National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute: Summer Institute for Biostatistics Training

The National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute (NHLBI) is offering grants for a Summer Institute for Training in Biostatistics to introduce basic principles and methods of biostatistics to undergraduates, recent graduates, and beginning graduate students. The purpose is to encourage them towards careers in biostatistics, with a focus on heart, lung, blood, and sleep disorders research. The courses will cover probability, statistical reasoning, and inferential methods through real-world examples. Applications are invited for developing, conducting, and evaluating these summer courses that will take place in 2013, 2014, and 2015 with scope for refinements after the initial sessions. Closing date for applications is April 11, 2012.

Opportunity ID: 138793

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General Information

Document Type::	Grants Notice
Funding Opportunity Number::	RFA-HL-13-015
Funding Opportunity Title::	Summer Institute for Training in Biostatistics II (T15)
Opportunity Category::	Discretionary
Opportunity Category Explanation::
Funding Instrument Type::
Category of Funding Activity::	Health
Category Explanation::
Expected Number of Awards::
Assistance Listings Number(s)::	93.233 — National Center on Sleep Disorders Research
Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement::	No
Version::	Synopsis 1
Posted Date::	Jan 19, 2012
Last Updated Date::
Original Closing Date for Applications::	Apr 11, 2012
Current Closing Date for Applications::	Apr 11, 2012
Archive Date::	May 12, 2012
Estimated Total Program Funding::	$ 2,000,000
Award Ceiling::	$248,000
Award Floor::	$

Eligibility

Eligible Applicants::

Private institutions of higher education

Additional Information on Eligibility::

Other Eligible Applicants include the following:
Alaska Native and Native Hawaiian Serving Institutions; Faith-based or Community-based Organizations; Hispanic-serving Institutions; Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs); Indian/Native American Tribal Governments (Other than Federally Recognized); Tribally Controlled Colleges and Universities (TCCUs) ; U.S. Territory or Possession; Non-domestic (non-U.S.) Entities (Foreign Institutions) are not eligible to apply.

Non-domestic (non-U.S.) components of U.S. Organizations are not eligible to apply.
Foreign components, as defined in the NIH Grants Policy Statement, are not allowed.

Additional Information

Agency Name::	National Institutes of Health
Description::	The National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute (NHLBI) invites applications for training grants to develop, conduct, and evaluate summer courses in the basic principles and methods of biostatistics as employed in biomedical research. The courses will introduce advanced undergraduates, recent graduates, and beginning graduate students to the field of biostatistics for the purpose of encouraging them to pursue careers in biostatistics. The courses should cover the fundamental concepts of probability, statistical reasoning and inferential methods motivated, in part, by examples that include data collected in studies of heart, lung, blood, and sleep disorders. The courses would be taught during the summers of 2013, 2014, 2015 with appropriate modifications or refinements following each of the first two summer sessions.
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Version History

Version	Modification Description	Updated Date
Synopsis 1

Package Status

Below are CLOSED Opportunity Package(s) no longer available for this Funding Opportunity:

Package No: 1

Assistance Listings:
Competition ID:	ADOBE-FORMS-B1
Competition Title:	ADOBE-FORMS-B1
Opportunity Package ID:	PKG00092370
Opening Date:	Jan 28, 2012
Closing Date:	Apr 11, 2012
Agency Contact Information::	Grants Info
Who Can Apply::	Organization Applicants
mendatory_forms	SF424 (R & R) [V1.2] Project/Performance Site Location(s) [V1.4] Research And Related Other Project Information [V1.3] Research And Related Senior/Key Person Profile (Expanded) [V1.2] PHS 398 Cover Page Supplement [V1.4] PHS 398 Checklist [V1.3] PHS 398 Research Training Program Plan [V1.0] PHS 398 Training Budget [V1.0]
optional_forms	PHS Cover Letter [V1.2] PHS 398 Training Subaward Budget Attachment(s) Form [V1.0]