The NIEHS Training and Career
Development Programs
Spanning undergraduate summer
research to faculty development;
future directions.
National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences
Training and Career
Development Opportunities
Short-term Training
Undergraduate
Students (R25)
Diversity
Pre-doctoral (F31)
Individual MD/PhD
(F30)
Short-term
Training: Medical
Students (T35)
Institutional
Training Grants
Pre-, Post-doctoral (T32)
Individual Post-doctoral
(F32)
Clinical Investigator
Career Awards
(K08, K23)
National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences
Career Transition
Awards
(K99/R00)
Independent
Research Career
Faculty
Development
(K02, K24, F33,
K25)
“Training” = Ruth L. Kirschstein
National Research Service Award
(NRSA)
Fellowships (F- series)
T32 Institutional Training Grants
(T32 mechanism)
Short-Term Research Training for
Health-Professional Students (T35
mechanism)
National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences
National Research Service
Awards
• Authority and Regulations: Section 487
of Public Health Service Act as
amended (42 USC 288) and Federal
Regulations 42 CFR 66
• June 3, 1983 plus amendments
National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences
Legislative Framework: Training
Grants and Fellowships
• U. S. Citizen or Permanent Resident
• Research or training to undertake research:
predoctoral leading to PhD, postdoctoral
research
• Training on full time basis
• Max time of support: 5 years predoctoral, 3
years postdoctoral
• Public or Nonprofit Private Institution (T32)
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NRSA Budget Formula
• Stipend ($21,600 predoctoral, $38,496$53,112 postdoctoral)
• Tuition and fees (60% up to $16,000)
• Travel
• Training related expenses including
Health Insurance ($4,200 per
predoctoral, $7850 per postdoctoral)
• No direct research funding
National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences
NIEHS NRSA Programs
Individual Fellowships
55 total fellowships
27 - F30 Individual Predoctoral MD/PhD Fellowships
13 - F31 Individual Diversity Predoctoral Fellowships
15 - F32 Individual Postdoctoral Fellowships
0 – F33 Individual Senior Fellowships
$2.1 M total cost
Average: $38,400 total
National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences
NIEHS NRSA Programs
T35 Short-Term Research Training for HealthProfessional Students
Research training grants for short-term predoctoral
positions reserved specifically to provide full-time,
health-related research training experiences during
the summer or other "off-quarter" periods.
4 T35s
28 med students total
$1.0 M total cost
National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences
NRSA Programs
T32 Institutional Training Grants
48 T32 Programs
271 predoctoral trainees
147 postdoctoral trainees
$16.4 M total cost
Average program
6 predocs
3 postdocs
$350,000 total cost
Program size span:
2 predocs + 1 postdoc to 20 predocs + 8 postdocs
National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences
Kirschstein-NRSA training grants and fellowships
Funding in current and constant dollars – NIH total
National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences
Kirschstein-NRSA training grants and fellowships
Pre- and Post-Doctoral full-time training positions awarded
National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences
PRE AND POST-DOCTORAL POSITIONS AS A PERCENT OF
ALL KIRSCHSTEIN-NRSA POSITIONS
Pre-Doctoral
Post-Doctoral
60%
Percent of all Positions
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40%
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20%
10%
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1998
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2003
Fiscal Year
Number of individuals appointed to institutional training positions are estimates
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PRE AND POST-DOCTORAL KIRSCHSTEIN-NRSA RESEARCH TRAINING
POSITIONS BY PARTICIPATING INSTITUTES AND CENTERS FY 2007
Pre-Doctoral
Post-Doctoral
4,000
3,500
3,000
Number of Positions
2,500
2,000
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1,000
500
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NIEHS Mission Statement
• The mission of the NIEHS is to reduce
the burden of human illness and
disability, by understanding how the
environment influences the development
and progression of human disease.
National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences
Recent Directions in Training
(2006 Announcement)
• Multidisciplinary and Interdisciplinary
• Focus on environmental exposures in
human health, human biology and
human disease processes
• Emphasis on gene x environment
interactions and genomics
• Defined focus on NIEHS mission area
National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences
Trainee Research Projects
• NIEHS relevant exposures: industrial
chemicals or byproducts, metals,
pesticides, air pollutants, other inhaled
toxicants like particulates or fibers,
ambient exposures
• Belongs to other NIH Institutes: alcohol,
drugs of abuse, pharmaceuticals,
infectious or parasitic agents, ionizing
radiation, chemotherapeutics, etc.
National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences
Training Areas
• Toxicologically related biomedical sciences and
Environmental Medicine: 29 programs; 165 pre + 95
post slots
• Environmental Epidemiology, Biostatistics and
Bioinformatics: 12 programs; 72 pre + 32 post slots
• Environmental Pathology: 4 programs; 18 pre + 13
post slots
• Human Genes and the Environment: 3 programs; 16
pre + 9 post slots
National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences
Models for Training in
Toxicological Sciences
• Interdisciplinary Graduate Program
• PhD in Toxicology offered by curriculum
or Institute independent of Departmental
affiliation, often answering to University
Administration
• Faculty, coursework drawn from multiple
Departments, specific core curriculum
National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences
Models for Training in
Toxicological Sciences
• Multidisciplinary Graduate Program
• Faculty participants from multiple
Departments, coordinating administrative
structure for training program
• Students receive degrees through
Departments
• Common seminar series, journal clubs, core
course(s) in toxicology
National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences
Moving Environmental Health Forward:
Insights and Opportunities
• NIEHS Stakeholder Community
Workshop in July
• Stakeholder workshop report: 12
strategic goals identified, then prioritized
by vote
• Strategic Plan web site:
http://www.niehs.nih.gov/about/od/strate
gicplan/index.cfm
National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences
Top 6 Topics and Scores
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Understanding how early life environmental exposures impact
development and health across life span (83)
Lead the advancement for state-of-the art for characterizing exposure to
promote health and prevent disease (71)
Attract, train, and retain the next generation of environmental health
scientists and professionals (65)
Connecting environmental influences to disease through the study of
epigenomics and epigenetic mechanism as an opportunity and
important long-term goal for NIEHS (62)
Identify NIEHS as the Prevention Institute within NIH, through research,
training, and education that leads to exposure reduction and disease
prevention (60)
Provide leadership and resources in translating and communicating
scientific knowledge on the role of the environment on human health
(60)
National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences
Training and Career
Development Opportunities
Short-term Training
Undergraduate
Students (R25)
Diversity
Pre-doctoral (F31)
Individual MD/PhD
(F30)
Short-term
Training: Medical
Students (T35)
Institutional
Training Grants
Pre-, Post-doctoral (T32)
Individual Post-doctoral
(F32)
Clinical Investigator
Career Awards
(K08, K23)
National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences
Career Transition
Awards
(K99/R00)
Independent
Research Career
Faculty
Development
(K02, K24, F33,
K25)
Training and Career
Development Opportunities
• Undergraduates – Summer research
• Graduate students – training grants, targeted
individual fellowships
• Postdoctorals – training grants, individual
fellowships
• Career Transition – Career Development
Awards (K series)
• Faculty Development
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