged to
contact the appropriate NHLBI program director to discuss
preparation and review of the application (see General Information,
VII. Staff Contacts).
IV. Review Procedures
and Criteria
A. Review Procedures:
Applications judged to be complete and eligible will be evaluated
for merit by a peer review group convened by the NHLBI Division
of Extramural Research Activities. NHLBI has several specific
review criteria related to its areas of emphasis, as described
below, which will be used in addition to the peer review criteria
stated in the NIH T32 Program Announcement (PA-08-226), referenced
under General Information, VI. Other Documents
Required for Preparing Applications. Applications will
receive a second-level review by the National Heart, Lung,
and Blood Advisory Council to ensure that they meet the broad
programmatic needs and priorities of the NHLBI.
B. Review Criteria:
1. Environment: The training environment
will be evaluated with regards to fostering a multi-disciplinary
training environment and institutional commitment to program
success.
a. Evidence of the involvement and integration of mentors
from multiple disciplines, as well as clinical and basic
sciences in providing a coordinated training program to
individual trainees.
b. Evidence of collaboration and interaction among training
programs and trainees in related disciplines, to included
exchanges of faculty and trainees, linking of multiple institutions,
or other approaches.
c. The level of institutional commitment, including:
i. Institutional administrative support;
ii. Protected time for mentoring;
iii. Trainees' stipend supplementation from institutional
sources;
iv. Departmental support for student activities.
2. Program Administration: The adequacy
and appropriateness of the programmatic administrative structure,
roles, and governance will be evaluated:
a. Evaluation of the program director's (and co-director,
as appropriate) qualifications and program commitment will
include:
i. Appropriate scientific background with areas of interest
aligning with NHLBI areas of interest;
ii. A successful history in mentoring;
iii. Adequate time commitment to insure program success.
b. Well defined roles with a clear distribution of responsibilities
among the various administering bodies such as the program
director, co-director, internal and external advisory committee,
or other.
3. Quality of Preceptors as Researchers/Mentors and
Program Outcomes: The collective experience and success
of the program staff as researchers and mentors will be assessed,
by:
a. Experience and expertise of the mentor(s) in providing
training and career development;
b. Experience and expertise of the mentor(s) in a scientific
discipline aligned with the career plans of the trainee.
c. Success at maintaining independent research programs
in heart, lung, blood or sleep related areas;
d. Trainee publication record;
e. Success in producing trainees remaining engaged in the
scientific enterprise (academia, industry, government, etc.).
4. Mentoring Plan: The quality of mentoring
plans will be evaluated based on the adequacy and appropriateness
of specific mentoring plan (for individual trainees) or representative
plan (and proposals for tailoring it to needs of multiple
trainees), to include:
a. Identification of primary mentor and secondary mentors
or advisors and specific areas in which they provide guidance;
b. Description of specific time commitment of primary mentor
to trainee/candidate and how it may change as needed during
the period;
c. Adequacy and appropriateness of steps taken to delineate
trainee, mentor, and institution expectations;
d. Timeline for training and career development with specific
milestones for acquiring necessary scientific knowledge
and for developing research and communication skills, logical
reasoning, independent thinking, ability to collaborate,
collegial relationships with the professional community,
responsible scientific behavior, and career planning (including
planned publications and future grant support);
e. Provisions for facilitating transition of trainee to
a more independent status;
f. Relationship of mentoring plan to candidate's stated
career goals and career development plan (for a single candidate)
or to representative training plan (for multiple trainees).
5. Research Training Program: The research
training program will be evaluated in regard to the adequacy
and appropriateness of plans to pursue the Special NHLBI Programmatic
Emphasis described above, including:
a. Adequacy and appropriateness of plans for training in
scientific competencies needed for future heart, lung, blood,
and sleep disorders research, including;
i. Didactic courses, hands-on research participation,
and other training experiences in areas of scientific
need which currently are or are anticipated to be underrepresented.
Such programs should be justified by documentation of
scientific opportunities in the proposed area and demonstration
of expected lack of qualified personnel to pursue them
in the near future;
ii. "Survival Skills", such as seminars or courses
on grant and manuscript writing, public speaking, obtaining
funding, mentorship skills and establishing research collaborations
in a multidisciplinary setting;
iii. Training in state-of-the-art technologies, integrative
approaches, and such mathematically-based areas as bioinformatics
and statistics where relevant, and demonstration of close
integration of such training in the overall training program.
b. Adequacy and appropriateness of plans for training in
clinical research, to include:
i. Plans for effective use of NHLBI center programs,
clinical networks and multicenter studies to provide opportunities
for training clinical investigators and PhD scientists
in collaborative clinical research;
ii. Didactic courses, hands-on research participation,
and other training experiences in disciplines fundamental
to clinical research such as bioethics, clinical trials
and behavioral science.
iii. Programs of clinical relevance for PhD scientists-trainees,
with an emphasis on postdoctoral training and course work
in human biology and behavioral science.
c. Evidence of multidisciplinary approaches to research
training, designed to produce trainees able to bridge disciplines
and move rapidly into new disciplines as they emerge, including:
i. Involvement and integration of mentors from multiple
related disciplines in providing a coordinated training
program to individual trainees.
ii. Exposure of trainees to multidisciplinary research
environments when feasible and appropriate.
iii. Evidence of collaboration and interaction among
training programs and trainees in related disciplines
(basic and clinical trainee interaction, as appropriate),
to include exchanges of faculty and trainees, linking
multiple institutions, or other approaches, with clear
plans for how productive interactions among participants
will be established and monitored.
6. Quality of the Applicant Pool and Current Trainees:
The quality of the applicant pool and current trainees will
be evaluated, as follows:
a. Applicant pools will be judged by the number of quality
applicants, standard test scores, previous candidate commitment
and success to science, as appropriate;
b. Current trainees (renewals) will be evaluated against
the general applicant pool qualifications and progress to
date in the current training program.
7. Recruitment and Retention Plan to Enhance Diversity:
The plan must be specific for the program under review and
include:
a. Adequacy of the plan for recruiting individuals from
diverse backgrounds into the proposed training program.
Suggested recruitment and retention
strategies to enhance diversity are available at http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/funding/policies/t32/t32recruitment.htm.
b. For renewal (competing continuation) applications, track
record of the plan in recruiting individuals from diverse
backgrounds;
c. For resubmissions (revised/amended) or renewal (competing
continuation) applications, modifications of the plan since
the last review to overcome deficiencies.
8. Short-term Training Program (as applicable):
These programs will be evaluated in regards to scope and integration
with the pre and/or post doctoral training program.
a. For applications choosing to include these programs,
they must include the scope of training, a mechanism to
assess program success in attracting students to careers
in science through recruitment or re-recruitment to this
or other training programs (renewals), and minority inclusion.
b. The programs must easily integrate with the pre or post-doctoral
training component(s) and provide for plans to follow the
careers of short-term trainees for the evaluation of the
program effect on subsequent career choices (renewals).
V. Award Criteria
Shortly after review of the competing application by the
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Advisory Council, the NHLBI
will notify the applicant of his/her funding status. Awards
are made based on the availability of funds each fiscal year,
the degree of merit as determined by peer reviewers and the
program priorities of the NHLBI.
VI. Other Documents Required
for Preparing Applications
In addition to this document, there are four other documents
necessary for the preparation of the NHLBI T32 application:
1.
Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award (NRSA)
Institutional Research Training Grants (T32)” Program
Announcement PA-08-226, issued in the NIH GUIDE FOR GRANTS
AND CONTRACTS, August 1, 2008, available at: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-08-226.html.
2. PHS
398 application kit with particular attention paid to
Part I, 8., Instructions for Preparing an Institutional National
Research Service Award Application, including Ruth L. Kirschstein
- NRSA applications available at: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/funding/phs398/phs398.html.
3. Specific NHLBI funding guidelines for NRSA programs are
described in “NHLBI
Funding and Operating Guidelines: NRSA and Career Awards”
(includes information on Limits on Full-Time Training Positions,
Receipt Dates, and Stipend Levels) available at: http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/funding/policies/nrsa.htm.
4. "Notice
of New NIH Policy for Funding of Tuition, Fees, and Health
Insurance on Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service
Awards" available at: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/notice-files/NOT-OD-06-093.html.
Additional Helpful Resources
Excellent guides to professional mentorship are available
and prospective Program Directors are encouraged to use them
in developing their training programs.
VII. Staff Contacts
Programmatic or scientific issues: For more
information and/or advice about the objectives and scope of
this award, eligibility requirements, structure and organization
of grant applications and peer review trends, please contact
the scientific staff in the relevant Division as listed below.
For applicants in the area of sleep disorders research, contact
the Division most relevant to the training program being proposed.
For training in the program areas of the Division of Cardiovascular
Diseases, contact:
Dr. Michael Commarato
Division of Cardiovascular Diseases
6701 Rockledge Drive
Bethesda, Maryland 20892-7940
Tel: 301-435-0535
Fax: 301-480-7971
Email: commaram@nhlbi.nih.gov
For training in the program areas of Division of Lung Diseases,
contact:
Ms. Ann Rothgeb
Division of Lung Diseases
6701 Rockledge Drive
Bethesda, Maryland 20892-7952
Tel: 301-435-0202
Fax: 301-480-3557
Email: rothgeba@nhlbi.nih.gov
For training in the program areas of the Division of Blood
Diseases and Resources, contact:
Dr. Henry Chang
Division of Blood Diseases and Resources
6701 Rockledge Drive
Bethesda, Maryland 20892-7950
Tel: 301-435-0067
Fax: 301-480-0867
Email: changh@nhlbi.nih.gov
For training in the program areas of the Division of Prevention
and Population Sciences, contact:
Dr. Charlotte Pratt
Division of Prevention and Population Sciences
6701 Rockledge Drive
Bethesda, Maryland 20892-7936
Tel: 301-435-0382
Fax: 301-480-5158
Email: prattc@nhlbi.nih.gov
Fiscal Issues:
For more information about the appropriate procedures for
dealing with issues that involve budget and period of support
of the award or that involve any other issues requiring approval
by the NHLBI or post award actions, please contact the Grants
Management Specialist listed below:
Ms. Beckie Chamberlin
Division of Extramural Research Activities
6701 Rockledge Drive
Bethesda, Maryland 20892-7926
Tel: 301-435-0183
Fax: 301-451-5462
Email: chamberr@nhlbi.nih.gov
Preparation Instructions
Follow the instructions in the PHS 398, Part I, 8., Instructions
for Preparing an Institutional National Research Service Award
Application including Ruth L. Kirschstein NRSA applications.
Please use the NIH tables located in PHS 398 Part
I, 8., to complete your application. The NHLBI suggested tabular
formats are no longer accessible.
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