Table 5A & 5B

Overview

This table demonstrates that the selected mentors successfully nurture trainee productivity, as measured through publications. Factors to consider include the total number of publications for each trainee, first authorship, and publication in high-quality journals.

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Overall Instructions

Table 5A (Pre-Docs) & Table 5B (Post-Docs)

• New applications: List publications from mentors’ pre-docs (Table 5A) / post-docs (Table 5B) graduating in a field or from a program similar to the proposed program who may have been appointed to this training program had it existed from the last 10 years. 
  • In most cases, only include trainees who would have been eligible for appointment.*
  • Trainees listed in Table 5 and Table 8 should match for the past 5 years; Table 8 for new applications will report a shorter timeframe (past 5 years). 
  • Exclude short-term training experiences (12 week or less).
• Renewal/revision applications: List publications of all pre-docs (Table 5A) / post-docs (Table 5B) appointed to the training grant from the past 10 years (2 renewal cycles). 
  • Include trainees who did not complete the training program. 
• If the training program is less than 10 years old, include all trainees to date. 
• Trainees listed in Table 5 and Table 8 should match for the past 10 years; Table 8 for renewals will extend further, to the past 15 years. 
  • Exclude short-term training experiences (12 week or less).
• Organize the data chronologically by year of entry into the training program. As of January 2025, it is no longer allowable to group trainee records or underlying publications in any other format. 
• For students without publications list “No Publications” and provide one of the following allowable reasons:
  • New entrant (matriculated that year)
  • Leave of absence
  • Change of research supervisor
  • Left program
  • Other
• Page Limit: None. For more information visit our FAQs.

*Eligibility: In most cases, eligible candidates are citizens or non-citizen nationals of the U.S. or permanent residents. They are required to pursue their research training full time and are normally assigned 12-month appointments, but no less than 9 months. Check the specific FOA for full details.

• Pre-docs: Trainees must be enrolled in a program leading to a PhD or equivalent research doctoral degree program. Health-professional students who wish to interrupt their studies for a year or more to engage in full-time research training before completing their formal training programs are also eligible.
• Post-docs: Trainees must have received a PhD, MD, DDS, or comparable doctoral degree at the time of their training grant appointment start date. Check the specific FOA for a list of comparable doctoral degrees. Individuals in postgraduate clinical training who wish to interrupt their studies for a year or more to engage in full-time research training before completing their formal training programs are also eligible.

Summarize Table 5 data in the Research Training Program Plan's narrative Program Faculty subsection, e.g. average number of publications, number of trainees published as first author, number of trainees who completed doctoral training without any first-author publication resulting from their graduate research.

Guidance by Column

1. Trainee Name. Last Name, First Name and Middle Initial (only include trainees from the past 10 years)
2. Faculty Member. List up to 2 faculty mentors in the format Last Name, First Name and Middle Initial
   • Renewals only: Indicate previous mentors who are no longer part of the renewing grant with an asterisk (*)
3. Past or Current Trainee. Based on training period 
4. Training Period. Enrollment in their doctoral degree-granting (Table 5A) or postdoctoral (Table 5B) program in the format YYYY-YYYY (use “YYYY-Present” for current trainees)
   • Start Date may precede appointment to the training grant
5. Publication (Authors, Year, Title, Journal, Volume, Inclusive Pages). Only include publications (including preprints) directly associated with work done in the mentor’s laboratory (new applications) or with the current or proposed training program (renewals); DO NOT list publications from before or after the trainees’ time in the training program
   • Bold the trainee’s name

Helpful Hints

Trainee's Publications Indicate Strong Mentorship

• Mentors’ trainees should have successful publication records with a combination of first authorship and collaboration. Avoid having too many mentors with few or no trainee publications. Publications relate closely with trainee career outcomes (reported in Table 8), and demonstrate the effectiveness of the proposed mentorship team by these totals.
• If you are uncertain whether a publication arose from the training grant or the faculty’s lab, check whether the publication is within three years preceding the trainee’s training timeframe and ask the faculty member to verify. PubMed also links training grants associated with each publication.
• Example: Dr. Ombi’s trainee publication information shows that out of 5 former trainees, only one trainee published in the past seven years. The administrative team follows up with Dr. Ombi to request that he provides one of the allowable "no publication" reasons for each trainee.

Table 5 FAQs

NIH Templates & Other Resources

• Contact GSUTraining@mednet.ucla.edu for formatted Microsoft Excel templates
• Data Table Form Library (Please note, as of January 2025, NIH is utilizing FORMS I for Data Tables)
• Consolidated Sample Data Tables and Instructions (Microsoft Word)
• All Blank Data Table Templates (Microsoft Word)