Grants & Funding

American Heart Association

Published Date: June 04, 2009

Program Information

Program Name:

AHA National Clinical Research Program

Program URL:

http://www.americanheart.org/presenter.jhtml?identifier=3004142

Type of Scientists Funded:

Junior Faculty, Senior Scientist/Faculty

Program Description:

To encourage early career investigators who have appropriate and supportive mentoring relationships to engage in high quality introductory and pilot clinical studies that will guide future strategies for reducing cardiovascular disease and stroke while fostering new research in clinical and translational science, and encouraging community and population-based activities. This grant is not intended to fund basic science or to support senior researchers, but encourages mentoring of early career investigators.

Public Contact Information

Program Award Term and Application Process

• Award Term Fixed or Variable?    Fixed
• If fixed, enter total term?    2  Years
• Award Renewable?    No
• Does an individual or institution apply to the program?    Individual
• Is there an application deadline?    Yes
• Application deadline(s):
  07/22/2009

Program FUNDS

• Stipend Information:
  
  
• Annual stipend type:    Variable
• Minimum:    $ 0
• Maximum:    $ 7,500
• Stipend Details:   
  Up to 50 percent ($25,000) of the direct costs may be used for salaries and fringe benefits of the principal investigator, collaborating investigator(s), and other participants with faculty appointments, including an allowance of up to $5,000 for the mentor.
• 
  Research Allowance Information:
  
  
• Annual research allowance type:    Fixed
• What is the annual or representative research allowance?    $ 50,000
• Year 2:    $ 50,000
• 
  Indirect Costs (Institutional Funds) Information:
  
  
• Indirect costs type:    Variable
• Minimum:    $ 0
• Maximum:    $ 5,000
• Indirect Costs (Institutional Funds) Details:    Up to $50,000 per year for direct costs, plus $5,000 per year (10%) indirect costs.
• 
  Other Costs Information:
  
  
• Other Costs type:    Fixed
• What is the annual or representative other direct costs?    $ 3,000
• Year 2:    $ 3,000
• Other Costs Details:    Maximum $3,000 (per year) for travel costs.
  Up to $50,000 per year for direct costs, plus $5,000 per year (10%) indirect costs. Total maximum for both years would be $110,000.

Program Eligibility Requirements

Research Areas:

Clinical Research, Disease-Specific Research: Cardiovascular Disease and Stroke, Other (specify): Stroke related

Application by invitation or nomination only?

No

Are awards limited to specific groups?

None provided

Must applicants be U.S. citizens and/or permanent residents?

Yes

Details:

Applicants must be U.S. citizens or foreign nationals holding a permanent residence visa (e.g., in possession of an alien registration receipt card), or foreign nationals who have applied for permanent residency (form I-485 on file with U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services) and who have received authorization to legally remain in the U.S. (having filed an Application for Employment form I-765),

exchange visitor (J-1),

temporary worker in a specialty occupation (H-1B, E-3)

Canadian or Mexican citizen engaging in professional activities (TN),

temporary worker with extraordinary ability in the sciences (O-1),

student visa (F-1).
Awardee must meet American Heart Association citizenship criteria throughout the duration of the award.

U.S. geographic limits?

Yes

Details (specify region, state or other restrictions):

Awards are limited to nonprofit institutions such as medical, osteopathic and dental schools, veterinary schools, schools of public health, pharmacy schools, nursing schools, universities and colleges, public and voluntary hospitals and other nonprofit institutions that can demonstrate the ability to conduct the proposed research. Applications will not be accepted for work with funding to be administered through any federal institution or work to be performed by a federal employee with the exception of Veterans Administrations employees. Funding is prohibited for awards at non-U.S. institutions.

International geographic limits?

Institutional limits?

Yes

Details

Awards are limited to nonprofit institutions such as medical, osteopathic and dental schools, veterinary schools, schools of public health, pharmacy schools, nursing schools, universities and colleges, public and voluntary hospitals and other nonprofit institutions that can demonstrate the ability to conduct the proposed research. Applications will not be accepted for work with funding to be administered through any federal institution or work to be performed by a federal employee with the exception of Veterans Administrations employees. Funding is prohibited for awards at non-U.S. institutions.

Non-research activity allowed for postdoctoral and junior faculty awards?

Not Applicable

If yes, specify at least one of the following: percentage time and activities allowed

Program competition information

• Number of Applicants in Most Recent Competition Year:   
• Number of Awards in Most Recent Competition Year:   
• Institutional Award Rates   

  Category	# Applicants	# Awards
  Institutional Awards

• Awardee's subsequent careers/accomplishments tracked after end of term?   
  
• Total dollars awarded in the most recent competition year