Notice Encourage Eligible NIH BRAIN Initiative Awardees Apply PA-16-288 Research Supplements Promote Diversity Health-Related Research" Notice Number: NOT-MH-17-048 Key Dates Release Date: September 1, 2017 Related Announcements PA-16-288 RFA-MH-15-200 RFA-MH-15-225 RFA-NS-15-003 RFA-NS-15-004 RFA-NS-15-005 RFA-NS-15-006 RFA-NS-15-008 RFA-EB-15-006 RFA-EY-16-001 RFA-MH-16-750 RFA-MH-16-775 RFA-MH-16-810 RFA-MH-16-815 RFA-NS-16-006 RFA-NS-16-007 RFA-NS-16-008 RFA-NS-16-009 RFA-NS-16-010 RFA-NS-16-011 RFA-NS-16-018 RFA-EB-17-001 RFA-EB-17-002 RFA-EY-17-001 RFA-MH-17-210 RFA-MH-17-215 RFA-MH-17-220 RFA-MH-17-225 RFA-MH-17-230 RFA-MH-17-235 RFA-MH-17-240 RFA-MH-17-245 RFA-MH-17-256 RFA-MH-17-257 RFA-MH-17-260 RFA-NS-17-003 RFA-NS-17-004 RFA-NS-17-005 RFA-NS-17-006 RFA-NS-17-007 RFA-NS-17-014 RFA-NS-17-015 RFA-NS-17-018 RFA-NS-17-019 Issued National Institute Mental Health NIMH) National Eye Institute NEI) National Institute Biomedical Imaging Bioengineering NIBIB) National Institute Neurological Disorders Stroke NINDS) Purpose Notice encourages eligible awardees the BRAIN Initiative community apply administrative supplements response PA-16-288, quot;Research Supplements Promote Diversity Health-Related Research." NIH a strong interest the diversity the NIH-funded workforce NOT-OD-15-053 NOT-OD-15-089 details) encourages institutions diversify student populations enhancing participation individuals groups identified nationally underrepresented the biomedical, clinical, behavioral, social sciences. BRAIN Initiative 2025 report stated quot;the BRAIN Initiative should a catalyst will drive outstanding young people enter area their most creative career stage." NIH diversity supplement offers opportunity existing BRAIN awardees request additional funds train mentor next generation researchers underrepresented groups will contribute advancing goals the BRAIN Initiative. Among U.S. citizens U.S. institutions, percentage neuroscience trainees underrepresented groups declines the graduate 14%) the postdoctoral level 9%), to 5% the neuroscience tenure-stream faculty 2011 Survey Report Neuroscience Departments Programs). Based data the recently published 2015 Survey Earned Doctorates, 15% the U.S. citizens earning PhDs neuroscience neurobiology year from underrepresented groups, suggesting relatively little change the diversity neuroscience graduate students the first half this decade. Program Directors/Principal Investigators PD/PI) active BRAIN Initiative research program grants thus encouraged identify individuals nationally underrepresented groups support mentorship under auspices this administrative supplement. Individuals the identified groups eligible throughout continuum high school the faculty level. activities proposed the supplement application must fall within scope the parent grant, both advance objectives the parent grant support research training professional development the supplement candidate. BRAIN Initiative PIs strongly encouraged incorporate training activities will help prepare supplement candidate conduct rigorous research relevant the goals the BRAIN Initiative 2025 Report. Educational goals the NIH component the BRAIN Initiative BRAIN 2025: Scientific Vision) include acquisition quantitative skills, appropriate and integration newly developed tools, technologies methods developed under BRAIN Initiative, consideration the ethical implications neuroscience research. BRAIN 2025 Report notes individuals should obtain robust grounding quantitative reasoning, principles, techniques during training. special focus training quantitative neuroscience, i.e., theory statistics biologists, exposing physicists, engineers statisticians experimental neuroscience. BRAIN 2025 Report strongly encourages scientists cross traditional areas expertise conduct interdisciplinary research, acknowledges need attract investigators faculty recruits neuroscience quantitative disciplines, e.g., statistics, computer science, physics, mathematics, engineering. Applicants requested state, the first sentence the Research Strategy, the parent grant awarded a BRAIN Initiative award, to state specific FOA the parent grant e.g., RFA-NS-16-006). Inclusion this information facilitate processing the supplement application. some cases, diversity supplement be submitted a multiple-PD/PI MPI) BRAIN Initiative award is awarded a foreign institution. Specifically, diversity supplement be submitted the supplement candidate meets eligibility criteria specified PA-16-288, will work a subaward MPI a domestic institution. Potential applicants encouraged confirm eligibility the Program contact listed below. BRAIN diversity supplement awardees, appropriate the duration their support career stage, strongly encouraged participate annual PD/PI meetings in activities. Applicants request funds, addition the research costs specified PA-16-288, enable supplement candidate attend annual PD/PI meeting the Washington, DC area. request additional funds should reasonable well justified the application. Before submitting application, applicants encouraged review supplemental guidance BRAIN Initiative diversity supplement applications the NIH BRAIN Initiative web site. Consultation the Program Official the qualifying BRAIN award the individual named under Inquiries below also strongly encouraged confirm candidate eligibility to obtain technical assistance. Supplement applications be evaluated the BRAIN Initiative research training committee, committee Program staff the Institutes Centers participating the NIH BRAIN Initiative. Applications be considered according the following schedule: Application Due Date Funding Decision October 1, 2017 December 1, 2017 January 30, 2018 December 2, 2017 February 15, 2018 March 31, 2018 February 16, 2018 April 15, 2018 30, 2018 April 16, 2018 June 15, 2018 July 30, 2018 tracking purposes, applicants encouraged inform Dr. Nancy Desmond via email
BRAIN.Initiative.Training@nih.gov) a diversity supplement application submitted. Please include PD/PI name grant number the subject line this email. Inquiries Please direct inquiries to: Nancy L Desmond, Ph.D. National Institute Mental Health NIMH) Telephone: 301-443-3107 Email:
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