Revamped xTrain Module in eRA Commons Coming March 30
Good news for trainees and principal investigators who work on training grants! eRA is readying a redesigned xTrain module, scheduled to be rolled out on March 30. xTrain is used by program directors/principal investigators (PD/PIs), university administrators, and trainees to electronically prepare and submit PHS 2271 Statement of Appointment Forms and PHS 416-7 Termination Notices for institutional research training grants, institutional career development awards, individual fellowships, and research education awards. eRA collaborated closely with an external user group on the xTrain redesign. The new xTrain is more task-...
Source: NIH Extramural Nexus - March 20, 2023 Category: Research Authors: NIH Staff Tags: New Resources eRA eRA Commons xTrain Source Type: funding

NINDS Institutional AD/ADRD Research Training Program (T32 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
Funding Opportunity PAR-23-113 from the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts. The purpose of this FOA is to provide support for institutional research training programs in Alzheimers Disease/Alzheimers Disease-Related Dementias (AD/ADRD). These institutional research training programs should produce well-trained neuroscientists who leave the program with the research skills and scientific knowledge to make a significant contribution to research on AD/ADRD cognitive impairment and dementia. Programs should be designed to enhance the breadth and depth of training across the spectrum AD/ADRD research areas (e.g. AD, Vascular...
Source: NIH Funding Opportunities (Notices, PA, RFA) - March 20, 2023 Category: Research Source Type: funding

Mentored Career Development Application (K) Funding Rates by Race-Ethnicity FY 2010-FY 2022
Marie A. Bernard, M.D., Chief Officer forScientific Workforce Diversity In this post, we analyze funding rates for Fiscal Year (FY) 2010 to FY 2022 mentored career development award (K) applicants according to the race-ethnicity of designated Principal Investigators (PIs). Receipt of a career development award often presages R01 receipt. We used data from frozen, official, NIH success rate files. We focus on applicants for K01, K08, K23, K25,and K99 direct budget authority awards. We obtained data on the race and ethnicity of PIs from their entries into the eRA Commons Personal Profile. As noted by NIH, PIs provide these d...
Source: NIH Extramural Nexus - March 16, 2023 Category: Research Authors: Mike Lauer Tags: blog Open Mike Diversity Funding data scientific workforce diversity Source Type: funding

Notice of Intent to Publish a Funding Opportunity for Emergency Medicine Research Career Development Program in the Neurological Sciences (EMRCDP-NS) (K12 - No Independent Clinical Trial Allowed)
Notice NOT-NS-23-065 from the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts (Source: NIH Funding Opportunities (Notices, PA, RFA))
Source: NIH Funding Opportunities (Notices, PA, RFA) - March 16, 2023 Category: Research Source Type: funding

Notice of Information of Fogarty International Center's Participation in the Notice of Special Interest: Administrative Supplements to Promote Research Continuity and Retention of NIH Mentored Career Development (K) Award Recipients and Scholars
Notice NOT-TW-23-003 from the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts (Source: NIH Funding Opportunities (Notices, PA, RFA))
Source: NIH Funding Opportunities (Notices, PA, RFA) - March 9, 2023 Category: Research Source Type: funding

Notice to Extend the Expiration Date for All NIH Career Development Award (K) Parent Announcements
Notice NOT-OD-23-096 from the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts (Source: NIH Funding Opportunities (Notices, PA, RFA))
Source: NIH Funding Opportunities (Notices, PA, RFA) - March 1, 2023 Category: Research Source Type: funding

Paul B. Beeson Emerging Leaders Career Development Award in Aging (K76 Clinical Trial Required)
Funding Opportunity RFA-AG-24-015 from the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts. This Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) invites early-stage physician and other health professional investigators with a commitment to aging and/or aging-related diseases to apply for this award to advance their research and leadership skills in their specialty and in the broader field of aging and geriatrics research.The National Institute on Aging (NIA) is pursuing this initiative to recruit early-stage investigators who have begun to establish research programs and who, through this award, will be ready to assume leadership roles in th...
Source: NIH Funding Opportunities (Notices, PA, RFA) - February 27, 2023 Category: Research Source Type: funding

Paul B. Beeson Emerging Leaders Career Development Award in Aging (K76 Independent Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
Funding Opportunity RFA-AG-24-014 from the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts. This Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) invites early-stage physicians and other health professional investigators with a commitment to aging and/or aging-related diseases to apply for this award to advance their research and leadership skills in their specialty and in the broader field of aging and geriatrics research.NIA is pursuing this initiative to recruit early-stage investigators who have begun to establish research programs and who, through this award, will be ready to assume leadership roles in their field of expertise and be poi...
Source: NIH Funding Opportunities (Notices, PA, RFA) - February 27, 2023 Category: Research Source Type: funding

Helping You Comply with the Data Management and Sharing Policy Through eRA System Validations
No one wants to find out they’ve missed a requirement when it’s too late to do anything about it.   Our eRA Systems (e.g., ASSIST, eRA Commons) perform several business rule validations to support our Data Management and Sharing (DMS) Policy implementation. The validations ensure the DMS Plan, associated budget line item, and budget justification are included when the DMS Policy applies and are not included when it doesn’t.  By flagging each active funding opportunity announcement (FOA) as requiring a Data Management and Sharing (DMS) Plan or not, we are able to compare opportunity expectations against your applic...
Source: NIH Extramural Nexus - February 7, 2023 Category: Research Authors: NIH Staff Tags: Tips Before You Submit Data sharing eRA Source Type: funding

Career Enhancement Award to Advance Research on Firearm Injury and Mortality Prevention (K18 Independent Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
Funding Opportunity PAR-23-108 from the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts. This NIH Research Career Enhancement Award (K18) program invites applications from experienced investigators seeking to redirect or expand their research programs through the acquisition of new skills and knowledge in the area of firearm mortality and injury prevention research, which is beyond and complementary to their current areas of expertise. The program will support research training and career development experiences and a small-scale research project that will provide experienced investigators with the scientific competencies required t...
Source: NIH Funding Opportunities (Notices, PA, RFA) - January 30, 2023 Category: Research Source Type: funding

Career Enhancement Award to Advance Research on Firearm Injury and Mortality Prevention (K18 Independent Clinical Trial Required)
Funding Opportunity PAR-23-107 from the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts. This NIH Research Career Enhancement Award (K18) program invites applications from experienced investigators seeking to redirect or expand their research programs through the acquisition of new skills and knowledge in the area of firearm mortality and injury prevention research, which is beyond and complementary to their current areas of expertise. The program will support research training and career development experiences and a small-scale research project that will provide experienced investigators with the scientific competencies required t...
Source: NIH Funding Opportunities (Notices, PA, RFA) - January 30, 2023 Category: Research Source Type: funding

Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award (NRSA) Institutional Research Training Grant (Parent T32)
Funding Opportunity PA-23-048 from the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts. The National Institutes of Health (NIH) will award Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award (NRSA) Institutional Research Training Grants (T32) to eligible, domestic institutions to develop and/or enhance predoctoral and postdoctoral research training, including short-term research training, to help ensure that a diverse and highly trained workforce is available to meet the needs of the Nations biomedical, behavioral, and clinical research agenda. Research training programs are expected to incorporate engaging, didactic, research, and ...
Source: NIH Funding Opportunities (Notices, PA, RFA) - January 26, 2023 Category: Research Source Type: funding

Notice of Special Interest (NOSI): Career Development Opportunities for Research Within the Mission of the Division of Cancer Prevention at the National Cancer Institute
Notice NOT-CA-23-035 from the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts (Source: NIH Funding Opportunities (Notices, PA, RFA))
Source: NIH Funding Opportunities (Notices, PA, RFA) - January 18, 2023 Category: Research Source Type: funding

NIDA Research Center of Excellence Grant Program (P50 Clinical Trial Optional)
Funding Opportunity PAR-23-076 from the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts. This Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) is to provide support for research Centers that (1) conduct drug abuse and addiction research in any area of NIDAs mission, (2) have outstanding innovative science, (3) are multidisciplinary, thematically integrated, synergistic, and (4) serve as national resource(s) to provide educational and outreach activities to drug abuse research communities, educational organizations, the general public, and policy makers in the NIDA research fields. It is expected that a Center will transform knowledge in the s...
Source: NIH Funding Opportunities (Notices, PA, RFA) - January 12, 2023 Category: Research Source Type: funding

Mentored Career Development Program for Early Stage Investigators Using Nonhuman Primate Research Models (K01 Independent Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
Funding Opportunity PAR-23-073 from the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts. The purpose of this Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) is to provide early-stage investigators with support and protected time (up to five years) for intensive, research-focused career development program activities under the guidance of an experienced mentorship team with expertise in both the preclinical application of nonhuman primate (NHP) models and in translation of the results from such studies to clinical application. The focus of this program is to increase the number of highly skilled scientists using NHP models to address complex ...
Source: NIH Funding Opportunities (Notices, PA, RFA) - January 10, 2023 Category: Research Source Type: funding