Notice Encourage Eligible NIH BRAIN Initiative Awardees Apply PA-18-906 Research Supplements Promote Diversity Health-Related Research Admin Supp - Clinical Trial Allowed) Notice Number: NOT-DA-18-038 Key Dates Release Date: September 18, 2018 Related Announcements PAR-18-501 PAR-18-515 RFA-DA-18-018 RFA-EB-15-006 RFA-EB-17-001 RFA-EB-17-002 RFA-EB-17-003 RFA-EB-17-004 RFA-EB-17-005 RFA-EY-17-001 RFA-EY-18-001 RFA-MH-16-750 RFA-MH-16-775 RFA-MH-16-810 RFA-MH-16-815 RFA-MH-17-210 RFA-MH-17-215 RFA-MH-17-220 RFA-MH-17-230 RFA-MH-17-235 RFA-MH-17-240 RFA-MH-17-245 RFA-MH-17-255 RFA-MH-17-256 RFA-MH-17-257 RFA-MH-17-260 RFA-MH-18-505 RFA-MH-19-136 RFA-NS-15-008 RFA-NS-16-006 RFA-NS-16-007 RFA-NS-16-008 RFA-NS-16-009 RFA-NS-16-010 RFA-NS-17-003 RFA-NS-17-004 RFA-NS-17-006 RFA-NS-17-014 RFA-NS-17-015 RFA-NS-17-019 RFA-NS-18-014 RFA-NS-18-018 RFA-NS-18-019 RFA-NS-18-020 RFA-NS-18-021 RFA-NS-18-022 RFA-NS-18-023 RFA-NS-18-029 RFA-NS-18-030 Issued National Eye Institute NEI) National Institute Biomedical Imaging Bioengineering NIBIB) National Institute Drug Abuse NIDA) National Institute Mental Health NIMH) National Institute Neurological Disorders Stroke NINDS) Purpose Notice encourages eligible awardees the BRAIN Initiative community apply administrative supplements response to PA-18-906 Research Supplements Promote Diversity Health-Related Research Admin Supp - Clinical Trial Allowed). NIH a strong interest the diversity the NIH-funded workforce see NOT-OD-18-210 for details) encourages institutions diversify student populations enhancing participation individuals groups identified underrepresented the biomedical, clinical, behavioral, social sciences. BRAIN Initiative 2025 report stated 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, including those underrepresented groups, will contribute advancing goals the BRAIN Initiative. Program Directors/Principal Investigators PD/PI) active BRAIN Initiative research program grants thus encouraged identify eligible individuals throughout continuum high school the faculty level support scientific mentorship under auspices this administrative supplement. 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 see 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. 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-18-030) 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 in PA-18-906 and 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 in PA-18-906, to enable supplement candidate attend annual BRAIN Initiative PD/PI meeting the Washington, DC area. request additional funds should reasonable well justified the application. Before submitting application, applicants encouraged review the supplemental guidance for 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. 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, 2018 December 1, 2018 January 30, 2019 December 2, 2018 February 15, 2019 March 31, 2019 February 16, 2019 April 15, 2019 30, 2019 April 16, 2019 June 15, 2019 July 30, 2019 tracking purposes, applicants encouraged inform Dr. James Churchill 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: James Churchill, Ph.D. National Institute Mental Health NIMH) Telephone: 301-443-3621 Email:
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