Recovery Act: Funds for Administrative Suppliments

The National Institutes of Health (NIH) announces the opportunity for investigators and United States institutions/organizations with active NIH Research Grants to request administrative supplements for the purpose accelerating the tempo of scientific research on active grants. Support for these supplements will come from funds provided to NIH through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009. Consistent with the intent of the Recovery Act, the purpose of this program is to promote job creation and economic development along with accelerating the pace and achievement of scientific research. 

In addition, Recovery Act funds allocated to NIH specifically for comparative effectiveness research (CER) may be available to support supplements.  See the full announcement for more information.

This administrative supplement solicitation requests submissions in all scientific and programmatic areas funded by NIH.  Support may be requested for up to 2 years for qualified grants.

In general, NIH intends to accept applications for supplements under this notice in all scientific areas, and is particularly interested in awarding administrative supplements with Recovery Act funds in the areas listed below.

• Equipment purchases (costing under $100,000);
• Enhancing the activities of clinical trials including increasing enrollment and increasing the capacity for data analysis;
• Providing additional funded time under K99/R00 and other awards;
• Research employment opportunities for pre-doctoral students, including medical students in "off years" (e.g., medical, dental, veterinary, clinical psychology, nursing students) seeking extended time off for research experience) or on shorter term breaks;
• Research employment opportunities for postdoctoral students, including extending support for senior postdocs;
• Research employment opportunities for recent college and master's degree graduates;
• Comparative effectiveness research.

Eligible Entities

Any entity eligible to have applied for active NIH research grants.

This announcement is for administrative supplements to active NIH:

• Research Grants and Research Program and Center Grants (Ps)
• Career Development Awards (Ks)
• Institutional Training Grants (Ts)
• Cooperative Agreements (Us)
• 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

Available Funds

For supplements to Research Grants there is no maximum dollar limit on what may be requested in the budget. Please note that in general NIH expects to award supplements of not more than 50 percent of the amount of the parent grant.

For supplements to RESEARCH CAREER DEVELOPMENT AWARDS, requests will generally be limited to $50,000 for Research Development Support costs. Requests for an additional year of support for CAREER DEVELOPMENT AWARDS (K99 and K22) may also be submitted.

For supplements to INSTITUTIONAL TRAINING AWARDS, requests for support for additional trainees within the current Council-approved level will be considered.

Funding for administrative supplements to existing grants will be available from Recovery Act funds in FY2009 and FY2010.  Due to the limited nature of Recovery Act funds, applicants requesting multiple year funding in FY2009 may only request funding for FY 2009 and FY 2010, and it is anticipated that supplement funding will be awarded within a short period after receipt of the supplement request.  Requests selected for funding in FY2010 will be limited to one year for the budget and project period.

Cost Sharing

Dependant on IC.  See http://grants.nih.gov/recovery/ic_supp.html.

Facilities and Administrative Costs

Allowable

Note: Note the budget should be appropriate for the work proposed in the supplement request. Applicants are encouraged to discuss budgets with their NIH Program Officer.

Key Dates

Dependant on IC.  See http://grants.nih.gov/recovery/ic_supp.html.