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Welcome to RISE 2011

Welcome to RISE 2011. Introduction to NRSA. What is a National Research Service Award? National Institutes of Health Program Funds pre-doctoral training (coursework and research) Stipend to help support living expenses Fees and tuition Some research training and travel support.

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Welcome to RISE 2011

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  1. Welcome to RISE 2011 Introduction to NRSA

  2. What is a National Research Service Award? National Institutes of Health Program Funds pre-doctoral training (coursework and research) Stipend to help support living expenses Fees and tuition Some research training and travel support

  3. National Research Service Awards (NRSA’s) Individual Institutional T32 Pre-doctoral F31 Post-doctoral F32 Pre-doctoral Post-doctoral

  4. NRSA Individual Predoctoral Fellows in Nursing Research (F31) programPurpose: train future generations of outstanding nurse scientists who are committed to research careers in scientific health-related fields relevant to the programmatic interests of the National Institute of Nursing Research

  5. What are the benefits of a NRSA? Excellent experience in preparing peer reviewed applications NINR data demonstrate that NRSA trainees have productive research careers Extramural research funding Data based publications Career progression

  6. Essential Components of a NRSA Candidate Previous academic and research performance Highlight research experiences, publications Highlight any awards or honors received Potential to make important contributions to nursing science Clear statement about your professional goals Letters of reference

  7. Strategies Writing an NRSA Convince Reviewers: You have the potential to do what you say you want to do You have the background You will get the results promised because of the logical development of the ideas It can be completed within the scope of doctoral study given the time and money Your research plan and consultation identified provides you with the tools to complete the project

  8. Essential Components of a NRSA Sponsor Caliber of the sponsor as researcher in the area of science Independent research career demonstrated by extramural funding and data based publications Previous experience mentoring doctoral students Co-mentors and consultants can be used to complement the sponsor Sponsor’s statement is very important—critical!

  9. Essential Components of a NRSA Convince Reviewers: Sponsor/co-sponsers has substantive and methodological expertise as evidenced by research productivity Match between you and your sponsor(s) is as strong as possible Coursework supports the proposed methods and substantive content Socialization experiences support the proposal

  10. Essential Components of a NRSA Resources and Environment Institutional commitment to research training and career development Quality of the facilities and related relevant resources (laboratory, computer, library, ability to recruit subjects including availability and support from clinical agencies)

  11. Essential Components of a NRSA Training plan Program of study provides necessary depth and scope for substantive area Training plan should also include “core” areas such as theory, methods, statistics Research training appropriate to area of interest needs to be included Sponsor statement now addresses details of the training plan

  12. Essential Components of a NRSA Specific Aims (1 page) Purpose Clear, concise and logically developed research questions or aims Significance of the problem for health care and for nursing science

  13. Essential Components of a NRSA Research Strategy (6 pages excluding references) Background (relevant literature) Design and sample Methods/approach and procedures Potential problems and alternatives

  14. Strategies for Writing an NRSA Convince Reviewers: The problem you have identified is important Solving the problem is the right thing to do (morally, economically, demographically) The way you are looking at the problem, although soundly rooted in the research base, is innovative Answering your research question is essential to generating knowledge and to launching your career.

  15. Essential Components of a NRSA Literature Review: CRITICAL

  16. Literature Review Current: be sure your review is updated to include current research Comprehensive: address all key concepts in your study Critical Analysis Strengths Limitations Contributions Demonstrate synthesis

  17. Literature Review: Strategies Identify gaps in knowledge Tell the reviewer how your study extends knowledge and addresses current gaps Use tables to summarize findings and demonstrate synthesis Build synthesis tables

  18. Essential Components of a NRSA Approach (Methods) Propose a design with rationale Sample (give inclusion and exclusion criteria) Procedures Describe your study protocol Describe data collection methods

  19. Research Design Elements of a good design Control whenever possible Measurement precision Validity Reliability Generalizability Randomization Minimal confounding variables

  20. Research Design Other measurement issues Sensitivity: conditional probability of a positive response given that the individual has the target of interest Specificity: conditional probability of a negative response when individual does not have the disease Responsiveness to change: floor and ceiling effects

  21. Essential Components of a NRSA Data analysis plans Provide as much detail as possible Power analysis to justify sample size or rationale for sample size if a qualitative study

  22. Essential Components of a NRSA Sponsor Statement (6 pages) Summarizes you as a qualified candidate Describes how sponsor will mentor you Training plan Resources to support training and research plans

  23. Tips on Writing the Research Plan Use short, simple sentences, active voice Develop a coherent argument through the use of organizing statements and topic sentences. Every paragraph should make a clear explicit point. Choose the simplest, most concise way to say everything.

  24. Tips on Writing the Research Plan Develop a glossary of terms--use them consistently and check this at the end Make your points explicitly and get on with it. Neatness and presentation count. Remember the reviewers are human. They react to typos, sloppy presentation and too small text Leave enough time for someone else to edit--mercilessly. Consider a naive reader

  25. Essential Components of a NRSA Not part of the score but ESSENTIAL to address Inclusion of women Inclusion of children (NIH definition is < 21 years of age) Inclusion of minorities and PLAN for recruitment of minorities Inclusion of minorities should represent demographics of the area and or clinical population Data Safety and Monitoring Plan and/or Board

  26. NRSA Peer Review Process Applications are assigned a primary reviewer, secondary reviewer and discussant All 3 reviewers read the proposal and prepare a written critique prior to the review group meeting All reviewers have a copy of the proposal—most read the abstract

  27. NRSA Peer Review Process What happens at Scientific Review? Each reviewer gives initial impact score Primary reviewer summarizes her/his critique highlighting strengths and weakness in each area Secondary reviewer adds any new or different comments Discussant to add only new or different information

  28. NRSA Peer Review Process Chair opens discussion of the proposal to the review group (all reviewers have the application) Other reviewers have the opportunity to comment, raise concerns, or note important strengths of the application Scores of reviewers are revisited and goal is to achieve a fairly narrow range in scores All reviewers score the application Total amount of time for review of your application is approximately 15 minutes

  29. NRSA Peer Review Process Inclusion of women evaluated as acceptable or not acceptable. Any concerns hold up funding and must be addressed by the applicant Inclusion of minorities evaluated by the same process Inclusion of children evaluated by the same process Human Subjects evaluated according to stated criteria

  30. NRSA Peer Review Process WHAT DOES MY SCORE MEAN?

  31. Strengths

  32. NRSA Peer Review Process How are funding decisions made? Funding based on overall merit of the application relevance of study to research priorities and mission of the awarding institute availability of funds

  33. NRSA Peer Review Process How are funding decisions made? Review and funding are separate processes Scores and summary critiques are presented at Council In general, proposals with the best scores are funded Council can make recommendations to change funding priorities (it is rare but can happen)

  34. NRSA Trainee What are your responsibilities? Full time study and/or research training Demonstrate evidence of successful progress towards achievement of training and research purpose and aims Compliance with pay back requirements Document NIH support on publications and presentations

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