Office of Research

Limited Competition: NIH Neuroscience Doctoral Readiness Program (DR. Program) (R25 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)

Limited Submissions

This Limited Competition Doctoral Readiness (DR) Program is intended to provide neuroscience research experience, neuroscience education, skills development and education about choosing graduate programs, mentors and careers to research-oriented postbaccalaureate participants from diverse backgrounds, including those from groups underrepresented in the biomedical and behavioral sciences. Completion of this two-year research education program should enable participants to successfully transition into strong, research-focused, doctoral degree programs (e.g., Ph.D., M.D./Ph.D., or D.D.S./Ph.D.) in biomedical fields. These DR Programs are only intended to support individuals from institutions that do not offer undergraduates access to substantive research opportunities. Funded programs are expected to provide participants with a strong research experience, together with neuroscience education and activities that will build a strong cohort of neuroscience research-oriented individuals.

Integrating this research education experience within an excellent, established T32 research training program is intended to enhance neuroscience research identity, self-efficacy, and sense of belonging among all participants within the neuroscience research community.

Eligibility Requirements

This is a limited competition funding opportunity announcement and is limited to institutions that hold an NIH T32 Award from one or more of the following T32 FOAs: Jointly Sponsored Institutional Predoctoral Training Program (JSPTPN), PAR-20-076; NINDS Institutional Research Training Grant, PAR-21-149; NINDS Institutional Translational Research Training Program, PAR-19-228, NIDCR Institutional Training for a Dental, Oral and Craniofacial Research Workforce, PAR-20-044, or Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award (NRSA) Institutional Research Training Grant, PA-20-142.

Application Instructions

Please submit:

1. A one‐page letter of intent with a description of proposed aims and approach

2. CV (not NIH format) of the PI

to research@uw.edu by 5:00 PM Thursday, March 10, 2022.

Opportunity Details

Program web page

Program Announcement No.

RFA-NS-22-035

Deadlines
03/10/2022 UW Internal Deadline Closed
04/08/2022 OSP Deadline
04/19/2022 Sponsor Deadline
Sponsor

National Institutes of Health (NIH)

Funding amount

$200,000

Maximum Number of Applications

1

Eligible groups
  • All campus

Inquiries and Contact Information

Investigators who identify a grant, award or fellowship program that restricts the number of applications that can be submitted from an Institution should immediately contact their Chairperson, Associate Dean for Research (or Dean, if no ADR) and the Office of Research (see below) if they intend to prepare a response. Failure to do so, or to meet the deadlines for submission of pre-proposal, will preclude submission of the application through the Office of Sponsored Programs.

For general inquiries, or to request a listing of a limited submission opportunity that should be but is not already listed, please email us at limitedsubs@uw.edu.