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These are the user uploaded subtitles that are being translated: 1 00:00:00,080 --> 00:00:02,080 Dr Glenn mcgugan will be speaking to you 2 00:00:02,080 --> 00:00:03,879 today about finding suitable funding 3 00:00:03,879 --> 00:00:06,520 opportunities and writing your biosketch 4 00:00:06,520 --> 00:00:09,280 he focused on Cell Biology and paryt 5 00:00:09,280 --> 00:00:11,200 during his PhD and completed a 6 00:00:11,200 --> 00:00:13,240 post-doctoral fellowship at 7 00:00:13,240 --> 00:00:16,480 ni as a program officer Dr mcgugan runs 8 00:00:16,480 --> 00:00:18,080 Grant portfolios and determines 9 00:00:18,080 --> 00:00:21,320 priorities for federal funds welcome Dr 10 00:00:21,320 --> 00:00:23,920 mcgugan I turn it over to 11 00:00:23,920 --> 00:00:26,720 you thank you so much for that warm 12 00:00:26,720 --> 00:00:29,519 introduction I'm share my slides as well 13 00:00:29,519 --> 00:00:31,240 if you cannot see them maybe one of the 14 00:00:31,240 --> 00:00:32,960 team can let me know but hopefully that 15 00:00:32,960 --> 00:00:36,040 works for everyone um first thank you so 16 00:00:36,040 --> 00:00:37,760 much to the organizers for inviting me 17 00:00:37,760 --> 00:00:39,559 and it's my pleasure looking at the chat 18 00:00:39,559 --> 00:00:41,879 it's so nice to see people from all 19 00:00:41,879 --> 00:00:43,879 different countries and so that's really 20 00:00:43,879 --> 00:00:46,239 great as we go through the lecture today 21 00:00:46,239 --> 00:00:47,760 I hope to present to you a little bit of 22 00:00:47,760 --> 00:00:50,160 information about the NIH finding 23 00:00:50,160 --> 00:00:53,280 funding opportunities and then writing 24 00:00:53,280 --> 00:00:55,960 your bio sketch as well so as we go 25 00:00:55,960 --> 00:00:58,000 through uh if you have questions please 26 00:00:58,000 --> 00:01:00,480 put those in the Q&A and 27 00:01:00,480 --> 00:01:02,519 during the lecture today I'll be asking 28 00:01:02,519 --> 00:01:05,400 you to sometimes respond in the chat as 29 00:01:05,400 --> 00:01:07,520 well as we go along right a quick 30 00:01:07,520 --> 00:01:09,920 disclaimer just the materials presented 31 00:01:09,920 --> 00:01:11,840 today are from my own perspective not 32 00:01:11,840 --> 00:01:13,320 they should not be taken representing 33 00:01:13,320 --> 00:01:16,280 the viewpoints of uh niid directly 34 00:01:16,280 --> 00:01:18,479 they're based on my 16 years or so of 35 00:01:18,479 --> 00:01:20,320 experience here and so hopefully you'll 36 00:01:20,320 --> 00:01:22,640 find some of the information useful 37 00:01:22,640 --> 00:01:25,520 today so these are the objectives we 38 00:01:25,520 --> 00:01:27,600 hope to cover today and I won't read 39 00:01:27,600 --> 00:01:29,920 them all to you but while you guys are 40 00:01:29,920 --> 00:01:31,920 taking a look at that uh if you can just 41 00:01:31,920 --> 00:01:35,439 write in the chat for me if you have 42 00:01:35,439 --> 00:01:38,200 ever applied for funding from the ni 43 00:01:38,200 --> 00:01:40,159 before so you can just sue a yes or no 44 00:01:40,159 --> 00:01:42,119 yes I've applied for funding or no I've 45 00:01:42,119 --> 00:01:44,439 not applied for funding from the NIH 46 00:01:44,439 --> 00:01:47,280 just out of curiosity see what kind 47 00:01:47,280 --> 00:01:51,320 of all right I'm getting lots of 48 00:01:51,320 --> 00:01:54,240 NOS few yeses that's 49 00:01:54,240 --> 00:01:56,680 good not yet 50 00:01:56,680 --> 00:02:00,399 okay so good good so that gives me an ID 51 00:02:00,399 --> 00:02:02,240 of of where you guys are and you're in 52 00:02:02,240 --> 00:02:04,159 the right place so I hope to share with 53 00:02:04,159 --> 00:02:06,119 you some information that hopefully 54 00:02:06,119 --> 00:02:08,520 you'll find helpful um in today's 55 00:02:08,520 --> 00:02:12,280 lecture all right so as you just heard 56 00:02:12,280 --> 00:02:14,680 the NIH is the largest public funer of 57 00:02:14,680 --> 00:02:16,920 biomedical research in the world their 58 00:02:16,920 --> 00:02:19,519 mission here is science and pursuit of 59 00:02:19,519 --> 00:02:21,640 knowledge to improve health and if 60 00:02:21,640 --> 00:02:23,160 you're new to the NIH if you want to 61 00:02:23,160 --> 00:02:25,400 learn more there's a link included here 62 00:02:25,400 --> 00:02:27,080 you can find out a lot more information 63 00:02:27,080 --> 00:02:30,440 about the NIH what we do what we support 64 00:02:30,440 --> 00:02:33,040 and we do that $48 billion that you just 65 00:02:33,040 --> 00:02:36,239 heard about mostly through extramural 66 00:02:36,239 --> 00:02:38,680 research support so these 50,000 plus 67 00:02:38,680 --> 00:02:40,920 competitive grants so that's really what 68 00:02:40,920 --> 00:02:42,920 I'm going to focus on today so those 69 00:02:42,920 --> 00:02:46,120 grants how you find them how you are 70 00:02:46,120 --> 00:02:49,239 successful in competing for them all 71 00:02:49,239 --> 00:02:51,319 right so if you're unfamiliar with the N 72 00:02:51,319 --> 00:02:54,080 system if you've never applied then you 73 00:02:54,080 --> 00:02:55,840 may be wondering where you should even 74 00:02:55,840 --> 00:02:58,120 start you may be confused and so I hope 75 00:02:58,120 --> 00:03:00,360 to demystify that for you 76 00:03:00,360 --> 00:03:02,200 just a little bit today uh in the 77 00:03:02,200 --> 00:03:05,799 lecture so from the applicants 78 00:03:05,799 --> 00:03:09,080 perspective most people know that your 79 00:03:09,080 --> 00:03:11,040 journey is going to start with some sort 80 00:03:11,040 --> 00:03:12,599 of application and you're going to 81 00:03:12,599 --> 00:03:15,519 submit that to the NIH and on the other 82 00:03:15,519 --> 00:03:18,959 side you will get money hopefully or you 83 00:03:18,959 --> 00:03:20,840 may have to try again so most people 84 00:03:20,840 --> 00:03:24,159 know that part but it's this part what 85 00:03:24,159 --> 00:03:26,480 goes on on the inside of the NIH that is 86 00:03:26,480 --> 00:03:28,480 a bit of a mystery and I think 87 00:03:28,480 --> 00:03:30,840 understanding that will help you to 88 00:03:30,840 --> 00:03:33,560 navigate the process better so I know 89 00:03:33,560 --> 00:03:34,720 there are other lectures where you're 90 00:03:34,720 --> 00:03:36,280 going to deal more with the review 91 00:03:36,280 --> 00:03:38,480 process in detail the applications and 92 00:03:38,480 --> 00:03:40,120 all that but I wanted to give you just 93 00:03:40,120 --> 00:03:44,040 an overview um of this whole process so 94 00:03:44,040 --> 00:03:47,040 it starts with your idea and then based 95 00:03:47,040 --> 00:03:49,200 on that idea you're going to plan your 96 00:03:49,200 --> 00:03:51,080 application you're going to find an 97 00:03:51,080 --> 00:03:52,799 opportunity for funding you're going to 98 00:03:52,799 --> 00:03:54,920 write your application you'll submit 99 00:03:54,920 --> 00:03:57,159 that electronically and then it comes 100 00:03:57,159 --> 00:03:59,959 here for our peer review process that's 101 00:03:59,959 --> 00:04:01,920 where the niit brings in external 102 00:04:01,920 --> 00:04:03,879 scientists and they will rate the 103 00:04:03,879 --> 00:04:05,920 strengths and weaknesses of your 104 00:04:05,920 --> 00:04:08,040 application and then it'll go to one of 105 00:04:08,040 --> 00:04:10,959 our advisory councils and then based on 106 00:04:10,959 --> 00:04:13,239 that there will be a decision to fund 107 00:04:13,239 --> 00:04:15,319 and hopefully you'll receive a notice 108 00:04:15,319 --> 00:04:18,798 award on the other side of that now the 109 00:04:18,798 --> 00:04:21,560 process can be quite lengthy so from the 110 00:04:21,560 --> 00:04:23,919 time you submit until the time you get 111 00:04:23,919 --> 00:04:26,440 an award could be as much as nine months 112 00:04:26,440 --> 00:04:28,919 or more and that is if you're successful 113 00:04:28,919 --> 00:04:31,479 on the first Tri try but often you may 114 00:04:31,479 --> 00:04:34,639 have to resubmit your application and so 115 00:04:34,639 --> 00:04:37,320 I say all that to say uh that you should 116 00:04:37,320 --> 00:04:40,600 be patient and plan early to apply for 117 00:04:40,600 --> 00:04:42,639 these particular opportunities that 118 00:04:42,639 --> 00:04:45,400 we'll talk about so just as you just 119 00:04:45,400 --> 00:04:47,680 heard the NH is actually not one 120 00:04:47,680 --> 00:04:50,440 Institute but it's 27 different 121 00:04:50,440 --> 00:04:52,400 institutes and centers and that's 122 00:04:52,400 --> 00:04:54,560 important because each one of these has 123 00:04:54,560 --> 00:04:56,479 their own mission they may have 124 00:04:56,479 --> 00:04:59,039 different Grant programs that they offer 125 00:04:59,039 --> 00:05:01,120 they may have eligibility differences 126 00:05:01,120 --> 00:05:03,600 and so learning about the institutes is 127 00:05:03,600 --> 00:05:06,360 a good way to figure out which one of 128 00:05:06,360 --> 00:05:08,320 these might be the correct place for 129 00:05:08,320 --> 00:05:10,880 your particular research topic 130 00:05:10,880 --> 00:05:13,039 fortunately there are lots of people 131 00:05:13,039 --> 00:05:15,120 here at the NIH that can help you along 132 00:05:15,120 --> 00:05:17,680 the process first there are program 133 00:05:17,680 --> 00:05:19,319 people those are people like me and I'll 134 00:05:19,319 --> 00:05:21,919 talk more about my role later on but 135 00:05:21,919 --> 00:05:24,800 they're also scientific review people 136 00:05:24,800 --> 00:05:26,919 and those are the people in charge of 137 00:05:26,919 --> 00:05:29,680 that review process I mentioned we also 138 00:05:29,680 --> 00:05:31,880 have grants management Specialists so if 139 00:05:31,880 --> 00:05:34,000 you have budgetary questions they can 140 00:05:34,000 --> 00:05:36,560 help you with that as 141 00:05:36,560 --> 00:05:39,759 well so one of the most common 142 00:05:39,759 --> 00:05:42,360 misconceptions whenever I talk to people 143 00:05:42,360 --> 00:05:44,759 who are not familiar with the N system 144 00:05:44,759 --> 00:05:47,400 is that Grant awards are actually issued 145 00:05:47,400 --> 00:05:50,120 to institutions and organizations rather 146 00:05:50,120 --> 00:05:53,039 than to people right and because of that 147 00:05:53,039 --> 00:05:56,319 it's really useful to establish a 148 00:05:56,319 --> 00:05:58,240 relationship with your organization's 149 00:05:58,240 --> 00:05:59,880 representative now sometimes these are 150 00:05:59,880 --> 00:06:02,520 called your authorized representative or 151 00:06:02,520 --> 00:06:04,560 your signing official they're often in 152 00:06:04,560 --> 00:06:07,319 your business office for example and so 153 00:06:07,319 --> 00:06:09,199 I would encourage you to establish a 154 00:06:09,199 --> 00:06:11,680 relationship with them if you have not 155 00:06:11,680 --> 00:06:13,680 and they especially if they've navigated 156 00:06:13,680 --> 00:06:16,039 the NH system before so they can help 157 00:06:16,039 --> 00:06:18,160 you out with that the other thing is 158 00:06:18,160 --> 00:06:19,960 that every time you submit an 159 00:06:19,960 --> 00:06:21,960 application it's going to be in response 160 00:06:21,960 --> 00:06:24,720 to a notice of funding opportunity and 161 00:06:24,720 --> 00:06:26,919 so we'll talk more about that the 162 00:06:26,919 --> 00:06:28,400 specifics of that 163 00:06:28,400 --> 00:06:32,120 later all right so regardless whatever 164 00:06:32,120 --> 00:06:34,160 field you're in if you're in cancer if 165 00:06:34,160 --> 00:06:36,080 you're in infectious diseases diabetes 166 00:06:36,080 --> 00:06:38,160 research whatever you need to find a 167 00:06:38,160 --> 00:06:40,280 competitive idea that's important to 168 00:06:40,280 --> 00:06:43,080 your field of research it also needs to 169 00:06:43,080 --> 00:06:45,440 align with the mission of the NIH and a 170 00:06:45,440 --> 00:06:47,479 particular Institute assuming you're 171 00:06:47,479 --> 00:06:49,880 applying to the NIH and it also has to 172 00:06:49,880 --> 00:06:52,240 be unique and that means that it's not 173 00:06:52,240 --> 00:06:53,960 already funded and so you may be 174 00:06:53,960 --> 00:06:55,840 wondering well how do I know if it's 175 00:06:55,840 --> 00:06:57,919 already funded how do I know how unique 176 00:06:57,919 --> 00:07:00,639 it is well fortunately there is a really 177 00:07:00,639 --> 00:07:03,560 useful tool it's called reporter so you 178 00:07:03,560 --> 00:07:07,720 can find it here report. nh.gov you can 179 00:07:07,720 --> 00:07:10,000 use the quick search or I recommend 180 00:07:10,000 --> 00:07:13,000 using this advanced search here and you 181 00:07:13,000 --> 00:07:15,919 can enter in your specific AES your 182 00:07:15,919 --> 00:07:18,319 abstract sort of the topic of your 183 00:07:18,319 --> 00:07:21,199 particular research idea and when you do 184 00:07:21,199 --> 00:07:23,400 that you'll get an overview of similarly 185 00:07:23,400 --> 00:07:26,479 funded projects and by doing that you'll 186 00:07:26,479 --> 00:07:29,440 be able to spot under represented areas 187 00:07:29,440 --> 00:07:31,520 and that's where you want to Target that 188 00:07:31,520 --> 00:07:34,080 can be your Niche for applying you can 189 00:07:34,080 --> 00:07:36,240 also identify experts in the field let's 190 00:07:36,240 --> 00:07:38,319 say that you want to collaborate with 191 00:07:38,319 --> 00:07:41,199 someone who is funded by the NIH maybe a 192 00:07:41,199 --> 00:07:44,879 us-based investigator and so you can 193 00:07:44,879 --> 00:07:46,560 also identify the most appropriate 194 00:07:46,560 --> 00:07:48,599 Institute and even the most appropriate 195 00:07:48,599 --> 00:07:51,840 program officer people like me so what 196 00:07:51,840 --> 00:07:54,960 is a program officer well we are 197 00:07:54,960 --> 00:07:57,159 scientists and administrators sometimes 198 00:07:57,159 --> 00:07:59,440 we're called uh program directors you 199 00:07:59,440 --> 00:08:01,599 may see that as well we provide 200 00:08:01,599 --> 00:08:03,800 scientific expertise to a particular 201 00:08:03,800 --> 00:08:06,919 Institute at the NIH we oversee these 202 00:08:06,919 --> 00:08:09,400 grants that I'm going to tell you about 203 00:08:09,400 --> 00:08:11,080 and importantly we interact with the 204 00:08:11,080 --> 00:08:12,840 research Community just like I'm doing 205 00:08:12,840 --> 00:08:15,280 today we help to identify the research 206 00:08:15,280 --> 00:08:18,639 needs and advise investigators so I 207 00:08:18,639 --> 00:08:21,319 would really encourage you to develop a 208 00:08:21,319 --> 00:08:23,720 relationship with program staff here at 209 00:08:23,720 --> 00:08:27,360 the NIH as you develop these ideas 210 00:08:27,360 --> 00:08:29,759 because we can be really beneficial we 211 00:08:29,759 --> 00:08:31,200 can serve as a great 212 00:08:31,200 --> 00:08:33,799 resource so when you reach out to us 213 00:08:33,799 --> 00:08:35,760 what kind of questions might you ask 214 00:08:35,760 --> 00:08:37,320 well you may want to know if your 215 00:08:37,320 --> 00:08:39,880 project is a good fit for the NIH you 216 00:08:39,880 --> 00:08:41,640 may want to know if there are specific 217 00:08:41,640 --> 00:08:44,440 funding opportunities on your particular 218 00:08:44,440 --> 00:08:46,839 topic and you might want to know what 219 00:08:46,839 --> 00:08:49,000 the most appropriate Grant type is maybe 220 00:08:49,000 --> 00:08:51,000 you have no idea what you want to apply 221 00:08:51,000 --> 00:08:53,240 for so it's really useful to reach out 222 00:08:53,240 --> 00:08:56,399 to us now over my years at the NIH I've 223 00:08:56,399 --> 00:08:59,600 found particularly for new and early 224 00:08:59,600 --> 00:09:01,560 stage investigators International 225 00:09:01,560 --> 00:09:03,560 scientists they're a bit nervous about 226 00:09:03,560 --> 00:09:05,440 reaching out to a program officer for 227 00:09:05,440 --> 00:09:07,320 the first time and I can tell you you're 228 00:09:07,320 --> 00:09:09,279 definitely not alone if you feel that 229 00:09:09,279 --> 00:09:11,800 way but from my perspective it's one of 230 00:09:11,800 --> 00:09:14,040 the most important and rewarding parts 231 00:09:14,040 --> 00:09:16,399 of my job helping people secure that 232 00:09:16,399 --> 00:09:19,040 funding moving the science forward so 233 00:09:19,040 --> 00:09:21,200 please don't hesitate to reach out to 234 00:09:21,200 --> 00:09:24,200 one of us here at the NIH so the ways 235 00:09:24,200 --> 00:09:27,120 that you can find us is if you know a 236 00:09:27,120 --> 00:09:29,480 particular funding opportunity you can 237 00:09:29,480 --> 00:09:32,200 always go to the funding opportunity and 238 00:09:32,200 --> 00:09:34,160 you'll see it listed directly there 239 00:09:34,160 --> 00:09:35,839 there will be a contact person and I'll 240 00:09:35,839 --> 00:09:38,279 show you what that looks like later if 241 00:09:38,279 --> 00:09:41,440 you have no idea you can also go to the 242 00:09:41,440 --> 00:09:43,839 NIH Matchmaker so that's part of that 243 00:09:43,839 --> 00:09:46,640 reporter tool that I mentioned earlier 244 00:09:46,640 --> 00:09:48,640 and here when you enter your abstract 245 00:09:48,640 --> 00:09:51,399 specific aims it'll give you a list of 246 00:09:51,399 --> 00:09:53,440 the most appropriate program staff that 247 00:09:53,440 --> 00:09:55,320 you can reach out to and then what I 248 00:09:55,320 --> 00:09:57,480 would suggest is that you prepare a 249 00:09:57,480 --> 00:09:59,640 brief summary something something like a 250 00:09:59,640 --> 00:10:01,880 concept paper and then email us to set 251 00:10:01,880 --> 00:10:03,640 up a time for a 252 00:10:03,640 --> 00:10:07,200 meeting so a concept paper is really 253 00:10:07,200 --> 00:10:10,279 just a brief summary of your project it 254 00:10:10,279 --> 00:10:13,839 need not be too formal or the in uh 255 00:10:13,839 --> 00:10:17,480 entire project um but it should contain 256 00:10:17,480 --> 00:10:19,680 your abstract your aims what are the 257 00:10:19,680 --> 00:10:22,040 goals of the study and if you know a 258 00:10:22,040 --> 00:10:24,000 funding opportunity announcement you can 259 00:10:24,000 --> 00:10:26,360 also include that and that way we can 260 00:10:26,360 --> 00:10:28,399 tell you oh this is a good opportunity 261 00:10:28,399 --> 00:10:30,200 for you or or maybe this doesn't really 262 00:10:30,200 --> 00:10:35,560 fit with your particular um area of 263 00:10:35,720 --> 00:10:38,399 research so now let's talk about finding 264 00:10:38,399 --> 00:10:40,480 funding opportunities now I'm going to 265 00:10:40,480 --> 00:10:42,959 focus mostly on the NIH because that's 266 00:10:42,959 --> 00:10:46,320 where I work and ni ID but of course 267 00:10:46,320 --> 00:10:47,880 some of these things will be applicable 268 00:10:47,880 --> 00:10:51,399 for no matter where you apply for your 269 00:10:51,399 --> 00:10:53,839 funding so I would like to pose a 270 00:10:53,839 --> 00:10:56,160 question to all of you all right so 271 00:10:56,160 --> 00:10:58,440 again you can write your answer in the 272 00:10:58,440 --> 00:11:01,320 chat true true or false so type true or 273 00:11:01,320 --> 00:11:04,000 false most in funding opportunity 274 00:11:04,000 --> 00:11:07,120 announcements are only open to us-based 275 00:11:07,120 --> 00:11:10,760 institutions true or 276 00:11:10,760 --> 00:11:12,519 false 277 00:11:12,519 --> 00:11:15,760 okay looking at the chat here seeing a 278 00:11:15,760 --> 00:11:18,240 few true lots of 279 00:11:18,240 --> 00:11:20,040 false all 280 00:11:20,040 --> 00:11:22,639 right so many of you have done your 281 00:11:22,639 --> 00:11:26,519 homework you're on the ball so this is 282 00:11:26,519 --> 00:11:29,040 absolutely false so I find that when I 283 00:11:29,040 --> 00:11:31,519 travel internationally particularly and 284 00:11:31,519 --> 00:11:33,680 I speak with investigators many 285 00:11:33,680 --> 00:11:37,000 scientists think this is uh true but in 286 00:11:37,000 --> 00:11:39,839 fact many funding opportunities from the 287 00:11:39,839 --> 00:11:42,680 NIH are open to non us-based 288 00:11:42,680 --> 00:11:44,519 institutions and in fact there are a 289 00:11:44,519 --> 00:11:46,079 couple of ways that you can secure 290 00:11:46,079 --> 00:11:49,560 funding from the NIH as a non US based 291 00:11:49,560 --> 00:11:52,160 institution that can be a direct award 292 00:11:52,160 --> 00:11:54,920 which you heard about in the video and 293 00:11:54,920 --> 00:11:56,720 there can also be a domestic award that 294 00:11:56,720 --> 00:11:58,959 would be a us Award with a foreign comp 295 00:11:58,959 --> 00:12:01,279 component so a collaborator now there 296 00:12:01,279 --> 00:12:03,800 are strengths and weaknesses of each 297 00:12:03,800 --> 00:12:05,560 with a direct award you get the full 298 00:12:05,560 --> 00:12:08,120 budget but there are additional review 299 00:12:08,120 --> 00:12:11,519 criteria and it requires special Council 300 00:12:11,519 --> 00:12:14,600 approval but you can also be a component 301 00:12:14,600 --> 00:12:16,680 of a us-based 302 00:12:16,680 --> 00:12:18,920 investigator and so a portion of the 303 00:12:18,920 --> 00:12:21,519 overall budget will go to you so you 304 00:12:21,519 --> 00:12:23,199 don't get the full budget but the 305 00:12:23,199 --> 00:12:25,160 trade-off is it's the standard review 306 00:12:25,160 --> 00:12:27,519 criteria so it's a little bit lower 307 00:12:27,519 --> 00:12:29,680 hurdle and if you're C ious about any of 308 00:12:29,680 --> 00:12:31,320 these again you can always reach out to 309 00:12:31,320 --> 00:12:33,519 NIH staff and we can help you navigate 310 00:12:33,519 --> 00:12:35,880 which one might be the best for you I 311 00:12:35,880 --> 00:12:37,519 usually recommend letting the science 312 00:12:37,519 --> 00:12:40,480 dictate which of these might be the best 313 00:12:40,480 --> 00:12:43,040 uh for your particular 314 00:12:43,040 --> 00:12:45,639 situation all right so what about 315 00:12:45,639 --> 00:12:48,040 finding the right funding opportunity 316 00:12:48,040 --> 00:12:50,720 how do you find it and I would say that 317 00:12:50,720 --> 00:12:52,480 you need to focus on at least three 318 00:12:52,480 --> 00:12:55,600 things in my experience the first thing 319 00:12:55,600 --> 00:12:58,839 is match where you are in your career so 320 00:12:58,839 --> 00:13:01,760 so if you're a trainee the types of 321 00:13:01,760 --> 00:13:04,160 Grant applications that you may apply 322 00:13:04,160 --> 00:13:06,199 for are going to be very different from 323 00:13:06,199 --> 00:13:09,240 a senior researcher or more established 324 00:13:09,240 --> 00:13:11,279 investigator okay so the first step 325 00:13:11,279 --> 00:13:13,720 where are you in your research career 326 00:13:13,720 --> 00:13:16,600 step number two what kind of research 327 00:13:16,600 --> 00:13:19,000 are you planning to conduct are these 328 00:13:19,000 --> 00:13:21,760 pilot studies basic studies are these 329 00:13:21,760 --> 00:13:24,120 Interventional is this a clinical trial 330 00:13:24,120 --> 00:13:26,000 that you're planning to do that's going 331 00:13:26,000 --> 00:13:27,959 to dictate which one of these Grant 332 00:13:27,959 --> 00:13:29,440 types that I'm going to show you might 333 00:13:29,440 --> 00:13:32,360 be most appropriate and then finally 334 00:13:32,360 --> 00:13:34,360 number three match the funds that you 335 00:13:34,360 --> 00:13:37,120 need so how much money and how many 336 00:13:37,120 --> 00:13:39,240 years do you need so using these three 337 00:13:39,240 --> 00:13:41,040 things you can kind of tailor your 338 00:13:41,040 --> 00:13:43,560 search for a particular 339 00:13:43,560 --> 00:13:47,839 area and fortunately the NIH has Grant 340 00:13:47,839 --> 00:13:50,959 award types for pretty much your full 341 00:13:50,959 --> 00:13:53,079 range of your academic career now I'm 342 00:13:53,079 --> 00:13:55,720 only showing the PHD career here but 343 00:13:55,720 --> 00:13:58,759 there's a also a track for an MD for 344 00:13:58,759 --> 00:14:00,440 medical career or Allied health 345 00:14:00,440 --> 00:14:02,600 professionals those are all available on 346 00:14:02,600 --> 00:14:04,519 the NH website as well or you can reach 347 00:14:04,519 --> 00:14:06,959 out to program staff and ask but as you 348 00:14:06,959 --> 00:14:08,959 can see there are graduate student 349 00:14:08,959 --> 00:14:11,399 awards so training Awards post doctoral 350 00:14:11,399 --> 00:14:14,440 Fellowship Awards uh the transition 351 00:14:14,440 --> 00:14:16,440 between post-doctoral Fellowship to 352 00:14:16,440 --> 00:14:18,759 faculty and then even once you become an 353 00:14:18,759 --> 00:14:21,279 independent Pi all right and there are 354 00:14:21,279 --> 00:14:24,519 supplements available along the way as 355 00:14:24,519 --> 00:14:26,680 well so I'm not going to tell you about 356 00:14:26,680 --> 00:14:28,800 all the different Grant activity codes 357 00:14:28,800 --> 00:14:31,079 but I did want to show you at least a 358 00:14:31,079 --> 00:14:33,079 few of them to make you familiar with 359 00:14:33,079 --> 00:14:36,440 the the types of Grants the nich offers 360 00:14:36,440 --> 00:14:39,560 and so the research project Grant the 361 00:14:39,560 --> 00:14:42,880 R1 this is the most common the oldest 362 00:14:42,880 --> 00:14:45,680 grant program that the NH has and these 363 00:14:45,680 --> 00:14:48,399 are typically five years um typically 364 00:14:48,399 --> 00:14:51,759 less than $500,000 us per year and these 365 00:14:51,759 --> 00:14:55,639 are for those discrete specific research 366 00:14:55,639 --> 00:14:58,680 projects um the other is the exploratory 367 00:14:58,680 --> 00:15:01,399 Awards these are the r21s these are for 368 00:15:01,399 --> 00:15:04,240 new exploratory or developmental kind of 369 00:15:04,240 --> 00:15:06,880 projects um these are limited for two 370 00:15:06,880 --> 00:15:08,800 years it's a smaller budget but 371 00:15:08,800 --> 00:15:10,480 importantly you don't have to have a lot 372 00:15:10,480 --> 00:15:13,800 of preliminary data for these um the 373 00:15:13,800 --> 00:15:16,759 other is a small grant program the ro3 374 00:15:16,759 --> 00:15:19,279 these are also a much smaller amount of 375 00:15:19,279 --> 00:15:21,920 money two years of funding but let's say 376 00:15:21,920 --> 00:15:23,959 that you want a pilot or feasibility 377 00:15:23,959 --> 00:15:25,720 study this might be the right program 378 00:15:25,720 --> 00:15:28,800 for you then finally the U1 these are 379 00:15:28,800 --> 00:15:31,360 like the ro1 except there's more program 380 00:15:31,360 --> 00:15:33,040 involvement so let's say that you wanted 381 00:15:33,040 --> 00:15:35,880 to do a large scale clinical trial um 382 00:15:35,880 --> 00:15:39,199 then the U1 might be the 383 00:15:39,199 --> 00:15:42,360 best all right so if you've not already 384 00:15:42,360 --> 00:15:45,240 I would highly encourage you to look at 385 00:15:45,240 --> 00:15:48,639 the NIH guide this is published weekly 386 00:15:48,639 --> 00:15:51,120 and it contains a list of active grants 387 00:15:51,120 --> 00:15:54,959 and also some contracts um and if you've 388 00:15:54,959 --> 00:15:56,839 never gone here if you go to this site 389 00:15:56,839 --> 00:15:58,440 you'll see something that looks like 390 00:15:58,440 --> 00:16:00,959 this this so you can subscribe to a 391 00:16:00,959 --> 00:16:03,600 weekly email list serve and by doing 392 00:16:03,600 --> 00:16:05,120 that you'll get a weekly table of 393 00:16:05,120 --> 00:16:08,199 contents and again this is going to be 394 00:16:08,199 --> 00:16:10,839 grant opportunities across the NIH many 395 00:16:10,839 --> 00:16:12,680 of them may not be relevant for you but 396 00:16:12,680 --> 00:16:14,279 you'll be able to see them as soon as 397 00:16:14,279 --> 00:16:17,160 they're posted the other place is on 398 00:16:17,160 --> 00:16:19,839 grants.gov so if you go there you'll be 399 00:16:19,839 --> 00:16:22,319 able to see the types of grants that are 400 00:16:22,319 --> 00:16:24,880 posted there and then the important 401 00:16:24,880 --> 00:16:26,680 thing as I mentioned earlier all the 402 00:16:26,680 --> 00:16:28,920 applications have to be submitted in 403 00:16:28,920 --> 00:16:31,040 response to a funding announcement so 404 00:16:31,040 --> 00:16:33,360 you can't just submit an application to 405 00:16:33,360 --> 00:16:35,079 the NIH that doesn't have one of these 406 00:16:35,079 --> 00:16:37,360 announcements associated with it some of 407 00:16:37,360 --> 00:16:39,399 these are going to be targeted and some 408 00:16:39,399 --> 00:16:41,920 of these are What's called the parent 409 00:16:41,920 --> 00:16:43,880 announcement let's just say you have an 410 00:16:43,880 --> 00:16:46,920 idea there's no targeted solicitation 411 00:16:46,920 --> 00:16:48,600 but you still can respond to one of 412 00:16:48,600 --> 00:16:52,959 these parent R1 or parent r21 413 00:16:52,959 --> 00:16:55,519 announcements all right so let's delve 414 00:16:55,519 --> 00:16:58,319 into the NH grants and funding website 415 00:16:58,319 --> 00:17:01,079 now now I'm guessing that many of you 416 00:17:01,079 --> 00:17:03,560 may have navigated the site before but 417 00:17:03,560 --> 00:17:05,400 if not I'm going to walk you through it 418 00:17:05,400 --> 00:17:07,799 just a little bit and that's located at 419 00:17:07,799 --> 00:17:11,319 grants. nh.gov and when you do that 420 00:17:11,319 --> 00:17:13,119 you'll be taken to a site that looks 421 00:17:13,119 --> 00:17:15,559 something like this you notice there's 422 00:17:15,559 --> 00:17:17,640 lots of useful information here lots of 423 00:17:17,640 --> 00:17:20,079 links but I want to draw your attention 424 00:17:20,079 --> 00:17:24,359 to two places and since most of you in 425 00:17:24,359 --> 00:17:27,559 the chat that I've noticed are from 426 00:17:27,559 --> 00:17:30,080 outside of the us there's a link here 427 00:17:30,080 --> 00:17:33,320 called foreign applications or non us 428 00:17:33,320 --> 00:17:35,440 applications you go to this link it'll 429 00:17:35,440 --> 00:17:38,240 provide information specific for non 430 00:17:38,240 --> 00:17:40,080 us-based investigators a wealth of 431 00:17:40,080 --> 00:17:41,960 information there additional links to 432 00:17:41,960 --> 00:17:44,760 help you navigate the process the other 433 00:17:44,760 --> 00:17:47,360 is going to be here the find grant 434 00:17:47,360 --> 00:17:49,280 funding site and that's where we're 435 00:17:49,280 --> 00:17:51,559 going to go to next okay so I'm a new 436 00:17:51,559 --> 00:17:53,440 researcher I want to find grant funding 437 00:17:53,440 --> 00:17:55,520 from the NIH I'm going to click this 438 00:17:55,520 --> 00:17:58,480 link and I'm going to be taken to a big 439 00:17:58,480 --> 00:18:00,960 big big list of all sorts of funding 440 00:18:00,960 --> 00:18:03,559 opportunities now as I mentioned a lot 441 00:18:03,559 --> 00:18:05,760 of them may not be 442 00:18:05,760 --> 00:18:07,840 reference um they may not be of 443 00:18:07,840 --> 00:18:10,159 relevance to you but what you can do is 444 00:18:10,159 --> 00:18:12,320 type in the search box let's say that 445 00:18:12,320 --> 00:18:13,880 I'm a malaria researcher and I'm 446 00:18:13,880 --> 00:18:15,919 interested in malaria research so I type 447 00:18:15,919 --> 00:18:18,840 malaria here I do a search and I'm going 448 00:18:18,840 --> 00:18:21,120 to get a lot of these funding 449 00:18:21,120 --> 00:18:23,440 opportunity announcements so I've 450 00:18:23,440 --> 00:18:25,200 organized Mine by release date but you 451 00:18:25,200 --> 00:18:27,200 can do it however you like and then 452 00:18:27,200 --> 00:18:29,760 you'll be able to click of these links 453 00:18:29,760 --> 00:18:31,280 and so let's say I read this 454 00:18:31,280 --> 00:18:33,000 International research and infectious 455 00:18:33,000 --> 00:18:35,080 diseases wow that sounds interesting to 456 00:18:35,080 --> 00:18:37,679 me I want to see what this one's about 457 00:18:37,679 --> 00:18:40,280 so I click this link and I'm taken to 458 00:18:40,280 --> 00:18:42,440 one of those notice of funding 459 00:18:42,440 --> 00:18:45,400 opportunity uh examples now not don't 460 00:18:45,400 --> 00:18:46,720 want to belabor this because I think 461 00:18:46,720 --> 00:18:48,400 you're going to delve into this much 462 00:18:48,400 --> 00:18:50,799 more deeply in later lectures but I did 463 00:18:50,799 --> 00:18:53,039 want to make you familiar with the parts 464 00:18:53,039 --> 00:18:56,240 of this okay so understanding the 465 00:18:56,240 --> 00:18:58,039 funding opportunity announcement will 466 00:18:58,039 --> 00:18:59,799 really really help you craft a better 467 00:18:59,799 --> 00:19:01,440 application and that's the goal you want 468 00:19:01,440 --> 00:19:03,280 to be able to get funding for your 469 00:19:03,280 --> 00:19:06,280 research so these noos contain two major 470 00:19:06,280 --> 00:19:09,520 parts the overview and the full text so 471 00:19:09,520 --> 00:19:12,080 in the overview part this is where 472 00:19:12,080 --> 00:19:14,640 you're going to focus on the purpose and 473 00:19:14,640 --> 00:19:16,799 the key dates those are the two areas 474 00:19:16,799 --> 00:19:18,320 that you really want to hone in on the 475 00:19:18,320 --> 00:19:21,919 purpose so this says high priority 476 00:19:21,919 --> 00:19:24,480 research for international investigators 477 00:19:24,480 --> 00:19:26,640 and infectious diseases I'm like wow 478 00:19:26,640 --> 00:19:29,760 that's what I do so this may be for me 479 00:19:29,760 --> 00:19:31,120 the next thing is you're going to look 480 00:19:31,120 --> 00:19:34,360 at dates so when are the applications 481 00:19:34,360 --> 00:19:37,280 due uh that's useful right so you can 482 00:19:37,280 --> 00:19:39,799 see if you're able to get your data in 483 00:19:39,799 --> 00:19:42,120 time to submit for those particular 484 00:19:42,120 --> 00:19:44,679 dates all those are true then you may 485 00:19:44,679 --> 00:19:47,440 want to move on to the full text of the 486 00:19:47,440 --> 00:19:48,960 announcement now the full text will 487 00:19:48,960 --> 00:19:51,159 start with a description this will give 488 00:19:51,159 --> 00:19:53,440 you background information everything 489 00:19:53,440 --> 00:19:55,120 you want to know and I would encourage 490 00:19:55,120 --> 00:19:57,159 you to really delve into this read it 491 00:19:57,159 --> 00:19:59,120 several times make make sure that you 492 00:19:59,120 --> 00:20:00,960 understand what the people are asking 493 00:20:00,960 --> 00:20:03,640 for at the NIH because this is how it's 494 00:20:03,640 --> 00:20:05,360 going to be 495 00:20:05,360 --> 00:20:08,480 reviewed the next section is the award 496 00:20:08,480 --> 00:20:10,559 information it's going to attain a lot 497 00:20:10,559 --> 00:20:12,679 of information but there are two areas 498 00:20:12,679 --> 00:20:15,159 that you want to focus on the first is 499 00:20:15,159 --> 00:20:19,280 the budget so how much money is this 500 00:20:19,280 --> 00:20:21,400 particular funding award for and in this 501 00:20:21,400 --> 00:20:25,000 case it's 125 and it's for a period of 502 00:20:25,000 --> 00:20:26,919 five years so those are the two pieces 503 00:20:26,919 --> 00:20:29,600 of information so when you read this you 504 00:20:29,600 --> 00:20:31,799 can determine if this is enough money 505 00:20:31,799 --> 00:20:33,679 for what you and length of time for what 506 00:20:33,679 --> 00:20:35,240 you're planning to 507 00:20:35,240 --> 00:20:38,720 do the next is going to be if you're 508 00:20:38,720 --> 00:20:42,120 eligible so is my institution eligible 509 00:20:42,120 --> 00:20:45,520 for this well in this case non us 510 00:20:45,520 --> 00:20:48,559 institutions are eligible to apply this 511 00:20:48,559 --> 00:20:50,360 won't always be the case so it's really 512 00:20:50,360 --> 00:20:52,559 important to check that 513 00:20:52,559 --> 00:20:55,000 okay next one is going to be submission 514 00:20:55,000 --> 00:20:58,200 information all about how you submit it 515 00:20:58,200 --> 00:21:00,760 the application guide things like that 516 00:21:00,760 --> 00:21:02,720 and I show this example because in this 517 00:21:02,720 --> 00:21:05,039 case sometimes they'll ask for a letter 518 00:21:05,039 --> 00:21:08,000 of intent this is not usually required 519 00:21:08,000 --> 00:21:10,880 but it really helps the NIH gauge how 520 00:21:10,880 --> 00:21:12,720 many applications we're going to receive 521 00:21:12,720 --> 00:21:14,760 and things like that and if the topic is 522 00:21:14,760 --> 00:21:16,400 of 523 00:21:16,400 --> 00:21:18,440 Interest now let's talk just a minute 524 00:21:18,440 --> 00:21:20,039 about the review so when your 525 00:21:20,039 --> 00:21:21,880 application comes in it's going to go to 526 00:21:21,880 --> 00:21:24,039 that peer review as I mentioned and the 527 00:21:24,039 --> 00:21:26,159 reviewers are going to be tasked with 528 00:21:26,159 --> 00:21:29,480 evaluating your application and they're 529 00:21:29,480 --> 00:21:33,080 going to be evaluating it on five areas 530 00:21:33,080 --> 00:21:36,600 significance investigators Innovation 531 00:21:36,600 --> 00:21:39,640 approach and environment so why am I 532 00:21:39,640 --> 00:21:41,159 telling you that if reviewers are 533 00:21:41,159 --> 00:21:43,159 looking at it well when you craft your 534 00:21:43,159 --> 00:21:45,600 application you want to make sure that 535 00:21:45,600 --> 00:21:48,760 you address each of these areas because 536 00:21:48,760 --> 00:21:50,200 that's what reviewers are going to be 537 00:21:50,200 --> 00:21:52,799 asked to address here at the NIH so 538 00:21:52,799 --> 00:21:55,440 significance just means is your does 539 00:21:55,440 --> 00:21:57,039 your project address an important 540 00:21:57,039 --> 00:21:59,919 problem investigators are your 541 00:21:59,919 --> 00:22:02,440 investigators well suited for the 542 00:22:02,440 --> 00:22:04,799 project now this is where that bios 543 00:22:04,799 --> 00:22:06,640 sketch comes in that's what the 544 00:22:06,640 --> 00:22:08,480 investigators the reviewers are going to 545 00:22:08,480 --> 00:22:11,240 use to determine if you're well suited 546 00:22:11,240 --> 00:22:13,880 for the project and we'll talk about the 547 00:22:13,880 --> 00:22:17,159 biosketch next okay Innovation does the 548 00:22:17,159 --> 00:22:19,960 application Challenge and seek to shift 549 00:22:19,960 --> 00:22:21,440 the current 550 00:22:21,440 --> 00:22:24,360 research the approach is the approach 551 00:22:24,360 --> 00:22:26,360 you're using appropriate to accomplish 552 00:22:26,360 --> 00:22:29,000 the aims and then finally the 553 00:22:29,000 --> 00:22:31,960 environment is the scientific will the 554 00:22:31,960 --> 00:22:33,679 scientific environment contribute to the 555 00:22:33,679 --> 00:22:36,559 probability of 556 00:22:37,600 --> 00:22:40,760 success next are the contact information 557 00:22:40,760 --> 00:22:42,679 and I show you this because as I 558 00:22:42,679 --> 00:22:44,760 mentioned earlier all of the notice of 559 00:22:44,760 --> 00:22:47,200 funding opportunities will have contact 560 00:22:47,200 --> 00:22:49,760 information and so there might be 561 00:22:49,760 --> 00:22:52,600 scientific contacts program staff uh 562 00:22:52,600 --> 00:22:54,320 this happens to be one that I'm involved 563 00:22:54,320 --> 00:22:56,200 with so you'll see my name here so you 564 00:22:56,200 --> 00:22:57,679 could reach out directly to me with 565 00:22:57,679 --> 00:22:59,640 questions questions let's say that you 566 00:22:59,640 --> 00:23:01,120 have questions about submitting the 567 00:23:01,120 --> 00:23:03,200 application well there are links for 568 00:23:03,200 --> 00:23:05,559 that as well and then if you have 569 00:23:05,559 --> 00:23:07,760 questions about the peer review process 570 00:23:07,760 --> 00:23:10,200 you can contact the review contact and 571 00:23:10,200 --> 00:23:12,159 if you have a questions about the budget 572 00:23:12,159 --> 00:23:14,080 so what things are allowable what things 573 00:23:14,080 --> 00:23:16,080 are not you can also reach out to the 574 00:23:16,080 --> 00:23:18,039 grants management or financial 575 00:23:18,039 --> 00:23:21,760 specialist all right so that is the 576 00:23:21,760 --> 00:23:25,240 overview of the notice of funding 577 00:23:25,240 --> 00:23:28,440 opportunities from the NIH okay 578 00:23:28,440 --> 00:23:31,000 so identifying NH initiatives it's 579 00:23:31,000 --> 00:23:33,240 important to note that each of those 580 00:23:33,240 --> 00:23:35,480 institutes remember they have their own 581 00:23:35,480 --> 00:23:38,080 mission and their own Grant programs so 582 00:23:38,080 --> 00:23:40,279 in addition to checking that grants.gov 583 00:23:40,279 --> 00:23:43,320 or the nich guide you can also go to the 584 00:23:43,320 --> 00:23:45,840 individual institute's website let's say 585 00:23:45,840 --> 00:23:47,600 that you are interested in cancer 586 00:23:47,600 --> 00:23:50,360 research or diabetes research or 587 00:23:50,360 --> 00:23:53,120 infectious diseases research then go 588 00:23:53,120 --> 00:23:55,360 look at those particular institutes 589 00:23:55,360 --> 00:23:58,200 websites read their web pages regularly 590 00:23:58,200 --> 00:24:00,720 look at their strategic plan participate 591 00:24:00,720 --> 00:24:03,000 in any workshops a lot of the institutes 592 00:24:03,000 --> 00:24:04,600 will have workshops kind of like what 593 00:24:04,600 --> 00:24:07,279 we're having today and if they have 594 00:24:07,279 --> 00:24:10,000 webinars or things like that they will 595 00:24:10,000 --> 00:24:11,640 address some of their latest funding 596 00:24:11,640 --> 00:24:14,039 opportunities 597 00:24:14,039 --> 00:24:18,400 there so this is the niid website which 598 00:24:18,400 --> 00:24:20,320 is what where I work which I'm more 599 00:24:20,320 --> 00:24:22,080 familiar with but all of them are going 600 00:24:22,080 --> 00:24:23,799 to look similar to this they're all 601 00:24:23,799 --> 00:24:25,679 going to have links like research 602 00:24:25,679 --> 00:24:28,080 disease conditions and they all should 603 00:24:28,080 --> 00:24:30,559 have a grants and contracts link just 604 00:24:30,559 --> 00:24:34,159 like you see here and all of them should 605 00:24:34,159 --> 00:24:36,480 list their funding opportunities and so 606 00:24:36,480 --> 00:24:38,559 you'll be able to go to their sites 607 00:24:38,559 --> 00:24:41,360 notice here the niid funding news 608 00:24:41,360 --> 00:24:45,120 paylines timelines things like that okay 609 00:24:45,120 --> 00:24:47,320 and some institutes including the NIH we 610 00:24:47,320 --> 00:24:49,640 have sample Grant applications so if 611 00:24:49,640 --> 00:24:52,120 you've never applied before this is a 612 00:24:52,120 --> 00:24:54,559 great place a great resource you can see 613 00:24:54,559 --> 00:24:56,960 applications that have been successful 614 00:24:56,960 --> 00:24:58,799 and that way you will be able to tailor 615 00:24:58,799 --> 00:25:03,520 your application in a similar way all 616 00:25:03,520 --> 00:25:06,799 right so in the last part of this talk 617 00:25:06,799 --> 00:25:11,159 let's focus on the NIH bios sketch the 618 00:25:11,159 --> 00:25:14,600 biographical sketch so first of all what 619 00:25:14,600 --> 00:25:19,559 is the NIH bios sketch well this is a 620 00:25:19,559 --> 00:25:22,399 document that lists qualifications and 621 00:25:22,399 --> 00:25:25,919 experience for a particular role on a 622 00:25:25,919 --> 00:25:28,640 project okay 623 00:25:28,640 --> 00:25:32,080 who needs it well everyone who is a 624 00:25:32,080 --> 00:25:33,080 principal 625 00:25:33,080 --> 00:25:36,120 investigator on an application must have 626 00:25:36,120 --> 00:25:40,600 one of these to submit uh for the NIH 627 00:25:40,600 --> 00:25:42,880 also any senior or key personnel that 628 00:25:42,880 --> 00:25:45,159 are on your application they should have 629 00:25:45,159 --> 00:25:48,399 a bios sketch and any other significant 630 00:25:48,399 --> 00:25:50,360 contributors that's even if they're not 631 00:25:50,360 --> 00:25:52,760 paid if they're collaborator things like 632 00:25:52,760 --> 00:25:56,399 that they should also have a bios sketch 633 00:25:56,399 --> 00:25:59,279 so why what is the purpose of this well 634 00:25:59,279 --> 00:26:01,640 it's used by NIH staff as well as 635 00:26:01,640 --> 00:26:04,799 reviewers to determine if you and the 636 00:26:04,799 --> 00:26:07,279 people on your team have the experience 637 00:26:07,279 --> 00:26:10,240 the techniques to execute the plan so 638 00:26:10,240 --> 00:26:12,399 remember those five review criteria that 639 00:26:12,399 --> 00:26:15,120 I mentioned one of those is investigator 640 00:26:15,120 --> 00:26:17,320 so reviewers and NIH staff are going to 641 00:26:17,320 --> 00:26:20,200 go to your bios sketch to see if you 642 00:26:20,200 --> 00:26:23,200 have the proper qualifications for your 643 00:26:23,200 --> 00:26:25,320 specific role on the 644 00:26:25,320 --> 00:26:27,200 project now as I was looking through 645 00:26:27,200 --> 00:26:29,159 some of the writing uh samples I wanted 646 00:26:29,159 --> 00:26:31,279 to make sure that people understood the 647 00:26:31,279 --> 00:26:33,679 difference between a CV and a bios 648 00:26:33,679 --> 00:26:36,399 sketch I think this is really useful so 649 00:26:36,399 --> 00:26:38,919 CV most of you are aware that this is 650 00:26:38,919 --> 00:26:41,559 going to be a comprehensive history of 651 00:26:41,559 --> 00:26:44,120 your work and your education it's a 652 00:26:44,120 --> 00:26:46,360 detailed list of all of your academic 653 00:26:46,360 --> 00:26:48,159 and professional experience and because 654 00:26:48,159 --> 00:26:50,679 of that there's no link so if you're a 655 00:26:50,679 --> 00:26:52,880 senior investigator these CVS can be 656 00:26:52,880 --> 00:26:55,760 quite long that's different from a bios 657 00:26:55,760 --> 00:26:58,399 sketch so the NH bios sketch Ed these 658 00:26:58,399 --> 00:27:00,279 are going to be qualifications for a 659 00:27:00,279 --> 00:27:03,760 specific role in a specific project so 660 00:27:03,760 --> 00:27:05,720 you can think of this more like a 661 00:27:05,720 --> 00:27:09,039 summary of your academic experience and 662 00:27:09,039 --> 00:27:10,760 this is limited to five 663 00:27:10,760 --> 00:27:13,880 pages now there is a template that's 664 00:27:13,880 --> 00:27:16,159 available on the NH website so you can 665 00:27:16,159 --> 00:27:18,080 just use that template and write it all 666 00:27:18,080 --> 00:27:20,799 yourself or there's also a tool that's 667 00:27:20,799 --> 00:27:22,480 available through the National Library 668 00:27:22,480 --> 00:27:25,000 of Medicine I'm linking to it here and 669 00:27:25,000 --> 00:27:27,120 with this tool you can enter your bios 670 00:27:27,120 --> 00:27:30,000 sketch information once and then when 671 00:27:30,000 --> 00:27:31,320 you get ready to apply for the 672 00:27:31,320 --> 00:27:33,360 applications this tool will help you 673 00:27:33,360 --> 00:27:36,240 format it for the particular application 674 00:27:36,240 --> 00:27:37,840 to make sure you have all the components 675 00:27:37,840 --> 00:27:39,720 that I'm going to show 676 00:27:39,720 --> 00:27:42,360 you all 677 00:27:42,360 --> 00:27:45,880 right so the NH bio sketch has several 678 00:27:45,880 --> 00:27:47,440 parts we're going to go through them 679 00:27:47,440 --> 00:27:51,840 very quickly here one by one so you have 680 00:27:51,840 --> 00:27:53,840 the introductory part and then you're 681 00:27:53,840 --> 00:27:57,200 going to have the personal statement the 682 00:27:57,200 --> 00:27:58,720 position positions scientific 683 00:27:58,720 --> 00:28:01,480 appointments and honors contributions to 684 00:28:01,480 --> 00:28:04,320 science and then Scholastic performance 685 00:28:04,320 --> 00:28:07,000 importantly it has to be five pages or 686 00:28:07,000 --> 00:28:12,000 less all right in order for you to be in 687 00:28:12,000 --> 00:28:14,159 compliance so let's start with the N 688 00:28:14,159 --> 00:28:16,120 biographical sketch introductory part 689 00:28:16,120 --> 00:28:18,360 now this is the easiest part right so 690 00:28:18,360 --> 00:28:20,519 this is just going to be your name it's 691 00:28:20,519 --> 00:28:22,519 going to be your education and your 692 00:28:22,519 --> 00:28:25,039 training and your title so very similar 693 00:28:25,039 --> 00:28:26,559 to what you would enter in just a 694 00:28:26,559 --> 00:28:28,919 regular CV the only different thing here 695 00:28:28,919 --> 00:28:33,159 is this the ER Commons username now if 696 00:28:33,159 --> 00:28:35,039 you don't know what that is or you don't 697 00:28:35,039 --> 00:28:37,640 have one then please reach out to the 698 00:28:37,640 --> 00:28:39,799 NIH and we can help you establish one of 699 00:28:39,799 --> 00:28:42,240 those because you will have to have one 700 00:28:42,240 --> 00:28:45,200 in order to apply for ni funding you and 701 00:28:45,200 --> 00:28:47,600 your institution will have to establish 702 00:28:47,600 --> 00:28:49,760 this in order to apply because remember 703 00:28:49,760 --> 00:28:52,640 all of the applications are 704 00:28:52,640 --> 00:28:55,240 electronic all right so now let's go to 705 00:28:55,240 --> 00:28:57,440 the personal statement so the personal 706 00:28:57,440 --> 00:29:00,080 statement is why are you well suited for 707 00:29:00,080 --> 00:29:03,159 your role in the project now this is 708 00:29:03,159 --> 00:29:06,080 your place to be able to shine for this 709 00:29:06,080 --> 00:29:08,080 particular project and I would say 710 00:29:08,080 --> 00:29:10,000 please don't skimp on this section this 711 00:29:10,000 --> 00:29:12,320 is an extremely important section and 712 00:29:12,320 --> 00:29:14,720 it's a really big factor for review so I 713 00:29:14,720 --> 00:29:17,039 thought I'd provide you with a few dos 714 00:29:17,039 --> 00:29:19,960 and don'ts and best practices so on the 715 00:29:19,960 --> 00:29:22,799 do side you want to list your training 716 00:29:22,799 --> 00:29:25,000 and your expertise on the topic that 717 00:29:25,000 --> 00:29:28,360 you're applying for same thing for the 718 00:29:28,360 --> 00:29:30,760 technical expertise and past performance 719 00:29:30,760 --> 00:29:34,080 that's in this field or a related field 720 00:29:34,080 --> 00:29:36,360 let's say that you don't have previous 721 00:29:36,360 --> 00:29:38,760 experience directly on this topic but 722 00:29:38,760 --> 00:29:40,600 maybe you have it on a related topic 723 00:29:40,600 --> 00:29:42,120 well that needs to go in the personal 724 00:29:42,120 --> 00:29:44,320 statement as well you can site up to 725 00:29:44,320 --> 00:29:47,120 four Publications or products now 726 00:29:47,120 --> 00:29:49,399 Publications everyone knows what that is 727 00:29:49,399 --> 00:29:52,279 a product can be a meeting abstract a 728 00:29:52,279 --> 00:29:54,159 presentation you've made things like 729 00:29:54,159 --> 00:29:57,600 that you can site funded projects from 730 00:29:57,600 --> 00:29:59,679 the last three years now these are 731 00:29:59,679 --> 00:30:01,120 typically 732 00:30:01,120 --> 00:30:04,760 NIH applica uh NIH um grants or maybe 733 00:30:04,760 --> 00:30:06,919 University grants or in Country Grants 734 00:30:06,919 --> 00:30:09,120 that you've received and then this is 735 00:30:09,120 --> 00:30:10,840 also the place you can list factors that 736 00:30:10,840 --> 00:30:13,720 may affect your past productivity so 737 00:30:13,720 --> 00:30:16,320 this is not required but let's say that 738 00:30:16,320 --> 00:30:19,840 in your bios sketch there's a gap of a 739 00:30:19,840 --> 00:30:22,039 year or two or however long and you want 740 00:30:22,039 --> 00:30:24,120 to explain why there's a gap so maybe 741 00:30:24,120 --> 00:30:26,200 you had family emergencies things like 742 00:30:26,200 --> 00:30:28,279 that this is a place that you can 743 00:30:28,279 --> 00:30:29,559 describe 744 00:30:29,559 --> 00:30:33,600 that a few of the things that are don'ts 745 00:30:33,600 --> 00:30:36,000 is you should not focus on unrelated 746 00:30:36,000 --> 00:30:38,279 training or unrelated Publications or 747 00:30:38,279 --> 00:30:40,679 products right a CV would have all of 748 00:30:40,679 --> 00:30:42,880 these but a biosketch you really want to 749 00:30:42,880 --> 00:30:44,919 focus on the ones that are relevant for 750 00:30:44,919 --> 00:30:48,159 this application also don't use figures 751 00:30:48,159 --> 00:30:50,559 tables or Graphics those are not allowed 752 00:30:50,559 --> 00:30:52,919 and don't use hyperlinks like URLs those 753 00:30:52,919 --> 00:30:55,559 are not allowed either and I would also 754 00:30:55,559 --> 00:30:57,679 recommend not presenting your expanding 755 00:30:57,679 --> 00:31:01,000 on stuff that should be other places in 756 00:31:01,000 --> 00:31:03,399 other sections in the application all 757 00:31:03,399 --> 00:31:06,480 right so that's the personal 758 00:31:06,480 --> 00:31:08,679 statement let's look at a sample 759 00:31:08,679 --> 00:31:10,080 personal statement let's walk through 760 00:31:10,080 --> 00:31:12,360 this together and I'll point out the 761 00:31:12,360 --> 00:31:13,840 parts for you and hopefully this will 762 00:31:13,840 --> 00:31:15,600 help you write your own personal 763 00:31:15,600 --> 00:31:18,200 statement so in this personal statement 764 00:31:18,200 --> 00:31:20,000 right off the bat we see that this 765 00:31:20,000 --> 00:31:22,399 person is an associate professor of 766 00:31:22,399 --> 00:31:24,919 psychology their work is focused on 767 00:31:24,919 --> 00:31:27,799 neuros pychological changes associated 768 00:31:27,799 --> 00:31:30,559 with substance use disorders okay so 769 00:31:30,559 --> 00:31:33,120 right off the bat we know what their 770 00:31:33,120 --> 00:31:35,639 focus is what their background is they 771 00:31:35,639 --> 00:31:39,880 have training in ethnographic and Survey 772 00:31:39,880 --> 00:31:42,840 research on psychological aspects of 773 00:31:42,840 --> 00:31:44,639 substance use disorder so we've seen 774 00:31:44,639 --> 00:31:45,440 that 775 00:31:45,440 --> 00:31:48,080 again a little bit later we see that 776 00:31:48,080 --> 00:31:50,240 they've had funded projects right so 777 00:31:50,240 --> 00:31:51,600 they've been the investigator or 778 00:31:51,600 --> 00:31:54,919 co-investigator on NIH funded grants and 779 00:31:54,919 --> 00:31:57,320 the focus of those grants has been 780 00:31:57,320 --> 00:31:59,919 psychosocial factors substance abuse 781 00:31:59,919 --> 00:32:02,240 disorders and older people they've also 782 00:32:02,240 --> 00:32:04,200 collaborated with people they produced 783 00:32:04,200 --> 00:32:05,799 peerreview 784 00:32:05,799 --> 00:32:08,039 Publications and then as I mentioned 785 00:32:08,039 --> 00:32:09,760 they had a disruption in their career 786 00:32:09,760 --> 00:32:12,320 for a year and so they spell that out 787 00:32:12,320 --> 00:32:14,440 too it was disrupted due to family 788 00:32:14,440 --> 00:32:18,120 obligations right and so these are the 789 00:32:18,120 --> 00:32:20,320 major elements your personal statement 790 00:32:20,320 --> 00:32:21,799 is going to look different but these are 791 00:32:21,799 --> 00:32:23,880 the elements that you want to 792 00:32:23,880 --> 00:32:26,799 include now here's a question for you 793 00:32:26,799 --> 00:32:29,679 BAS Bas on that if you're a reviewer and 794 00:32:29,679 --> 00:32:31,240 you didn't even see the title of the 795 00:32:31,240 --> 00:32:34,000 application what's the most likely topic 796 00:32:34,000 --> 00:32:35,720 of this application if you just had to 797 00:32:35,720 --> 00:32:37,880 guess so write it in the chat what do 798 00:32:37,880 --> 00:32:39,799 you think is the 799 00:32:39,799 --> 00:32:43,720 most likely topic of this 800 00:32:43,720 --> 00:32:45,679 application I'll give you guys a minute 801 00:32:45,679 --> 00:32:48,320 to type 802 00:32:49,840 --> 00:32:53,519 that okay everybody's saying substance 803 00:32:53,519 --> 00:32:55,679 abuse substance AB you here for old 804 00:32:55,679 --> 00:32:57,639 people exactly exactly 805 00:32:57,639 --> 00:32:59,720 and so that's what you want to focus 806 00:32:59,720 --> 00:33:02,639 your personal statement for right the 807 00:33:02,639 --> 00:33:04,399 reviewer should be able to immediately 808 00:33:04,399 --> 00:33:06,960 see oh this person this is their 809 00:33:06,960 --> 00:33:08,679 background this is what they focused on 810 00:33:08,679 --> 00:33:10,840 and I'm betting this application is also 811 00:33:10,840 --> 00:33:14,159 focused on substance abuse disorders in 812 00:33:14,159 --> 00:33:16,919 uh older people and they back that up 813 00:33:16,919 --> 00:33:19,360 with their projects so these are three 814 00:33:19,360 --> 00:33:21,320 NIH projects that were funded and look 815 00:33:21,320 --> 00:33:24,760 at the titles right so substance used 816 00:33:24,760 --> 00:33:27,320 disorders in older people substance use 817 00:33:27,320 --> 00:33:30,240 older people alcohol abuse and then they 818 00:33:30,240 --> 00:33:33,039 list up to four Publications that you 819 00:33:33,039 --> 00:33:33,880 see 820 00:33:33,880 --> 00:33:36,279 here and what I want you to notice the 821 00:33:36,279 --> 00:33:39,480 Publications are related to that and 822 00:33:39,480 --> 00:33:41,799 they also are not the first author on 823 00:33:41,799 --> 00:33:43,440 all of these Publications and that's 824 00:33:43,440 --> 00:33:45,120 okay you don't have to be the first 825 00:33:45,120 --> 00:33:47,080 author or senior author on these 826 00:33:47,080 --> 00:33:49,600 citations they just need to be relevant 827 00:33:49,600 --> 00:33:52,960 for this particular project 828 00:33:52,960 --> 00:33:56,440 okay all right so what if you are a new 829 00:33:56,440 --> 00:33:59,080 investigator or a trainee and you don't 830 00:33:59,080 --> 00:34:00,960 have a lot of history you don't you've 831 00:34:00,960 --> 00:34:03,159 not served as the pi of a project before 832 00:34:03,159 --> 00:34:05,720 well that's okay this is an example of a 833 00:34:05,720 --> 00:34:07,679 personal statement from a student you 834 00:34:07,679 --> 00:34:09,879 could still highlight what your training 835 00:34:09,879 --> 00:34:12,239 has been in what your goals are in the 836 00:34:12,239 --> 00:34:14,239 future if you have any Publications you 837 00:34:14,239 --> 00:34:16,679 can point to those as well particularly 838 00:34:16,679 --> 00:34:19,040 like in this case small molecules 839 00:34:19,040 --> 00:34:21,079 targeting colon cancer cells so let's 840 00:34:21,079 --> 00:34:23,079 say the student seeking training in 841 00:34:23,079 --> 00:34:24,800 cancer research well that's a really 842 00:34:24,800 --> 00:34:28,879 good publication to highlight right 843 00:34:30,359 --> 00:34:32,639 so a number of you submitted writing 844 00:34:32,639 --> 00:34:35,960 samples as well and so this is one of 845 00:34:35,960 --> 00:34:37,800 the writing samples this is anonymous I 846 00:34:37,800 --> 00:34:39,280 don't know who this person is and it 847 00:34:39,280 --> 00:34:41,440 doesn't matter um but I want you to take 848 00:34:41,440 --> 00:34:43,480 a look at this personal statement from 849 00:34:43,480 --> 00:34:45,320 one of the participants and we'll go 850 00:34:45,320 --> 00:34:47,199 through some of the same elements that 851 00:34:47,199 --> 00:34:50,879 we've seen before right so what we can 852 00:34:50,879 --> 00:34:54,480 tell right off the bat is this person is 853 00:34:54,480 --> 00:34:58,119 interested in medicine and Psychiatry so 854 00:34:58,119 --> 00:35:00,520 maybe that's their background 855 00:35:00,520 --> 00:35:03,000 right we found out that they had an A in 856 00:35:03,000 --> 00:35:05,560 chemist in 857 00:35:05,560 --> 00:35:07,960 chemistry we found out that they passed 858 00:35:07,960 --> 00:35:10,520 their membership exams for the wacp in 859 00:35:10,520 --> 00:35:12,000 their first 860 00:35:12,000 --> 00:35:14,640 attempt we found out that they've made 861 00:35:14,640 --> 00:35:17,760 significant contributions to 862 00:35:17,760 --> 00:35:20,160 training and then we found out that 863 00:35:20,160 --> 00:35:22,359 their goals are to increase clinical and 864 00:35:22,359 --> 00:35:24,720 research competencies improve teaching 865 00:35:24,720 --> 00:35:28,440 skills and advocacy for mental 866 00:35:28,440 --> 00:35:30,520 health now with this one you don't have 867 00:35:30,520 --> 00:35:32,599 to write this in the chat but based on 868 00:35:32,599 --> 00:35:35,040 what you just saw you can kind of now 869 00:35:35,040 --> 00:35:38,280 think of how I can craft this so that 870 00:35:38,280 --> 00:35:40,480 someone could tell what the most likely 871 00:35:40,480 --> 00:35:43,760 topic of the application is right so 872 00:35:43,760 --> 00:35:46,079 it's a bit unclear maybe it's about 873 00:35:46,079 --> 00:35:48,760 Psychiatry or medicine maybe it's about 874 00:35:48,760 --> 00:35:52,880 training um maybe it's about chemistry 875 00:35:52,880 --> 00:35:55,400 right we don't really know and so you'd 876 00:35:55,400 --> 00:35:57,440 really want to spell that out you'd want 877 00:35:57,440 --> 00:36:01,280 to be more specific into how this 878 00:36:01,280 --> 00:36:03,560 particular personal statement fits in 879 00:36:03,560 --> 00:36:05,240 with the particular project that you're 880 00:36:05,240 --> 00:36:06,880 applying 881 00:36:06,880 --> 00:36:10,079 for all 882 00:36:10,160 --> 00:36:13,440 right so section B this one is going to 883 00:36:13,440 --> 00:36:15,760 be like the beginning so this one is 884 00:36:15,760 --> 00:36:17,280 very straightforward it's one of the 885 00:36:17,280 --> 00:36:19,040 easier Parts this is just going to be 886 00:36:19,040 --> 00:36:21,640 reverse chronological order of all of 887 00:36:21,640 --> 00:36:23,640 your positions all of your academic 888 00:36:23,640 --> 00:36:25,760 appointments and this is also a place 889 00:36:25,760 --> 00:36:26,800 where you're going to list your 890 00:36:26,800 --> 00:36:28,880 achievements and honors so if there are 891 00:36:28,880 --> 00:36:30,800 any awards that you've received that are 892 00:36:30,800 --> 00:36:32,599 relevant then you would want to list 893 00:36:32,599 --> 00:36:35,200 those as 894 00:36:35,800 --> 00:36:38,760 well all right the other important part 895 00:36:38,760 --> 00:36:41,760 so a the personal statement and C 896 00:36:41,760 --> 00:36:43,440 contributions to science these are going 897 00:36:43,440 --> 00:36:45,160 to be the most important parts of the 898 00:36:45,160 --> 00:36:47,640 BIOS sketch and the format of this part 899 00:36:47,640 --> 00:36:50,040 is up to five of your most significant 900 00:36:50,040 --> 00:36:51,079 significant 901 00:36:51,079 --> 00:36:55,000 contributions it's okay to list list so 902 00:36:55,000 --> 00:36:56,839 uh particularly if you're a trainee or a 903 00:36:56,839 --> 00:36:58,440 student you definitely will probably 904 00:36:58,440 --> 00:37:00,520 list less than five and for each of 905 00:37:00,520 --> 00:37:02,400 those contributions you want to list 906 00:37:02,400 --> 00:37:05,480 these factors right so what's the 907 00:37:05,480 --> 00:37:08,240 historical background what are the 908 00:37:08,240 --> 00:37:10,480 findings how did those findings 909 00:37:10,480 --> 00:37:13,280 influence science what's your role on 910 00:37:13,280 --> 00:37:15,160 that particular work and then you can 911 00:37:15,160 --> 00:37:17,640 site up to four Publications or products 912 00:37:17,640 --> 00:37:19,880 again don't use figures tables or 913 00:37:19,880 --> 00:37:22,720 Graphics but in this case you can use a 914 00:37:22,720 --> 00:37:25,920 hyperlink but only a link to all of your 915 00:37:25,920 --> 00:37:27,400 Publications right because you're not 916 00:37:27,400 --> 00:37:29,680 going to list them all here and so let's 917 00:37:29,680 --> 00:37:33,440 look at a sample really quickly here so 918 00:37:33,440 --> 00:37:35,880 contribution to science my early 919 00:37:35,880 --> 00:37:37,880 Publications directly address the fact 920 00:37:37,880 --> 00:37:40,079 that substance use is often overlooked 921 00:37:40,079 --> 00:37:43,079 in older adults right so again 922 00:37:43,079 --> 00:37:46,599 substantive use in older adults and 923 00:37:46,599 --> 00:37:49,400 these Publications so they frame the 924 00:37:49,400 --> 00:37:52,119 problem frame the background and then 925 00:37:52,119 --> 00:37:54,520 here are the Publications I've had and 926 00:37:54,520 --> 00:37:56,200 here are what those Publications 927 00:37:56,200 --> 00:37:59,160 document mented right so I'm drawing the 928 00:37:59,160 --> 00:38:01,680 reviewers to that particular area and 929 00:38:01,680 --> 00:38:04,000 then I'm telling them this body of work 930 00:38:04,000 --> 00:38:06,720 has Chang the standards of care for 931 00:38:06,720 --> 00:38:08,839 olders adults with substance use 932 00:38:08,839 --> 00:38:11,319 disorders so if I'm a reviewer and I'm 933 00:38:11,319 --> 00:38:13,760 looking at this I have confidence that 934 00:38:13,760 --> 00:38:17,400 this person has had nhf funded grants on 935 00:38:17,400 --> 00:38:19,440 this particular topic they have 936 00:38:19,440 --> 00:38:21,400 Publications on this topic and they've 937 00:38:21,400 --> 00:38:23,240 moved the field forward in this 938 00:38:23,240 --> 00:38:25,640 particular area and then they back it up 939 00:38:25,640 --> 00:38:27,319 with some publication 940 00:38:27,319 --> 00:38:29,560 that you can see here and again they're 941 00:38:29,560 --> 00:38:31,839 not the first or senior author on all of 942 00:38:31,839 --> 00:38:33,440 these right in this one they're the 943 00:38:33,440 --> 00:38:35,800 second author maybe there's a 944 00:38:35,800 --> 00:38:37,599 publication that you're not an author on 945 00:38:37,599 --> 00:38:40,440 at all but you worked in the lab you 946 00:38:40,440 --> 00:38:42,240 were involved in the research you can 947 00:38:42,240 --> 00:38:45,200 list those as well here and you can just 948 00:38:45,200 --> 00:38:47,720 describe how you were involved in that 949 00:38:47,720 --> 00:38:49,160 particular 950 00:38:49,160 --> 00:38:51,680 project all right so I'm not going to go 951 00:38:51,680 --> 00:38:54,319 through them all but uh this person 952 00:38:54,319 --> 00:38:56,680 listed up to three and with the public 953 00:38:56,680 --> 00:38:58,680 ations but at the end they list their 954 00:38:58,680 --> 00:39:01,560 complete list of published work in their 955 00:39:01,560 --> 00:39:03,760 bibliography so this is the only 956 00:39:03,760 --> 00:39:06,960 hyperlink that is allowable and it needs 957 00:39:06,960 --> 00:39:09,200 to be a specific hyperlink like the one 958 00:39:09,200 --> 00:39:11,560 from the National Library of Medicine 959 00:39:11,560 --> 00:39:13,599 and again that will allow the reviewers 960 00:39:13,599 --> 00:39:16,720 to go to all of your 961 00:39:17,560 --> 00:39:22,040 Publications all right so the end is a a 962 00:39:22,040 --> 00:39:24,319 bios sketch checklist for you and this 963 00:39:24,319 --> 00:39:26,200 is as you write your bios sketch these 964 00:39:26,200 --> 00:39:28,319 are the kinds of things that you can you 965 00:39:28,319 --> 00:39:29,880 want to make sure that you include and 966 00:39:29,880 --> 00:39:32,280 the first is my personal statement 967 00:39:32,280 --> 00:39:35,280 showcases my skills so you want to make 968 00:39:35,280 --> 00:39:38,160 sure that that's the case I convince 969 00:39:38,160 --> 00:39:40,079 reviewers that I'm the right person to 970 00:39:40,079 --> 00:39:43,160 lead the research 971 00:39:43,160 --> 00:39:45,599 so in addition to that the other bios 972 00:39:45,599 --> 00:39:47,760 sketches also need to convince reviewers 973 00:39:47,760 --> 00:39:49,839 that the members of your team can 974 00:39:49,839 --> 00:39:52,079 perform the roles all right so it's not 975 00:39:52,079 --> 00:39:53,800 just you that has a bios sketch it's 976 00:39:53,800 --> 00:39:56,760 going to be everyone on your team uh 977 00:39:56,760 --> 00:39:58,520 that needs to have a bios sketch and 978 00:39:58,520 --> 00:40:00,319 then you also make sure you highlight 979 00:40:00,319 --> 00:40:02,359 each person's accomplishments and the 980 00:40:02,359 --> 00:40:05,119 research support section and then again 981 00:40:05,119 --> 00:40:07,160 the Publications that you choose make 982 00:40:07,160 --> 00:40:09,920 sure that those are related to the 983 00:40:09,920 --> 00:40:12,040 project and they reveal the skills that 984 00:40:12,040 --> 00:40:14,040 you say you have for the particular 985 00:40:14,040 --> 00:40:16,440 project and then finally your bios 986 00:40:16,440 --> 00:40:18,240 sketches are consistent with other parts 987 00:40:18,240 --> 00:40:19,800 of the application so that's what I 988 00:40:19,800 --> 00:40:22,280 mentioned earlier um make sure that it's 989 00:40:22,280 --> 00:40:26,000 tailored to this particular application 990 00:40:26,000 --> 00:40:26,920 all right 991 00:40:26,920 --> 00:40:30,800 so in looking at these checklist 992 00:40:30,800 --> 00:40:33,079 questions um whenever you write your own 993 00:40:33,079 --> 00:40:35,920 bios sketch give it to a colleague give 994 00:40:35,920 --> 00:40:38,480 it to uh someone that you trust and have 995 00:40:38,480 --> 00:40:40,800 them evaluate it and say Hey you know am 996 00:40:40,800 --> 00:40:43,079 I touching on all these areas would a 997 00:40:43,079 --> 00:40:45,319 reviewer see it in that 998 00:40:45,319 --> 00:40:47,680 way the last few slides I'm not going to 999 00:40:47,680 --> 00:40:49,480 go through uh I just want to let you 1000 00:40:49,480 --> 00:40:51,000 know that there are lots of resource 1001 00:40:51,000 --> 00:40:52,920 slides and you will have access to these 1002 00:40:52,920 --> 00:40:55,000 slides and so you'll be able to go to 1003 00:40:55,000 --> 00:40:57,599 these links there are links for foreign 1004 00:40:57,599 --> 00:41:01,160 grants so non- us-based Awards and also 1005 00:41:01,160 --> 00:41:03,079 the institutes and centers that I know 1006 00:41:03,079 --> 00:41:05,640 of that have web pages for foreign 1007 00:41:05,640 --> 00:41:07,240 recipients including the Fogerty 1008 00:41:07,240 --> 00:41:08,760 International Center that youve heard 1009 00:41:08,760 --> 00:41:10,119 from 1010 00:41:10,119 --> 00:41:13,200 earlier um in addition to the NIH of 1011 00:41:13,200 --> 00:41:15,319 course there are lots of other agencies 1012 00:41:15,319 --> 00:41:17,200 within the US federal government but 1013 00:41:17,200 --> 00:41:19,319 also external funding sources maybe in 1014 00:41:19,319 --> 00:41:21,760 your own country or private foundations 1015 00:41:21,760 --> 00:41:23,760 those are also places that you can go to 1016 00:41:23,760 --> 00:41:26,560 to look for sources of funding and then 1017 00:41:26,560 --> 00:41:28,520 here are several other resources 1018 00:41:28,520 --> 00:41:31,200 specific for the BIOS sketch and so 1019 00:41:31,200 --> 00:41:33,599 there are sample bios sketches there's a 1020 00:41:33,599 --> 00:41:35,599 frequently ask questions for bios 1021 00:41:35,599 --> 00:41:38,640 sketches and if you have questions about 1022 00:41:38,640 --> 00:41:40,760 a biosketch you can reach out to a 1023 00:41:40,760 --> 00:41:43,119 program person like me or if it's a more 1024 00:41:43,119 --> 00:41:45,800 general question the NH actually has a 1025 00:41:45,800 --> 00:41:49,079 dedicated email address and that's nhos 1026 00:41:49,079 --> 00:41:52,440 biosketch nh.gov so you can send your 1027 00:41:52,440 --> 00:41:54,880 question directly to that email address 1028 00:41:54,880 --> 00:41:56,680 and someone will get back with with you 1029 00:41:56,680 --> 00:41:59,680 on your specific question as 1030 00:41:59,680 --> 00:42:01,880 well then finally some take-home 1031 00:42:01,880 --> 00:42:04,560 messages I would encourage you to become 1032 00:42:04,560 --> 00:42:07,119 familiar with the missions the programs 1033 00:42:07,119 --> 00:42:09,640 and the funding opportunities of the NIH 1034 00:42:09,640 --> 00:42:11,880 as a whole as well as the individual 1035 00:42:11,880 --> 00:42:14,520 institutes and centers learn where to 1036 00:42:14,520 --> 00:42:16,440 look for these funding opportunities 1037 00:42:16,440 --> 00:42:18,880 like the NH guide the institutes 1038 00:42:18,880 --> 00:42:21,119 websites grants.gov 1039 00:42:21,119 --> 00:42:24,319 contact appropriate NH staff so if I 1040 00:42:24,319 --> 00:42:26,280 leave you with nothing else please 1041 00:42:26,280 --> 00:42:28,119 please don't hesitate to establish a 1042 00:42:28,119 --> 00:42:31,040 relationship with folks here at the NIH 1043 00:42:31,040 --> 00:42:33,319 who can help you navigate these funding 1044 00:42:33,319 --> 00:42:36,400 announcements um read the notice of 1045 00:42:36,400 --> 00:42:38,559 opportunity carefully because that's 1046 00:42:38,559 --> 00:42:40,319 what you're going to be responding to 1047 00:42:40,319 --> 00:42:43,839 that is the most common reason that 1048 00:42:43,839 --> 00:42:45,400 applications are withdrawn or they're 1049 00:42:45,400 --> 00:42:48,000 not successful when they come to the 1050 00:42:48,000 --> 00:42:50,800 NIH practice writing the NIH style bios 1051 00:42:50,800 --> 00:42:53,440 sketch and seek help with that and then 1052 00:42:53,440 --> 00:42:55,040 don't be afraid to ask colleagues for 1053 00:42:55,040 --> 00:42:57,920 help including us right and finally I 1054 00:42:57,920 --> 00:43:00,520 would say be persistent even if you are 1055 00:43:00,520 --> 00:43:02,040 a researcher in the 1056 00:43:02,040 --> 00:43:05,920 US the uh grant funding is competitive 1057 00:43:05,920 --> 00:43:07,760 and so you may have to apply multiple 1058 00:43:07,760 --> 00:43:09,680 times but I would tell you to be 1059 00:43:09,680 --> 00:43:12,040 persistent don't give up and don't be 1060 00:43:12,040 --> 00:43:15,240 afraid to ask for help along the way all 1061 00:43:15,240 --> 00:43:18,599 right so with that I will end the 1062 00:43:18,599 --> 00:43:21,160 slideshow I'll stop 1063 00:43:21,160 --> 00:43:25,079 sharing and I will guess open it to 1064 00:43:25,079 --> 00:43:27,880 Heather thank you so much Dr mugan we 1065 00:43:27,880 --> 00:43:29,920 have sure quite a few questions in the 1066 00:43:29,920 --> 00:43:33,720 Q&A so I will try to um find the ones 1067 00:43:33,720 --> 00:43:35,720 that were asked a few different times in 1068 00:43:35,720 --> 00:43:37,200 a few different ways and begin with 1069 00:43:37,200 --> 00:43:40,599 those and I will try to answer them 1070 00:43:40,599 --> 00:43:42,680 sounds good 1071 00:43:42,680 --> 00:43:46,520 okay um one is people asking again about 1072 00:43:46,520 --> 00:43:48,599 getting in touch with the NIH staff so 1073 00:43:48,599 --> 00:43:50,160 how can I have access contact with the 1074 00:43:50,160 --> 00:43:52,440 NH staff when I need clarification on 1075 00:43:52,440 --> 00:43:55,079 the grant submission process yeah great 1076 00:43:55,079 --> 00:43:56,920 question so there are a couple of ways 1077 00:43:56,920 --> 00:43:59,640 the first way is if you have a specific 1078 00:43:59,640 --> 00:44:01,720 funding announcement there will always 1079 00:44:01,720 --> 00:44:04,640 be contact information so you can go to 1080 00:44:04,640 --> 00:44:06,400 that contact information there'll be a 1081 00:44:06,400 --> 00:44:08,319 phone number and an email address so you 1082 00:44:08,319 --> 00:44:10,520 can reach directly out to them if you 1083 00:44:10,520 --> 00:44:12,839 don't know then I would suggest using 1084 00:44:12,839 --> 00:44:15,200 that Matchmaker tool right so you can 1085 00:44:15,200 --> 00:44:17,440 put in your abstract so I'm interested 1086 00:44:17,440 --> 00:44:20,359 in this aspect of cancer research and 1087 00:44:20,359 --> 00:44:22,960 you'll find a list of appropriate 1088 00:44:22,960 --> 00:44:25,319 program staff and that list will include 1089 00:44:25,319 --> 00:44:27,359 their contact information email address 1090 00:44:27,359 --> 00:44:29,720 things like that reach out set up a time 1091 00:44:29,720 --> 00:44:31,760 to discuss I think that's the best way 1092 00:44:31,760 --> 00:44:33,040 to do 1093 00:44:33,040 --> 00:44:36,280 it great thank you um another question 1094 00:44:36,280 --> 00:44:38,680 is can my chief medical director serve 1095 00:44:38,680 --> 00:44:40,839 as organization fcal 1096 00:44:40,839 --> 00:44:42,640 person can they serve as the 1097 00:44:42,640 --> 00:44:45,119 organizational focal person I believe 1098 00:44:45,119 --> 00:44:46,640 perhaps the contact person for the 1099 00:44:46,640 --> 00:44:48,880 applying organization ah I see I see 1100 00:44:48,880 --> 00:44:51,160 yeah so each institution the NH 1101 00:44:51,160 --> 00:44:54,160 establishes a relationship with a 1102 00:44:54,160 --> 00:44:56,440 authorized organizational official and 1103 00:44:56,440 --> 00:44:57,640 so it's going to be up to your 1104 00:44:57,640 --> 00:45:00,079 organization who that person may be 1105 00:45:00,079 --> 00:45:01,559 they're going to be called your signing 1106 00:45:01,559 --> 00:45:05,640 official they have to have the proper um 1107 00:45:05,640 --> 00:45:08,359 documentations the proper registrations 1108 00:45:08,359 --> 00:45:10,160 with the NIH to establish the 1109 00:45:10,160 --> 00:45:12,839 relationship and the purpose for that is 1110 00:45:12,839 --> 00:45:15,760 whenever you get a funded award then the 1111 00:45:15,760 --> 00:45:17,720 NIH has to have that relationship in 1112 00:45:17,720 --> 00:45:19,640 order to be able to send money and make 1113 00:45:19,640 --> 00:45:21,040 sure that you follow the rules and 1114 00:45:21,040 --> 00:45:23,880 regulations of using the US federal 1115 00:45:23,880 --> 00:45:26,079 funds and so I would just say that it's 1116 00:45:26,079 --> 00:45:28,680 up to your institution as to who that 1117 00:45:28,680 --> 00:45:31,960 person is and how they designate them 1118 00:45:31,960 --> 00:45:33,319 with the 1119 00:45:33,319 --> 00:45:36,079 NIH great thank you um we're also 1120 00:45:36,079 --> 00:45:38,480 getting questions about um early career 1121 00:45:38,480 --> 00:45:40,680 researchers is it easy for them to be 1122 00:45:40,680 --> 00:45:42,760 acknowledged by the NIH or is it more 1123 00:45:42,760 --> 00:45:45,839 difficult for them to um receive a grant 1124 00:45:45,839 --> 00:45:49,319 yeah that's a great question so with 1125 00:45:49,319 --> 00:45:51,440 most institutes within the NIH there is 1126 00:45:51,440 --> 00:45:54,319 a recognition that new and early stage 1127 00:45:54,319 --> 00:45:56,680 investigators sometimes have a larger 1128 00:45:56,680 --> 00:45:58,960 hurdle to be able to gaining their first 1129 00:45:58,960 --> 00:46:02,040 in award so most of them offer special 1130 00:46:02,040 --> 00:46:04,440 programs for new investigators sometimes 1131 00:46:04,440 --> 00:46:06,240 that's in a way of a more liberal 1132 00:46:06,240 --> 00:46:08,119 payline so that they're they're more 1133 00:46:08,119 --> 00:46:10,720 liberal with um allowing them to receive 1134 00:46:10,720 --> 00:46:14,000 Awards and in review they're also given 1135 00:46:14,000 --> 00:46:15,720 different review criteria so they might 1136 00:46:15,720 --> 00:46:17,680 be clustered together and so the 1137 00:46:17,680 --> 00:46:19,880 reviewers will be looked more be looking 1138 00:46:19,880 --> 00:46:22,520 more at your potential rather than your 1139 00:46:22,520 --> 00:46:24,880 previous productivity because you're new 1140 00:46:24,880 --> 00:46:27,559 right but there are lots of resources 1141 00:46:27,559 --> 00:46:29,599 that you can rely on you can reach out 1142 00:46:29,599 --> 00:46:32,280 to the NIH um there are programs that 1143 00:46:32,280 --> 00:46:34,319 are specifically targeted for new 1144 00:46:34,319 --> 00:46:36,559 investigators as well and so if you 1145 00:46:36,559 --> 00:46:38,599 contact a program staff we can help you 1146 00:46:38,599 --> 00:46:40,319 navigate that as 1147 00:46:40,319 --> 00:46:44,839 well great um this next one is about NGS 1148 00:46:44,839 --> 00:46:47,000 uh how can you determine if an NGO is 1149 00:46:47,000 --> 00:46:49,520 eligible to apply for an NA Brant and 1150 00:46:49,520 --> 00:46:51,559 what criteria must be 1151 00:46:51,559 --> 00:46:53,599 met actually there's a second question 1152 00:46:53,599 --> 00:46:56,520 so I'll give you that one first yeah so 1153 00:46:56,520 --> 00:46:58,319 in general if you go to one of those I 1154 00:46:58,319 --> 00:47:00,640 don't have it up now but that notice of 1155 00:47:00,640 --> 00:47:02,359 funding opportunity announcement under 1156 00:47:02,359 --> 00:47:05,359 the eligibility it'll I didn't show you 1157 00:47:05,359 --> 00:47:07,720 the whole list but it'll list all of the 1158 00:47:07,720 --> 00:47:10,280 eligibility requirements so it'll say a 1159 00:47:10,280 --> 00:47:11,839 governmental non-governmental 1160 00:47:11,839 --> 00:47:14,000 organizations universities medical 1161 00:47:14,000 --> 00:47:15,880 schools it'll give you the full list of 1162 00:47:15,880 --> 00:47:17,640 the ones that are eligible for that 1163 00:47:17,640 --> 00:47:19,720 particular uh application and if you 1164 00:47:19,720 --> 00:47:22,640 have a question about eligibility again 1165 00:47:22,640 --> 00:47:24,720 at the end of the funding opportunity 1166 00:47:24,720 --> 00:47:27,119 announcement there'll a contact person 1167 00:47:27,119 --> 00:47:29,000 and you can always reach to them I'm at 1168 00:47:29,000 --> 00:47:32,520 X University or X NGO am I eligible for 1169 00:47:32,520 --> 00:47:34,599 this opportunity and we can tell you if 1170 00:47:34,599 --> 00:47:39,599 you are or not okay um Can an individual 1171 00:47:39,599 --> 00:47:41,760 without a terminal degree apply for a 1172 00:47:41,760 --> 00:47:43,599 qualified International NGO 1173 00:47:43,599 --> 00:47:46,400 collaborating with a team member possess 1174 00:47:46,400 --> 00:47:48,400 sorry possessing a terminal degree for 1175 00:47:48,400 --> 00:47:51,240 an NIH Grant yeah that's another great 1176 00:47:51,240 --> 00:47:53,520 question so one of the most common 1177 00:47:53,520 --> 00:47:55,319 questions I get particularly from 1178 00:47:55,319 --> 00:47:58,359 internet AAL investigators is about 1179 00:47:58,359 --> 00:48:01,319 degree requirements so what is the pi 1180 00:48:01,319 --> 00:48:04,359 right so what is the pi on a particular 1181 00:48:04,359 --> 00:48:07,800 application so this is where the concept 1182 00:48:07,800 --> 00:48:10,079 of the nich grants the awards to the 1183 00:48:10,079 --> 00:48:12,920 institution rather than the individual 1184 00:48:12,920 --> 00:48:15,440 so from the nih's perspective the 1185 00:48:15,440 --> 00:48:17,599 institution is taking the responsibility 1186 00:48:17,599 --> 00:48:20,680 for saying this person has the lab space 1187 00:48:20,680 --> 00:48:21,640 the 1188 00:48:21,640 --> 00:48:24,160 qualifications necessary we stand behind 1189 00:48:24,160 --> 00:48:26,000 them to be able to execute this 1190 00:48:26,000 --> 00:48:28,280 particular research program so from the 1191 00:48:28,280 --> 00:48:30,319 NIH standpoint it's not required that 1192 00:48:30,319 --> 00:48:33,040 you have any particular degree right to 1193 00:48:33,040 --> 00:48:36,200 apply now just because you're eligible 1194 00:48:36,200 --> 00:48:37,559 doesn't mean you're going to be highly 1195 00:48:37,559 --> 00:48:39,720 competitive right so whenever that 1196 00:48:39,720 --> 00:48:41,720 application goes to review when they 1197 00:48:41,720 --> 00:48:43,720 look at the BIOS sketch they're going to 1198 00:48:43,720 --> 00:48:45,720 judge whether you have the proper 1199 00:48:45,720 --> 00:48:48,359 expertise and skills to be able to 1200 00:48:48,359 --> 00:48:49,960 accomplish what you say that you're 1201 00:48:49,960 --> 00:48:52,960 going to accomplish so those are two 1202 00:48:52,960 --> 00:48:55,880 aspects right eligibility from the 1203 00:48:55,880 --> 00:48:58,599 standpoint probably so competitiveness 1204 00:48:58,599 --> 00:49:01,760 that's going to depend on your 1205 00:49:01,960 --> 00:49:04,079 situation we're also getting questions 1206 00:49:04,079 --> 00:49:06,240 about individuals wanting to apply 1207 00:49:06,240 --> 00:49:07,520 versus an 1208 00:49:07,520 --> 00:49:09,839 organization um are individuals able to 1209 00:49:09,839 --> 00:49:11,799 apply or do they need that backing of an 1210 00:49:11,799 --> 00:49:13,920 organization yeah so that's another good 1211 00:49:13,920 --> 00:49:15,920 question so as I mentioned all the 1212 00:49:15,920 --> 00:49:17,799 applications even though you're going to 1213 00:49:17,799 --> 00:49:20,440 be listed as the pi they have to come 1214 00:49:20,440 --> 00:49:22,040 through some 1215 00:49:22,040 --> 00:49:24,119 organization right because the NH has to 1216 00:49:24,119 --> 00:49:25,880 have the established relationship with 1217 00:49:25,880 --> 00:49:28,040 your organization in order for you to 1218 00:49:28,040 --> 00:49:31,319 apply the only exception to that are 1219 00:49:31,319 --> 00:49:33,559 there are some very specific training 1220 00:49:33,559 --> 00:49:38,000 type Awards um that are more um portable 1221 00:49:38,000 --> 00:49:39,520 I guess for lack of a better word so you 1222 00:49:39,520 --> 00:49:42,280 can be awarded and it's a training award 1223 00:49:42,280 --> 00:49:43,720 that you can take with you to another 1224 00:49:43,720 --> 00:49:46,599 institution but by and large you have to 1225 00:49:46,599 --> 00:49:49,240 submit through a particular institution 1226 00:49:49,240 --> 00:49:51,799 so this is not like uh applying for a 1227 00:49:51,799 --> 00:49:54,000 scholarship or something like that right 1228 00:49:54,000 --> 00:49:55,720 where the money is going to be directed 1229 00:49:55,720 --> 00:49:57,880 to you these are all through your 1230 00:49:57,880 --> 00:49:59,599 institution by and 1231 00:49:59,599 --> 00:50:02,040 large and last thing I'll say is in that 1232 00:50:02,040 --> 00:50:04,240 eligibility part you'll see that as well 1233 00:50:04,240 --> 00:50:06,920 so you'll see eligibility for both the 1234 00:50:06,920 --> 00:50:08,920 institution as well as the people that 1235 00:50:08,920 --> 00:50:12,119 can apply okay thank you for the 1236 00:50:12,119 --> 00:50:14,680 clarification um why can it be important 1237 00:50:14,680 --> 00:50:16,559 to have an international collaborator 1238 00:50:16,559 --> 00:50:18,760 especially in the US to apply for a fund 1239 00:50:18,760 --> 00:50:20,000 with the 1240 00:50:20,000 --> 00:50:25,680 in yeah so where I work the niid we find 1241 00:50:25,680 --> 00:50:27,559 that we have a large well particularly 1242 00:50:27,559 --> 00:50:29,839 for parasitology where I work most of 1243 00:50:29,839 --> 00:50:32,079 the parasitic diseases covered by my 1244 00:50:32,079 --> 00:50:34,720 Branch are not indemic here in the US so 1245 00:50:34,720 --> 00:50:37,160 things like malaria for example and so 1246 00:50:37,160 --> 00:50:40,319 if I'm a US researcher and I want to 1247 00:50:40,319 --> 00:50:42,880 study a particular patient population 1248 00:50:42,880 --> 00:50:44,799 well I don't have malaria patient 1249 00:50:44,799 --> 00:50:47,599 population here I don't have the vectors 1250 00:50:47,599 --> 00:50:49,880 of that I could work with here and so 1251 00:50:49,880 --> 00:50:52,079 it's usually important for me to have a 1252 00:50:52,079 --> 00:50:54,640 collaborator in the country where that 1253 00:50:54,640 --> 00:50:56,160 particular disease 1254 00:50:56,160 --> 00:50:58,640 is endemic the other situation is let's 1255 00:50:58,640 --> 00:51:01,839 say that there's a specific technique or 1256 00:51:01,839 --> 00:51:03,960 a specific I don't know resource of some 1257 00:51:03,960 --> 00:51:06,880 other sort that is available only in 1258 00:51:06,880 --> 00:51:09,920 another uh country and so that person 1259 00:51:09,920 --> 00:51:12,559 could apply directly to the MH or they 1260 00:51:12,559 --> 00:51:14,359 could really bolster the application 1261 00:51:14,359 --> 00:51:16,720 from a us-based investigator interested 1262 00:51:16,720 --> 00:51:20,359 in that um to team with them and apply 1263 00:51:20,359 --> 00:51:22,160 that also is beneficial for you if 1264 00:51:22,160 --> 00:51:24,359 you've never navigated the NH system 1265 00:51:24,359 --> 00:51:26,480 before that's a really good way to get 1266 00:51:26,480 --> 00:51:29,319 your foot in the door let's kind of 1267 00:51:29,319 --> 00:51:31,480 understand the NH system is serving as a 1268 00:51:31,480 --> 00:51:35,440 collaborator with one of these us-based 1269 00:51:35,440 --> 00:51:38,480 institutions great thank you um what are 1270 00:51:38,480 --> 00:51:41,559 the application periods for 1271 00:51:41,559 --> 00:51:45,040 nhis and time periods are there going 1272 00:51:45,040 --> 00:51:48,119 are there varying time periods yes yes 1273 00:51:48,119 --> 00:51:50,880 so I gave the examples of a few of them 1274 00:51:50,880 --> 00:51:54,799 one was the R1 it's up to you to propose 1275 00:51:54,799 --> 00:51:56,400 so some people people propose three 1276 00:51:56,400 --> 00:51:59,319 years the maximum is five years for the 1277 00:51:59,319 --> 00:52:01,880 ro1 for the r21 it's going to be two 1278 00:52:01,880 --> 00:52:04,240 years the ro3 is two years some of the 1279 00:52:04,240 --> 00:52:06,200 training Awards could be three to five 1280 00:52:06,200 --> 00:52:08,599 years um but all of those will be 1281 00:52:08,599 --> 00:52:10,799 dictated by two things one is the 1282 00:52:10,799 --> 00:52:13,720 science you're proposing and two the 1283 00:52:13,720 --> 00:52:15,720 limitations that are outlined in the 1284 00:52:15,720 --> 00:52:18,160 funding opportunity itself so that's how 1285 00:52:18,160 --> 00:52:19,640 you can dictate 1286 00:52:19,640 --> 00:52:24,079 that yes there are limits there are time 1287 00:52:24,280 --> 00:52:26,319 limits 1288 00:52:26,319 --> 00:52:28,559 does the ni's scope include funding and 1289 00:52:28,559 --> 00:52:30,559 support for someone with a research idea 1290 00:52:30,559 --> 00:52:34,359 wishing to pursue a PhD yes absolutely 1291 00:52:34,359 --> 00:52:36,440 so we have training awards for 1292 00:52:36,440 --> 00:52:39,079 particularly for graduate students now 1293 00:52:39,079 --> 00:52:41,680 to be fair to be honest I gu up front 1294 00:52:41,680 --> 00:52:44,599 there are some I would say the majority 1295 00:52:44,599 --> 00:52:47,400 of the NIH wide ones require US 1296 00:52:47,400 --> 00:52:49,319 citizenship so those are really targeted 1297 00:52:49,319 --> 00:52:53,240 for us-based investigators but um most 1298 00:52:53,240 --> 00:52:57,200 of the um r1s are R 21s there's a place 1299 00:52:57,200 --> 00:52:59,520 for you to put students on that 1300 00:52:59,520 --> 00:53:01,480 particular award and so let's say that 1301 00:53:01,480 --> 00:53:03,839 you have a PhD student in your lab and 1302 00:53:03,839 --> 00:53:06,440 they are uh working on the project then 1303 00:53:06,440 --> 00:53:08,720 they'll get funds right for the grant 1304 00:53:08,720 --> 00:53:10,640 that you can use to train that 1305 00:53:10,640 --> 00:53:12,319 particular student and then there are 1306 00:53:12,319 --> 00:53:13,920 institutions that receive training 1307 00:53:13,920 --> 00:53:17,680 Awards as well U but the fellowship ones 1308 00:53:17,680 --> 00:53:20,520 that I mentioned like the f30 the F31 1309 00:53:20,520 --> 00:53:23,359 those usually have citizenship US 1310 00:53:23,359 --> 00:53:25,960 citizenship requirements um so but if 1311 00:53:25,960 --> 00:53:27,280 you have questions about those training 1312 00:53:27,280 --> 00:53:30,079 Awards Fogerty has several uh training 1313 00:53:30,079 --> 00:53:32,119 awards that are specific for non- 1314 00:53:32,119 --> 00:53:34,599 us-based investigators and so you could 1315 00:53:34,599 --> 00:53:36,480 reach out to them as 1316 00:53:36,480 --> 00:53:39,880 well right um is there a submission fee 1317 00:53:39,880 --> 00:53:42,319 for Grant applications there is not a 1318 00:53:42,319 --> 00:53:44,319 submission fee for Grant 1319 00:53:44,319 --> 00:53:47,799 applications okay 1320 00:53:51,720 --> 00:53:56,839 great let me look through a few more 1321 00:53:56,839 --> 00:53:59,000 looks like there is um someone wanting 1322 00:53:59,000 --> 00:54:01,440 to get clarification on the assumption 1323 00:54:01,440 --> 00:54:03,160 that one must have affiliation with the 1324 00:54:03,160 --> 00:54:05,720 NIH to get 1325 00:54:05,720 --> 00:54:08,960 funded okay yeah when I say affiliation 1326 00:54:08,960 --> 00:54:10,839 maybe I said that I don't know in my 1327 00:54:10,839 --> 00:54:13,400 talk but um what I mean is you have to 1328 00:54:13,400 --> 00:54:16,079 establish a relationship with the NIH 1329 00:54:16,079 --> 00:54:18,040 not necessarily an affiliation what that 1330 00:54:18,040 --> 00:54:20,559 means is there are certain registration 1331 00:54:20,559 --> 00:54:23,319 requirements so you have to have an erra 1332 00:54:23,319 --> 00:54:25,680 Commons account these are free 1333 00:54:25,680 --> 00:54:28,440 um you just go online you uh can apply 1334 00:54:28,440 --> 00:54:30,119 for those you can get those the same 1335 00:54:30,119 --> 00:54:32,240 thing for your institution so they have 1336 00:54:32,240 --> 00:54:34,680 to have certain registrations and the 1337 00:54:34,680 --> 00:54:37,240 reason for that is all of the 1338 00:54:37,240 --> 00:54:39,880 submissions now are electronic and so 1339 00:54:39,880 --> 00:54:41,400 for you to be able to apply 1340 00:54:41,400 --> 00:54:43,799 electronically you have to have a 1341 00:54:43,799 --> 00:54:45,559 registration information to be able to 1342 00:54:45,559 --> 00:54:47,960 apply for that and then let's say that 1343 00:54:47,960 --> 00:54:51,079 you get the award then the NH has to 1344 00:54:51,079 --> 00:54:53,359 have a way of getting that money to your 1345 00:54:53,359 --> 00:54:55,960 institution right so that's what I mean 1346 00:54:55,960 --> 00:54:58,319 by the established relationship that 1347 00:54:58,319 --> 00:55:00,640 they have to be able to communicate with 1348 00:55:00,640 --> 00:55:03,440 that institution electronically be able 1349 00:55:03,440 --> 00:55:05,400 to transfer funds make sure that you're 1350 00:55:05,400 --> 00:55:07,359 applying uh complying with rules and 1351 00:55:07,359 --> 00:55:09,200 regulations things like 1352 00:55:09,200 --> 00:55:12,839 that that makes sense um let's see I 1353 00:55:12,839 --> 00:55:14,599 believe you spoke to this but there is a 1354 00:55:14,599 --> 00:55:16,440 question about it um does the NIH 1355 00:55:16,440 --> 00:55:18,839 Institute published templates to guide 1356 00:55:18,839 --> 00:55:23,440 applications yes absolutely so you it's 1357 00:55:23,440 --> 00:55:26,520 ni wide uh actually grants.gov you can 1358 00:55:26,520 --> 00:55:29,839 find the NH normally uses the sf424 1359 00:55:29,839 --> 00:55:33,400 which is a a standard Grant type format 1360 00:55:33,400 --> 00:55:35,760 um some of the funding opportunity 1361 00:55:35,760 --> 00:55:38,720 announcements will also link you to um 1362 00:55:38,720 --> 00:55:41,760 the assist program all of those uh and 1363 00:55:41,760 --> 00:55:44,480 they will walk you through the every 1364 00:55:44,480 --> 00:55:47,240 single line that you need to include in 1365 00:55:47,240 --> 00:55:49,119 the Grant application and if you've 1366 00:55:49,119 --> 00:55:51,640 never done it before then I would also 1367 00:55:51,640 --> 00:55:53,160 encourage you to look at the sample 1368 00:55:53,160 --> 00:55:56,359 applications so niid has several sample 1369 00:55:56,359 --> 00:55:59,079 applications for all the different Grant 1370 00:55:59,079 --> 00:56:02,720 award types so the R1 the r21 the 1371 00:56:02,720 --> 00:56:05,400 training Awards all of those and so even 1372 00:56:05,400 --> 00:56:07,480 if it's not in your specific area it 1373 00:56:07,480 --> 00:56:10,640 would at least allow you to see um what 1374 00:56:10,640 --> 00:56:12,559 those different parts look like how 1375 00:56:12,559 --> 00:56:16,640 someone frames an NIH style 1376 00:56:16,640 --> 00:56:19,160 application great thank you um what 1377 00:56:19,160 --> 00:56:20,960 roles are available in a grant if I'm 1378 00:56:20,960 --> 00:56:23,920 not a pi or any key 1379 00:56:23,920 --> 00:56:27,039 personnel so from the NH standpoint the 1380 00:56:27,039 --> 00:56:29,400 pi is going to lead the particular 1381 00:56:29,400 --> 00:56:32,280 project and then Key Personnel is really 1382 00:56:32,280 --> 00:56:36,720 depending on you as Pi so who do you 1383 00:56:36,720 --> 00:56:39,160 deem as being necessary to complete the 1384 00:56:39,160 --> 00:56:42,200 aims of a particular project now if 1385 00:56:42,200 --> 00:56:44,559 you're not named as Key Personnel that's 1386 00:56:44,559 --> 00:56:46,480 okay you can still have a significant 1387 00:56:46,480 --> 00:56:48,359 contribution right there other 1388 00:56:48,359 --> 00:56:50,680 significant contributors so let's say 1389 00:56:50,680 --> 00:56:53,920 that you are a lab technician or you are 1390 00:56:53,920 --> 00:56:55,960 a graduate student or postdoctoral 1391 00:56:55,960 --> 00:56:58,160 fellow or things like that you may not 1392 00:56:58,160 --> 00:57:00,799 be named in the key personnel or named 1393 00:57:00,799 --> 00:57:04,440 as the pi of the award but the pi is 1394 00:57:04,440 --> 00:57:06,720 still going to have to list your 1395 00:57:06,720 --> 00:57:08,119 background and what you're planning to 1396 00:57:08,119 --> 00:57:10,559 do for the project in the application so 1397 00:57:10,559 --> 00:57:12,839 you'll still be a part of it and then if 1398 00:57:12,839 --> 00:57:14,960 you are when you go to write your own 1399 00:57:14,960 --> 00:57:16,119 personal statement and your 1400 00:57:16,119 --> 00:57:18,240 contributions to science for your 1401 00:57:18,240 --> 00:57:20,400 application then you'll be able to list 1402 00:57:20,400 --> 00:57:23,039 that well I served on this project here 1403 00:57:23,039 --> 00:57:25,480 was my role you know you can detail that 1404 00:57:25,480 --> 00:57:27,640 for the 1405 00:57:27,640 --> 00:57:30,680 reviewers thank you um what is the 1406 00:57:30,680 --> 00:57:33,000 minimum time for preparing an NIH 1407 00:57:33,000 --> 00:57:35,079 application is it possible to prepare 1408 00:57:35,079 --> 00:57:38,760 and submit an application in less than a 1409 00:57:38,760 --> 00:57:42,240 month yeah that's that's a good question 1410 00:57:42,240 --> 00:57:45,640 um it really depends on you my advice to 1411 00:57:45,640 --> 00:57:49,680 applicants is to plan early right and in 1412 00:57:49,680 --> 00:57:52,760 my experience a month would be 1413 00:57:52,760 --> 00:57:55,440 extremely challenging uh to be able to 1414 00:57:55,440 --> 00:57:57,720 do it within a month and I say that 1415 00:57:57,720 --> 00:58:00,119 because you want to make sure that you 1416 00:58:00,119 --> 00:58:02,559 have time to develop the 1417 00:58:02,559 --> 00:58:07,039 idea to frame it correctly to write the 1418 00:58:07,039 --> 00:58:09,160 application to share it with your 1419 00:58:09,160 --> 00:58:10,680 colleagues let them read through the 1420 00:58:10,680 --> 00:58:12,839 application to make sure that it makes 1421 00:58:12,839 --> 00:58:15,760 sense so if the goal is to make it as 1422 00:58:15,760 --> 00:58:17,920 competitive as possible then you want to 1423 00:58:17,920 --> 00:58:20,240 give yourself as much time as possible 1424 00:58:20,240 --> 00:58:22,160 and since the majority of you are going 1425 00:58:22,160 --> 00:58:24,839 to be submitting from outside of the US 1426 00:58:24,839 --> 00:58:27,000 the other thing that I usually advise 1427 00:58:27,000 --> 00:58:28,880 for international applicants is to plan 1428 00:58:28,880 --> 00:58:31,599 to apply early so if the application's 1429 00:58:31,599 --> 00:58:34,319 due on September 15th you should be 1430 00:58:34,319 --> 00:58:36,319 ready to go a couple of weeks before 1431 00:58:36,319 --> 00:58:39,280 that right and I say that because I've 1432 00:58:39,280 --> 00:58:43,359 seen cases where um the person submits 1433 00:58:43,359 --> 00:58:45,799 right at the due date and there's an 1434 00:58:45,799 --> 00:58:48,480 error message right something wasn't 1435 00:58:48,480 --> 00:58:51,319 right in the application and so the 1436 00:58:51,319 --> 00:58:53,200 system kicks it back well if it's at the 1437 00:58:53,200 --> 00:58:55,319 deadline you don't have time to fix it 1438 00:58:55,319 --> 00:58:57,000 and then the NH kicks it out and you 1439 00:58:57,000 --> 00:58:59,240 have to wait a whole other review cycle 1440 00:58:59,240 --> 00:59:02,799 in order to submit again so I would say 1441 00:59:02,799 --> 00:59:06,440 start as early as you can and submit it 1442 00:59:06,440 --> 00:59:09,720 and get feedback um I know that I'm 1443 00:59:09,720 --> 00:59:11,640 sometimes a procrastinator too so it 1444 00:59:11,640 --> 00:59:14,200 really depends on um you know your focus 1445 00:59:14,200 --> 00:59:15,720 but I would say yeah I can't give you an 1446 00:59:15,720 --> 00:59:17,760 exact timeline some investigators are 1447 00:59:17,760 --> 00:59:20,400 able to do it more quickly than others 1448 00:59:20,400 --> 00:59:24,039 um but please give yourself ample time 1449 00:59:24,039 --> 00:59:25,760 to prepare for it I guess is my best 1450 00:59:25,760 --> 00:59:28,000 advice and I think you guys have some um 1451 00:59:28,000 --> 00:59:30,079 Heather can tell tell us this but you 1452 00:59:30,079 --> 00:59:31,480 guys probably have some later lectures 1453 00:59:31,480 --> 00:59:33,079 where people will speak specifically to 1454 00:59:33,079 --> 00:59:35,640 timelines and what their experience is 1455 00:59:35,640 --> 00:59:36,720 in 1456 00:59:36,720 --> 00:59:40,240 applying yes definitely um is a bios 1457 00:59:40,240 --> 00:59:42,680 sketch required for everyone in the 1458 00:59:42,680 --> 00:59:46,119 project so a bios sketch is required for 1459 00:59:46,119 --> 00:59:49,039 certain people definitely the pi the 1460 00:59:49,039 --> 00:59:50,319 program director they have to have a 1461 00:59:50,319 --> 00:59:54,720 bios sketch anyone who is a um 1462 00:59:54,720 --> 00:59:56,400 significant contributor to that 1463 00:59:56,400 --> 00:59:57,960 particular project if they're Key 1464 00:59:57,960 --> 00:59:59,440 Personnel they're going to have to have 1465 00:59:59,440 --> 01:00:02,280 a bios sketch and even someone who is a 1466 01:00:02,280 --> 01:00:04,160 collaborator even if they're not being 1467 01:00:04,160 --> 01:00:05,760 paid so let's say that you have a 1468 01:00:05,760 --> 01:00:07,160 collaborator they're going to be like a 1469 01:00:07,160 --> 01:00:09,480 consultant or something like that if 1470 01:00:09,480 --> 01:00:12,839 their role is essential for the project 1471 01:00:12,839 --> 01:00:15,200 let's say that um you're planning to do 1472 01:00:15,200 --> 01:00:17,760 x-ray crystallography and you don't 1473 01:00:17,760 --> 01:00:19,240 really have experience in x-ray 1474 01:00:19,240 --> 01:00:21,880 crystallography so you need a consultant 1475 01:00:21,880 --> 01:00:23,799 to be able to help with that while the 1476 01:00:23,799 --> 01:00:26,160 reviewers want to know well who is this 1477 01:00:26,160 --> 01:00:28,079 consultant do they have the background 1478 01:00:28,079 --> 01:00:30,799 and experience for x-ray crystallography 1479 01:00:30,799 --> 01:00:33,119 you can't just say well Professor X is 1480 01:00:33,119 --> 01:00:34,920 going to do that and he knows how to do 1481 01:00:34,920 --> 01:00:37,160 x-ray crystallography right you need to 1482 01:00:37,160 --> 01:00:39,400 provide evidence that that person does 1483 01:00:39,400 --> 01:00:41,119 and so in that case I would suggest 1484 01:00:41,119 --> 01:00:43,119 providing a bios sketch for them as well 1485 01:00:43,119 --> 01:00:46,119 and a letter of support things like that 1486 01:00:46,119 --> 01:00:49,119 okay that makes sense um how does an 1487 01:00:49,119 --> 01:00:50,680 early career researcher come in 1488 01:00:50,680 --> 01:00:53,839 especially someone who hasn't been a co- 1489 01:00:53,839 --> 01:00:55,839 investigator or a primary investigator 1490 01:00:55,839 --> 01:00:57,599 before and it's 1491 01:00:57,599 --> 01:01:00,839 beening yeah it's challenging H to come 1492 01:01:00,839 --> 01:01:02,720 in for the very first time particularly 1493 01:01:02,720 --> 01:01:04,720 if you don't have a long track record 1494 01:01:04,720 --> 01:01:06,440 right and so that's what I was getting 1495 01:01:06,440 --> 01:01:09,520 at earlier when you apply in your bios 1496 01:01:09,520 --> 01:01:11,960 sketch specifically uh in your personal 1497 01:01:11,960 --> 01:01:13,720 statement you may not be able to point 1498 01:01:13,720 --> 01:01:16,039 to well hey I've served as Pi on these 1499 01:01:16,039 --> 01:01:18,799 three NH grants but you want to 1500 01:01:18,799 --> 01:01:21,200 highlight what your strengths are so 1501 01:01:21,200 --> 01:01:23,359 maybe you have been training in the lab 1502 01:01:23,359 --> 01:01:25,520 of Professor so and so 1503 01:01:25,520 --> 01:01:27,000 and through that training you learned 1504 01:01:27,000 --> 01:01:27,920 how to do 1505 01:01:27,920 --> 01:01:30,480 XYZ and these were the projects that you 1506 01:01:30,480 --> 01:01:32,319 worked on maybe these were projects that 1507 01:01:32,319 --> 01:01:34,559 were funded by your University or some 1508 01:01:34,559 --> 01:01:36,680 other source you can still list those as 1509 01:01:36,680 --> 01:01:38,799 long as you explain what your role on 1510 01:01:38,799 --> 01:01:40,839 those particular projects were same 1511 01:01:40,839 --> 01:01:42,920 thing for Publications let's say that 1512 01:01:42,920 --> 01:01:47,680 your name is not on the publication 1513 01:01:47,680 --> 01:01:50,160 even but you were the technician in the 1514 01:01:50,160 --> 01:01:52,039 lab and you did this series of 1515 01:01:52,039 --> 01:01:53,880 experiments well you can outline that 1516 01:01:53,880 --> 01:01:55,480 for the review viewers then that's 1517 01:01:55,480 --> 01:01:58,119 really important as 1518 01:01:58,119 --> 01:02:01,000 well hopefully that answers the question 1519 01:02:01,000 --> 01:02:03,319 I think so it's a tough one it's a tough 1520 01:02:03,319 --> 01:02:05,839 one uh if you're a novice in Grant 1521 01:02:05,839 --> 01:02:08,240 application does it lower your chances 1522 01:02:08,240 --> 01:02:10,799 of uh receiving the 1523 01:02:10,799 --> 01:02:13,680 awards yeah if you are a novice everyone 1524 01:02:13,680 --> 01:02:15,480 is a novice to applying for a grant at 1525 01:02:15,480 --> 01:02:18,559 one time remember that right everybody 1526 01:02:18,559 --> 01:02:21,000 has to apply for the first time and 1527 01:02:21,000 --> 01:02:22,640 there are even senior researchers who 1528 01:02:22,640 --> 01:02:24,880 have applied for NIH for 30 years that 1529 01:02:24,880 --> 01:02:28,920 aren't successful sometimes um the best 1530 01:02:28,920 --> 01:02:30,720 that I could say the best advice I can 1531 01:02:30,720 --> 01:02:35,160 give you is to practice and do it even 1532 01:02:35,160 --> 01:02:38,279 if there are small Grant applications uh 1533 01:02:38,279 --> 01:02:40,559 if you can serve as a collaborator on an 1534 01:02:40,559 --> 01:02:42,319 award and help write a portion of the 1535 01:02:42,319 --> 01:02:44,240 grant uh you want to get as much 1536 01:02:44,240 --> 01:02:46,559 practice as you can uh it's just like 1537 01:02:46,559 --> 01:02:48,079 applying for anything else right a 1538 01:02:48,079 --> 01:02:51,319 scholarship or Fellowship um in in your 1539 01:02:51,319 --> 01:02:54,480 institution or in your country um it 1540 01:02:54,480 --> 01:02:57,680 really depends on how skilled you become 1541 01:02:57,680 --> 01:03:00,319 at conveying your message now that being 1542 01:03:00,319 --> 01:03:02,440 said there are lots of resources that 1543 01:03:02,440 --> 01:03:04,359 are available you can look at the sample 1544 01:03:04,359 --> 01:03:06,119 applications you can reach out to 1545 01:03:06,119 --> 01:03:08,880 program staff like me um you can reach 1546 01:03:08,880 --> 01:03:11,319 out to senior researchers at your 1547 01:03:11,319 --> 01:03:13,440 institution who may have applied and 1548 01:03:13,440 --> 01:03:15,760 they can give you advice as well that's 1549 01:03:15,760 --> 01:03:18,000 the the biggest piece of advice for new 1550 01:03:18,000 --> 01:03:20,720 investigators that I give is don't be 1551 01:03:20,720 --> 01:03:23,400 afraid to reach out to colleagues 1552 01:03:23,400 --> 01:03:24,839 particularly more senior colleagues and 1553 01:03:24,839 --> 01:03:27,400 let them read your Grant application 1554 01:03:27,400 --> 01:03:29,200 someone that you can trust that's going 1555 01:03:29,200 --> 01:03:29,920 to 1556 01:03:29,920 --> 01:03:32,559 be provide critical feedback that 1557 01:03:32,559 --> 01:03:34,760 they're not afraid to tell you right 1558 01:03:34,760 --> 01:03:36,839 this is not good you need to revise this 1559 01:03:36,839 --> 01:03:38,680 part not someone who's gonna say oh yeah 1560 01:03:38,680 --> 01:03:40,720 this looks fine right you want to make 1561 01:03:40,720 --> 01:03:42,640 sure that they critically review this 1562 01:03:42,640 --> 01:03:44,799 and and and to improve your application 1563 01:03:44,799 --> 01:03:46,920 so yeah it is challenging but it is 1564 01:03:46,920 --> 01:03:49,039 challenging for everyone the first time 1565 01:03:49,039 --> 01:03:52,000 right but there are people who as a new 1566 01:03:52,000 --> 01:03:53,640 investigator they come in for the first 1567 01:03:53,640 --> 01:03:55,279 time and they get a really good score 1568 01:03:55,279 --> 01:03:56,839 it's a really exciting scientific 1569 01:03:56,839 --> 01:03:59,160 problem they frame the question properly 1570 01:03:59,160 --> 01:04:02,920 so it's not impossible uh to do 1571 01:04:02,920 --> 01:04:05,079 that the 1572 01:04:05,079 --> 01:04:08,520 encourag exactly worth trying right um 1573 01:04:08,520 --> 01:04:10,799 Can the erra commment username be issued 1574 01:04:10,799 --> 01:04:13,720 to an individual or only to an 1575 01:04:13,720 --> 01:04:16,520 institution yeah both so the erra 1576 01:04:16,520 --> 01:04:18,839 commons goes to Institute uh to 1577 01:04:18,839 --> 01:04:20,960 individuals so you will have your own ER 1578 01:04:20,960 --> 01:04:22,880 Commons account but your institution 1579 01:04:22,880 --> 01:04:25,720 will also have uh account for their 1580 01:04:25,720 --> 01:04:28,359 signing official whoever that person is 1581 01:04:28,359 --> 01:04:31,000 and so what happens is you will prepare 1582 01:04:31,000 --> 01:04:34,000 your application and then through the NH 1583 01:04:34,000 --> 01:04:36,440 system it'll go to your business office 1584 01:04:36,440 --> 01:04:40,200 and they will officially respond so 1585 01:04:40,200 --> 01:04:42,920 University X is applying to this funding 1586 01:04:42,920 --> 01:04:46,240 opportunity on behalf of Professor X 1587 01:04:46,240 --> 01:04:49,599 right and so your University the person 1588 01:04:49,599 --> 01:04:51,520 there will have to have an account but 1589 01:04:51,520 --> 01:04:53,720 also your institution will have to have 1590 01:04:53,720 --> 01:04:55,240 register ations and those are all 1591 01:04:55,240 --> 01:04:58,240 outlined on the NH website as well um we 1592 01:04:58,240 --> 01:04:59,200 probably don't have time to go through 1593 01:04:59,200 --> 01:05:01,079 them all now but again these are 1594 01:05:01,079 --> 01:05:02,799 registrations with the US federal 1595 01:05:02,799 --> 01:05:04,079 government and that's going to be 1596 01:05:04,079 --> 01:05:06,200 regardless if you get an NIH Grant or a 1597 01:05:06,200 --> 01:05:08,279 CDC Grant or wherever you get it you're 1598 01:05:08,279 --> 01:05:09,319 going to have to have these 1599 01:05:09,319 --> 01:05:11,160 registrations in 1600 01:05:11,160 --> 01:05:14,359 place all right um how would you phrase 1601 01:05:14,359 --> 01:05:16,079 the BIOS sketch if this is your first 1602 01:05:16,079 --> 01:05:18,359 grant in the subject 1603 01:05:18,359 --> 01:05:21,680 area yeah so I would encourage you to 1604 01:05:21,680 --> 01:05:23,880 look at some of the sample bios sketches 1605 01:05:23,880 --> 01:05:26,240 that are available on the NH website 1606 01:05:26,240 --> 01:05:28,559 because there's some for more senior 1607 01:05:28,559 --> 01:05:31,400 people and also for trainees uh if 1608 01:05:31,400 --> 01:05:33,359 you're not a trainee but this is the 1609 01:05:33,359 --> 01:05:35,520 first time you've applied for an NIH 1610 01:05:35,520 --> 01:05:39,160 award then you can Frame It That Way um 1611 01:05:39,160 --> 01:05:41,319 if you don't have awards that you can 1612 01:05:41,319 --> 01:05:43,559 point to that are your own uh you can 1613 01:05:43,559 --> 01:05:45,760 tell how you may have worked on somebody 1614 01:05:45,760 --> 01:05:48,720 else's award so if you've been doing 1615 01:05:48,720 --> 01:05:50,559 research you've probably been funded to 1616 01:05:50,559 --> 01:05:53,119 do it by some method either at your 1617 01:05:53,119 --> 01:05:55,119 University and that's okay to list that 1618 01:05:55,119 --> 01:05:57,760 as well so the project can be your 1619 01:05:57,760 --> 01:05:59,880 University let's say that you don't have 1620 01:05:59,880 --> 01:06:03,599 a lot of Publications but maybe you have 1621 01:06:03,599 --> 01:06:04,400 had 1622 01:06:04,400 --> 01:06:07,079 presentations at scientific meetings you 1623 01:06:07,079 --> 01:06:09,240 have abstracts to point to you can list 1624 01:06:09,240 --> 01:06:10,799 those as well so you don't even have to 1625 01:06:10,799 --> 01:06:13,839 list the Publications so you want to 1626 01:06:13,839 --> 01:06:16,640 frame your strengths as it relates to 1627 01:06:16,640 --> 01:06:19,200 the application that you're applying for 1628 01:06:19,200 --> 01:06:20,839 really if you just think about the 1629 01:06:20,839 --> 01:06:23,200 purpose of the BIOS sketch right and put 1630 01:06:23,200 --> 01:06:25,480 yourself in the mind of the reviewers so 1631 01:06:25,480 --> 01:06:28,039 I'm reviewing this application they say 1632 01:06:28,039 --> 01:06:30,319 that they're going to do 1633 01:06:30,319 --> 01:06:33,119 X right so how can I convince them that 1634 01:06:33,119 --> 01:06:35,640 I have the skills and the 1635 01:06:35,640 --> 01:06:38,039 background to convince them that I am 1636 01:06:38,039 --> 01:06:40,520 capable of doing X so that's what your 1637 01:06:40,520 --> 01:06:42,799 goal 1638 01:06:45,839 --> 01:06:49,039 is so here's one that's kind of wide 1639 01:06:49,039 --> 01:06:51,920 reaching um but in your experience what 1640 01:06:51,920 --> 01:06:54,160 is the hindrance factors for most of us 1641 01:06:54,160 --> 01:06:56,279 who failed to secure the 1642 01:06:56,279 --> 01:07:00,160 grant yeah it's going to depend on the 1643 01:07:00,160 --> 01:07:03,520 person there are some some common errors 1644 01:07:03,520 --> 01:07:06,240 that people do particularly for newer 1645 01:07:06,240 --> 01:07:08,960 investigators and even other common ones 1646 01:07:08,960 --> 01:07:09,720 that 1647 01:07:09,720 --> 01:07:12,680 are common for uh International 1648 01:07:12,680 --> 01:07:14,640 investigators right and so I would say 1649 01:07:14,640 --> 01:07:16,079 for the international investigators 1650 01:07:16,079 --> 01:07:18,680 since that's most of our audience is uh 1651 01:07:18,680 --> 01:07:21,680 just the lack of familiarity with the NH 1652 01:07:21,680 --> 01:07:24,640 system as a whole and so that's the 1653 01:07:24,640 --> 01:07:26,720 first place to start understanding how 1654 01:07:26,720 --> 01:07:29,319 to navigate the N system understanding 1655 01:07:29,319 --> 01:07:32,160 what the grants look like and then when 1656 01:07:32,160 --> 01:07:34,160 you go from there you can get rid of 1657 01:07:34,160 --> 01:07:37,200 some of these very easy errors and so 1658 01:07:37,200 --> 01:07:38,480 I've seen in the international 1659 01:07:38,480 --> 01:07:40,920 applications they enter the budget wrong 1660 01:07:40,920 --> 01:07:44,760 the application or uh the application 1661 01:07:44,760 --> 01:07:47,480 says you have to list this this is only 1662 01:07:47,480 --> 01:07:49,400 for three years and they list five years 1663 01:07:49,400 --> 01:07:50,920 budget and so the application has kicked 1664 01:07:50,920 --> 01:07:52,680 out and nothing to do with the science 1665 01:07:52,680 --> 01:07:55,440 it's just these kind of uh things that 1666 01:07:55,440 --> 01:07:57,480 you have to make sure that you follow in 1667 01:07:57,480 --> 01:08:00,599 the application now beyond that even new 1668 01:08:00,599 --> 01:08:02,480 investigators here in the US one of the 1669 01:08:02,480 --> 01:08:04,960 common problems that I see is that their 1670 01:08:04,960 --> 01:08:08,760 application is not focused so as a new 1671 01:08:08,760 --> 01:08:11,559 investigator even in the US uh the 1672 01:08:11,559 --> 01:08:13,839 you're very excited you have lots of 1673 01:08:13,839 --> 01:08:16,399 ideas very creative ideas and stuff that 1674 01:08:16,399 --> 01:08:18,479 you want to do for the next 30 to 40 1675 01:08:18,479 --> 01:08:20,920 Years of your career and you try to put 1676 01:08:20,920 --> 01:08:22,920 all of that 30 to 40 years into one 1677 01:08:22,920 --> 01:08:25,799 application and it's so Broad and it's 1678 01:08:25,799 --> 01:08:27,920 so diffused that it's hard for the 1679 01:08:27,920 --> 01:08:31,238 reviewers to evaluate it properly and so 1680 01:08:31,238 --> 01:08:32,960 I would advise you to think of a 1681 01:08:32,960 --> 01:08:35,759 discrete question that you want to 1682 01:08:35,759 --> 01:08:38,679 address that you can reasonably address 1683 01:08:38,679 --> 01:08:40,880 in the project period two years three 1684 01:08:40,880 --> 01:08:42,640 years five years whatever that project 1685 01:08:42,640 --> 01:08:45,799 period may be and then something that is 1686 01:08:45,799 --> 01:08:47,960 uh discreet that you can help to 1687 01:08:47,960 --> 01:08:50,120 accomplish within that time frame so 1688 01:08:50,120 --> 01:08:51,520 there's lots of other weaknesses but 1689 01:08:51,520 --> 01:08:53,520 those are probably the the most common 1690 01:08:53,520 --> 01:08:56,759 ones that I see from new 1691 01:08:56,759 --> 01:08:59,479 investigators thank you um I'm getting a 1692 01:08:59,479 --> 01:09:01,640 few questions about Google Scholar so 1693 01:09:01,640 --> 01:09:03,238 people are wondering if they can use a 1694 01:09:03,238 --> 01:09:05,560 link to that for their list of 1695 01:09:05,560 --> 01:09:08,000 Publications yeah at present at least as 1696 01:09:08,000 --> 01:09:10,238 I understand it I don't know if the NH 1697 01:09:10,238 --> 01:09:12,120 will kick it out but I would air on the 1698 01:09:12,120 --> 01:09:14,040 side of caution just to be safe because 1699 01:09:14,040 --> 01:09:15,520 the way that the BIOS sketch rules are 1700 01:09:15,520 --> 01:09:18,719 set up they allow the hyperlink but the 1701 01:09:18,719 --> 01:09:21,080 only example they give is the my 1702 01:09:21,080 --> 01:09:23,000 bibliography which is the National 1703 01:09:23,000 --> 01:09:24,560 Library of Medicine and it says 1704 01:09:24,560 --> 01:09:27,238 specifically the link has to have a.gov 1705 01:09:27,238 --> 01:09:30,198 after it I don't know of another doov 1706 01:09:30,198 --> 01:09:32,640 that accomplishes that so I would just 1707 01:09:32,640 --> 01:09:37,839 suggest using the ncbi link and it's 1708 01:09:37,839 --> 01:09:39,880 very as long as it's a published and if 1709 01:09:39,880 --> 01:09:41,560 it shows up in Google Scholar it's going 1710 01:09:41,560 --> 01:09:43,120 to show up in the National Library of 1711 01:09:43,120 --> 01:09:45,600 Medicine as well and so it should be 1712 01:09:45,600 --> 01:09:47,839 pretty straightforward to set 1713 01:09:47,839 --> 01:09:51,359 up okay that's great um if one has 1714 01:09:51,359 --> 01:09:53,000 applied for funding before and then 1715 01:09:53,000 --> 01:09:55,920 rejected said times does this negatively 1716 01:09:55,920 --> 01:09:59,640 affect their future um application 1717 01:09:59,640 --> 01:10:02,000 process review process yeah that's a 1718 01:10:02,000 --> 01:10:04,640 really good question and I would say 1719 01:10:04,640 --> 01:10:08,520 that uh in short no it does not so every 1720 01:10:08,520 --> 01:10:10,880 application is viewed on its own merits 1721 01:10:10,880 --> 01:10:13,600 and I'll give you some examples where 1722 01:10:13,600 --> 01:10:15,120 sometimes a new investigator will come 1723 01:10:15,120 --> 01:10:18,719 in and they get funded on their first 1724 01:10:18,719 --> 01:10:22,480 try very lucky and sometimes it takes 1725 01:10:22,480 --> 01:10:24,760 them five or six times to be able to get 1726 01:10:24,760 --> 01:10:26,760 reviewed on that uh to get funded on 1727 01:10:26,760 --> 01:10:28,360 that and then I have senior 1728 01:10:28,360 --> 01:10:30,199 investigators who have been funded in a 1729 01:10:30,199 --> 01:10:32,760 particular area for 25 years they submit 1730 01:10:32,760 --> 01:10:34,880 an application and they don't get funded 1731 01:10:34,880 --> 01:10:38,880 right and so every application is viewed 1732 01:10:38,880 --> 01:10:41,520 on its own merits and so that's the way 1733 01:10:41,520 --> 01:10:43,679 to think about it so with the NH system 1734 01:10:43,679 --> 01:10:46,600 now you can submit the application and 1735 01:10:46,600 --> 01:10:48,239 if you are not successful on the first 1736 01:10:48,239 --> 01:10:50,440 try most of them offer 1737 01:10:50,440 --> 01:10:53,360 resubmission and so you're able to look 1738 01:10:53,360 --> 01:10:57,000 at the criticisms that you get change it 1739 01:10:57,000 --> 01:10:58,800 in response to those criticisms and 1740 01:10:58,800 --> 01:11:01,400 resubmit it again once you submit it the 1741 01:11:01,400 --> 01:11:05,080 second time then you can't resubmit as a 1742 01:11:05,080 --> 01:11:07,239 resubmission again but you can still 1743 01:11:07,239 --> 01:11:09,840 submit it as a new application take 1744 01:11:09,840 --> 01:11:11,520 under advisement the the kinds of 1745 01:11:11,520 --> 01:11:13,159 critiques that you got in that one and 1746 01:11:13,159 --> 01:11:15,199 then submit a new application that new 1747 01:11:15,199 --> 01:11:17,159 application is going to be just that a 1748 01:11:17,159 --> 01:11:20,560 new application the Slate is wiped clean 1749 01:11:20,560 --> 01:11:21,960 the reviewers are going to look at it on 1750 01:11:21,960 --> 01:11:25,560 its own merits every time 1751 01:11:25,600 --> 01:11:27,000 okay that actually speaks to my next 1752 01:11:27,000 --> 01:11:28,760 question was if a particular application 1753 01:11:28,760 --> 01:11:31,840 is rejected can it be repackaged and 1754 01:11:31,840 --> 01:11:34,239 absolutely absolutely there's the one 1755 01:11:34,239 --> 01:11:36,320 resubmission but there's no limit as to 1756 01:11:36,320 --> 01:11:38,880 how many times you can submit it as new 1757 01:11:38,880 --> 01:11:41,239 right you can submit it as many times as 1758 01:11:41,239 --> 01:11:43,560 you need 1759 01:11:44,239 --> 01:11:46,480 to let me see I think we have time for 1760 01:11:46,480 --> 01:11:49,080 one more question we're coming up on the 1761 01:11:49,080 --> 01:11:50,199 hour 1762 01:11:50,199 --> 01:11:52,000 now 1763 01:11:52,000 --> 01:11:54,639 um oh can some someone send in two 1764 01:11:54,639 --> 01:11:57,639 applications for the same Grant oh yeah 1765 01:11:57,639 --> 01:11:59,320 that's a really good question I did not 1766 01:11:59,320 --> 01:12:03,320 touch on that yeah so um you can submit 1767 01:12:03,320 --> 01:12:05,400 more than one application at a time as 1768 01:12:05,400 --> 01:12:07,800 long as the topic of the applications 1769 01:12:07,800 --> 01:12:11,159 are distinct all right so I cannot 1770 01:12:11,159 --> 01:12:16,000 submit the same scientific topic to two 1771 01:12:16,000 --> 01:12:17,360 different funding announcements at the 1772 01:12:17,360 --> 01:12:19,719 same time they can't be under review at 1773 01:12:19,719 --> 01:12:22,639 the same time the NH will if they notice 1774 01:12:22,639 --> 01:12:24,639 that then and the division of receipt 1775 01:12:24,639 --> 01:12:26,000 and referral they're the ones who get 1776 01:12:26,000 --> 01:12:27,800 the applications I don't even see them 1777 01:12:27,800 --> 01:12:29,440 when they come in they go to the 1778 01:12:29,440 --> 01:12:31,400 different shop first and if they're 1779 01:12:31,400 --> 01:12:33,719 distin uh similar to the one that's 1780 01:12:33,719 --> 01:12:35,679 already under review then they'll be 1781 01:12:35,679 --> 01:12:37,600 kicked out so make sure that you don't 1782 01:12:37,600 --> 01:12:40,000 do that please do not submit them both 1783 01:12:40,000 --> 01:12:42,679 at the same time on the same topic if 1784 01:12:42,679 --> 01:12:44,719 they're distinct you can and then the 1785 01:12:44,719 --> 01:12:46,920 other thing is you can dovetail them so 1786 01:12:46,920 --> 01:12:49,040 let's say that there's one that I'm 1787 01:12:49,040 --> 01:12:51,400 going to submit for one particular topic 1788 01:12:51,400 --> 01:12:53,080 and there's another that's it's a 1789 01:12:53,080 --> 01:12:54,960 similar topic but another funding 1790 01:12:54,960 --> 01:12:56,320 opportunity announcement there's some 1791 01:12:56,320 --> 01:12:58,639 overlap between them I would suggest 1792 01:12:58,639 --> 01:13:00,920 kind of like staggering them right so 1793 01:13:00,920 --> 01:13:02,760 submit one first allow it to go to 1794 01:13:02,760 --> 01:13:04,440 review and then you can submit the other 1795 01:13:04,440 --> 01:13:07,719 one um just make sure that there there's 1796 01:13:07,719 --> 01:13:10,320 no scientific overlap between them that 1797 01:13:10,320 --> 01:13:12,080 would cause them to be kicked out and if 1798 01:13:12,080 --> 01:13:14,400 you're curious about it you can always 1799 01:13:14,400 --> 01:13:16,719 reach out to the NIH and say hey here's 1800 01:13:16,719 --> 01:13:19,000 my ideas I'm going to submit to both of 1801 01:13:19,000 --> 01:13:20,760 these funding opportunities is this 1802 01:13:20,760 --> 01:13:22,480 allowable and we'll we'll tell you so 1803 01:13:22,480 --> 01:13:24,000 that you don't waste your time 1804 01:13:24,000 --> 01:13:25,560 and potentially get both of them kicked 1805 01:13:25,560 --> 01:13:28,080 out you definitely don't want that yeah 1806 01:13:28,080 --> 01:13:30,840 it was a pleasure and U look forward to 1807 01:13:30,840 --> 01:13:34,760 working with you guys again soon 130591

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