New to TB Awards (N2TB)

New to TB Awards

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N2TBs offer assistance to established investigators who are new to TB research. Awardees receive financial support to acquire data to increase their likelihood of completing successfully for future external funding.

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Now accepting Letters of Intent! 

 

Important dates

RFA Release
RFA Release
RFA Release
August 21, 2024
REQUIRED: Non-Binding Letter of Intent Form January 29, 2025
RECOMMENDED: N2TB Core Consultation Appointments February 4, 2025
Application Deadline February 11, 2025
Review Date March-April 2025
Estimated Earliest Award Date April 2025

Types of projects

TB-related research is defined broadly and includes basic science, clinical, epidemiological, behavioral, and implementation science research.

budget

$50,000 per year for up to two years of funding. Funds can be used for both salary support and research/experimental costs. Approximately one N2TB will be given annually.

Eligibility criteria 

  1. Faculty appointment with MD or PhD or equivalent terminal degree. Assistant, Associate, and Full Professors are eligible to apply.
  2. Have not had a grant as a PI in TB research.  Examples of grants include NIH R01, R21, R03, K08, K23, U or P level grants (including role as core or project leader).  Please contact SEATRAC for questions about specific grants that may fall in this category.
  3. Faculty member at a SEATRAC affiliated institution (UW, Fred Hutch, Seattle Children’s).
  4. Be a SEATRAC member.
  5. SEATRAC is committed to ensure a diverse workforce and encourages applications from individuals that are historically underrepresented defined by the NIH.
  6. Applicants may submit only one application to this program per cycle. We accept applicant resubmissions of prior-year N2TB proposals that have been revised to address previous reviewer critiques.