National Institutes of Health

Description

Purpose. This NIH Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA), supported by funds provided to the NIH under the American Recovery & Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Recovery Act or ARRA), Public Law 111-5, invites applications to support qualified pre-doctoral students to pursue research careers in any area relevant to the research mission of the NCMHD (i.e., minority health and health disparities research) and simultaneously increase the diversity of this workforce. Mechanism of Support. This FOA will utilize the NIH Dissertation Research (R36) grant mechanism Funds Available and Anticipated Number of Awards. NCMHD intends to commit $ 500,000 under this FOA. We anticipate that 3-5 awards will be made for fiscal year 20 09, pending the number and quality of applications and availability of funds.

Who can apply

• Public and State controlled institutions of higher education
• Private institutions of higher education
• Others

Contact

NIH OER Webmaster<br/>FBOWebmaster@OD.NIH.GOV<br/>
FBOWebmaster@OD.NIH.GOV