Would you like to inspect the original subtitles? 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
Can't find what you're looking for?
Get subtitles in any language from opensubtitles.com, and translate them here.