NIH Director's Early Independence Awards
- Funding Opportunities
- Proposal Development
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- 2017
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- Postbaccalaureate Research Education Program (PREP) (R25)
- NINDS Neuroscience Development for Advancing the Careers of a Diverse Research Workforce (R25)
- Initiative for Maximizing Student Development (IMSD) (R25)
- Partnerships for Innovation: Building Innovation Capacity (PFI:BIC)
- Indo-U.S. 21st Century Knowledge Initiative
- NIOSH Centers of Excellence for Total Worker Health®
- Population Dynamics Centers Research Infrastructure Program FY 2016 (P2C)
- Camille Dreyfus Teacher-Scholar Awards Program
- Cultivating Cultures for Ethical STEM (CCE STEM)
- Research Traineeship (NRT) Program
- Ralph E. Powe Junior Faculty Enhancement Awards
- Director’s Early Independence Awards
- Scalable Nanomanufacturing (SNM)
- Keck Research Program
- Undergraduate Education Program
- Cybersecurity Innovation for Cyberinfrastructure (CICI)
- Diabetes Research Centers (P30)
- Collections in Support of Biological Research
- Innovation Corps Sites Program (I-Corps Sites)
- NSF Scholarships in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (S-STEM)
- Science Education Partnership Award (SEPA)
- Art Works
- Pathway to Stop Diabetes
- 2017 Beckman Scholars Program
- Early Translational Research Awards
- Research Training Awards
- The Moore Inventor Fellows
- NLM Institutional Training Grants for Research Training in Biomedical Informatics and Data Science (T15)
- Environmental Health Sciences Core Centers (EHS CC) (P30)
- Telehealth Network Grant Program
- NSF INCLUDES
- National Network for Manufacturing Innovation (NNMI)
- STEM Expert Facilitation of Family Learning in Libraries and Museums (STEMeX)
- Scientific Innovations Award
- Pew Scholars Program in the Biomedical Sciences
- NIH Director's Early Independence Awards
- Whiting Public Engagement Fellowship
- Keck Undergraduate Education Program
- Keck Research Program
- Searle Scholars Program
- Legacy Foundation Collaborative Grants
- Partnerships for International Research and Education (PIRE)
- NEH Summer Stipends
- Bridges to the Baccalaureate (R25)
- Bridges to the Doctorate (R25)
- Institutional Research and Academic Career Development Awards (IRACDA) (K12)
- Occupational Safety and Health Education and Research Centers
- Clean Energy Manufacturing Innovation Institute for Reducing EMbodied-energy And Decreasing Emissions (REMADE) in Materials Manufacturing
- National Science Foundation Research Traineeship (NRT) Program
- Research Experiences for Teachers (RET) in Engineering and Computer Science, Supplements and Sites
- Advancing Digitization of Biodiversity Collections (ADBC)
- Nutrition Obesity Research Centers
- NIOSH Centers of Excellence for Total Worker Health®
- Addressing Health Disparities in Maternal and Child Health through Community-Based Participatory Research (R03)
- Centers for Agricultural Safety and Health (U54)
- Academic-Community Partnership Conference Series (R13)
- George M. O'Brien Kidney Research Core Centers (P30)
- Melanoma Research Grants
- Greenwall Faculty Scholars Program
- Ted Nash Long Life Foundation Grants
- Partnerships for Innovation: Building Innovation Capacity (PFI:BIC)
- Network for Computational Nanotechnology (NCN) Supporting the Next Phase of NCN Nodes Programs
- BD2K Research Education Curriculum Development: Data Science Overview for Biomedical Scientists (R25)
- Centers of Biomedical Research Excellence (COBRE) (P20)
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- 2012
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National Institutes of Health
Director’s Early Independence Awards
http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-RM-16-006.html
Limited Submission Program (LSP): This funding opportunity and the Limited Submission Program (LSP) is open to all Texas A&M University faculty and principal investigators who meet the eligibility requirements. Texas A&M and The Texas A&M University System agencies jointly administer this process to select the proposal(s) that will be submitted to the sponsor in response to this solicitation.
PI Eligibility: Any individual(s) with the skills, knowledge, and resources necessary to carry out the proposed research as the Program Director(s)/Principal Investigator(s) (PD(s)/PI(s)) is invited to work with his/her organization to develop an application for support. Individuals from underrepresented racial and ethnic groups as well as individuals with disabilities are always encouraged to apply for NIH support.
Only single PD/PI applications will be accepted. Applications with multiple PDs/PIs will not be accepted. Only the PD/PI may be listed as a Senior/Key Person and provide a Biographical Sketch.
Time window for eligibility: At the time of application, the individual either 1) within the preceding twelve months must have received a terminal doctoral degree or completed medical residency or 2) within the following twelve months must complete all the requirements for a doctoral degree or complete a medical residency. The clinical fellowship period is NOT included in the clinical residency or equivalent training period. The date of degree receipt is that which appears on the official transcript for the degree. The time of application is the date when the application is submitted electronically to NIH through Grants.gov. In addition, at the time of application, the PD/PI must not have served as a post-doctoral fellow following a previous doctoral degree for more than one year.
At the time of award to the sponsoring Institution, either 1) the Early Independence investigator must have received a PhD, MD, DO, DC, DDS, DVM, OD, DPM, ScD, EngD, Dr PH, DNSc, ND (Doctor of Naturopathy), PharmD, DSW, PsyD, or equivalent doctoral degree from an accredited domestic or foreign institution (it is the responsibility of the sponsoring institution to determine if a foreign doctoral degree is equivalent), or 2) an authorized official of the degree-granting institution must certify that all degree requirements have been met and that the date of graduation as appearing on the transcript will be within one year of the date of application submission. In addition, the candidate must not already be a PD/PI on an NIH R01 or R01-equivalent award.
Level of effort: Individuals must commit at least 9.6 person-months (80% effort) during the first two years of the project period to research supported by the Early Independence Award. In the final three years of the project period, awardees may reduce effort toward the Early Independence Award, but the total effort towards independent research must still be at least 9.6 person-months (80% effort).
Research independence at time of application: Individuals are eligible only if they, at the time of application submission, do not have research independence. Lack of research independence is defined functionally rather than by position title. Eligible individuals must have all the following characteristics:
- The candidate's current research agenda is set through concurrence with mentors.
- The candidate's research is funded primarily through support to other investigators (mentored fellowships such as NIH F31/F32 Fellowships or NSF Graduate Research Fellowships do not preclude eligibility).
- The candidate does not have any space assigned directly by the institution for the conduct of his or her research.
- The candidate, according to institutional policy, cannot apply for an NIH R01 grant without special waiver or exemption from the institution.
Though candidates must not be functionally independent at the time of application submission, they may become functionally independent prior to time of award and still retain eligibility for the award.
The proposal will be prepared and submitted by Sponsored Research Services (SRS).
Proposal Limit: 2
Summary: The NIH Director’s Early Independence Awards provide an opportunity for exceptional junior scientists to accelerate their entry into an independent research career by forgoing the traditional post-doctoral training period. Though most newly graduated doctoral-level researchers would benefit by post-doctoral training, a small number of outstanding junior investigators would benefit instead by launching directly into an independent research career. For these select investigators, who have established a record of scientific innovation and research productivity and who have demonstrated unusual leadership, drive, and maturity, post-doctoral training would unnecessarily delay their entry into performing independent research. The NIH Director’s Early Independence Awards also provide an opportunity for institutions to invigorate their research programs by bringing in the fresh perspectives of the awardees that they host.
By the end of the award period, the Early Independence investigator is expected to be competitive for continued funding of his/her research program and for a permanent research position.
Dates:
June 15, 2016 |
Deadline for an email of intent including the title of the internal proposal and a one to three sentence description of the project.
Send email of intent to limitedsubmissions@tamu.edu |
June 21, 2016 |
Deadline to submit an internal proposal.
All proposals for the LSP must be submitted electronically using the e-proposal on-line application system.
Be prepared to upload your internal proposal. The sections will include a one-three page research plan summary, two-page bio-sketch, and preliminary budget.
The e-proposal site is password protected. Texas A&M principal investigators may use their NetID and password to access the system. If you do not have a NetID, click HERE for help to activate your NetID. You will need your UIN and your date of birth. Once you log-in to e-proposal, choose “Limited Submission Grant” from the Available Grants section.
shelly.martin@tamu.edu or 979.862.2233.
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July 12, 2016 |
Target date for the notifications to PIs of the result of the internal competition. |
September 12, 2016 |
Sponsor deadline for the full proposal (due by 5:00 p.m. proposer’s local time). |
Internal Selection Procedures:
Texas A&M has established a procedure to identify limited submission opportunities and internally select proposals for Texas A&M submissions. Please contact us if you have any questions about the limited submission process.