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Student Development Research Awards (SDRA)

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Purpose

The NIH encourages institutions to to increase the participation of undergraduate students in biomedical, clinical, behavioral and social sciences research, particularly at primarily undergraduate institutions (PUIs). In furtherance of this objective, the purpose of the KY INBRE SDRA grant program is to provide support to promising undergraduate students to engage in high-quality faculty-mentored biomedical research at their home institution. 

Eligibility

Conditions

Awards


Application Guidelines

Assemble your application in the order listed below using the NIH PHS 398 forms available here. NIH “Instructions for Grant Applications using PHS 398 should be followed unless other specific instructions are given below. Incomplete proposals will be returned without review.

Required components:

The research strategy should include the following 3 components:

Submission


Letters of intent and completed proposals should be sent via email to the KY INBRE Program Coordinator, Dr. Bruce Mattingly, email, and KY INBRE Project Director Dr. Whitney Rogers, email.

 

If any additional clarification is needed, please contact 

Application Review Criteria

KY INBRE Program staff will review requests for Student Development Research Awards to determine their overall merit. The administrative review criteria described below will be considered in the review process:


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