# Presentation: 729343

## T32 Training Programs: A New Framework

- NIDA Research Training Directors Meeting
- November 3, 2006

- Eliane Lazar-Wesley, PhD
- Scientific Review Administrator
- Office of Extramural Affairs, NIDA

## A new framework

- Something old
- Something new
- Something borrowed
- Something blue

## New T32 Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA)

- The updated NIH T32 Funding Opportunity Announcement can be found at _[http://grants1.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-06-468.html](http://grants1.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-06-468.html)__ _
- Date of issue: June 26, 2006

## Standard Receipt Datesstarting January 1, 2007

_**Mechanism**__**	**__**	**__**	**__**	**__**Cycle 1**__**	**__**Cycle 2**__**	**__**Cycle 3**_
**T32**, Ps, Gs, Ss, Other Rs (R18, R24, R25)	Jan 25	**May 25**	Sept 25
- R01s – new				Feb 5	June 5	Oct 5
- Ks – new				Feb 12	June 12	Oct 12
- R03s, R21s – new			Feb 16	June 16	Oct 16
- AREA- all				Feb 25	June 25	Oct 25
- R01 – renewal, revision, resubmission	Mar 5	July 5	Nov 5
- Ks – resubmission, revision		Mar 12	July 12	Nov 12
- R03s, R21s, R34s – resub., renew., rev.	Mar 16	July 16	Nov 16
- New Investigator R01 resubmission		Mar 20	July 20	Nov 20
- Small Business - all			April 5	Aug 5	Dec 5
**Fellowship – all****	**		**Apr 8****	****Aug 8****	****Dec 8**
- Conference – all			Apr 12	Aug 12	Dec 12
**AIDS - all****	****	****	****	****May 1****	****Sept 1****	****Jan 2**

## Slide 5

## Dates of implementation for the new T32 FOA

- First NIDA submission date for the new T32 FOA:  **May 25, 2007**. This submission  will still be “in paper”.
- First electronic submission date for NIDA T32s: anticipated to be May 25, 2008

## New NIH Policy for Funding of Tuition, Fees, and Health Insurance

**Notice of New NIH Policy for Funding of Tuition, Fees, and Health Insurance on Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Awards can be found at **_[http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/notice-files/NOT-OD-06-090.html](http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/notice-files/NOT-OD-06-090.html)_**; **
**Revision: Notice of New NIH Policy for Funding of Tuition, Fees, and Health Insurance on Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Awards can be found at **_[http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/notice-files/NOT-OD-06-093.html](http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/notice-files/NOT-OD-06-093.html)_**. **
**Questions and Answers Related to the New Policy:**
**	**_[http://grants.nih.gov/training/q&a_not-od-06-093.htm](http://grants.nih.gov/training/q&a_not-od-06-093.htm)_

## Some Issues Grants Management is grappling with...

- If the annual Financial Status report (FSR) is not submitted in time, it impacts the ability of NIDA to make new training grant awards and delays the issuance of awards.
- 	For grants related questions:
- Pam Fleming, Chief Grants Management Officer
- Cathy Mills, Grants Management Specialist
- Diana Haikalis, Grants Management Specialist

## Review criteria in the new T32:some are modified, some are new

**Training Program**** **
**Training Program Director**** **
**Preceptors/Mentors **
**Past Training Record **
**Institutional Training Environment, Commitment, and Resources **
**Trainee Recruitment, Selection, and Retention Plan**** **
**Evaluation and Tracking Plan**

## Training program

- 	**Are the objectives, design and direction of the proposed research training program appropriate?  ****Does the proposed program provide suitable training for the levels of trainees being proposed and the area of science to be supported by the program? **

## Training program (ct’d)

- 	**Is the quality of proposed course contents and training experience appropriate for all levels of trainees to be included in the program?   Are inter- and multi-disciplinary and inter-professional research training opportunities or novel concepts, approaches, methodologies, or technologies appropriately utilized? **

## Training Program Director

- 	**Does the Program Director have the scientific background, expertise, and experience appropriate to direct, manage, coordinate, and administer the proposed research training program?  Does the Program Director plan to commit adequate time to the program?**

## Preceptors/Mentors

- 	**Is the caliber of preceptors/mentors as researchers, including successful competition for research support in areas directly related to the proposed research training program ****appropriate for their role in the training program?**

## Preceptors/Mentors (ct’d)

- 	**Is there a sufficient number of experienced mentors with appropriate expertise and funding available at the applicant institution to support the number of trainees and levels of trainees being proposed in the application? **

## Past training record

- 	Is the past research training record of the program, the Program Director, and designated preceptors/mentors appropriate?  How successful are former trainees in seeking further career development and in establishing productive scientific careers?  Is there evidence of successful completion of programs, receipt of subsequent fellowships and/or career awards, further training appointments, and similar accomplishments?  Is there evidence of a productive scientific career, such as a record of successful competition for research grants, receipt of special honors or award, a record of publications, receipt of patents, promotion to scientific positions, and any other measure of success consistent with the nature and duration of the training received.

## Past training record (ct’d)

- 	**What is the track record of proposed mentors in similar research training programs?**** Is there a record in retaining health-professional postdoctorates (i.e., individuals with the M.D., D.O, D.D.S. D.N.Sc., etc.) for at least 2 years in research training or other research activities, if appropriate?**

## Institutional Training Environment, Commitment, and Resources

- 	**Is the quality of the research environment for the proposed research training program appropriate?  Is the level of institutional commitment, quality of available facilities, courses, research and research training support suitable?  ****Is the proposed program to be an integral component of the applicant institution’s overall research**** ****program/mission? **** **

## Trainee Recruitment, Selection, and Retention Plan

- 	**Are the quality of the applicant pool and plans for the selection and retention of individuals appointed to the training program appropriate?  ****Specifically, what is the size and quality of the applicant pool?  Are the recruiting procedures, trainee selection criteria, and retention strategies appropriate and well defined?  Are there advertising plans or other effective strategies to recruit high-quality trainees?**

## Trainee Recruitment, Selection, and Retention Plan (ct’d)

**For competing renewal applications: How successful has the program been in efforts to recruit and retain individuals from diverse underrepresented populations?**** **

## Evaluation and Tracking Plan

- 	**Is the evaluation plan adequate and sufficiently detailed to track career outcomes of trainees and determine if the program is successful? Does it include a system for tracking participants following program completion, such as publications, grant proposals and awards, and career trajectory of supported trainees?  **

## Evaluation and Tracking Plan (ct’d)

**For competing renewal applications: Are there plans to make changes that improve program performance and the assessment of outcomes? Competing renewal applications must describe the program accomplishments to date, following the application instructions on page 61 of the PHS 398 application, including the evaluation and outcome measures report described in Section IV.6 of this announcement as well.**