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NIH Population Research Infrastructure Program--Short-Term Support for Rising Programs (R24)
WHAT: Limited Submission Proposal for the NIH Population Research Infrastructure Program—Short-Term Support for Rising Programs (R24)
WHO: Texas A&M University faculty. TAES, TEES and TTI personnel may wish to submit internal proposals through their own agency.
WHY: Awards for this non-renewable program are for a maximum of $150,000 in direct costs for each of three years.
WHEN: Internal proposal deadline of August 6, 2007.
HOW: Faculty should submit internal proposal via email for review by the internal selection committee.
THE FINE PRINT:
The funding agency, NIH, has limited the number of proposals to one per institution.
BRIEF PROGRAM DESCRIPTION: The NIH Population Research Infrastructure Program is designed to support and advance research that will improve understanding of the antecedents and consequences of population structure and change, facilitate interdisciplinary collaboration among investigators conducting population-based research and in allied fields and promote innovative approaches to population research questions. An additional goal is to facilitate interaction among scientists in locations throughout the United States that contributes to the integration and coordination of population research.
Further, the Population Research Infrastructure Program seeks to advance scientific knowledge on the processes that determine population size, growth, composition and distribution, and on the determinants and consequences of those processes. The scope of population research topics may include: research on the antecedents and consequences of changes in population size, structure and composition; research on families and households; research on fertility; research on population movement and distribution; demographic and social science research on health, morbidity, disability, health disparities and mortality; and behavioral research on the sexual transmission on HIV; as well as research that primarily focuses on the social, cultural, familial and economic determinants and consequences of these diseases and conditions.
Proposals may request support in research support cores and developmental infrastructure. Research support cores may include: administrative core, computing core, information core and methodology support cores. Developmental infrastructure may include: seed grant programs, activities that foster the development of new core services and workshops, conferences, seminar series and visiting scholar programs.
Awards for this non-renewable program are for a maximum of $150,000 in direct costs for each of three years.
More information can be found here.
Internal Selection Procedures and Deadlines
August 3, 2007: Deadline for an email of intent, including the names of the PI and co-PIs, title of internal proposal and a 1-3 sentence description of the project. Send email of intent.
August 6, 2007: Deadline to obtain signatures of approval from your department head and college dean to submit an internal proposal to the Office of Sponsored Projects for review by the internal selection committee. The internal proposal should include:
- An executive summary, up to three pages, based on the proposal description as outlined in the NIH program announcement
- Summary budget
- Project and Management Plans (including team members)
The form for completing the internal proposal is here.
This completed form should be submitted electronically for review by the internal selection committee.
Please read the RFP carefully for specific requirements of the program here.
Selection of a proposal will be based on NIH guidelines. The needs of the university’s reinvestment plan will also be taken into account.
During the selection process, the internal selection committee may contact departments and colleges for their opinions and commitments. They may also request additional information from PIs.
August 17, 2007: The Internal Selection Committee will notify PIs of the result of the internal competition.
August 20, 2007: Deadline for optional, but recommended, letter of intent to NIH.
September 19, 2007: Deadline for full proposal.