New Investigator R01 Initiatives

• New Investigators/Early Stage Investigators (NI/ESI) R01 applications

receive special attention at Council as high program priority or equivalent.
• Flexible payline for NI/ESI scored R01 applications.
• No imposed reductions in duration and amount of awards (beyond the
recommendations of the initial review group) for NI/ESI.
• Fund NI/ESI R01 applications to achieve a designated success rate rather
than setting a specific payline.
• Supporting ESI R01s for five years (many Institutes fund R01 for 4 years
for established PIs)
• Partial “bridge” funding

http://grants.nih.gov/grants/new_investigators/
IC specific Strategies for NI/ESI Applications

 NHLBI: priority funding for the first competitive renewal. (1) The
individual cannot be a principal investigator on an Independent Scientist
and/or other non-mentored career award or on another R01 or a sub-
project director on a multi-project award, and (2) must be currently
holding a position at a domestic institution with a faculty rank up to and
including an Associate Professor or equivalent.
 NIAAA: ESIs just beyond the nominal payline are invited to submit a letter
to respond to the summary statement critiques. Responses reviewed by
Program staff, and when deemed appropriate, the application may be
recommended to Institute Director for award.
 NICHD: Special funding consideration will be given to research project
grant applications submitted by new investigators supported by NICHD
Career Development Awards (Ks).
 Let’s review… the first steps in developing an
competitive application

 Get to know the NIH Program Director for

your scientific area
 Contact them about your research ideas
 Fitwith institute mission and priorities
 Best grant mechanism or program
 Best study section for review
 Technical assistance with the application process
 Are you a New/Early Stage Investigator?
 Consider the R01 Grant
 Loan Repayment Program

 Commit to perform research for 2 years, and the NIH

repays up to $35,000 per year of your qualified
educational debt and covers the resulting taxes.
 You must be conducting research in of the following 5
areas:
 Clinical Research
 Pediatric Research
 Contraception & Infertility Research
 Health Disparities Research
 Clinical Research for Individuals from Disadvantaged
Backgrounds
http://www.lrp.nih.gov/
 To Reiterate…

Get to know the Program

Director for your scientific
area!
 Grant Writing for Success
Writing the Application
• Start early and develop good ideas
• Seek advice and critical input from colleagues
• Talk to your NIH Program Official(s)
• Use the NIH and OER webpage resources
http://grants.nih.gov
• Follow instructions carefully, remember review
criteria
• Submit your application
 Questions?

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Based on lecture notes by

Raymond J. Mooney
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