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The NIEHS Training and Career Development Programs

The NIEHS Training and Career Development Programs. Spanning undergraduate summer research to faculty development; future directions. Training and Career Development Opportunities. Short-term Training Undergraduate Students (R25). Career Transition Awards (K99/R00).

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The NIEHS Training and Career Development Programs

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  1. The NIEHS Training and Career Development Programs Spanning undergraduate summer research to faculty development; future directions.

  2. Training and CareerDevelopment Opportunities Short-term Training Undergraduate Students (R25) Career Transition Awards (K99/R00) Institutional Training GrantsPre-, Post-doctoral (T32) Diversity Pre-doctoral (F31) Independent Research Career Individual Post-doctoral(F32) Individual MD/PhD(F30) Faculty Development(K02, K24, F33, K25) Clinical Investigator Career Awards(K08, K23) Short-term Training: Medical Students (T35)

  3. “Training” = Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award (NRSA) Fellowships (F- series) T32 Institutional Training Grants (T32 mechanism) Short-Term Research Training for Health-Professional Students (T35 mechanism)

  4. National Research Service Awards • Authority and Regulations: Section 487 of Public Health Service Act as amended (42 USC 288) and Federal Regulations 42 CFR 66 • June 3, 1983 plus amendments

  5. Legislative Framework: Training Grants and Fellowships • U. S. Citizen or Permanent Resident • Research or training to undertake research: predoctoral leading to PhD, postdoctoral research • Training on full time basis • Max time of support: 5 years predoctoral, 3 years postdoctoral • Public or Nonprofit Private Institution (T32)

  6. NRSA Budget Formula • Stipend ($21,600 predoctoral, $38,496- $53,112 postdoctoral) • Tuition and fees (60% up to $16,000) • Travel • Training related expenses including Health Insurance ($4,200 per predoctoral, $7850 per postdoctoral) • No direct research funding

  7. NIEHS NRSA Programs Individual Fellowships 55 total fellowships 27 - F30 Individual Predoctoral MD/PhD Fellowships 13 - F31 Individual Diversity Predoctoral Fellowships 15 - F32 Individual Postdoctoral Fellowships 0 – F33 Individual Senior Fellowships $2.1 M total cost Average: $38,400 total

  8. NIEHS NRSA Programs T35 Short-Term Research Training for Health-Professional Students Research training grants for short-term predoctoral positions reserved specifically to provide full-time, health-related research training experiences during the summer or other "off-quarter" periods. 4 T35s 28 med students total $1.0 M total cost

  9. NRSA Programs T32 Institutional Training Grants 48 T32 Programs 271 predoctoral trainees 147 postdoctoral trainees $16.4 M total cost Average program 6 predocs 3 postdocs $350,000 total cost Program size span: 2 predocs + 1 postdoc to 20 predocs + 8 postdocs

  10. Kirschstein-NRSA training grants and fellowships Funding in current and constant dollars – NIH total

  11. Kirschstein-NRSA training grants and fellowships Pre- and Post-Doctoral full-time training positions awarded

  12. PRE AND POST-DOCTORAL POSITIONS AS A PERCENT OF ALL KIRSCHSTEIN-NRSA POSITIONS Percent of all Positions Fiscal Year Number of individuals appointed to institutional training positions are estimates

  13. PRE AND POST-DOCTORAL KIRSCHSTEIN-NRSA RESEARCH TRAINING POSITIONS BY PARTICIPATING INSTITUTES AND CENTERS FY 2007 Number of Positions Number of individuals appointed to institutional training positions are estimates Participating NIH Institutes and Centers

  14. NIEHS Mission Statement • The mission of the NIEHS is to reduce the burden of human illness and disability, by understanding how the environment influences the development and progression of human disease.

  15. Recent Directions in Training (2006 Announcement) • Multidisciplinary and Interdisciplinary • Focus on environmental exposures in human health, human biology and human disease processes • Emphasis on gene x environment interactions and genomics • Defined focus on NIEHS mission area

  16. Trainee Research Projects • NIEHS relevant exposures: industrial chemicals or byproducts, metals, pesticides, air pollutants, other inhaled toxicants like particulates or fibers, ambient exposures • Belongs to other NIH Institutes: alcohol, drugs of abuse, pharmaceuticals, infectious or parasitic agents, ionizing radiation, chemotherapeutics, etc.

  17. Training Areas • Toxicologically related biomedical sciences and Environmental Medicine: 29 programs; 165 pre + 95 post slots • Environmental Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Bioinformatics: 12 programs; 72 pre + 32 post slots • Environmental Pathology: 4 programs; 18 pre + 13 post slots • Human Genes and the Environment: 3 programs; 16 pre + 9 post slots

  18. Models for Training in Toxicological Sciences • Interdisciplinary Graduate Program • PhD in Toxicology offered by curriculum or Institute independent of Departmental affiliation, often answering to University Administration • Faculty, coursework drawn from multiple Departments, specific core curriculum

  19. Models for Training in Toxicological Sciences • Multidisciplinary Graduate Program • Faculty participants from multiple Departments, coordinating administrative structure for training program • Students receive degrees through Departments • Common seminar series, journal clubs, core course(s) in toxicology

  20. Moving Environmental Health Forward: Insights and Opportunities • NIEHS Stakeholder Community Workshop in July • Stakeholder workshop report: 12 strategic goals identified, then prioritized by vote • Strategic Plan web site: http://www.niehs.nih.gov/about/od/strategicplan/index.cfm

  21. Top 6 Topics and Scores • Understanding how early life environmental exposures impact development and health across life span (83) • Lead the advancement for state-of-the art for characterizing exposure to promote health and prevent disease (71) • Attract, train, and retain the next generation of environmental health scientists and professionals (65) • Connecting environmental influences to disease through the study of epigenomics and epigenetic mechanism as an opportunity and important long-term goal for NIEHS (62) • Identify NIEHS as the Prevention Institute within NIH, through research, training, and education that leads to exposure reduction and disease prevention (60) • Provide leadership and resources in translating and communicating scientific knowledge on the role of the environment on human health (60)

  22. Training and CareerDevelopment Opportunities Short-term Training Undergraduate Students (R25) Career Transition Awards (K99/R00) Institutional Training GrantsPre-, Post-doctoral (T32) Diversity Pre-doctoral (F31) Independent Research Career Individual Post-doctoral(F32) Individual MD/PhD(F30) Faculty Development(K02, K24, F33, K25) Clinical Investigator Career Awards(K08, K23) Short-term Training: Medical Students (T35)

  23. Training and Career Development Opportunities • Undergraduates – Summer research • Graduate students – training grants, targeted individual fellowships • Postdoctorals – training grants, individual fellowships • Career Transition – Career Development Awards (K series) • Faculty Development

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