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The Institutional Development Award (IDeA) Program broadens the geographic distribution
of NIH funding for biomedical and behavioral research. The program fosters health-related
research and enhances the competitiveness of investigators at institutions located in states in which the aggregate success rate for applications to NIH
has historically been low. Supported by the NCRR Division of Research Infrastructure
(DRI), IDeA increases the competitiveness of investigators through support for
faculty development and enhancement of the research infrastructure at institutions
located in the currently eligible 23 states and Puerto Rico:
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Alaska |
Idaho |
Maine |
Nevada |
Oklahoma |
South Dakota |
Arkansas |
Kansas |
Mississippi |
New Hampshire |
Puerto Rico |
Vermont |
Delaware |
Kentucky |
Montana |
New Mexico |
Rhode Island |
West Virginia |
Hawaii |
Louisiana |
Nebraska |
North Dakota |
South Carolina |
Wyoming |
The two components of the IDeA Program are:
- Centers of Biomedical Research Excellence (COBRE) augment and strengthen institutional biomedical research capabilities by expanding and developing biomedical faculty research capability through support of a multidisciplinary center, led by a peer-reviewed, NIH-funded investigator with expertise central to theme of the grant proposal.
- IDeA Networks of Biomedical Research Excellence (INBRE) enhance biomedical research capacity; expand and strengthen the research capabilities of biomedical faculty; and provide access to biomedical resources for promising, undergraduate students throughout the eligible states. INBRE implements the IDeA approach at the state level by enhancing research infrastructure through support of a network of institutions with a multi-disciplinary, thematic scientific focus. INBRE is the second generation of the Biomedical Research Infrastructure Networks (BRIN) Program, which began by providing planning grants in 2001 but changed its name to INBRE in 2004.
Application Co-funding: NCRR will co-fund awards to support research project grant applications from investigators within IDeA eligible states. NCRR will provide support to applicants whose proposals received excellent ratings through the peer review process but fell short of another NIH Institute's or Center's pay line.
Eligibility Criteria: For the purposes of the IDeA program, investigator-initiated applications—limited to the R01 mechanism (either new or competing continuation), submitted by investigators from institutions within IDeA eligible states, and assigned to any NIH Institute or Center—will be considered.
Special populations within IDeA-eligible states are disproportionately affected by numerous diseases. Support for studies of these groups (Native Americans, Aleuts, Native Alaskans, Hispanics, and Hawaiians/Pacific Islanders)—and the impact on them of health disparities—is also provided by the IDeA Program.
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| Research Infrastructure Program Guidelines (soon to be available) describe the purpose, scope, and nature of each DRI program, including funding eligibility and application requirements and instructions. |
News |
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NIH Awards $16.7 Million Grant to Delaware Institutions NIH announces the award of a five-year, $16.7 million grant to the Delaware IDeA Network of Biomedical Research Excellence (INBRE), a consortium of the state’s academic and medical institutions that is led by the University of Delaware and the Delaware Biotechnology Institute. - August 2004 |
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NIH Awards $19 Million to University of Alaska NIH announces the award of two grants, totaling $19.2 million, to the University of Alaska to augment and strengthen the institution’s infrastructure and increase its capacity to conduct cutting-edge biomedical research. The grants were awarded under NIH’s Institutional Development Award (IDeA) Program. - August 2004 |
For further information, contact:
Director, Division of Research Infrastructure
National Center for Research Resources
National Institutes of Health
One Democracy Plaza, Room 934
6701 Democracy Boulevard, MSC 4874
Bethesda, Maryland 20892-4874
Telephone: 301-435-0788
FAX: 301-480-3770
e-mail: RIADIR@mail.nih.gov
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