Transcript NIH: Navigating the Maze and Leaping the Hurdles

Funding Priorities:
National Cancer Institute
Carly Parry, PhD, MSW
National Cancer Institute
Priority Areas
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Provocative Questions RFAs (11-011, 11-012)
NCI has several Divisions: DCCPS ,DCP most relevant to social and
behavioral research topics/interests
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Division of Cancer Prevention
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http://dcp.cancer.gov/funding/funding-grants
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Division of Cancer Control and Population Sciences
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Behavioral Research Program***
Applied Research Program***
Office of Cancer Survivorship (OD)***
Implementation Science Team(OD)***
Surveillance Research Program
Epidemiology & Genomics Research Program***
http://cancercontrol.cancer.gov/funding_apply.html
Priority Areas include…
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DCCPS, Behavioral Research Program (BRP)
– Biological mechanisms of psychosocial processes related to prevention, detection,
treatment, and maintenance of healthy lifestyle behaviors
– Predictors of diet, weight, physical activity, and tobacco use
– Risk perception and communication of health information to public, patients, and
providers
– Surveillance of communication outcomes and new media channels of communication
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DCCPS, BRP, Tobacco Control Research Branch
– Etiology, predictors, correlates, and determinants of tobacco use, nicotine
dependence, and cessation
– Tobacco prevention interventions at the individual, system, and population level
– Tobacco cessation interventions at the individual, system, and population level
Tobacco control interventions for underserved and at-risk populations
– Other tobacco products, e.g., smokeless tobacco, cigars, roll-your-own, hookah, bidis,
etc
Finding Specific FOAs for Social and
Behavioral Research in Cancer
http://dccps.nci.nih.gov/funding_apply.html
Finding Specific FOAs
http://deainfo.nci.nih.gov/funding.htm
General FOAs for Social and Behavioral Research
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Parent R01: Research Project Grant
http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PA-11-260.html
• General announcement
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NCI Omnibus R21: NCI Exploratory/Developmental Research Grant
Program,
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PAR-12-145, http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/par-12-145.html
Purpose: to encourage exploratory and developmental research projects by
providing support for the early and conceptual stages of these projects.
NCI Omnibus R03: NCI Small Grants Program for Cancer Research
PAR-12-144, http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-12-144.html
 Purpose: supports small research projects on cancer that can be carried out in a
short period of time with limited resources, including pilot and feasibility studies;
secondary analysis of existing data; small, self-contained research projects;
development of research methodology; and development of new research
technology.
Specific FOAs:
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Small Grants for Behavioral Research in Cancer Control (R03)
– PAR-12-035 (R03), expires October 2012.
– Purpose: to enhance basic and applied behavioral sciences research in
the context of cancer control, with a secondary goal of attracting new
investigators to the field from a variety of biomedical, behavioral and
public health disciplines
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Behavioral and Social Science Research on
Understanding and Reducing Health Disparities
– PAR-10-136 (R01)
– PAR-10-137 (R21)
– Purpose: Behavioral and social science research on the causes and
solutions to health and disabilities disparities in the U. S. population.
Emphasis is placed on research in and among three broad areas of
action: 1) public policy, 2) health care, and 3) disease/disability
prevention.
Specific FOAs:
Dissemination/Implementation
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Dissemination and Implementation Research in
Health
http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-10-038.html (R01)
http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-10-040.html (R21)
http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-10-039.html (R03)
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Purpose: Methods, structures, and strategies that propose to
disseminate and implement health behavior change interventions and
evidence-based prevention, early detection, diagnostic, treatment, and
quality of life improvement services into public health and clinical practice
settings.
Specific FOAs: Epidemiology, Diet and
Physical Activity Assessment
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Small Grants Program for Cancer Epidemiology PAR-12-039 (R03)
– Purpose: to provide support for pilot projects, testing of new techniques, secondary
analyses of existing data, development and validation of measurement methods,
linkage of genetic polymorphisms with other variables related to cancer risk, and
development of innovative projects for more comprehensive research in cancer etiology
and epidemiology.
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Improving Diet and Physical Activity Assessment PAR-12-197 (R21)
PAR-12-198 (R01)
– Purpose: encourages innovative research to enhance the quality of measurements of
dietary intake and physical activity
Questions?
Carly Parry, Ph.D., MSW
Program Director
Office of Cancer Survivorship, Behavioral Research Program
Division of Cancer Control and Population Sciences
National Cancer Institute
Phone: (301) 435-4540
Main OCS phone: (301) 402-2964
[email protected]