Rehabilitation Research News: September 6, 2022

Greetings! This issue is full of helpful information, so please read through to the end. Here are the headlines: 

• NICHD is turning 60! Please join us for a virtual scientific symposium on October 17. NCMRR grantee Michelle Johnson from the University of Pennsylvania will be speaking, and I’ll have the privilege of hosting a Zoom-based fireside chat with disability advocate and pioneer Judy Heumann. More details are provided below.
   
• The Rehabilitation Medicine Scientist Training Program (RMSTP) is recruiting! Operated in collaboration with the Association of Academic Physiatrists, RMSTP is open to early career physicians of all specialties planning research programs focused on human function, disability, and rehabilitation. The deadline for applications is October 1, 2022. See the advertisement below for how to apply.
   
• NIH is hiring! See the end of the newsletter for details on specific positions and how to apply.

Boring but important:

• If you are submitting an application for the September 25, 2022, deadline, please note that Grants.gov has planned downtime, and due dates have been shifted. This will affect submissions to the NICHD R25 Funding Opportunity Announcement that was published at the end of August (the link is below). For more information, please read NOT-OD-22-190: Adjustments to NIH and AHRQ Grant Application Due Dates Between September 22 and September 30, 2022.
   
• Applicants must use FORMS-H application packages for submission due dates on or after January 25, 2023. This is also when the new Data Management and Sharing Policy goes into effect. More information coming this fall!

Join the Rehabilitation Medicine Scientist Training Program

Where is the evidence base for rehabilitation treatments? How can we support the value of rehabilitation treatments and services with payors and policymakers? Rehabilitation research is the key, and well-trained rehabilitation researchers are needed for the job! RMSTP is an NIH-supported program that develops physician-scientists for successful careers in diverse aspects of rehabilitation research, ranging from the basic science of human cognition and movement to applied clinical studies to health services research. Operated in collaboration with the Association of Academic Physiatrists, RMSTP is open to early career physicians of all specialties planning research programs focused on human function, disability, and rehabilitation. The deadline for applications is October 1, 2022. To learn more about eligibility, program structure, and how to apply, visit the Association of Academic Physiatrists’ page about RSTMP , or contact Mary Czerniak, program coordinator, at mary.czerniak@jefferson.edu or 215-663-6592.

NIH Job Opportunities

The National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS) Division of Neuroscience is recruiting program directors.  Apply via the Careers at NINDS announcements below from September 21 to 30, 2022.

• Basic Neuroscience
   
• Neural Environment Cluster (brain tumors and blood-brain barrier)
   
• Neural Circuits
   
• Neural Environment Cluster (neuroinfectious diseases)
   
• Neurotechnology
   
• Pain
   
• Parkinson's Disease
   
• Systems and Computational Neuroscience
   
• Vascular Contributions to Cognitive Impairment and Dementia (VCID)

If you miss the deadline, please subscribe to the NINDS Job Announcement listserv to receive updates about new vacancies and upcoming application windows. We expect another application window will open from September 7 to 12, 2022. Email listserv@list.nih.gov with this language (without quotes) in the body of your email: “Subscribe NINDS-job-announcements your name."

NINDS is committed to workplace flexibility and offers a variety of schedule and duty station options. 

For more information, visit the Careers at NINDS webpage. 

Questions? Contact Ling Wong, chief of staff, Division of Neuroscience, at ling.wong@nih.gov. 

NICHD Notices and Funding Opportunities

• NICHD Research Education Programs (R25 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
  • (PAR-22-224)
  • NICHD
  • Standard due dates
     
• HEAL Initiative: Translational Development of Diagnostic and Therapeutic Devices (R18 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
  • (RFA-EB-22-002) 
  • NICHD  
  • Application Receipt Date(s): November 14, 2022
     
• Notice of Pre-Application and Technical Assistance Webinar for RFA-MH-22-240, BRAIN Initiative: Brain Behavior Quantification and Synchronization (R61/R33 Clinical Trial Optional)
  • (NOT-MH-22-290)
  • NICHD

NIH Notices and Funding Opportunities

• Free NIH Virtual Events for Early Career Scientists in August and September - Register Today!
  • (NOT-OD-22-200) 
  • NIH
     
• Technical and Business Assistance (TABA) Consulting Services for National Institutes of Health (NIH) Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) Awardees
  • (NOT-OD-22-201)
  • Office of the Director, NIH
     
• Notice of Information: Upcoming Research Opportunity Announcement (ROA) for Community Partnerships to Advance Science for Society (ComPASS) Program: Community-Led, Health Equity Structural Intervention Initiative (CHESI) (OT2 Clinical Trial Optional)
  • (NOT-RM-23-001)
  • Office of Strategic Coordination (Common Fund)
     
• HEAL Initiative: Development and validation of virtual assessments to study children and caregivers in their natural environment (R01- Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
  • (RFA-DA-23-050)
  • National Institute on Drug Abuse
  • National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health
  • National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism
  • Application Receipt Date(s): February 3, 2023
     
• HEAL Initiative: Development and validation of virtual assessments to study children and caregivers in their natural environment (R01- Basic Experimental Studies with Humans Required)
  • (RFA-DA-23-055)
  • National Institute on Drug Abuse
  • National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health
  • National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism
  • Application Receipt Date(s): February 7, 2023
     
• Training Award to Promote Cross-Training in the Fields of Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) as a Risk Factor for Alzheimer’s Disease/Alzheimer’s Disease Related Dementias (AD/ADRD) (K18 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
  • (RFA-NS-22-061)
  • National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke
  • National Institute on Aging
  • Application Receipt Date(s): November 4, 2022