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NCCAM Faculty Recruitment through Biomedical Research Core Centers

RFA-OD-09-005: Recovery Act Limited Competition: Supporting New Faculty Recruitment to Enhance Research Resources through Biomedical Research Core Centers (P30) »

 

The purpose of the Biomedical Research Core Centers program is to support the hiring of newly-recruited faculty to develop research projects within the context of Biomedical Core Centers. For this announcement, a Biomedical Core Center is defined as a community of multidisciplinary researchers focusing on areas of biomedical research relevant to NIH, such as centers. These awards are designed to enhance innovative programs of excellence by providing scientific and programmatic support for promising research faculty and their areas of research. Specifically for the purposes of this announcement, Core Center Grants are institutional awards that provide funding to hire, provide appropriate start-up packages, and develop pilot research projects for newly independent investigators, with the goal of augmenting and expanding the institution's community of multidisciplinary researchers focusing on areas of biomedical research relevant to NIH.

This initiative is one of several being offered by NCCAM to help fulfill the goals of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) to help stimulate the economy through support of biomedical and behavioral research. Additional information the Recovery Act and related NIH opportunities is available through the Office of Extramural Research.

Areas of Scientific Priority

The National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (NCCAM) offers the P30 Core Center Grant program to encourage U.S. research institutions to enhance interdisciplinary research in their CAM and/or integrative medicine programs by providing start-up packages for promising, newly-independent faculty with outstanding potential for a career in integrative medicine research. Priority will be given to new hires likely to focus on research areas prioritized by NCCAM. For information on current NCCAM research priorities, please see the NCCAM website.

Funding Priorities

Overall, NCCAM expects to devote $2 million to the Biomedical Research Core Centers program.

Budget and Project Period

Budgets for direct costs of up to $500,000 per year and project duration of up to 2 years may be requested, for a maximum of $1,000,000 direct costs over a 2-year project period.

Eligibility

Academic Institutions with active Integrative Medicine or Complementary and Alternative Medicine research programs are eligible.

Number of applications

Only one application per institution will be accepted.

Other information

NCCAM requires that any faculty members hired under this initiative receive joint appointment(s) with other academic units at the applicant institution, allowing new faculty access to University-wide research resources and core facilities, and to serve as mentors for graduate programs affiliated with other academic units.

Key Dates

Letters of Intent Receipt Date(s): April 29, 2009
Application Due Date(s): May 29, 2009

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