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Mar 12, 2009

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Recovery Act Limited Competition: NIH Challenge Grants in Health and Science Research (RC1)

Description

As part of the Recovery Act, the NIH invites, through this limited competition, NIH Challenge Grant (RC1) applications from domestic (United States) institutions/organizations proposing novel research in areas that address specific knowledge gaps, scientific opportunities, new technologies, data generation, or research methods that would benefit from an influx of funds to quickly advance the area in significant ways. This program is designed to support research in scientific areas identified by the Institutes and Centers, as described below.

This new program will support research on topic areas which address specific scientific and health research challenges in biomedical and behavioral research that would benefit from significant 2-year jumpstart funds. NIH Institute and Centers have selected specific Challenge Topics within each of the Challenge Areas. The research in these Challenge Areas should have a high impact in biomedical or behavioral science and/or public health.

This FOA will utilize the NIH Challenge Grant (RC1) award mechanism.

Eligible Entities

Eligible institutions include:

  • Public/State Controlled Institutions of Higher Education
  • Private Institutions of Higher Education
  • Hispanic-serving Institutions
  • Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs)
  • Tribally Controlled Colleges and Universities (TCCUs)
  • 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)
  • Small Businesses
  • For-Profit Organizations (Other than Small Businesses)
  • State Governments
  • Indian/Native American Tribal Governments (Federally Recognized)
  • Indian/Native American Tribally Designated Organizations
  • County Governments
  • City or Township Governments
  • Special District Governments
  • Independent School Districts
  • Public Housing Authorities/Indian Housing Authorities
  • U.S. Territory or Possession
  • Indian/Native American Tribal Governments (Other than Federally Recognized)
  • Regional Organizations
  • Other(s):
    • Eligible Agencies of the Federal Government
    • Faith-based or Community-based Organizations

Available Funds

This initiative is funded under the Recovery Act. NIH has designated at least $200 million in FYs 2009 - 2010 to fund 200 or more grants, contingent upon the submission of a sufficient number of scientifically meritorious applications. In addition, Recovery Act funds allocated to NIH specifically for comparative effectiveness research (CER) may be available to support additional grants.  Projects receiving these funds will need to meet this definition of CER: “a rigorous evaluation of the impact of different options that are available for treating a given medical condition for a particular set of patients. Such a study may compare similar treatments, such as competing drugs, or it may analyze very different approaches, such as surgery and drug therapy.” Such research may include the development and use of clinical registries, clinical data networks, and other forms of electronic health data that can be used to generate or obtain outcomes data as they apply to CER.

Budget requests should be commensurate with project needs up to a two-year project period. The requested budget may not exceed $500,000 total costs per year for a maximum of $1,000,000 total costs over a two-year project period.

Cost Sharing

This program does not require cost sharing as defined in the current NIH Grants Policy Statement.

Facilities and Administrative Costs

Standard.  See NIH Grants Policy Statement.

Key Dates

  • Release/Posted Date: March 4, 2009
  • Opening Date: March 27, 2009 (Earliest date an application may be submitted to Grants.gov)
  • Letters of Intent Receipt Date(s): Not applicable
  • 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): April 27, 2009
  • Peer Review Date(s): June/July 2009
  • Council Review Date(s): August 2009
  • Earliest Anticipated Start Date(s): September 30, 2009
  • Additional Information To Be Available Date (Activation Date): Not Applicable
  • Expiration Date: April 28, 2009


More Info + Submissions

Agency: National Institutes of Health (NIH)
Expires: April 27, 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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