A quick note about training grants: Not long ago we took a look at these awards at the IU School of Medicine and it appeared to me that we haven’t attracted as many of these T32 grants as you might expect for a school our size. Right now we have just 13.
Obviously we spend a lot of time and effort on R01s and other significant research awards, but the value of T32s shouldn’t be overlooked. They help fund some great post-graduate work, they’re important for training the next generation of scientists, and they demonstrate the NIH’s confidence in our ability to train those investigators.
So to encourage more applications for T32 awards, we’re initiating annual support for new and competing renewal NIH training grants with payment of 5 percent paid effort for the PI (up to the NIH salary cap) and $15,000 for training-related expenses. (We want to encourage more submissions, so, sorry, this support is not retroactive.)
Don’t forget, as we announced December, Randy Brutkiewicz and his colleagues in the Graduate Division have put together a training grant resource site in OnCourse with copies of applications — funded and unfunded — summary statements and other related documents. The Graduate Division office also offers extensive help with the development of tables for training grants, and other resources. Contact Randy about this.
