Appendix E
Public Mechanisms for Clinical Research Training
Name of Program |
Focus |
NIH |
|
Mentored Clinical Scientist Development Award (K08) |
To support the development of outstanding clinician research scientists—three to five years; 75 percent |
URL: http://grants1.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-00-003.html |
|
Mentored Clinical Scientist Development Program Award (K12) |
To support an institution for the development of independent translational and nonprofit organizations, scientists—five years; 75 percent effort |
URL: http://grants1.nih.gov/training/careerdevelopmentawards.htm |
|
Mentored Patient-Oriented Research Career Development Award (K23) |
To support the career development of investigators who have made a commitment to focus their research endeavors on patient-oriented research—three to five years; 75 percent commitment |
URL: http://grants1.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-00-004.html |
|
Midcareer Investigator Award (K24) |
To provide support for patient-oriented research; to allow them protected time to devote to patient-oriented research and to act as mentors for beginning translational investigators—three to five years; 25-50 percent effort |
URL: http://grants1.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-00-005.html |
Requirements |
No. of Awards |
Length of Program |
Total Program Support |
M.D., D.D.S., Pharm.D., Ph.D. in nursing |
1,161 |
Three to five years |
$143,731,640 FY 2002 |
Institutions: public and private; clinicians: M.D., D.O., doctorally prepared registered nurses |
1,073 |
Five years |
$55,053,672 FY 2002 |
M.D., D.D.S., Pharm.D., Ph.D in translational nursing |
80 (664 for 2002) |
Three to five years |
$88,296,497 FY 2002 |
Clinicians: M.D., D.D.S., Pharm.D., Ph.D. in translational nursing |
60-80 (261 for 2002) |
Three to five years |
$28,747,290 FY 2002 |
Name of Program |
Focus |
NIH |
|
Clinical Research Curriculum Award (K30) |
To attract talented individuals to the challenges of translational research to and to provide them with the critical skills that are needed to develop hypotheses and conduct sound regulatory research—five years; up to $200,000 per year |
Loan Repayment Program (LRP) |
To attract health professionals to clinical research |
URL: http://www.lrp.nih.gov/about/extramural/intro.htm#clinical |
|
National Research Service Award (NRSA): Physicians and Doctorally Prepared Nurses |
|
NRSA T32 |
Eligible institutions to develop or enhance research training opportunities for individuals, selected by the institution who are training for careers in specified areas of biomedical, behavioral, and translational research |
URL: http://grants1.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-02-109.html |
|
NRSA T35 |
To eligible institutions to develop or enhance research training for individuals interested in career opportunities |
URL: http://grants1.nih.gov/grants/guide/notice-files/not98-027.html |
Requirements |
No. of Awards |
Length of Program |
Total Program Support |
Awarded to institutions; is a trans-NIH program. Formal coursework includes design of translational research projects, hypothesis development, biostatistics, epidemiology, legal and ethical issues related to translational research |
59 |
Five years |
$12,094,341 FY 2002 |
Qualified health professionals who contractually agree to conduct qualified translational research for 50 percent of time, or not less than 20 hours per week, for a two-year consecutive period |
1,200 |
Two years |
$63.3 million FY 2003 |
Ph.D., D.D.S., M.D., or a comparable doctoral degree |
17,000 (total no. of graduate students); 386 in 2002 |
Five years |
$497,424,833 FY 2002 |
This can be used to support other types of predoctoral and postdoctoral training in focused, often emerging, or scientific areas |
35 trainees per budget period |
Five years |
$7,959,251 FY 2002 |
Name of Program |
Focus |
Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA): Doctorally Prepared Nurses |
|
HRSA-04-010 Advanced Education Nursing |
Awarded to institutions for projects that support the enhancement of appropriate legislative purpose |
HRSA-04-012 Advanced Education Nursing Traineeships |
Eligible institutions meet the cost of traineeships for individuals in advanced nursing education programs |
HRSA-04-011 Nursing Workforce Diversity |
To increase nursing education opportunities for individuals from disadvantaged backgrounds (including racial and ethnic minorities underrepresented among registered nurses) by providing student scholarships or stipends, pre-entry preparation, and retention activities |
Department of Veterans Affairs (VA): Physicians |
|
VA Mentored Research Training Programs |
To provide mentored research health services training for various stages of a clinician’s career development |
URL: http://www.appc1.va.gov/resdev/ps/psmr/mentored_research.htm |
Requirements |
No. of Awards |
Length of Program |
Total Program Support |
Schools of nursing, academic health centers, public or private nonprofit entities, and for-profit entities capable of carrying out advanced nursing education and practice |
8 |
Three years |
$2,091,892 FY 2004 |
Schools of nursing, academic health centers, other appropriate public or private nonprofit entities, and for-profit entities capable of carrying out the legislative purpose |
335 |
One year |
$4,800,000 FY 2004 |
Schools of nursing, nursing centers, academic health centers, state or local governments, American Indian tribes or tribal organizations, other public or private nonprofit entities |
39 |
Three years |
$11,396,00 FY 2004 |
Programs are for the associate investigator, career development, advanced career research, and merit review entry program; M.D., D.D.S., Ph.D. |
81 |
One to five years |
$389,978 1998-1999 |