Important note regarding Diversity Recruitment and Retention: The new T32 announcement describes a major policy change, calling for a "Recruitment and Retention Plan to Enhance Diversity." For helpful information on NIH requirements, as well as suggestions for Diversity Recruitment and Retention plans, please see the NIH Office of Extramural Research website. We encourage T32 program directors to review the new policy and guidance before preparing plans for future applications.
The NINDS supports two types of Institutional Training Grants (T32; see below). The NINDS Institutional Research Training Grant Program will support advanced predoctoral students and postdoctoral fellows. The Jointly Sponsored Predoctoral Training Program in the Neurosciences (JSPTPN) supports only predoctoral candidates during the first 2 years of training (and cannot be used to support students who have passed candidacy and/or are focused on dissertation research). There is just one application deadline, May 25, for both programs. The JSPTPN requires a letter of Intent by April 25.
Applicants may request support for advanced (dissertation stage) predoctoral Ph.D. and M.D. students, postdoctoral fellows, or a mix of both. Applications must specify the anticipated predoctoral to postdoctoral ratio. After a training grant has been awarded, T32 directors who wish to make changes in this ratio must obtain prior approval of the Director of Training and Career Development. If the original application requested support exclusively for either pre-doctoral or postdoctoral trainees, the general policy will be to not allow trainees in another category to receive support (as such support has not been through the peer review process). However, exceptions are possible and will require that additional information be provided for administrative review and prior approval. A letter of intent is NOT required for this program. See NIH Program Announcement PA-08-226. Refer to the recent Notice in the NIH Guide for an expanded explanation of requirements for this program.
Applicants for the JSPTPN program must submit a letter of intent by April 25 to Bradley Wise, Ph.D. (wiseb@nia.nih.gov, 301-496-9350). The application deadline for this program is May 25.
Application Procedures:
Last updated February 12, 2009