Research Training Programs at the NIH
Marya Levintova, Ph.D.International Program Officer for Russia, Eurasia and Arctic Affairs
Division of International RelationsFogarty International CenterNational Institutes of Health
January 31, 2011
= Institutes and Centers that award grants
Elias Zerhouni, M.D.Director, NIH
Francis Collins, M.D. Director
National Instituteon Alcohol Abuseand Alcoholism
National Instituteon Alcohol Abuseand Alcoholism
National Instituteof Arthritis andMusculoskeletal
and Skin Diseases
National Instituteof Arthritis andMusculoskeletal
and Skin Diseases
National CancerInstitute
National CancerInstitute
National Instituteof Diabetes andDigestive and
Kidney Diseases
National Instituteof Diabetes andDigestive and
Kidney Diseases
National Instituteof Dental andCraniofacial
Research
National Instituteof Dental andCraniofacial
Research
National Instituteon Drug Abuse
National Instituteon Drug Abuse
National Instituteof Environmental Health Sciences
National Instituteof Environmental Health Sciences
National Instituteon Aging
National Instituteon Aging
National Instituteof Child Health
and HumanDevelopment
National Instituteof Child Health
and HumanDevelopment
National Institute onDeafness and Other
CommunicationDisorders
National Institute onDeafness and Other
CommunicationDisorders
National EyeInstitute
National EyeInstitute
National HumanGenome Research
Institute
National HumanGenome Research
Institute
National Heart,Lung, and Blood
Institute
National Heart,Lung, and Blood
InstituteNational Instituteof Mental Health
National Instituteof Mental Health
National Instituteof NeurologicalDisorders and
Stroke
National Instituteof NeurologicalDisorders and
Stroke
National Instituteof General
Medical Sciences
National Instituteof General
Medical SciencesNational Institute
of Nursing ResearchNational Institute
of Nursing Research
National Libraryof Medicine
National Libraryof Medicine
Center for InformationTechnology
Center for InformationTechnology
Center for Scientific Review
Center for Scientific Review
National Centerfor Complementary
and AlternativeMedicine
National Centerfor Complementary
and AlternativeMedicine
National Instituteof Allergy and
Infectious Diseases
National Instituteof Allergy and
Infectious Diseases
National Centerfor ResearchResources
National Centerfor ResearchResources
Clinical CenterClinical Center
National Center on Minority Health andHealth Disparities
National Center on Minority Health andHealth Disparities
National Institute of Biomedical Imagingand Bioengineering
National Institute of Biomedical Imagingand Bioengineering
FogartyInternational
Center
FogartyInternational
Center
NIH budget
$27.6
$4.8
Spending at NIHSpending Outside
84% Outside NIH> 325,000 Scientists > 3,000 Organizations Worldwide
16% Inside NIH Intramural Research (10%)Staff & Buildings (4%)Other (2%)
Total FY 2011 Budget: $32.4 Billion
NIH Grant Programs
NIH funds grants, cooperative agreements, and contracts that support the advancement of fundamental knowledge about the nature and behavior of living systems to meet the NIH Mission
• Research Grants• Career Development Awards • Institutional Research Training Grants• Fellowships• Educational Student Loan Repayment Awards• Small Business Awards (SBIR/STTR)
NIH Research Grants in Georgia
• NIAID – AIDS research University of North Caroline Chapel Hill + Union of Alternative Georgia
– David Otiashvili
• NIDA – Drug abuse treatment University of Pennsylvania + Uranti Methanode Program, Addiction
Research Center – David Otiashvili Research Triangle Institute + Addiction Research Center and Union
Alternative Georgia – Irma Kiradze
• FIC – Bioethics Union Graduate College + Tbilisi State Medical University – George
Kamakamidze
FIC Training Grants in Georgia
• AIDS International Training Research Program (AITRP) SUNY Downstate Medical Center (USA)/Infectious Diseases, AIDS and
Clinical Immunology Research Center (Georgia) Funded since 1993 Training includes:
• US Masters of Science in Epidemiology, Biostats, and Health Policy• Short-term in-country annual infectious disease workshops• Blood banking/transfusion medicine• Research training in socio-behavioral aspects of substance abuse and
HIV/AIDS
FIC Training Grants in Georgia cont.
• AIDS International Training Research Program (AITRP) Emory University School of Medicine (USA)/Georgia AIDS &
Clinical Immunology Research Center (Georgia) Funded since 1998 Training includes:
• Long, medium and short-term trainingHIV/AIDS research
• Development of collaborative research projects• In-country capacity building
FIC Training Grants in Georgia cont.
• Global Infectious Diseases (GID) Emory University (USA)/National Center for Tuberculosis and
Lung Diseases (Georgia) Funded since 2005 Training includes:
• Clinical research • Translational research• Laboratory research• Treatment• Prevention• Control
NIH
Transforming Medicine Through Discovery