April, 2007 presentation in the Rice University NSF Advance Conference given by Belinda Soto, the deputy director of the National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering. The focus of the presentation was an introduction to the Institute and its grant portfolio.
Workshop Author: Belinda Seto, Ph.D.; Deputy Director; National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering
Slide 1: outline
Why is this so fun and rewarding
NIBIB funding opportunities
Grant writing
resources
Slide 2: why is this so fun and rewarding
Slide 3: nibib funding opportunities
The NIH Mission
NIH is the steward of medical and behavioral research for the nation. Its mission is science in pursuit of fundamental knowledge about the nature and behavior of living systems and the application of that knowledge to extend healthy life and reduce the burdens of illness and disability.
Nih mission
An agency of the Department of Health and Human Services, the NIH is the Federal focal point for health research.
The NIH ICs (27 Separate Institutes and Centers)
Different missions and priorities
Different budgets
Different ways of deciding which grants to fund
Slide 4: nibib mission
To improve human health by leading the development and accelerating the application of biomedical technologies.
The Institute is committed to integrating the physical, engineering, and computer sciences with the life sciences to advance basic research and medical care.
Nibib mission
National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering
Slide 5: current nibib grant portfolio areas
Imaging Agents and Molecular Probes
Image Displays
Image Guided Therapies and Interventions
Image Perception
Image Processing
Magnetic, Biomagnetic and Bioelectric Devices
Magnetic Resonance Imaging and Spectroscopy
Nuclear Medicine
Optical Imaging and Spectroscopy
Ultrasound and Acoustics
X ray, Electron and Ion Beam
Biosensors
Biomaterials
Biomechanics
Biomedical Informatics
Computational Biology
Drug and Gene Delivery Systems
Lab-on-a-chip Technologies
Medical Devices and Implant Science
Nanotechnology
Rehabilitation Engineering
Surgical Tools and Techniques
Telemedicine
Tissue Engineering
Slide 6: how is nibib different?
Design- and needs-driven research, as well as hypothesis-driven
Focus on enabling technologies with broad applications to multiple diseases or biological processes
This initiative will support the NIBIB commitment to interdisciplinary research training by providing student support for new institutional training programs designed to reduce existing barriers to interdisciplinary graduate education.
Initiative Response:
We expect all 10 of the funded Phase I programs to respond to this initiative. We also anticipate that other interdisciplinary training programs, including new programs and programs that applied for but did not receive Phase I funding, to respond to this initiative. We will not permit our existing T32 training programs to respond to this initiative.
Slide 11: training-related awards
Training-related awards
Mechanism
Awards
Total
Diversity Supplements
23
$1,268,281
Residency Supplements
8
$1,057,507
Re-entry Supplements
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R13 Conference Support
14
$210,000
R15 AREA Awards
5
$1,031,833
Loan Repayment
2
$147,556
Slide 12: inter-agency partnerships
Inter-agency partnerships
Mechanism
Awards
Trainees
Total
NIBIB-HHMI Interfaces Initiative
10
~100
FY2009
Bioengineering and Bioinformatics Summer Insts. (BBSI)
13
~175
$784,500
Biomed. Eng. Summer Intern Program (BESIP)
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17
$115,000
NIH-NIST Fellowship Program
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4
$338,250
Meyerhoff Fellowship
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5
$300,000
Slide 13: grant writing
Nih peer review process
Slide 14: general nih review criteria
Significance
Approach
Innovation
Investigator
Environment
Slide 15: what reviewers really want to know
The significance of what you are proposing
That your approach is appropriate
That you can do what you propose
Slide 16: why is good grant writing so important?
Reviewers are very busy people
Committees review many grants
Reviewers have a very limited amount of time to make the case for your grant
Even in times of plenty, there are more meritorious applications than can be paid
“To give away money is an easy matter and in any man’s power. But to decide to whom to give it, and how much and when, and for what purpose and how, is neither in every man’s power nor an easy matter. Hence, it is that such excellence is rare, praiseworthy, and noble.”---Aristotle
