The National Institutes of Health (NIH) is accepting applications for its Transformative Educational Advancement and Mentoring Network (TEAM).
Donor Name: National Institutes of Health (NIH)
State: All States
County: All Counties
U.S. Territories: Puerto Rico, Guam, American Samoa, US Virgin Islands and Northern Marianas Islands
Type of Grant: Grant
Deadline: 02/10/2023
Size of the Grant: $2.55 million
Grant Duration: 5 years
Details:
The NIH Research Education Program (R25) supports research educational activities that complement other formal training programs in the mission areas of the NIH Institutes and Centers.
The overarching goal of this R25 program is to support educational activities that encourage individuals from diverse backgrounds, including those from groups underrepresented in the biomedical and behavioral sciences, to pursue further studies or careers in research.
Purpose
The purpose of TEAM is to pilot test the use of TCs at MSIs, to provide education and career development navigation for diverse scholars. The program is designed to develop the skills and competencies for predoctoral, postdoctoral and/or ESIs to successfully compete for independent grant funding. Applications should be designed to provide scholars with the educational resources and tools needed to navigate the NIH funding process from identifying appropriate grant mechanisms through the application process and beyond. PI’s and MSI support faculty will also be expected to adapt or leverage culturally tailored educational activities, short courses, and resources that enhance subject matter expertise and professional career development.
Need for the Program
To accomplish the stated over-arching goal, this FOA will support creative educational activities with a primary focus on:
- Courses for Skills Development: Applicants should describe in detail the courses and training resources for skills development that will be integrated within institutions. Applicants should also highlight how this program will integrate with and enhance the institution’s existing resources and expertise in cancer and cancer health disparities research, grantsmanship, and scholar’s professional career development. Examples include, but are not limited to the following:
- Providing advanced coursework in a cancer or cancer health disparities research area relevant to NCI mission-critical areas, or specialized research techniques to enhance the research skills of participating scholars.
- Training of scholars in ethics, implicit bias, microaggressions, structural inequities, and stereotypes by leveraging various engagement strategies such as innovation labs, crowdsourcing, and network science.
- Facilitating mock grant application reviews that provide an in-depth, hands-on experience of the NIH review study section process.
- Providing technical expertise in grant and scientific writing to improve the competitiveness of trainees and early-stage investigators.
- Promoting of effective mentor-mentee communication strategies to encourage the establishment and maintenance of strong mentoring relationships (i.e., aligning expectations, fostering independence, assessing needs, active listening, and the provision of constructive feedback).
- Mentoring Activities: Researchers from diverse backgrounds, including those from underrepresented groups, are encouraged to participate as mentors in the TEAM program. Mentors should have advanced degrees, multifaceted research expertise, and experience in cancer and cancer health disparities, scientific writing, grantsmanship, and other topics relevant to the applicant’s proposal. Mentors should provide evidence of prior successful mentoring experience and must be committed to continuing their involvement throughout the entire period of the mentee’s participation in this award and for no less than one year. Given the applicability and availability of virtual communication platforms, mentors can be located at different geographic locations than the host institution. Additionally, applicants should highlight institutional and TC coordination efforts to support scholar mentoring and networking activities. Examples include the following:
- Identify resources and funding opportunities, whether at the host institution, partnering institutions, or external networks
- Host regional and larger national conferences that facilitate 1:1 mentoring and peer-to-peer networking
- Host networking events to facilitate mentor-mentee introductions and assist with post-meeting mentor-mentee matching
- Form beneficial multi- and trans-disciplinary peer and mentoring teams and collaborations, within, across, and outside of the institution, to support and advance independent careers in cancer health disparities research
- Leverage existing mentorship programs to increase accessibility to qualified mentors
Research education programs may complement ongoing research training and education occurring at the applicant institution, but the proposed educational experiences must be distinct from those training and education programs currently receiving federal support. R25 programs may augment institutional research training programs (e.g., T32, T90) but cannot be used to replace or circumvent Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award (NRSA) programs.
Funds Available and Anticipated Number of Awards
NCI/Center to Reduce Cancer Health Disparities (CRCHD) intends to commit $2.55 million in FY 2023 to fund five awards.
Award Project Period
The scope of the proposed project should determine the project period. The maximum project period is 5 years.
Eligibility Criteria
- Higher Education Institutions
- Public/State Controlled Institutions of Higher Education
- Private Institutions of Higher Education
The following types of Higher Education Institutions are always encouraged to apply for NIH support as Public or Private Institutions of Higher Education:
- Hispanic-serving Institutions
- Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs)
- Tribally Controlled Colleges and Universities (TCCUs)
- Alaska Native and Native Hawaiian Serving Institutions
- Asian American Native American Pacific Islander Serving Institutions (AANAPISIs)
Nonprofits Other Than Institutions of Higher Education
- Nonprofits with 501(c)(3) IRS Status (Other than Institutions of Higher Education)
- Nonprofits without 501(c)(3) IRS Status (Other than Institutions of Higher Education)
For-Profit Organizations
- Small Businesses
- For-Profit Organizations (Other than Small Businesses)
Governments
- Local Governments
- State Governments
- County Governments
- City or Township Governments
- Special District Governments
- Indian/Native American Tribal Governments (Federally Recognized)
- Indian/Native American Tribal
- Governments (Other than Federally Recognized)
Federal Governments
- Eligible Agencies of the Federal Government
- U.S. Territory or Possession
- U.S. Territory or Possession
Other
- Independent School Districts
- Public Housing Authorities/Indian Housing Authorities
- Native American Tribal Organizations (other than Federally recognized tribal governments)
- Faith-based or Community-based Organizations
- Regional Organizations
To be eligible for this FOA, the applicant institution must be a domestic institution located in the United States and its territories which:
- Award undergraduate (B.S. or B.A.) and/or graduate degrees in biomedical sciences;
- Have a documented historical and current mission to educate students from any of the populations that have been identified as underrepresented in biomedical research as defined by the National Science Foundation (NSF), (i.e., African Americans or Blacks, Hispanic or Latino Americans, American Indians, Alaska Natives, Native Hawaiians, U.S. Pacific Islanders, and persons with disabilities) or has a documented record of: (1) recruiting, training and/or educating, and graduating underrepresented students as defined by NSF (see above), which has resulted in increasing the institution’s contribution to the national pool of graduates from underrepresented backgrounds who pursue biomedical research careers and, (2) for institutions that deliver health care services, providing clinical services to medically underserved communities.
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