Career Development Awards: A Step Towards Success in Academic Geriatrics. Overview of NIH Career Development Awards

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1 Career Development Awards: A Step Towards Success in Academic Geriatrics Overview of NIH Career Development Awards Chyren Hunter, PhD Deputy Director/Training Officer Division of Extramural Activities National Institute on Aging/NIH May 14, 2010

2 NIH Career Development Award Programs K01 K25 K23 BEESON K24 K12

3 NIA Mentored Career Development Awards (K) K01 K08 K23 K25 K99/R00 NIA Beeson Award (K08 & K23 )

4 Common Features of NIA Mentored Career (K) Awards Eligibility: Clinical Doctoral Degree *+ US Citizen, Non-Citizen National, Permanent Resident * 75% Effort required Mentor (s) required Previous NIH Principal Investigators are ineligible *exception=k99/r00 +exception=k01

5 NIA K99/R00 Award Program Eligibility: Doctoral Degree PhD, MD Citizenship not required Two phases K99 - mentored R00 conversion not automatic; requires tenure-track position 75% Effort required Previous NIH Principal Investigators are ineligible

6 Comparing K awards: Eligibility Regular K23 Regular K08 Beeson K23/K08 1. Completed clinical training 2. Research involves patients 3. Faculty appointment by time of award 4. US citizen or permanent resident 1. Advanced training not required 2. Patient contact not required 3. faculty appointment required 4. US citizen or permanent resident 1. Completed clinical training 2. Other usual requirements 3. Evidence of leadership potential 4. Can already have career award but NOT R01, major subproject in P series or prior career awards 5. Total training period from all sources about 7 years 6. Two separate RFAs

7 ENHANCING PEER REVIEW Fund the best science, by the best scientists, with the least amount of administrative burden.

8 ENHANCING PEER REVIEW Applications to the NIH are now: Electronic Shorter page limits Restructured Application Research Strategy Biographical Sketch Resources and Facilities

9 Peer Review New scoring system Impact score 1-9 (2-digit scores, whole percentile ranks) Criterion scoring 1-9 Restructured reviews RPG vs. Training and Career Development Clustering of ESI R01 applications Summary statement Template Impact score Criterion Score

10 Criterion Scoring Research Applications Fellowship/ Career Development Applications Significance. Investigator(s). Innovation. Approach. Environment. Candidate Career Development Plan Research Plan Mentors Environment/Commitment

11 NIA Study Sections K applications Four chartered committees NIA-B, NIA-C, NIA-N, and NIA-S K01, K02, K07 K08, K23 K24 and K25 applications Beeson review panel K08 and K23 applications responsive to Beeson RFAs ~10-35 applications/study section

12 NIA Career Development Applications May 2010

13 NIA Career Development Applications May 2010

14 Impact of new NIH scoring system # Ties Impact scores May 2010 NIA K applications

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16 LRP PROGRAMS Clinical LRP Pediatric Research LRP Contraception and Infertility LRP Health Disparities Research LRP Clinical Research for Individuals from Disadvantaged Backgrounds

17 Application Support NIH Grants Information Help Desk: For questions about the content of new forms and instructions. or Phone: Grants.gov Contact Center: For questions on form functionality or submission to Grants.gov. Phone: NIH era Help Desk: For post-submission questions or technical issues that threaten NIH s timely receipt of your application. Web support: Phone: or

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19 Electronic Research Administration (era) How to apply? Register for an Individual era Commons Account Establish and update your personal profile New Investigator (NI) or Early Stage Investigator (ESI) Check assembled application Check application status View Summary statement Apply electronically via Grants.gov Funding Opportunity Announcement Adobe Reader platform and SF24 application Signing Official (S0) submits the final application to NIH.