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Postdoctoral Funding Opportunities Finding and Applying for the Right Grant. Important Links. Funding Searches http://www.grantsnet.org/search/srch_specify.cfm http:// grants.nih.gov/grants/grant_basics.htm http://grants1.nih.gov/grants/new_investigators/index.htm
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Postdoctoral Funding Opportunities Finding and Applying for the Right Grant
Important Links • Funding Searches • http://www.grantsnet.org/search/srch_specify.cfm • http://grants.nih.gov/grants/grant_basics.htm • http://grants1.nih.gov/grants/new_investigators/index.htm • http://cdmrp.army.mil (DOD) • http://www.heart.org/HEARTORG/ (AMA) • www.cancer.org (ACS) • www.diabetes.org (ADA) • BCM Research Listserv – awards@bcm.edu • Collaborations • NIH RePORTER - http://projectreporter.nih.gov/reporter.cfm • BioMedExperts - www.biomedexperts.com • BCM Office of Research Intranet • http://intranet.bcm.edu/?tmp=/research/oor/home
NIH • K99/R00 – 12 Feb, 12 June, 12 Oct • no citizenship or permanent residency requirements • max. 2 years mentored • max. 3 years independent • F32 Individual Postdoctoral Fellowship – 8 April, 8 Aug, 8 Dec • must be citizen or permanent resident by time of award
DOD • Concept Awards and Fellowships • no citizenship or permanent residency • Breast, Lung, Prostate, Ovarian, and other Cancer Research • Tuberous Sclerosis Complex • Orthopaedic Research and Spinal Cord Injury Research • Autism • ALS, MS • PTSD, TBI
Non-Profits • American Cancer Society • early in postdoctoral position • April 1, October 1 • American Diabetes Association • Mentor-based postdoctoral fellowships • January 15 • American Heart Association • National and Texas (South Central) Affiliate • January and July
Office of Research Listserv • E-mail awards@bcm.edu and ask to join listserv • Information on programs sent out to subscribers when received from the sponsor
BCM OverviewAnnual Sponsored Research • NIH: ~$300M Awards on 1,000 submissions • Total: ~$400M Awards on 2,200 submissions • ranked 17th in US (126 medical schools)
Applications • Applications are submitted from, and awarded to, an institution (e.g., Baylor College of Medicine) • Fellow and mentor are identified in the application • Fellow and mentor are identified in BRAIN, with fellow indicated as principal investigator (PI) in BRAIN
Applications • Don’t be disqualified - read and follow the sponsor’s rules regarding format, deadlines, eligibility, and how to apply • Plan • Notify Mentor and find out how much time needed for review • Notify Department and find out how much time to review
Applications • Verify what is needed: • IRB and IACUC protocols • Conflict of Interest Forms • Indirects • Committed Effort • Completed application must be uploaded in BRAIN, approved by mentor, sections, departments and in Sponsored Programs FIVE working days before sponsor deadline
Applications • BRAIN proposal routing summary • mentor • section chief, if applicable • department chair(s) • Sponsored Programs • Application signatures • Sponsored Programs final signature • paper (investigator/fellow mails) • electronic (Sponsored Programs submits)
Applications • Professional societies and organizations may offer small travelling fellowships to attend national meetings • Any honor, with or without funding, helps build your curriculum vitae • Some fellowships and many grants are portable, transferring to your new institution if you move
Applications • Submit applications to multiple sponsors – you may not accept duplicate funding, but only approximately 1 in 4 applications will be funded
Awards • Make sure SPO has award notice (forward non-Federal awards to spo@bcm.edu) • SPO reviews assurances, funds in BRAIN and sends to Grants and Contracts Accounting • GCA sets up account in mentors name giving access to funds
Contact SponsoredPrograms (713) 798-1297 spo@bcm.edu Pallavi Annambhotla, DrPH Jasmin Bryant, MHA Mercy Chen, PhD LaShun McGhee, JD Mohini Patel Shannon Teasley MS
Important Links • Funding Searches • http://www.grantsnet.org/search/srch_specify.cfm • http://grants.nih.gov/grants/grant_basics.htm • http://grants1.nih.gov/grants/new_investigators/index.htm • http://cdmrp.army.mil (DOD) • http://www.heart.org/HEARTORG/ (AMA) • www.cancer.org (ACS) • www.diabetes.org (ADA) • BCM Research Listserv – awards@bcm.edu • Collaborations – • NIH RePORTER - http://projectreporter.nih.gov/reporter.cfm • BioMedExperts- www.biomedexperts.com • BCM Office of Research Intranet • http://intranet.bcm.edu/?tmp=/research/oor/home