Training and Career Development

1. Training and Career Development Applications & Funding: Perspectives from the National Institutes of Health – NIH and the The National Institute on Drug Abuse - NIDA Beth Babecki, M.A. Training Coordinator Division of Basic Neuroscience & Behavioral Research, NIDA

2. Topics for Today • What is NIH and NIDA interested in? 2. What can NIH and NIDA do for me? 3. How do I become independent?

3. What’s happening at NIH? Witness before the Subcommittee on Labor Education Appropriations – March 2012 • Investments in the biomedical infrastructure, in scientists’ ideas, and in workforce training are essential to drive the innovation that will spur America’s economic recovery and future growth. • The U.S. must compete in training America’s next generation to make tomorrow’s health discoveries and ensure continued scientific leadership. NIH Director Dr. Francis Collins

4. What’s happening at NIH? Witness before the Subcommittee on Labor Education Appropriations – March 2012 • Investments in the biomedical infrastructure, in scientists’ ideas, and in workforce training are essential to drive the innovation that will spur America’s economic recovery and future growth. • The U.S. must compete in training America’s next generation to make tomorrow’s health discoveries and ensure continued scientific leadership. NIH Director Dr. Francis Collins That’s YOU!

5. What’s Happening at the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)? • NIDA’s Mission is to bring the power of science to bear on drug abuse and addiction • NIDA’s Research Priorities: • Prevention • Treatment • Medical Consequences • Evidence-Based Interventionsto expand availability, adoption, and access to substance abuse and HIV treatment services Nora D. Volkow, M.D., Director

6. 1. Would my research be interestingto NIH?

7. Institute Director

8. Funding

9. Organization

10. Strategic Plan

11. NIDA's mission is to lead the Nation in bringing the power of science to bear on drug abuse and addiction  Chemistry and Physiological Systems Research Genetics & Molecular Neurobiology Research DBNBR HIV/AIDS, Pain, Women & Sex/Gender Differences, Training Functional Neuroscience Research Behavioral and Cognitive Science Research Division of Basic Neuroscience and Behavioral Research (DBNBR) Advancing the Science of Drug Addiction Through Basic Research Advancing the Science of Drug Addiction Through Basic Research

12. Who Funds Your Kind of Research?

13. Check out PubMedhttp://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/ and the NIH Reporter http://projectreporter.nih.gov/reporter.cfm

14. 2. What can NIH and NIDA do for me?

15. Who Can I Talk To at NIH?You are Probably 3 People Away from the Right Person • Ask your mentor for a referral to an NIH Program Officer • Call a Program Announcement Contact • Study the NIH Organizational Charts • Call someone on the NIH Training Contacts listhttp://grants.nih.gov/training/tac_training_contacts.doc

16. Who is My Primary NIH Contact?Your NIH Program Officer • Your first NIH contact • Attends the study section, recommends applications for funding, advises you and monitors your grant progress • Your advocate within the system Beth Babecki, MA Training coordinator DBNBR/NIDA 301-435-0899 bbabecki@nida.nih.gov Albert Avila, PhD Training coordinator DBNBR/NIDA 301.496.8804 aavila@nida.nih.gov

17. What is the NIHGrants Process?

18. Funding Preparation • Start Early

19. Funding Receipt and Referral Center for Scientific Review Assigns Months 1-3

20. Funding Peer Review Months 4-8

21. FundingAward Prepare New or Recompeting Applications: the Cycle Continues 08/14/2014 Months 9-10 1K99…….….-01 YOU Got FUNDED! Start Soon

22. What training and career development funding is available? • Diversity Programs • Predoctoral and Postdoctoral Training • Individual Awards • Institutional Awards • Career Awards • Mentored Career Awards • Research Education Awards - Institutional • Statistics and Genetics • Clinical

23. Individual Fellowships and Training Grant Appointments for Predoctoral and Postdoctoral Fellows

24. Pre- & Post-Doctoral Fellowshipshttp://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/notice-files/NOT-OD-12-033.html • Training at NIDAand NIH: • http://www.drugabuse.gov/funding/research-training/research-training-opportunities-young-investigators • http://grants.nih.gov/training/nrsa.htm

25. Mentored Career Awards For Postdoctoral Fellows

26. How does a postdoc* get protected time ? • NIH K-Kiosk http://grants.nih.gov/training/careerdevelopmentawards.htm * Mentored K Awards are also for Junior Faculty

27. What is the NIH success ratefor individual training and career awards? 2011 http://report.nih.gov/success_rates/index.aspx

29. R25 Statistics & Genetics Appointments

30. NIDA Research Education Program for Clinical Researchers and Clinicians (R25) University of South Florida Boston Medical Center University of Colorado Denver New York University Boston Medical Center Medical University of South Carolina Albert Einstein College of Medicine Michigan State University Julie Ann Baldwin Patrick O’Connor Christian J. Hopfer Marc N. Gourevitch Jeffrey H. Samet Sudie E. Back Julia H. Arnsten James Christopher Anthony PAR-10-173

31. 3. How do I become independent?

32. Research Grants to become independent • New and Early Stage Investigator Policies http://grants.nih.gov/grants/new_investigators/index.htm

33. How can I find my first position? In every case • Look for Goodness of Fit with your own Goals • NegotiatePosition, Salary, Benefits, Start-up costs, Space; and your Responsibilities to the institution

34. How can I find my first position? If you had a K99/R00 award, you will have a distinct advantage • The award increases your desirability to the university • Tenure-track appointment • Your R00 award will be in addition to the salary and benefits package provided by the university

35. Take home points • Contact a Program Officer

36. Take home points • Contact a Program Officer • Right mechanism for you

37. Take home points • Contact a Program Officer • Right mechanism for you 3. Think about transition early Questions? Contact Beth Babecki