NINR NATIONAL RESEARCH SERVICE AWARD INDIVIDUAL PREDOCTORALFELLOWSHIPS NIH GUIDE, Volume 25, Number 44, December 20, 1996 PA NUMBER: PAR-97-016 P.T. 22 Keywords: Biomedical Research Training Nursing National Institute of Nursing Research The following erratum is issued for PAR-97-016, which appeared in the NIH Guide, Vol. 25, No. 43, December 13, 1996. Under the heading "Review Criteria", paragraph 3 should read: Level 1 - The applicant has not formally started course work or is in the first quarter/semester of graduate study. The applicant may or may not have a postmaster's research experience. Paragraphs 5 and 6 should read: Level 2 - The applicant has completed one semester of course work, has not completed candidacy examinations or has not had a research proposal approved by the dissertation committee. The specific review criteria will be based on progress toward completion of the research training program requirements. The critical determinant will be the degree of course completion at the time the application was written. There should be a short description sufficient to indicate the content of courses taken or planned relating to the research area. There should be a clearly defined problem area and statement of purpose. The review of the literature should include analyses and synthesis related to concepts important to the research topic proposed. The project's research design and methods and its significance and originality should be defined. The sponsor should have expertise in the content and methodology in the proposed research. The sponsor's statement should show knowledge of the applicant's plan as well as a description of resources available. If the sponsor does not have total expertise, a cosponsorship should be included with expertise in the content and/or methodology proposed. Paragraph 7 and 8 should read: Level 3 - The applicant has completed course work. The specific review criteria will be the same as for Level 2 applicants except for: 1) the research project should be defined and detailed with a well-developed research design and methods section and 2) the inclusion of dissertation committee members and their areas of expertise, as well as the university's resources in the sponsor's statement. Under the heading "Award Criteria", paragraph 1 should read: NINR staff use the following criteria in making awards: - IRG recommendation of the overall merit of the application - relevance of the application to Institute research priorities and program balance, and - availability of funds. INQUIRIES Inquiries regarding this PA may be directed to: Lynn M. Amende, Ph.D. Division of Extramural Activities National Institute of Nursing Research Building 45, Room 3AN-12 Bethesda, MD 20892-6300 Telephone: (301) 594-5968 FAX: (301) 480-8260 Email: lamende@ep.ninr.nih.gov .
Return to NIH Guide Main Index
Office of Extramural Research (OER) |
National Institutes of Health (NIH) 9000 Rockville Pike Bethesda, Maryland 20892 |
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) |
||||||||
Note: For help accessing PDF, RTF, MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Audio or Video files, see Help Downloading Files. |