Application
Period Open Through January 20,
2020
The
National Cancer Institute
(NCI) is pleased to announce a new training program to provide
participants with critical skills in designing, conducting,
evaluating, and reporting multilevel intervention research
within cancer care delivery.
The Multilevel Intervention Training Institute (MLTI) is
intended to build capacity and skills for researchers in the
field of cancer care to further multilevel intervention
research (e.g., delivering seminars, forming new
collaborations, mentoring, and submitting grant proposals
responsive to NCI funding announcements). It is our hope
that participants will return to their home institutions
prepared to share what they have learned.
MLTI is a two-part
training, including in-person and distance learning sessions
that cover relevant theory and its use in multilevel
intervention research; study approaches and methods
(quantitative, qualitative, and mixed methods); and additional
topics central to the design, successful funding, and conduct
of research on multilevel health care delivery interventions.
For the first part of the
training, applicants will have the option to select a location
for the one-day introductory program, which will be offered
twice in 2020:
April
1
at the University of California San Francisco,
in
conjunction with the Society of Behavioral Medicine’s
2020
Annual Meeting; or
May 6
at the University of Alabama Birmingham, in conjunction with
the Society for General Internal Medicine’s 2020 Annual
Meeting.
Trainees
who complete the one-day
introductory program will then be offered the opportunity to
participate in the second part of the training: a
4-month distance learning program, which covers more in-depth
content. The 4-month program will include webinar- and
conference call-based sessions from June-November 2020.
For background on multilevel interventions and the challenges
involved in their design, delivery, and evaluation, please see
this article: Understanding
and Influencing Multilevel Factors Across the Cancer Care
Continuum. Journal of National Cancer Institute, 2012, 44,
pages 1-134.
For examples of NIH funding
announcements and additional activities addressing multilevel
interventions, please see
the
NHLBI
Multilevel Intervention Research Methods web site.
Also,
reference the following FOAs:
PA-18-932
PA-18-005
PAR-18-223
PA-17-495
RFA-HL-15-021
RFA-MH-17-555
MLTI
is designed for investigators at any career stage, who seek to
conduct multilevel intervention research. To be eligible,
participants must NOT be the principal investigator (PI) of an
R01, or R01-equivalent grant that conducted multilevel
intervention research within the past 5 years. Please contact
us if you are unsure whether your current or recent research
addresses multilevel interventions and would therefore
disqualify you.
Preference will be given
to applicants who demonstrate previous success in receiving
NIH or equivalent funding for health-related research and have
a demonstrated interest in and commitment to multilevel
intervention research. We seek a balance of junior and
senior investigators, with the overall goal of bringing new
people into the field of multilevel intervention research.
While we anticipate that most participants will be early- to
mid-career investigators, we will enroll a limited number of
senior researchers who wish to learn about multilevel
interventions. Eligible participants must meet all of
the following criteria:
Doctoral
degree (PhD, ScD, MD, DrPH, DO, DVM, DNSc, or equivalent).
Demonstrated
experience and expertise in health-related research (e.g.,
medicine, behavioral medicine, nursing, medical anthropology,
health economics, public health, health services research,
health policy).
Develop
a multilevel intervention research concept to work on
throughout the course. The proposed project should be
something the applicant is seriously interested in conducting
and/or submitting for future funding.
Willing and able to pay their own
travel expenses (round-trip airfare, ground transportation,
hotel accommodations, and meals) and attend and actively
participate in the entire one-day training program, if
accepted.
Federal
employees are not eligible, except for individuals whose
positions allow them to receive grants and function as
independent researchers (e.g., VA research investigators).
Applicants are NOT required to be
citizens, permanent residents, or non-citizen nationals of the
United States. There is no fee to apply or to attend the
institute.
For
more information and to apply, visit
https://healthcaredelivery.cancer.gov/mlti/.
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