Updates on the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (Stimulus Funding)

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Updates on the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (Stimulus Funding)

American Recovery & Reinvestment Act - NIH's Role February 20, 2009 (NIH director tells academic medicine how stimulus funds will be spent)

Summary of NIH Stimulus Funding Prepared by Steven S. Wasserman, PhD, Assistant Dean for Research, Director, Office For Research (03/19/09 from Admin. Meeting)

Research and Research Infrastructure "Grand Opportunities" (RC2) http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-OD-09-004.html

Under the Recovery Act, the NIH has established a new program entitled Research and Research Infrastructure "Grand Opportunities" hereafter called the "GO" grants program. This new program will support projects that address large, specific biomedical and biobehavioral research endeavors that will benefit from significant 2-year funds without the expectation of continued NIH funding beyond two years. The research supported by the "GO" grants program should have high short-term impact, and a high likelihood of enabling growth and investment in biomedical research and development, public health, and health care delivery.

Application Due Date(s): May 27, 2009 by 5pm local time.

Recovery Act Limited Competition: Biomedical Research Core Center to Enhance Research Resources (P30) http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-OD-09-005.html

Limited numbers of applications allowed per institution (see below and http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/contacts/RFA-OD-09-005_contacts.htm for further information, including limitations on allowable budgets of applications. SOM faculty should contact Office for Research (Steve Wasserman or Peggy Shupnik) before preparing a proposal. The Office for Research will be in contact with the VPR, Sponsored Programs, and other research deans to decide which proposals will be submitted, if the number coming forward exceeds I&C limitations.

NCI, NIBIB, NIDCR, NIDA, NINR, NCCAM: one per institution
NIA: one application per center or school within an institution
NIAAA: one application per department
NIAMS: two per institution or school
NINDS: two per institution
NHLBI, NIDCD: one application per organizational component within the institution (e.g., SOM)
NIGMS: no apparent limitation on number per institution
NIMH: no more than one application targeted to hiring clinician-scientists as tenure-track faculty and no more than one application targeted to hiring non-clinical tenure-track faculty
Other I&Cs: no additional information given at this site

Excerpted from the RFA:

Core Center Grants are institutional awards that provide support for shared resources for categorical research by investigators from different disciplines who provide a multidisciplinary approach to a joint research effort, or from the same discipline who focus on a common research problem. This program will provide funding to develop the resources necessary to conduct relevant research projects, including funds for hiring and providing appropriate start-up packages for newly-independent investigators.

The Biomedical Research Core Center should complement and expand the breadth of existing institutional/organizational strengths, and should contribute to building a community of interdisciplinary researchers focusing on an area of biomedical research that is relevant to the appropriate NIH Institute/Center.

Research Projects Within the Core Center

The Core Center will bring together investigators and resources to concentrate on a specifically defined common research problem that is of importance to the institution and relevant to the mission of the appropriate NIH IC. The Core Center will serve as the locus for research projects that will be conducted to address the research problem. The projects that are developed within the Core Center should be based on existing institutional strengths and should complement and expand existing research activities at the institution.

In addition to the areas of scientific focus specified by the individual ICs, the NIH is also interested in receiving applications from institutions seeking to develop Core Centers for furthering research in the field of bioethics.

Shared Resources

The Core Center should include shared resources for conducting appropriate research projects. These shared resources include salaries and start-up packages for new investigators, supplies and equipment.

Any newly-hired investigator receiving support under this award:

should be appointed to an independent tenure-track (or equivalent) research position at the Assistant Professor level;
should be new to the faculty, e.g., a postdoctoral fellow or junior investigator hired from outside the institution, or an individual who is transitioning to independent faculty status within the current institution;
is expected to not have previously had a tenure-track research appointment at a former, or current, institution;
should have a track record of research training and career development in a research area relevant to the primary mission of both the proposed Core Center and the awarding NIH IC;
should be given an appointment within the Core Center which provides at least 75% protected research time. (NIH funds may be used to support salary and fringe benefits only for the proportion of the new faculty member's time that is devoted to research activities; clinical and teaching duties may not be supported by NIH funds);
should receive joint appointment(s) with other academic unit(s) at the applicant institution, allowing new faculty to access University-wide research resources and core facilities, and to serve as mentors for graduate programs affiliated with other academic unit(s); and
should receive a start-up package, which can include supplies, equipment and support for technical personnel whose role is critical to the joint research project.
Newly-hired investigators receiving support under this award will be expected to develop and/or participate in research projects within the Core Center. Participation should be appropriate for a newly-independent investigator and should foster the development of preliminary data which can be used to prepare applications for future independent research project grants to further both the investigator's research career and the scientific mission of the Core Center.

The institution will be expected to work with each newly-hired faculty member to develop a faculty career development plan consistent with the Core Center's emphasis on a multidisciplinary approach to biomedical research.

***Applications must be prepared using the most current PHS 398 research grant application instructions and forms. The title and number of this funding opportunity must be typed in item (box) 2 only of the face page of the application form and the YES box must be checked. ***

Application Due Date(s): May 18, 2009

Recovery Act funding opportunity announcements from NCRR for shared instrumentation, renovation, etc.:

RFA-RR-09-007 Core Facility Renovation, Repair, and Improvement (G20) http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-RR-09-007.html

These funds support institutions that propose to renovate, repair, or improve core facilities. A core facility, for this purpose, is a defined as a centralized, shared resource that provides access to instruments or technologies or services, as well as expert consultation to investigators supported by the core. The major objective here is to upgrade core facilities to support the conduct of Public health Service-supported biomedical and/or behavioral research.

Application Due Date(s): September 17, 2009 by 5pm local time.

RFA-RR-09-008 Extramural Research Facilities Improvement Program (C06) http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-RR-09-008.html

These funds aim to support institutions that propose to expand, remodel, renovate, or alter biomedical or behavioral research facilities. The major objective here is to facilitate and enhance the conduct of Public Health Service-supported biomedical and behavioral research by supporting the costs of improving non-Federal basic research, clinical research, and animal facilities to meet biomedical or behavioral research, research training, or research support needs of an institution.

Application Due Date(s): May 6, 2009 (projects between $2M and $5M); June 17, 2009 (projects between $10M and $15M); July 17, 2009 (projects between $5M and $10M) by 5pm local time.

PAR-09-118 High End Instrumentation Program (S10) http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-09-118.html

This funding opportunity encourages applications from groups of NIH-supported investigators to purchase a single major item of equipment to be used for biomedical research that costs at least $600,000. The maximum award is $8,000,000.

Application Due Date(s): May 6, 2009 by 5pm local time

PAR-09-028 Shared Instrument Grant Program http://grants1.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-09-028.html and http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/notice-files/NOT-RR-09-008.html

PLEASE NOTE: ARRA is allocating $300 million towards Shared Instrumentation and other capital equipment grants. These proposals require special permission before submitting. PI's should do the following before hand:

Confirm that HVAC, electrical, security, and other applicable systems are sufficient for the new equipment.
Ensure that local funds will be available for renovations and for maintenance of the unit after purchase.
If the proposal originates in a SOM research core facility, Dr. Jay Fox should be notified in advance of the PI's intention to submit.

March 4, 2009 (Challenge Grants Information):

The NIH Office of Extramural Research has just posted information about and RFA for the Challenge Grants in Health and Science Research being made available under the ARRA (Stimulus Bill) 2009. Application Due Date(s): April 27, 2009 by 5pm local time.

NCI Challenge Grant Program: http://challenge.nci.nih.gov/

Recovery Act Information:

Federal agencies have begun posting information on how they plan to allocate funding received under ARRA, including in some cases how they will monitor and report their actual spending. Below are the web site links established so far. Note that NIH has posted the most details, including an ARRA funding announcement for Challenge Grants and special terms and conditions for ARRA awards. As expected these special terms and conditions contain the extensive reporting requirements described in the ARRA and in OMB's guidance to agencies, as reported last week.

Federal Government Recovery Act Overview http://www.recovery.gov/

NIH Challenge Grants in Health and Science Research http://grants.nih.gov/grants/funding/challenge_award/

Overview Information: Recovery Act Limited Competition: NIH Challenge Grants in Health and Science Research http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-OD-09-003.HTML

NIH Standard Terms and Conditions: American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 http://grants.nih.gov/grants/policy/NIH_HHS_ARRA_Award_terms.pdf

Recovery Act of 2009: NIH Review Criteria, Scoring System, and suspension of Appeals Process http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/notice-files/NOT-OD-09-054.html

National Science Foundation: http://nsf.gov/recovery/

Department of Defense: http://www.defenselink.mil/recovery/

Department of Energy: http//www.energy.gov/recovery/

NASA: http://www.nasa.gov/recovery/

National Institute of Standards and Technology: http://www.nist.gov/recovery/

NIH Announces the Availability of Recovery Act Funds for Administrative Supplements

http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/notice-files/NOT-OD-09-056.html

This announcement is for administrative supplements to active NIH Research Grants and Research Program and Center Grants (Ps), as well as Career Development Awards (Ks), Institutional Training Grants (Ts), Cooperative Agreements (Us) and Educational Development Awards. Individual NIH Institutes and Centers (ICs) have more detailed eligibility information on their own Web sites. See http://grants.nih.gov/recovery/ic_supp.html Potential applicants should review the instructions for Revision Applications issued by their funding IC (See http://grants.nih.gov/recovery/ic_supp.html) before responding to this Notice. Some ICs will consider administrative supplements only in target areas identified on their Web sites.To be eligible, the parent grant must be active and the research/scientific activities proposed in the supplement must be accomplished within the current competitive segment. The proposed supplement MUST be within the general scope of the peer-reviewed activities and aims approved within the parent grant, including projects on a no-cost extension; while supplemental funds may be awarded to grants during a no-cost extension, the period of support cannot extend beyond the award period for the additional time that was granted. Note that while NIH recommends that a no-cost extension already be in place before an administrative supplement request is submitted, this is not a requirement for all administrative supplement requests.

Competitive Revisions and Administrative Supplements - IC Web Sites

NIH Announces the Availability of Recovery Act Funds for Competitive Revision Applications:

http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/notice-files/NOT-OD-09-058.html

The Recovery Act was signed into law on February 17, 2009 with the purpose of stimulating the American economy through job preservation and creation, infrastructure investment, energy efficiency and science, and other means. The Recovery Act provides NIH with up to $10.4 billion to be obligated over two years for a variety of biomedical research and research support activities. This funding opportunity for revisions (formerly called competitive supplements) is one part of the overall NIH Recovery Act investment strategy, as described at www.hhs.gov/recovery.

This announcement is one of three ARRA administrative supplement/competitive revision notices issued by NIH. Approximately $1 billion of ARRA funds will be obligated by September 30, 2010 to support requests submitted in response to these three notices or any reissuance of these notices. Funding decisions and awards will be issued on or prior to September 30, 2009 for applications submitted in response to this notice, and on or prior to September 30, 2010 for applications submitted in response to any reissuance of this notice.

This announcement is for revision applications to active NIH Research Grants, including, but not limited to, R01, R03, R15, R21, R25, R33, R34, R37, R21/R33, R41, R42, R43, R44, SC1, SC2, SC3 grants, and Program Project grants, Center grants, Cooperative Agreements, Training Grants, and Institutional Career Development Awards. Recognize that these are 2-year awards and probably are most appropriate at the post-doctoral level. (Note: Most Ks and Ts are eligible for administrative supplements [see NOT-OD-09-056].) Individual Institutes and Centers (ICs) have more detailed eligibility information on their own Web sites. See http://grants.nih.gov/recovery/ic_supp.html.
Fellowships (Fs) and Conference Grants (R13s) will not be considered for revisions.

Application Due Date(s): April 21, 2009 by 5pm local time.

NIH Announces the Availability of Recovery Act Funds for Administrative Supplements Providing Summer Research Experiences for Students and Science Educators:

http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/notice-files/NOT-OD-09-060.html

The Recovery Act was signed into law by President Obama on February 17, 2009 with the purpose of stimulating the American economy through job preservation and creation, infrastructure investment, energy efficiency and science, and other means. The Recovery Act provides NIH with $10.4 billion to be obligated over two years for a variety of biomedical research and research support activities. This administrative supplement opportunity is one part of the overall NIH Recovery Act investment strategy, as described at www.hhs.gov/recovery.

This announcement is for administrative supplements to active NIH Research Grants, Research Program and Center Grants (Ps), and Cooperative Agreements (Us). Individual NIH Institutes and Centers (ICs) have more detailed eligibility information on their own Web sites. See http://grants.nih.gov/recovery/ic_supp.html. Potential applicants should review the instructions for Revision Applications issued by their funding IC (See NIH Institute & Center (IC) Web Sites) before responding to this Notice. Some ICs will consider administrative supplements only in target areas identified on their Web sites.

To be eligible, the parent grant must be active and the research experience proposed in the supplement must be accomplished within the current competitive segment. The proposed supplement MUST be within the general scope of the peer-reviewed activities and aims approved within the parent grant, including projects on a no-cost extension. Note that while NIH recommends that a no-cost extension already be in place before an administrative supplement request is submitted, this is not a requirement for all administrative supplement requests.

****Requests under this notice should use the PHS 398 forms (rev. 11/2007; available at: http://grants1.nih.gov/grants/funding/phs398/phs398.html) and include the elements listed within the announcement above. Font size restrictions apply as designated within the PHS398 instructions. ****

The deadline for receipt of these administrative supplements are: OPEN (See Institute/Center Web sites for specific deadlines)

NIH Announces the Availability of Recovery Act Funds for Administrative Supplements:

http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/notice-files/NOT-OD-09-056.html

The Recovery Act was signed into law on February 17, 2009 with the purpose of stimulating the American economy through job preservation and creation, infrastructure investment, energy efficiency and science, and other means. The Recovery Act provides NIH with up to $10.4 billion to be obligated over two years for a variety of biomedical research and research support activities. This administrative supplement opportunity is one part of the overall NIH Recovery Act investment strategy, as described at www.hhs.gov/recovery.

To be eligible, the parent grant must be active and the research/scientific activities proposed in the supplement must be accomplished within the current competitive segment. The proposed supplement MUST be within the general scope of the peer-reviewed activities and aims approved within the parent grant, including projects on a no-cost extension; while supplemental funds may be awarded to grants during a no-cost extension, the period of support cannot extend beyond the award period for the additional time that was granted. Note that while NIH recommends that a no-cost extension already be in place before an administrative supplement request is submitted, this is not a requirement for all administrative supplement requests.

The deadline for receipt of these administrative supplements are: OPEN (See Institute/Center Web sites for specific deadlines)

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