Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Awards for Institutional Predoctoral and Postdoctoral Traineeships (T32)
NIDA supports predoctoral and postdoctoral students through institutional training sites across the country. The overall goal of the NIH Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award (NRSA) program is to help ensure that a diverse pool of highly trained scientists is available in appropriate scientific disciplines to address the Nation's biomedical, behavioral, and clinical research needs. In order to accomplish this goal, NRSA training programs are designed to train individuals to conduct research and to prepare for research careers. Applications for these training positions need to go directly to the training sites’ program directors. Additionally, the active NIDA T32 projects are available on NIH RePORTER.
NIDA Staff Contact: Lindsey Friend, Ph.D., NIDA_Training@nida.nih.gov
NIH Research Education Program - Courses, Curriculum & Methods (R25)
The focus of this R25 program is courses for skills development and curriculum for methods development. R25 program supports applicants whose projects are focused on skills development and provide clear, practical content, with an expectation that participants will leave the program with enhanced research capabilities. Programs that include both didactic and hands-on research experiences, foster partnerships across disciplines and institutions, and employ innovative approaches are encouraged. The proposed program should be appropriate for offering to or being used by participant audiences that include biomedical, behavioral, and clinical researchers (e.g., health care providers; medical, dental, nursing, and other health professional students; graduate students; and/or members of the lay community involved in the dissemination of health information). Proposed programs are intended for participants at the undergraduate level or later career stages.
NIDA Staff Contact: Angela Homes, Ph.D., angela.holmes2@nih.gov
NIH Research Educational Program - Mentoring Activities & Networks (R25/UE5)
This program can be designed as a grant (R25) or a cooperative agreement (UE5). This NOFO will support educational activities with a primary focus on mentoring activities. These may include initiatives that strengthen professional development skills through mentoring and programs aimed at improving the quality of mentorship. Such efforts will focus not only on providing technical expertise, but also on offering advice, insight, and professional career guidance to participants.
NIDA Staff Contact: Angela Homes, Ph.D., angela.holmes2@nih.gov
NIH Research Education Program - Research Experiences (R25)
Proposed programs should provide mentored research experiences as part of a comprehensive program based on educational practices designed to stimulate the interest, skills and knowledge base of participants. In addition to providing mentored research experiences, programs are expected to include complementary activities appropriate to the educational stage of program participants that support the participants' scientific development, such as scientific writing and presentation skills, and instruction to enhance rigor and reproducibility in research.
NIDA Staff Contact: Angela Homes, Ph.D., angela.holmes2@nih.gov
Substance Use/Substance Use Disorder Dissertation Research Award (R36)
Mentored Clinical Scientists Development Program Award (K12)
Provides support to an educational institution or professional organization to support career development experiences for clinicians, leading to research independence. Newly trained clinicians are selected and appointed to the program by the grantee institution. Clinical research includes patient-oriented research, behavioral research, epidemiologic research, outcomes/health services research, and research with human tissues and specimens where an investigator directly interacts with human subjects in an outpatient or inpatient setting.
NIDA Staff Contact: Lindsey Friend, Ph.D., NIDA_Training@nida.nih.gov
Academic Research Enhancement Award (AREA) for Undergraduate-Focused Institutions (R15)
The purpose of this Academic Research Enhancement Award (AREA) for Undergraduate-Focused Institutions is to support small scale research grants at institutions that do not receive substantial funding from the NIH, with an emphasis on providing biomedical research experiences primarily for undergraduate students, and enhancing the research environment at applicant institutions.
Program Contact: Yuki Lama, Ph.D., NIDAreferral@mail.nih.gov