Recovery Act Limited Competition: Extramural Research Facilities Improvement Program (C06)

Description

This FOA issued by the National Center for Research Resources, National Institutes of Health, solicits applications from institutions that propose to expand, remodel, renovate, or alter biomedical or behavioral research facilities. The major objective of this FOA 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 the biomedical or behavioral research, research training, or research support needs of an institution. Since the funds for this FOA come from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (the Recovery Act), Pub. L. No. 111-5, it is expected that all awards will be expended expeditiously and that applicants will consider green/sustainable technologies and design approaches. Awards are expected to create and/or maintain American jobs. Mechanism of Support. This FOA will utilize the C06 grant mechanism.

Eligible Entities

The following organizations/institutions are eligible to apply:

• Public/State Controlled Institutions of Higher Education
• Non-profit Private Institutions of Higher Education
• Non-profit Hispanic-serving Institutions
• Non-profit Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs)
• Non-profit Tribally Controlled Colleges and Universities (TCCUs)
• Non-profit Alaska Native and Native Hawaiian Serving Institutions
• Nonprofits with 501(c)(3) IRS Status (Other than Institutions of Higher Education)
• Nonprofits without 501(c)(3) IRS Status (Other than Institutions of Higher Education)
• Indian/Native American Tribal Governments (Federally Recognized)
• Indian/Native American Tribally Designated Organizations
• Indian/Native American Tribal Governments (Other than Federally Recognized)
• Regional Organizations

Available Funds

The Recovery Act has made $1.0B available for grants or contracts under section 481A of the Public Health Service Act to construct, repair or renovate existing non-Federal research facilities. Those funds will be allocated to awards under this FOA and RFA-RR-09-007.  In addition, the Recovery Act has made $300M available for shared instrumentation and other capital research equipment. Those funds will be allocated to equipment requested in this FOA, to equipment requested under the high end instrumentation program, PAR-09-118, and to equipment requested under the shared instrument program (http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-09-028.html.

The expected direct cost amount for individual awards under this FOA is between $2M and $15M.

Cost Sharing

Not Required

Facilities and Administrative Costs

Not Applicable

Key Dates

• Release/Posted Date: March 5, 2009
• Opening Date: April 6, 2009 (Earliest date an application may be submitted to Grants.gov)
• NOTE: On-time submission requires that applications be successfully submitted to Grants.gov no later than 5:00 p.m. local time (of the applicant institution/organization).
• 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)
• Peer Review Date(s): June 2009 and October 2009
• Council Review Date(s): October 2009 and January 2010
• Earliest Anticipated Start Date(s): December 2009 and April 2010
• Additional Information To Be Available Date (Activation Date): Not Applicable
• Expiration Date: July 18, 2009

More Info + Submissions

Agency: National Institutes of Health (NIH)
Expires: July 17, 2009

Submissions for this opportunity are not handled by RI STAC or RI EPSCoR. Please follow the link below for more information on the opportunity and how to submit a response.

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