CommunityBased Participatory Research CBPR at NIH

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Community-Based Participatory Research (CBPR) at
NIH

• Dana M. Sampson, MS, MBA(c)
• HHS/NIH/Office of Behavioral and Social Sciences
  Research (OBSSR)
• October 24, 2008

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• Current OBSSR Funding Opportunities for
• Community-Based Participatory Research(CBPR)

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Active CBPR Funding Opportunities Announcements

• Community Participation Research (R01),
  PA-08-074
• Community Participation in Research Targeting the
  Medically Underserved (R01), PAR-08-075
• Community Participation in Research Targeting the
  Medically Underserved (R21), PAR-08-076
• Corresponding Technical Assistance Workshop
  convened on February 29, 2008, Leap into the
  Community, available at http//grants.nih.gov/gra
  nts/training/esaig/cbpr_workshop_20080229.htm

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PA-08-074 (Interventions)

• Solicits R01 applications that propose
  intervention research on health promotion,
  disease prevention, and health disparities that
  communities and researchers jointly conduct.
• Standard Receipt Dates Feb, June, Oct

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PAR-08-075 PAR-08-076 (Medically Underserved)

• Solicits R01 R21 applications that propose
  research on health promotion, disease prevention,
  and health disparities that is jointly conducted
  by communities and researchers and targets
  medically underserved areas (MUAs) and medically
  underserved populations (MUPs) as defined by the
  HHS Health Resources and Services Administration
  (HRSA).
• Special Review/Receipt Date 5/15/09, 5/14/10

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R01 vs. R21 Mechanism

• R01 Research Project Grant Program
• R21 Exploratory/ Developmental Research Grant
  Award

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R01 Quick Facts

• Used to support a discrete, specified,
  circumscribed research project
• NIH's most commonly used grant program
• No specific dollar limit unless specified in FOA
• Advance permission required for 500K or more
  (direct costs) in any year
• Generally awarded for 3-5 years
• All ICs utilize

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R21 Quick Facts

• Encourages new, exploratory and developmental
  research projects by providing support for the
  early stages of project development.  Sometimes
  used for pilot and feasibility studies.
• Limited to up to 2 years of funding
• Combined budget for direct costs for the two year
  project period usually may not exceed 275K.
• No preliminary data is generally required
• Most ICs utilize

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FOA Details

• For complete information on OBSSR-initiated and
  all other NIH Funding Opportunity Announcements,
  reference the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts
  online at http//grants2.nih.gov/grants/guide/

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Hurdles to Funding
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Common Hurdles Include

• Lack of familiarity with NIH
• Insufficient application preparation time
• Failure to fully comply with FOA requirements
• Incomplete comprehension of CBPR
• Surviving the NIH review process

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• Our greatest glory is not in never falling but
  in rising every time we fall.
• Confucius

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What has NIH done to help minimize the falling?

• Educate and Disseminate TA Workshops, Brochure,
  Presentations
• Collaborate CBPR Scientific Interest Group
  (SIG)
• Increase Opportunities

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S.O.S.! Researcher in Distress

• Office of Extramural Research (OER) website
  http//grants.nih.gov/grants/oer.htm
• Program Grants Management Officials listed in
  the FOA
• Computer Retrieval of Information Scientific
  Projects (CRISP) databasehttp//crisp.cit.nih.gov
  /

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• Fruits of Our Labor How successful have we
  been in our quest to support CBPR?

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Those Pesky Facts...

• 30 118

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Successful CBPR Projects
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Supportive NIH ICs

• NCI
• NCMHD
• NCRR
• NHLBI
• NIAAA
• NICHD
• NIDA
• NIDCD

• NIDCR
• NIDDK
• NIEHS
• NIMH
• NINR
• OD/OBSSR
• OD/ORWH

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Feeling Discouraged?

• The light at the end of the tunnel is just
  the light of an oncoming train. Robert Lowell

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CBPR is alive and well at NIH!

• The light at the end of the tunnel is not an
  illusion. The tunnel is.
• Me!

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Dana M. Sampson, MS, MBA(c)NIH/OD/OBSSR31
Center DriveBuilding 31, Room B1C19Bethesda, MD
20892

• E-mail Sampsond_at_od.nih.gov
• Phone [phone]
• Web http//obssr.od.nih.gov