Finding Funding Opportunities:

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Finding Funding Opportunities Choosing the Best
Grant for You Maureen E. Goode, PhD,
ELS Administrative Director Center for Clinical
and Translational Sciences Maureen.Goode_at_uth.tmc.e
du 713-500-7924
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Start thinking about grants NOW. Learn the
types of grants available, how you can keep
informed about funding opportunities, and how to
choose the kind of grant most likely to be
funded. Plan a couple of steps ahead in your
career.
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The choices seem endless. NIH, NSF, DoD, AHA,
MDA, ACS? NCI, NEI, NIA, NIAAA, NIAID, NIBIB,
NICHD, NIDA, NIDCR, NIEHS, NIMH, NINDS, NINR,
NIAMS, NIDCD, NIDDK, NIGMS? R01, R03, R21, T32,
P01, P30, K08, K22, K23, IDEA grant, young
investigator grant? Investigator initiated or
in response to an FOA?
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Learn the Language--investigators New
investigator has no major (R01-type ) funding
Early stage investigator new investigator
within 10 years of completing terminal research
degree or medical residency
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Learn the Languagegrants applications Grant
mechanism kind of grant (R01, K22, P01, new
investigator) Investigator initiated
(unsolicited) application your idea a general
grant mechanism Application in response to an
FOA your idea an FOA
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Learn the Languageinformation FOA funding
opportunity announcement RFA request for
applications PA program announcement RFP
request for proposals Notice information
about an FOA
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Learn the Languageyour new best friends Funding
agency organization that awards grants IC
National Institutes of Health (NIH) Institute or
Center Program officer funding agency employee
managing an FOA Study section reviewers of
your grant application
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Learn the LanguageNIH-specific terms NIH
Glossary Acronym List http//grants.nih.gov/gran
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• To choose the best grant for you, ask yourself
• What do I want to do?
• How much will it cost? How long will it take?
• Where am I in my career?
• Who might give me a grant?

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• What do you want to do?
• Conduct research
• Individual and group research grants
• Get training
• Training and career development awards
• Train others
• Departmental institutional training grants
• Hold a scientific or educational meeting
• Build new facilities

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Individual Research Grants One
project Examples R NIH research
grants R01Research Project Grant R03Small
Grant R21Exploratory/Developmental
Grant R41/R42Small Business Technology
Transfer Research Grants R43/R44Small
Business Innovation Research Grants
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Multiproject Grants Several related projects,
sometimes with supporting cores and programs for
career development and for funding pilot projects
(you could get a grant from a multiproject
grant) Examples P NIH multiproject
grants P01Research Program Project
Grant P30Center Core Grant P50Specialized
Center Grant
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• Career Development/Training Awards
• For the development of researchers
• Salary support and research funds
• Most are for students, fellows, and assistant
  professors, but some are for more senior faculty
• Many are limited to certain career periods (e.g.,
  first 3 years of assistant professorship) and to
  US citizens or resident aliens
• Investigators with other career development
  awards or R01-type funding are not eligible

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Examples K, F, and T NIH career
development/training K01Mentored Research
Scientist Award K08Mentored Clinical Scientist
Award K12Mentored Clinical Scientist Development
Award K22 NCI Transition Career Development
Award K23Mentored Patient-Oriented Research
Career Development Award K24Established
Investigator Award F32Postdoctoral Individual
National Research Service Award T32 Kirschstein
Institutional Research Training Award
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• How much will it cost? How long will it take?
• All FOAs have time limits
• Almost all have budget limits or ranges
• For initial planning, an approximate cost is
  fine--50,000? 200,000? Millions?
• Colleagues and your departmental grants
  administrator can help you estimate the cost of
  the research (direct funds)
• Indirect funds (which go to your institution)
  have to be included

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• Where are you in your career?
• Graduate student
• Postdoctoral or clinical fellow
• New assistant professor just beginning a research
  project
• Associate or full professor continuing an
  established research program
• Any professor testing a new hypothesis
• There are specific grants for all these stages in
  your career.

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• Graduate Students
• NIH grants http//grants1.nih.gov/training/F_files
  _nrsa.htm
• GrantsNet (useful information for everyone)
• http//sciencecareers.sciencemag.org/funding
• GSBS announces grant opportunities for its
  students
• Check large institutional and departmental
  training and research grants too

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• Postdocs
• NIH grants http//grants1.nih.gov/training/careerd
  evelopmentawards.htm
• (has information for assistant professors too)
• GrantsNet http//sciencecareers.sciencemag.org/fu
  nding
• Check large institutional and departmental
  training and research grants too

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Who might give you a grant? NIH Other funding
agenciescheck eCivis

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Dont like the FOA but like the funding agency?
OR Want to confirm that youve chosen the right
grant from that agency? Check the agencys web
site for other FOAs Heres an
example
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Department of Defense (DoD) cdmrp.army.mil/funding
/default.htm Have been for a variety of
diseases. FY11 list is not out yet. Mechanisms
postdoctoral, new investigator,
hypothesis-testing (Idea), clinical investigator,
and therapy-development awards (varies by disease
site) Many emphasize innovative ideas Not
restricted to US citizens or resident aliens

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• AFTER READING THE FOA,
• Get More Information from the Program Officer
• Is my project a good fit with the FOA?
• If not, are there other FOAs that would be
  better?
• This FOA is about to expire. Will it be
  reissued?
• Who is on the study section?
• Will a lot of people apply for this grant? (What
  are my chances?)
• Can you suggest any ways to improve my proposal?
• Also, thank thememail their institute or
  foundation directors

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REMEMBER Contact us to discuss what we can do
for you 713-500-7900 CCTS_at_uth.tmc.edu or
Maureen Goode (713-500-7924) Maureen.Goode_at_uth.tm
c.edu Use CCTS services and programs to leverage
your grant applications Check our web site for
information http//ccts.uth.tmc.edu/
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From the New Yorker, December 6, 2010