July 15, 2010 10:00 – 11:00 Introduction to Clinical Research: Research Funding and Career Development Michael B. Amey Associate Dean Office of Research Administration
Jan 03, 2016
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Introduction to Clinical Research:Research Funding and Career
Development
Michael B. Amey
Associate Dean
Office of Research Administration
July 15, 2010 10:00 – 11:00
Research Funding and Career Development
• Sources of Medical School Revenue• Primary Research Sponsors• Kinds of Support• Primary Initial NIH Grant Types• Where to find NIH Information• Success Rates• Institutional Resources• Usual Sequence
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Research Funding and Career Development
• Sources of Medical School Revenue
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Research Funding and Career Development
• Primary Research Sponsors
Sponsored Project SourcesJohns Hopkins School of Medicine
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Commercial 39.7 43.9 49.8 50 53.6 69.4 62.9 52.6 32 38 43
Other 50.4 56.7 60.6 66.9 70.4 102.9 97.9 107.1 98 92 98
Federal 208.8 244.4 298.5 328.9 398.8 451.4 461 456.1 475 495 513
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Primary Sponsor Types
• Federal (79%)– NIH provides the majority of the federal
support – NSF is less than 1%– PHS and other Federal are each about 2%
FY 2009 NIH AwardsMedical School Rank
RANK SCHOOL $(Millions)
1 Johns Hopkins 435
2 UCSF 409
3 Penn 369
4 Washington Univ 358
5 Yale 323
6 Duke 322
7 Univ Of Michigan 319
8 Pittsburgh 316
9 Univ of Washington 279
10 UCSD 287
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Primary Sponsor Types
• Other (15%)– Disease Specific (small grants and fellowships)– Foundations (usually targeted)– State and Local Government (service and
demonstration)– Subcontracts from peer institutions
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Primary Sponsor Types
• Commercial (6%)– Evaluation of Products– Development of JHU inventions– Some collaborative research
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Research Funding and Career Development
• Kinds of Support
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Kinds of Support
• Gifts– No benefit to donor– Can restrict purpose– No specified project
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Kinds of Support
• Grants (assistance for a specified project)– Fellowships– Training Grants– Career Development Awards– Research Projects– Program Project and Center Grants
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Kinds of Support
• Cooperative Agreements (federal assistance with program control)– NIH Multi-Center Clinical Trials
• Contracts (acquisition of materials or services)– Defines a deliverable material or service
– Federal are usually cost-reimbursement
– Commercial clinical trials usually fee based
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Research Funding andCareer Development
• Primary Initial NIH Grant Types
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Primary Initial NIH Grant Types
• F 32 Post-doctoral Fellowship (537 awards in '09)• Career Development Awards
– K (01-02) Mentored/Independent Research Scientist Award (144/26 awards in '09)
– K 08 Mentored Clinician Scientist Development Award (221 awards in '09)
– K 23/24 Mentored/Mid-Career Patient Oriented Research Career Development Award (227/41 awards in '09)
– K 99 NIH Pathway to Independence Award (204 awards in '09)
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Primary Initial NIH Grant Types
• Research Project – R 01 Research Project Grant – usually
Investigator Initiated (3,601 new awards in '09)– R 03/21 Small/Exploratory & Development
Awards (543/1,423 competing awards in '09)
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Research Funding andCareer Development
• Success Rates
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NIH Award RatesInitial Grant Mechanisms
FY 2008
R01-Equivalent grants Applications, awards, and success rates
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R01-Equivalent grants, New (Type 1) Success rates, by career stage of investigator
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Research Career Development Awards Number of entry-level awards
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Research Funding andCareer Development
• Institutional Resources
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Institutional Resources
• Clinician Scientist Award
• Clinical Research Centers
• Fund for Medical Research
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Institutional Resources
• Clinician Scientist Program– To protect research time of promising young
clinical faculty– Application – draft, submitted or already
awarded proposal to a peer review sponsor, Ltrs from Dept. Director & 2 others and interview (due Nov and April 1st)
– Reviewed by a senior faculty committee representing basic and clinical disciplines
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Institutional Resources
• Clinician Scientist Program– Instructor or Assistant Professor who is an
active physician clinician with excellent potential for external awards (is/has completed research training)
– Provides up to $80/yr for a max of 2 yrs to support unfunded research effort up to 75% (max when holding an award >$50K is a CSA of $40K)
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Institutional Resources
• Clinical Research Centers - CTSA– Provides patient care costs for investigator
initiated clinical research approved by each centers peer review committee
– Funded by NIH grants from NCRR
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Institutional Resources
• Clinical Research Centers (part of the Clinical Translational Science Award - CTSA)
– Johns Hopkins has 4• JHBMC
• JHH
– Adult Inpatient (Osler 5)
– Adult Outpatient (Carnegie 3)
– Combined Pediatric PCRU (Blalock 3)
– Pediatric Neuro Imaging (KKI)
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Institutional Resources
• Fund for Medical Discovery– Pilot or matching support for new
interdisciplinary/interdepartmental research initiatives that will lead to new extramural support
– Requires departmental matching of 25%– Proposals are due Sep, Jan and May 15th
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Research Funding andCareer Development
• Usual Sequence
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Usual Sequence
• Basic Scientist
– F32 or NRSA Training grant
– K (01/02) Mentored/Independent Research Scientist Career Development Award
– Research Project Award (R 01/ R 03/R 21)
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Usual Sequence
• Clinician Scientist
– Mentored Clinician Scientist (K-08) or Patient Oriented Research Development Award (K 23)
– Clinician Scientist Award
– Research Project Grant (R 01, R 03, R 21)
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Research Funding and Career Development
• Sources of Medical School Revenue• Primary Research Sponsors• Kinds of Support• Primary Initial NIH Grant Types• Where to find NIH Information• Success Rates• Institutional Resources• Usual Sequence
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