Funding-NIH - Notice
of Intent to Publish a Funding Opportunity Announcement for NIH Director’s
Workforce Innovation Award (DP7); March 15, 2013
The FOA is expected to be issued in February and the competition
will coordinated as a limited submission through the Office of the Vice
President for Research.
Notice of Intent to Publish a Funding
Opportunity Announcement for NIH Director’s Workforce Innovation Award (DP7)
Notice Number: NOT-RM-13-005
Key Dates
Release Date: December 21, 2012
Estimated Publication Date of Announcement: February 2013
First Estimated Application Due Date: April 30, 2013
Earliest Estimated Award Date: September 2013
Earliest Estimated Start Date: September 2013
Issued by Office
of Strategic Coordination (Common Fund)
Purpose
The NIH Common Fund intends to publish a
Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) to solicit applications for NIH
Director’s Workforce Innovation Awards. These awards will be available to doctoral
degree-granting institutions that propose bold and innovative programs to
significantly enhance traditional research-oriented doctoral and postdoctoral
training. This initiative is developed in response to advice provided by the
Advisory Committee to the Director, NIH. The committee studied the current
state of the biomedical research workforce, and NIH’s support of training for
this workforce (http://acd.od.nih.gov/Biomedical_research_wgreport.pdf).
The novel programs supported by this initiative should be informed by the
anticipated needs of the future biomedical research workforce as described in
the above report.
NIH is seeking innovative programs to broaden
the training of graduate students and post-doctoral scientists desiring careers
in all venues. This training might be in a variety of environments: industry,
biotechnology, entrepreneurial enterprises, technology transfer, science
policy, governmental regulatory agencies etc. Training may be accomplished by a
variety of mechanisms: novel curricula, hands-on work/internships, lecture
series, training in management and leadership, etc. The programs also will
provide positive and attractive exit pathways early in pre-doctoral training
for those individuals choosing careers that do not require the research
doctorate. Partnerships with organizations that employ scientists engaged
in diverse career paths are highly encouraged to ensure appropriate expertise
is brought to bear on proposed coursework and/or that hands-on training
experiences within these organizations may be possible.
Institutions (defined by distinct DUNS
numbers) will be limited to a single application. These onetime 5 year awards
will support administrative infrastructure, needed expertise, or other expenses
necessary to accomplish the above goals, but will not support stipends of
students or postdoctoral scientists. The maximum amount of the award will
be $250,000 total costs per year, with a combined total of 25 awards made in
fiscal years 2013 and 2014.
The FOA is expected to be published in
February 2013. Letters of Intent are encouraged and are due March 30. The
application due date is April 30, 2013.
Program Staff will conduct a webinar for
potential applicants to answer questions about the FOA and submission process
in February/March 2013. Webinar information will be posted on the Common Fund
program website (http://commonfund.nih.gov/workforce/).
This FOA will utilize the new DP7 activity code (NIH Director’s Workforce
Innovation Award) which is designed to stimulate transformative approaches to
training and/or workforce support, with the intent of promoting culture change.
This Notice encourages investigators with
expertise and insights in training predoctoral
students and postdoctoral scholars to begin to consider developing relevant
partnerships and applying for this FOA.
APPLICATIONS ARE NOT BEING SOLICITED AT THIS TIME.
Inquiries
Please direct all inquiries to:
Dr. Patricia Labosky, PhD
Program Leader
Office of Strategic Coordination
Division of Program Coordination, Planning and Strategic Initiatives
Office of the Director, NIH
1 Center Drive, Room 214A
Bethesda, MD 20892-0189
Telephone: 301-594-4863
Email: laboskypa@od.nih.gov
Dr. Rod Ulane, PhD
Director, Division of Scientific Programs
NIH Research Training Officer
Office of Extramural Research
Bethesda, MD 20817
Telephone: 301-496-3255
Email: ulanere@od.nih.gov
Link
to Full Announcement
http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/notice-files/NOT-RM-13-005.html