Rob's Grant Information Page

Granting Agency Policy and Program Information

Other good grants sites

• University of Utah Health Science Resources for Basic Scientists including Research grant information
• College of Engineering grant information

NIH General Information

• ERA Commons for tracking grants and submitting reviews.
• The LikeThis System through ERACommons
  • an Overview
  • a User Guide
  • FAQ.
• Reporter, the replacement of CRISP.
• NIH Grant Submission Dates
• NCRR P41 submission dates: January 25, May 25, September 25.
• NCRR Council meeting dates (February 12, May 28, September 15)
• P41 Program Announcement for Biomedical Technology Research Resources.
• X02 Program Announcement for Biomedical Technology Research Resources
• NIH Electronic Grant submission information.
• RO1 Parent RFA, the RFA to refer to for any unsolicited application in the RO1 format.
• R21 parent RFA, for all NIH Exploratory Developmental Research Grant Program.
• NIH Intramural Nexis newsletter on electronic grant submission
• NIH BISTI Consortium information
• NIBIB Home page
• NIH BECON information
• NHLBI Clinical Research Guide website.
• NHLBI FY 2012 Funding and Operating Guidelines
• NIH Roadmap, a plan for the future of NIH funding.
• Erik Jakobsson slides on CS people getting money from NIH
• NIH 2012 Stipend levels
• NIH Salary caps, the maximum that investigators can be paid from NIH grants.
• Funding and Operating Guidelines
• NIH Grants by State.
• Award data by organization
• Success rates by NIH Institute
• Medical Research with Animals, an information site for researchers.
• ARRA Information

NIH Study Section/Review Information

• Enhancing Peer Review at NIH, general information on new review process.
• Implementation of new scoring system in 2009.
• Implementation of new review criteria in 2009
• Desscription of scoring scheme (PDF)
• Master Study section list
• Bioengineering, Technology, and Surgical Sciences [BTSS] Applications reviewed by the Bioengineering, Technology, and Surgical Sciences Scientific Review Group integrate physical, chemical, or mathematical sciences and engineering principles to study physiology, medicine, behavior, or health.
• Biomedical Imaging Technology [BMIT] reviews grant applications involving basic, applied, and pre-clinical aspects of the design and development of medical imaging systems, their components, software, and mathematical methods; as well as related technologies, for studies at the organ, small or large animal, and human scale.
• Biomedical Computing and Health Informatics [BCHI]reviews grant applications involving both basic research and applications of computational science to knowledge and information in biomedicine, health care and their integration. The focus is on the development and application of computational modeling and computational sciences to biomedical and clinical problems.
• Video of the review process (with cameo by Dave Grainger).

NIH Grant preparation

• New Adobe forms for submission of NIH grants.
• NIH Dates/Deadlines and the NIH policy on grant application delivery dates, including delays for weather.
• Change of PHS 398 forms.
• NIH downloadable forms, of special importance the new PHS 398 forms
• Instructions for Completionof the Vertebrate Animal Section (VAS)

American Heart Association Information

• Applications and forms
• Funding Opportunities page

Other agencies

• The American College of Cardiology Research Fellowship Awards
• CIMIT and specificially the CIMIT Prize for Primary Healthcare (due Jan 17, 2010).
• The Whitaker Foundation
• NSF Bioengineering
• Sudden Arrhythmia Death Syndromes Foundation and the IHC site for sudden death.

Specific Grant Programs

NIH

Quick Links:

1. Biomedical Engineering programs
2. Software/computational programs
3. Health information technology (IT) program
4. Imaging and Image Analysis programs
5. Clinical Trials programs
6. Mechanisms in collaboration with industry
7. Clinical And Translational Science Awards programs
8. P41 Programs
9. Miscellaneous Opportunities
10. NCBC programs

• Programs web page a good starting point for searching for suitable RFAs and grant programs.
• Biomedical Engineering programs
  • Exploratory/Developmental Bioengineering Research Grants (EBRG) [R21]
  • Bioengineering Research Grants (BRG)(R01) for basic and applied multi-disciplinary research that addresses important biological, bioengineering or medical research problems. Standard application dates
  • Bioengineering Research Partnerships. RO1 mechanism and standard submission dates. "... to encourage collaborations and partnerships among the allied quantitative and biomedical disciplines. A BRP must bring together the necessary physical, engineering, and computational science expertise with biological or clinical expertise and resources to address a significant area of bioengineering research within the mission of the NIH. "
  • Transforming Biomedicine at the Interface of the Life and Physical Sciences (R01) a joint program with NSF and NIBIB to bring basic science and biomedical scientists together. Letters of Intent Receipt Date(s): April 18, 2010; April 18, 2011; April 18, 2012. Applications due one month later. The focus here in on translational research.
  • New Biomedical Frontiers at the Interface of the Life and Physical Sciences (R01) A partner program to the one above with a more basic science focus. Letter of Intent Receipt Date(s): April 18, 2010; April 18, 2011; April 18, 2012. Submissions one month later.
• Software/Computation type grants:
  • Core Techniques and Technologies for Advancing Big Data Science & Engineering (BIGDATA) a new (March, 2012) initiative between NSF and NIH to support small and mid scale projects in managing big data. Submissions are due June 13, 2012 for mid scale and July 11, 2012 for small scale proposals.
  • Summary of BISTI funding opportunities. This is a nice one-stop shop for computational grant opportunities.
  • NIBIB funding opportunities, a collection of the current RFAs from NIBIB.
  • Continued Development and Maintenance of Software
  • NLM Advanced Informatics for Health (R01) Letter of intent: June 25, 2011. Submission date: July 25, 2011. This FOA is for support of new projects, not continuation of projects that have already been initiated. It does not support pilot projects, i.e., projects of limited scope that are designed primarily to generate data that will enable the PD/PI to seek other funding. Rather, it is anticipated that projects will begin and be completed during the funding period.
  • NLM Research Grants in Biomedical Informatics and Bioinformatics (R01) Very broadly scoped program for biomedical information management. E.g., High-performance computing and communications relating to biomedical applications, including efficient machine-machine interfaces, transmission and storage, real-time decision support.
  • Algorithms, Adapters & Data Distribution Outreach 2010: Increasing the Impact of the Insight Toolkit (ITK) . The objective of this program is to evaluate and demonstrate the effectiveness of revisions and improvements planned for ITK-v4. The emphasis of this new effort will be testing the software framework, broadening application development efforts, and data sharing to promote open science.
  • ITK Update The purpose of this procurement is to obtain contract development services in support of the Insight Toolkit (ITK), the image processing tools initiative of the Visible Human Project. The goal is to revise ITK to attempt to allow it to perform for the research community for another ten years.
  • Collaborative Research in Computational Neuroscience (CRCNS) a joint initiative, Collaborative Research in Computational Neuroscience (CRCNS), among four National Science Foundation (NSF) Directorates and seven participating National Institutes of Health (NIH) Institutes Submission dates: February 26, 2008, October 30, 2008, and November 17, 2009. Also see adminstrative changes
  • Predictive Multiscale Models of the Physiome in Health and Disease (U01) The goal of this solicitation is to move the field of biomedical computational modeling forward through the development of more realistic and predictive models of health and disease. Note: FAQs to be published by Nov 15. Word on the street is that that this RFA comes without real funding and so the proposals get reviewed by a very general study section (MABS)and then have to be shopped around to other institutes, a chronic problem with NIBIB programs. MABS appears to be very systems biology centric with mostly chemical eng. members.
  • NHLBI Systems Biology Collaborations (R01) No idea what to make of this one but it has strong simulation components. January and September 14 submissions dates until 2015.
  • Sharing Data and Tools: Federation using the BIRN and caBIG Infrastructures (R01) proposal linked to CaBIG Community for cancer institute and the BIRN project.
  • Update to Data Sharing grants for NHLBI and the CVRG CardioVascular Research Grid.
  • Neuroimaging Informatics Software Enhancement for Improved Interoperability and Dissemination available both as Administrative Supplement and as a RO3 grant.
  • Neuroimaging Informatics Software Enhancement for Improved Interoperability and Dissemination (R03) a continuation of the RO3 program, above. Total costs $100,000 for one year.
  • Innovations in Biomedical Computational Science and Technology (R01) "...promoting research and developments in computational science and technology that will support rapid progress in areas of scientific opportunity in biomedical research." Just extended beyond September, 2009. There are associated R21 and SBIR versions of this program as well.
• Health information technology (IT) programs
  • Cardiovascular Research Network (CVRN) Limited Competition (U54). Very large grant, single time RFA, for "five-year Cooperative Agreement (U54) award that will transition the current Cardiovascular Research Network (CVRN) to a research center."
  • Small Research Grant to Improve Health Care Quality through Health Information Technology (IT) (R03)
  • Exploratory and Developmental Grant to Improve Health Care Quality through Health Information Technology (IT) (R21)
  • Utilizing Health Information Technology (IT) to Improve Health Care Quality (R18)
  • Understanding Clinical Information Needs and Health Care Decision Making Processes in the Context of Health Information Technology (IT) (R01)
• Imaging and Image Analysis programs
  • NIBIB funding opportunities, a collection of the current RFAs from NIBIB.
  • Technologies for Image-Guided Interventions (R01) This is the second phase of a program that started with R21 awards but is open to all. $750k RO1 is the mechanism, 4-6 awarded from NIBIB. LOI by Dec 20, 2009 and applicationn submission by Jan 20, 2010.
  • Quick-Trials for Imaging and Image-Guided Interventions: Exploratory Grants (R21) This Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) is intended to support clinical trials conducting preliminary evaluation of the safety and efficacy of imaging agents, as well as an assessment of imaging systems, image processing, image-guided therapy, contrast kinetic modeling, and 3-D reconstruction and other quantitative tools. Submission dates: Aug 11, 2010, December 10, 2010; April 11, 2011.
• Clinical Trials Programs
  • NHLBI Clinical Trial Pilot Studies (R34)
  • Research Dissemination and Implementation Grants (R18)
  • Clinical Trials and You, a site for the general public about clinical trials.
• Mechanisms in collaboration with Industry
  • The NIH Centers for Accelerated Innovations (U54) from NHLBI. Very novel program: "The NIH Centers for Accelerated Innovations (NCAI) will develop Centers that (1) solicit and select promising emerging technologies, such as therapeutics (e.g., drugs, biologics), preventatives, diagnostics, devices, tools, etc. and (2) facilitate their translation to commercialized products that improve patient care and enhance health."
  • SBIR = Small Business Innovation Research and STTR = Small Business Technology Transfer. The starting point for all searches of these opportunities.
  • FAQ and general information on the SBIR/STTR programs
  • (essentially, must be US for-profit companies with less than 500 employees.)
  • Omnibus solicitation for SBIRs
  • Omnibus solicitation for STTRs
  • New Approaches to Arrhythmia Detection and Treatment (SBIR [R43/R44]) Purpose. This Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) encourages Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) grant applications from small business concerns (SBCs) that propose to improve our ability to detect, prevent, and treat all forms of cardiac arrhythmias. This initiative encourages SBCs to develop improved diagnostic and therapeutic tools, products, or devices for cardiac arrhythmia monitoring, detection and treatment.
  • Purpose. This Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) encourages Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) grant applications from small business concerns (SBCs) that propose to improve our ability to detect, prevent, and treat all forms of cardiac arrhythmias. This initiative encourages SBCs to develop improved diagnostic and therapeutic tools, products, or devices for cardiac arrhythmia monitoring, detection and treatment.
• CTSA Program for the Clinical And Translational Science Awards program.
  • University of Utah CTSA
  • NCRR CTSA information
  • Funding opportunities
• P41 Programs
  • Changes in P41 application
  • Full P41 RFA
  • NCRR P41 submission dates: January 25, May 25, September 25.
  • Limited Competition: Competitive Revision for Technology Development within Biomedical Technology Research Centers (P41)
• Miscellaneous Opportunities
  • NIH Director's Transformative Research Awards (R01), "The NIH Director’s Transformative Research Awards complements NIH’s traditional, investigator-initiated grant programs by supporting individual scientists or groups of scientists proposing groundbreaking, exceptionally innovative, original and/or unconventional research with the potential to create new scientific paradigms. Little or no preliminary data are expected. Projects must clearly demonstrate potential to produce a major impact in a broad area of biomedical or behavioral research. " Letter of intent: December 12, 2011 and submission by January 12, 2012. Frequently Asked Questions about the Transformative Research Projects Program is available here . Send questions to Transformative_Awards@mail.nih.gov.
  • NIH Director's Early Independence Awards (DP5). December 21, 2010: letter of intent deadline.
  • Exceptional, Unconventional Research Enabling Knowledge Acceleration (EUREKA) (R01) (Note: this mechanism is not supported by NHLBI or NCRR. )
  • Shared Instrumentation Grant Program (S10) (PAR-10-082), National Center for Research Resources (NCRR) Application Receipt/Submission Date(s): March 23, 2010
  • NIH Blueprint for Neuroscience Research Funding Archive
• NCBC Program Note: all collaborative mechanisms with NCBCs have expired!
  • Main Portal to NCBC Centers
  • Simbios: Stanford Center for Biomedical Computation headed by Russ Altman.
  • National Alliance for Medical Image Computing at Harvard, Ron Kikinis.
  • Center for Computational Biology at UCLA, Art Toga.
  • Informatics for Integrated Biology and the Bedside Partners Health Care, Boston
  • National Center for Integrative Biomedical Informatics Brian D. Athey.
  • National Center for Multi-Scale Study of Cellular Networks Andrea Califano, Columbia University.
  • National Center for Multi-Scale Study of Cellular Networks Andrea Califano, Columbia University.

NIH Training Awards

• Short Courses on Mathematical, Statistical, and Computational Tools for Studying Biological Systems (R25) Due Jan 25, May 25, Sept 25.
• Permitted stipend levels for 2010
• General information about NIH training grants.
• Biomedical Engineering Summer Internship Program (BESIP)
• NRSA Institutional Research Training Grants (T32) (newly issued on Aug 1 2008.
  • Application deadlines are January 25, May 25, and September 25. However, different institutes have different deadlines so see the link above for details. NHLBI date is January 25.
  • NHLBI Supplemental T32 guidelines
  • NHLBI Tabular forms for required T32 data
  • NIBIB information borrowed from NIGMS
  • NIBIB forms from NIGMS
  • NIBIB RFA
  • NIBIB Policies and Procedures
• Short term training grant (T35) for supporting programs such as summer training of students in biomedical research techniques.
• NHLBI Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Awards for Individual Predoctoral MD/PhD Fellows (F30) Note: students have to be in or applying for an MD/PhD program to qualify.
• F32 Postdoctoral fellowships
• Career Development (K) Awards
  • Mentored Research Scientist Development Award (K01)
  • Independent Scientist Award (K02)
  • Academic Career Award (K07)
  • Mentored Clinical Scientist Research Career Development Award (K08)
  • Mentored Patient-Oriented Research Career Development Award (K23)
  • Midcareer Investigator Award in Patient-Oriented Research (K24)
  • Mentored Quantitative Research Career Development Award (K25)
  • NIH Pathway to Independence (PI) Award (K99/R00)
• Neuroscience training
  • Training in Neuroimaging: Integrating First Principles and Applications (T90/R90)
  • Training in Computational Neuroscience: From Biology to Model and Back Again (T90)
• Institutional Grants for Research Training in Biomedical Informatics (T15) Letter of intent, Feb 17. Grant submission, March 17, 2006.
• NIH Loan Repayment Programs for health professionals who work in research.

NSF and Others

• Dear Colleague Letter - IGERT-CIF21 Track for big computing IGERT based training, March, 2012.
• Dear Colleague Letter: Data-Intensive Education-Related Research Funding Opportunities, March, 2012.
• Smart Health and Wellbeing Just reissued for 2012. "The goal of the Smart Health and Wellbeing program is to seek improvements in safe, effective, efficient, equitable, and patient-centered health and wellness services through innovations in computer and information science and engineering."
• NSF Graduate Research Fellowships (GRF) November deadlines. Applicants must be United States citizens or nationals, or permanent resident aliens of the United States.
• NSF Software Development for Cyberinfrastructure
• Software Infrastructure for Sustained Innovation (SI^2) Includes two levels of support for 2010 with larger scale possible in 2011 and beyond.
• Sixth Framework Programme from the European Union. Note the Networks of Excellence.
• Science and Engineering Information Integration and Informatics (SEIII) from NSF. Full proposal due March 4, 2004, December 15, 2004, and each December 15 after that.
• NSF IGERT program
• The Leducq Foundation (Fondation Leducq)

American Heart Association Grant Opportunities

• American Heart Association National Program Deadline: July 1-8, 2011.
  • National Scientist Development Grant Program Deadline, July 8, 2011.

    To support highly promising beginning scientists in their progress toward independence by encouraging and adequately funding research projects that can bridge the gap between completion of research training and readiness for successful competition as an independent investigator.

  • National Clinical Research Program for young investigators in clinical and translational research. Deadline, July 8, 2011.
  • National Innovative Research Grant Program Deadline July 8, 2011.
  • National Established Investigator Award for mid career investigators. DeadlineJuly 2, 2011.
• American Heart Association Western States Affiliate General Deadline: Jan 10, 2012 (but note specifics below).
  • Western States Affiliate Innovative Science Award Letter of intent by Jan 30, 2012, application due April 6, 2012.
  • Western States Affiliate: Predoctoral Fellowship. Note: open also to students on F-1 (and J-1, H-1B) visas.
  • Western States Affiliate: Postdoctoral Fellowship. Note: also open to those with J-1, H-1B visas.
  • Western States Affiliate: Beginning Grant in Aid.
  • Western States Affiliate: Grant in Aid.

University of Utah Programs

• The University of Utah seed grant program
• University Research Instrumentation Fund (RIF) Program .
• Center for Clinical and Translational Science Seed Grants Deadline July 9, 2010. $20,000 for year for up to two years.
• Conflict of interest declaration for U of Utah grant applications.

Other Sources

• Hertz Foundation Fellowships for PhD students.
• Doris Duke Charitable Foundation grants for medical research.

Forms for Grant Applications

• Change of PHS 398 forms January, 2008.
• NIH Forms page
• NIH phs398 forms in a variety of formats.
• NIH Biosketch in the new 4-page format, available in MS Word format and PDF . Both contain an empty form and a sample biosketch.

Grant Writing Tips

Some of these are specific to grants, others simply useful for any writing project.

• Rob's Writing page
• Rob's Latex Page.
• Proposal Writing: The Business of Science (pdf) by Wendy Sanders. Great advice for any grant writer.
• NIH Grant Guidelines (also for review)
  • NIH Insider Guide. A set of tips from former NIH study section chairs.
  • 10 Steps to a Winning Proposal from NIAID at NIH.
  • Grant writing tips from NIH
  • NIH-Specific Grant Writing Workshop: Writing a Compelling Grant Proposal to NIH from Lynn W. Jelinski, Ph.D.
  • NIH Grant tutorials list from the NLM.
  • General reviewer guidlines
  • Reviewer guidance on the shortened applications
  • FAQ for review of short grants.
• RO1 Grant writing tips
• AHA Grant Writing Tips
• Proposal Writer's Guide by Don Thackrey
• The SCI text markup scheme

Links to Specific SCI/CVRTI Grants

• Rob's NCRR site
• SCI Internal NCRR planning site
• SCI Internal NCBC proposal site