To
make available support to nonprofit and for-profit institutions
interested in providing biomedical training opportunities for individuals
interested in careers in basic, clinical, and prevention research
important to the National Cancer Program.
TYPES
OF ASSISTANCE:
Project Grants. Place Cursor Here for Definition
USES
AND USE RESTRICTIONS:
The Research Manpower program
provides support for research training in all scientific fields
related to cancer. National Research Service (NRSA) Individual Fellowship
Awards are made directly to individuals for research training in
biomedical sciences areas. In addition, grants may be made to institutions
to enable them to make NRSAs to individuals selected by them. Each
individual who receives a postdoctoral NRSA is obligated upon termination
of the award to comply with certain service and payback provisions.
Cancer Education Grants are designed to promote education programs
carried out by organizations engaged in health-related education,
research, or training and located in the United States, its possessions,
or territories. Various Career awards are designed to sponsor the
development of independent scientists. Individual short-term support
for students is available under the Cancer Education Program.
ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS:
Applicant Eligibility:
University, college, hospital, public agency, or nonprofit research
institution for institutional grants and individuals for fellowships.
The applicant institution must be able to provide the staff and
facilities and be responsible for the selection of trainees and
overall direction of the training. Selected awardees must be citizens
of the United States or be admitted to the United States for permanent
residency. Career and Cancer Education awards may be given to for-profit
institutions.
Beneficiary Eligibility:
University, college, hospital, public agency, nonprofit research
institution or for-profit institution.
Credentials/Documentation:
(1) Individual NRSAs: The applicant's academic record, research
experience, citizenship, institutional sponsorship, and the proposed
area and plan of training must be included in the application.
(2) Institutional NRSAs: Applicants must show the objectives,
methodology, and resources for the training program, the qualifications
and experience of directing staff, the criteria to be used in
selecting individuals for award and a detailed budget and justification
for the amount of grant funds requested. (3) Institutional Cancer
Education Grants: Applicants must describe the organization and
administration of the proposed program, list and define institutional
objectives, methodology, resources and techniques of evaluation,
as well as a justification of proposed expenditures. (4) For Career
awards, the applicant must provide documentation on the candidate,
sponsor, career development plan, research proposed, and institutional
commitment.
Pre-application
Coordination: Not applicable. This program is
excluded from coverage under E.O. 12372.
Application Procedure:
Application forms for Individual or Institutional NRSAs and information
concerning the areas of science being supported may be obtained
from the Division of Extramural Outreach and Information Resources,
National Institutes of Health, 6701 Rockledge Drive, MSC 7910,
Bethesda, MD 20892-7910. Telephone (301)435-0714; E-mail ASKNIH@odrockml.od.nih.gov.
Application Form PHS 398 (rev. May l995) for Cancer Education
and Career grants may also be obtained from the above address
and from the offices of sponsored research at most academic institutions.
Completed applications should be submitted to the Center for Scientific
Review, National Institutes of Health, 6701 Rockledge Drive, Bethesda,
Maryland 20892.
Award Procedure:
Applications are reviewed for scientific merit by an appropriate
study section, committee, or advisory council. If recommended
for approval and a decision to make award is made, a formal award
notice will be sent to the applicant.
Deadlines:
All new and renewal applications: Individual NRSA's: April 5,
August 5, and December 5. Institutional NRSA's: January 10, May
10, and September 10. All new Cancer Education and Career applications:
February 1, June 1, and October 1. All renewal, amended and supplemental
Cancer Education and Career applications: March 1, July 1, and
November 1.
Range of Approval/Disapproval
Time: Approximately 10 months.
Appeals:
A principal investigator (P.I.) may question the substantive or
procedural aspects of the review of his/her application by communicating
with the staff of the Institute. A description of the NIH Peer
Review Appeal procedures is available on the NIH home page www.nih.gov/1997/97.11.21/n2.html.
Renewals:
Cancer Education Grants may be made for periods of up to 5 years
and renewals may be submitted when appropriate. Research training
grants may be renewed for additional project periods of 5 years.
Career awards are not renewable after a 5-year project period.
ASSISTANCE CONSIDERATIONS:
Formula and Matching
Requirements: This program has no statutory
formula or matching requirements.
Length and Time Phasing
of Assistance: Up to 5 years.
POST ASSISTANCE REQUIREMENTS:
Reports:
Progress reports are required each year. An annual financial status
report is required 90 days after the end of the budget period. Special
reports may be requested by the grantor. Terminal reports are required
6 months after the end of a project.
Audits:
"In accordance with the provisions of OMB Circular No. A- 133
(Revised, June 24, 1997), Audits of States, Local Governments,
and Nonprofit Organizations, nonfederal entities that expend financial
assistance of $300,000 or more in Federal awards will have a single
or a program-specific audit conducted for that year. Nonfederal
entities that expend less than $300,000 a year in Federal awards
are exempt from Federal audit requirements for that year, except
as noted in Circular No. A-133." In addition, grants and cooperative
agreements are subject to inspection and audits by DHHS and other
Federal government officials.
Records:
Expenditures and other financial records must be retained for
3 years from the day on which the grantee submits the last financial
status report for the report period.
FINANCIAL INFORMATION:
Account Identification:
75-0849-0-1-552.
Obligations:
(Grants) FY 01 est $130,843,000; FY 02 est $145,861,000; and FY
03 est $164,923,000.
Range
and Average of Financial Assistance:
$13,999 to $947,395; Average: $64,000.
In fiscal year 2001 Individual
180 awards were made and 81 were competing awards totalling $2,987,000;
1,412 Institutional awards were made and 309 were competing awards
totalling $11,149,000; 358 Career awards were made totalling $51,175,000;
91 Cancer Education awards were made totalling $21,740,000. In fiscal
year 2002, it is estimated that 2,126 Manpower award will be made.
In fiscal year 2003, it is estimated that 2,294 Manpower awards
will made. It is estimated that between fiscal year's 1998 and 2003,
the training and career development activities of the National Cancer
Institute will double, resulting in a program that supports over
$160 million in NRSA Awards and Career Awards. During this period,
the NCI has been implementing a new strategic plan that places greater
emphasis on protecting the time and stabilizing the careers of M.D.s
in research and prevention and control scientists; nearly all of
the growth in the program has focused on these two fields. Both
of these fields are threatened by either managed care medicine or
academic culture and they are both critical to the translational
research success of the NCI in the future.
REGULATIONS, GUIDELINES, AND
LITERATURE:
42 CFR 6; 42 CFR 66; 45
CFR 74; Application kit, National Institutes of Health; PHS Grants
Policy Statement, DHHS Publication No. (OASH) 94-50,000, (Rev.)
April 1, 1994.
INFORMATION CONTACTS:
Regional or Local
Office: Not applicable.
Headquarters Office:
Program Contact: Dr. Carolyn Strete, Chief, Cancer Training Branch,
National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Public
Health Service, Department of Health and Human Services, 6116
Executive Boulevard, Room 7019, Bethesda, MD 20892. Telephone:
(301) 496-8580. Grants Management Contact: Leo F. Buscher, Jr.,
Grants Management Officer, National Cancer Institute, National
Institutes of Health, Public Health Service, Department of Health
and Human Services, EPS-234, Bethesda, MD 20892. Telephone: (301)
496-7753. Use the same numbers for FTS.
Web Site Address: http://www.nih.gov
EXAMPLES OF FUNDED PROJECTS:
(1) Individual Fellowship:
Neutrophil Cytotoxicity - Model of Tumor Cell Resistance; (2) Institutional
Training: Development and Neoplasia (Tumor Biology); (3) Cancer
Education: Breast Education Through Adult Literacy Programs, and
(4) Career: Targeted Immunotherapies in Cancer.
CRITERIA FOR SELECTING PROPOSALS:
The major elements in
evaluating proposals include the assessment of: (1) The scientific
merit and general significance of the proposed study and its objectives;
(2) the technical adequacy of the experimental design and approach;
(3) the competency of the proposed investigator or group to successfully
pursue the project; (4) the adequacy of the available and proposed
facilities and resources; (5) the necessity of the budget components
requested in relation to the proposed project; and (6) the relevance
and importance to announced program objectives.
