NIH NINR Program Projects n Symptom Management Research and Program Projects in Health Promotion/Disease Prevention Research (P01)
Please distribute this information to your faculty to determine if they have an interest in submitting a proposal to this program.
WHAT: Limited Submission Proposal for the NIH NINR Program Projects in Symptom Management Research and Program Projects in Health Promotion/Disease Prevention Research (P01)
WHO: Texas A&M University faculty. Agriculture, Engineering and TTI personnel may wish to submit internal proposals through their own agency.
WHY: Applicants may request up to $700,000 in total costs per year for a maximum of five years.
WHEN: Internal proposal deadline of January 26, 2009.
HOW: TAMU faculty should submit internal proposal via email for review by the internal selection committee.
THE FINE PRINT:
The funding agency, NIH, has limited the number of proposals to one per institution.
BRIEF PROGRAM DESCRIPTION: The NIH NINR Program Projects in Symptom Management Research and Program Projects in Health Promotion/Disease Prevention Research (P01) is designed to significantly advance the science of an interdisciplinary biobehavioral nursing research program focused in Symptom Management Research or Health Promotion/Disease Prevention Research. An expectation of the program is that new biomedical and behavioral knowledge will be discovered for improving the quality-of-life of persons at all ages by promoting health behaviors. Further, the program supports the development of biobehavioral interventions including cost-effectiveness analyses for symptom management or health promotion/disease prevention.
Generally, a program project consists of three to five individual interdependent components from different investigators. Applicants must show how the program is more effective as a whole, rather than as a series of independent research grants.
Symptoms are the result of a complex interaction of biological, cognitive, behavioral, sociocultural, spiritual and environmental factors. Symptom management research seeks to identify and test interventions that will reduce the burden of symptoms on effected persons and improve their quality of life. If the application focuses on symptom management, then one of the following symptoms must be selected: pain, sleep disturbances, fatigue or cognitive/affect changes, as well as their interactions. In addition, applicants must build their program project application around their chosen symptom, the organizing central them of the application, so as to develop strong expertise in this research domain and move the field of science forward significantly.
The interplay of biology and behavior is apparent in health promotion and disease prevention. If this area is the focus of the application, then applicants must select one of the following conditions as the organizing central theme of their application: obesity, premature birth/low birth weight infants, HIV/AIDS or cardiopulmonary disease. NIH seeks to support research that will: develop biomarkers to assess disease risk; develop or improve biobehavioral methods, measures and intervention strategies to optimize health; identify factors that influence decision-making that results in behavioral changes that promote health and prevent disease and disability; identify and develop individual and family interventions designed to sustain health-promoting behaviors over time; design intervention studies using community-based approaches to facilitate health promotion/risk reduction behaviors; and investigate opportunities to identify and ameliorate the long-term consequences of prematurity, including near-term infants at risk for complications.
Applicants may request up to $700,000 in total costs (direct plus F&A) per year for a maximum of five years.
More information can be found here.
Internal Selection Procedures and Deadlines
January 23, 2009: Deadline for an email of intent, including the names of the PI and co-PIs, title of internal proposal and a 1-3 sentence description of the project. Send email of intent.
January 26, 2009: Deadline to obtain signatures of approval from your department head and college dean to submit an internal proposal to the Research Policy and Development Support Office for review by the internal selection committee. The internal proposal should include:
(1) An executive summary, up to three pages, based on the proposal description as outlined in the NIH program announcement;
(2) Summary budget;
(3) Project and Management Plans (including team members);
The form for completing the internal proposal is here.
This completed form should be submitted electronically for review by the internal selection committee.
*Once your internal proposal has been received with all of the necessary signatures, you will receive an email indicating it will be reviewed by the internal selection committee. If you do not receive the confirmation email, please call 5-1812.*
Please read the RFP carefully for specific requirements of the program here.
Selection of a proposal will be based on NIH guidelines. The needs of the university’s reinvestment plan will also be taken into account.
During the selection process, the internal selection committee may contact departments and colleges for their opinions and commitments. They may also request additional information from PIs.
February 6, 2009: The Internal Selection Committee will notify PIs of the result of the internal competition.
March 16, 2009: Deadline for optional, but recommended, letter of intent to NIH.
April 16, 2009: Deadline for full proposal.
