Notice of Institutes Participating in the Support of Competitive Research (SCORE) SC1 (PAR-06-491) and SC2 (PAR-06-492) Awards and Guidance on PI Eligibility to Apply for SCORE Individual Awards

Notice Number: NOT-GM-07-100

Key Dates
Release Date: January 23, 2007

Issued by
National Institute of General Medical Sciences http://www.nigms.nih.gov

The National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS) announces that the following NIH Institutes intend to participate in PAR-06-491 and PAR-06-492 for SCORE SC1 and SC2 individual awards:

National Cancer Institute (NCI) (http://www.nci.nih.gov)
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) (http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/)
National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI) (http://www.genome.gov)
National Institute on Aging (NIA) (http://www.nia.nih.gov)
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) (http://www.niaid.nih.gov)
National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) (http://www.nichd.nih.gov)
National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research (NIDCR) (http://www.nidcr.nih.gov)
National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK) (http://www.niddk.nih.gov/)
National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) (http://www.niehs.nih.gov/)
National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) (http://www.nimh.nih.gov/)
National Institute of Neurological Diseases and Stroke (NINDS) (http://www.ninds.nih.gov/)

The SCORE (Support of Competitive Research) Program is a developmental program designed to increase the research competitiveness of faculty at minority-serving institutions (MSIs) and the research capabilities of MSIs. To better achieve these objectives, the SCORE program has been revised so that separate funding opportunities exist for individual investigator-initiated research awards and for a stand-alone institutional award. The mechanisms used for these funding opportunities are the SC1, SC2 and SC3 awards for individual investigators and the S06 award for institutions. SC1 (PAR-06-491) and SC2 (PAR-06-492) applications will be assigned to NIGMS with secondary assignments to the above listed Institutes according to the research topic of the application based on standard NIH receipt and referral guidelines. Each Institute maintains a website with funding opportunities and areas of interest. Applicants are advised to visit these Websites and to contact Institute representatives to help develop their research plan consistent with the mission of that IC. For further information, see http://www.nih.gov/icd, which provides a brief summary of the research interests of each Institute and access to individual Institute home pages.

Eligibility to apply for SCORE individual awards follows the NIGMS policy on faculty development mechanisms that requires Principal Investigators (PIs) to be on regular full-time appointments as independent investigators. Research instructors, research assistant professors, research scientists, other research appointments or appointments contingent on an individual securing salary from grants, and part-time or adjunct faculty or postdoctoral fellows are not eligible to apply for SCORE individual awards. Emeritus professors/investigators as well as individuals with considerable publications and a track record of external support are considered to be fully developed and may not apply for any of the SC awards. Current recipients of any NIH, NSF or other developmental awards are also ineligible to apply for any SC award.

Applicants are strongly advised to review the SCORE program frequently asked questions at http://www.nigms.nih.gov/Minority/MBRS/SCOREUpdateFAQ.htm before applying for a SCORE individual award.

Inquiries

Hinda Zlotnik, Ph.D.
Chief, MBRS Branch
Division of Minority Opportunities in Research (MORE)
National Institute of General Medical Sciences, NIH
45 Center Dr., Room 2As.37 MSC 6200
Bethesda , MD 20892-6200
Phone: (301) 594-3900
Fax: (301) 480-2753
E-mail: zlotnikh@nigms.nih.gov


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