GEORGIA CANCER SURVIVORSHIP CONFERENCE

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GEORGIA CANCER SURVIVORSHIP CONFERENCE Current
and Future Funding Opportunities for Cancer
Survivorship September 27-28, 2007Atlanta,
Georgia Diana D. Jeffery, Ph.D., Program
Director Office of Cancer Survivorship Div.
Cancer Control Population Sciences National
Cancer Institute, National Institutes of
Health Department of Health Human Services
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Before contacting NCI Program StaffBackground
Reading

• DCCPS website and Branch/Office websites
• Priorities
• Current calls for funding
• Abstracts of active grants
• Publicly available data sets
• Theoretical frameworks for cancer control
  (Behavioral Research Program)
• http//cancercontrol.cancer.gov/brp/health_theory
  _index.html
• The NIH Guide
• PLANET
• NCI The Nations Investment in Cancer Research
• A Plan and Budget Proposal for Fiscal Year 2007
• Reports of the Progress Review Groups
• Institute of Medicine publications on cancer
  survivorship, adults and pediactrics From Cancer
  Patient to Cancer Survivor Lost in Transition

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Getting Started

• Use organizational chart on NCI website to match
• Branch/Office to research content
• Email brief query about research interest and
  questions about funding to Program Director (PD)
  in selected Branch/Office
• Include
• If this area of research is not suitable
  for the Branch, Office, or Program, please
  forward to the appropriate Program Director.
• Ask PD if you may
• Email abstract or specific aims
• Email or telephone to discuss grant mechanism and
  career objectives

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NIH Review Process
National Institutes of Health Center for
Scientific Review
Assign to IC IRG (Study Section)
Study Section
Submit Application

Review for Scientific Merit
Initiate Research Idea
Institute
Revise/Resubmit
Evaluate for Relevance
Advisory Councils and Boards
Recommend Action
Allocate Funds
Institute Director
Takes final action
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Types of Funded Research

• Investigator initiated mechanisms
• R01, R03, R21, R25, R15..
• Program announcements (PA) statement of
• ongoing research interest by
  Institute/Center
• No set-aside monies
• Given higher priority if scored in the fundable
  range
• Better positioned to get funding by exception
• Announced in the NIH Guide
• Request for applications (RFA) special research
  initiative-funds
• Set aside monies, and specially assembled review
  group
• One-time application no revisions/resubmissions
• Request for proposals (RFP) call for contract
  proposals

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NIH Grant Mechanisms

• R03 Small Grants
• 2 yrs total duration
• 2 aims
• 3 submissions initial and 2 amended
• R01 Traditional investigator-initiated grants
• if 500K need to request CSR/Program Director
• approval at least 6 weeks prior to
  submission
• 3-5 yrs
• 3-4 aims with sub-aims
• 3 submissions initial and 2 amended

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NIH Grant Mechanisms, cont.

• R21 (NCI) Exploratory/Developmental Grant
• 275/year
• 2 yrs
• 3 submissions initial and 2 amended
• R25 Cancer Education and Career Development
  Program
• Predoctoral or postdoctoral candidate training
• Requires interdisciplinary team and mentor(s)
  from institution with strong research program

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Electronic Submission

• Electronic submission homepage
• http//era.nih.gov/ElectronicReceipt/
• Office of Sponsored Research
• http//era.nih.gov/ElectronicReceipt/preparing.htm
  
• Training
• http//era.nih.gov/ElectronicReceipt/training.htm

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Typical Sequence for Proposal Development

• Problem or need
• Significance/Background
• Specific aims
• Theoretical model
• Progress report/preliminary studies
• Research plan, including HIPAA,
• human subjects, data safety monitoring
• Significance
• Budget
• Biographical sketch
• Abstract

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Outline, cont.

• Timeline
• Identify tasks for members of team
• Tables
• Appendices see instruction for electronic
  submission
• Procedure manuals
• Measurement scales
• Representative publications related to
  application
• Letters of support from co-investigators, deans,
  community leaders
• Table of Contents
• Human Subjects
• Population/Women/Children/Minorities table
• Include plan for minority recruitment
• Data Safety and Monitoring Plan
• HIPAA considerations

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Budget and Justification

• Justify effort and expertise for all personnel
• New PI should be at 20 effort
• Do not use TBA for key personnel
• Justify equipment and supply requests
• Consultants from other institutions are less
  expensive than co-investigators
• Anticipate salary/operating increases for future
  years
• Include 1 - 2 trips for conference presentations
• NOTE In FY07, requested budget is cut 18 -
  25

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Peer Review

• See home page
• http//cms.csr.nih.gov/
• Standing Study Sections
• http//www.csr.nih.gov/Committees/rosterindex.asp
• Updates on Electronic Submission
• http//era.nih.gov/ElectronicReceipt/
• Clarification of a Change in eSubmission
  Instructions for R21/R33 Phased Innovation
  Applications in Response to RFA-CA-07-019 and
  RFA-CA-07-024 Notice Number NOT-CA-06-038
• Mock Study Section Review video
• http//cms.csr.nih.gov/ResourcesforApplicants/Insi
  detheNIHGrantReviewProcessVideo.htm

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Funding Opportunity Announcements (FOA)
http//deainfo.nci.nih.gov/funding.htm See
Recently Cleared Concepts

• PAR-06-073 Small Grants for Behavioral Research
  in Cancer Control (R03)
• PAR-04-147 Cancer Prevention Research Small Grant
  Program
• PA-04-034 Exploratory Grants for Behavioral
  Research in Cancer Control (R21)
• PA-05-029 Social and Cultural Dimensions of
  Health, Trans-NIH Program Announcement
  Expires Jan 2008

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Active Program Announcements, cont.

• PA-05-027 Research on Mind-Body Interactions
  Health
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  Expires Jan 2008
• PAR-05-065 Cancer Education (R25E) Grants Program
  
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  Expires March 2, 2008
• PAR-07-020, (R21)PAR-07-018, (R03)PAR-07-019
• Understanding and Promoting Health Literacy

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NIH Regional Seminars in Program Funding and
Grants Administration

• See NIH Guide NOT-OD-07-076 http//grants.nih.go
  v/grants/guide/notice-files/NOT-OD-07-076.html
• Each seminar is 2 full days
• Reviews NIH funding process
• Targeted audience research administrators, new
  and experienced investigators, post docs and
  trainees. March 25-26, 2008 San Antonio,
  Texas.  June 19-20, 2008 Chicago, Illinois. 

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Active Program Announcements, cont.

• PA-05-006 The Effect of Racial and Ethnic
• Discrimination/Bias on Health Care Delivery
  
  
  Expires Jan 2008
  
  
  
• PA-05-009 Research on the Economics of Diet,
  Activity,
• and Energy Balance Expires Nov 2007
• PA-05-016 Decision Making in Health Behavior
  Maintenance
• Expires Jan 2008
• PA-05-017 Decision Making in Cancer Single-Event
  Decisions
• Expires Jan 2008
• http//cancercontrol.cancer.gov/funding_apply.html
  ocs

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Training Opportunities

• Pre-doctoral, post-doctoral, and mid-career
• PAR-05-145 Established Investigator Award in
  Cancer Prevention Control (K05)
• PAR-06-381 Cancer Prevention, Control and
  Population Sciences Career Development Award
  (K07)
• PA-05-143 Mentored Patient-Oriented Research
  Career Development Award (K23)
• PAR-06-511National Cancer Institute (NCI) Cancer
  Education and Career Development Program (R25)

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Must read
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Active Program Announcements Health Disparities

• PA-07-154 Health Disparities Among Minority and
  Underserved Women (R01)
• Expiration Date September 8, 2007 
• PA-05-015 Research Supplements to Promote
  Diversity in Health-Related Research
• Expiration Date September 30, 2007

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Questions?