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Funding Opportunities
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4/7/2009
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NIH Challenge Grants in Health and Science Research (RC1)
As part of the Recovery Act, NIH has designated at least $200 million in FYs 2009 - 2010 for a new initiative called the NIH Challenge Grants in Health and Science Research, 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.
This new program will support research on Challenge Topics which address specific scientific and health research challenges in biomedical and behavioral research that will benefit from significant 2-year jumpstart funds. Challenge Areas, defined by the NIH, focus on 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. The research in these areas should have a high impact in biomedical or behavioral science and/or public health.
One Challenge topic is (12) Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics Education (STEM)
Please go to the website for additional information. http://grants.nih.gov/grants/funding/challenge_award/
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10.29.2007
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Extension of the NRSA Awards for Individual Predoctoral Fellows (F31) Funding Opportunity Announcement (PA-07-002)
Notice Number: NOT-OD-08-011
Key Dates
Release Date: October 26, 2007
Issued by
National Institute on Aging (NIA), (http://www.nia.nih.gov)
National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA), (http://www.niaaa.nih.gov)
National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD), (http://www.nidcd.nih.gov)
National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), (http://www.nida.nih.gov)
National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH), (http://www.nimh.nih.gov)
National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS), (http://www.ninds.nih.gov)
Office of Dietary Supplements (ODS), (http://ods.od.nih.gov)
The date of conversion of the F mechanisms to the Grants.gov/NIH electronic submission process has been delayed (see NOT-OD-07-038). The funding opportunity announcement, PA-07-002, Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Awards (NRSA) for Individual Predoctoral Fellows (F31) had been set to expire prior to the previously set conversion date of this program (see Electronic Receipt Timeline). As a result of the delay, the expiration date for this FOA is being extended to August 9, 2008. The participating NIH Institutes and Centers (ICs) will continue accepting paper applications in response to this FOA (see: Standard Postmark/Submission Dates for Competin! g Applications) until this mechanism is converted to electronic submission via Grants.gov, and the use of the SF 424 Research and Related (R&R) forms. Updates on the status of the transition to electronic submission are posted on the NIH eRA Electronic Submission of Grant Applications Web site.
Please contact the scientific/research contact at a participating Institute with any questions concerning a potential application for an individual predoctoral fellowship (see http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/contacts/pa-07-002_contacts.htm for a roster of scientific/research contacts).
10.9.2007
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NIH Extends expiration date of forms and updates Funding Opportunity Announcements (FOA) in Grants.Gov
NIH/NIOSH Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) Expiration Dates will be adjusted to Accommodate Recent Changes to Standing Submission Deadlines http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/notice-files/NOT-OD-07-093.html
Notice Number: NOT-OD-07-093
Key Dates
Release Date: September 17, 2007
Issued by
National Institutes of Health (NIH), (http://www.nih.gov)
National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (NIOSH/CDC) http://www.cdc.gov/niosh/oep)
Changes in standing Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) application submission deadlines took effect this year (see NOT-OD-07-001 and NOT-OD-07-053). The submission deadline changes have left more than 400 multi-year FOAs with an expiration date earlier than their last submission deadline. Standard practice has been to set the "Expiration Date" of an FOA to the day after the last possible submission deadline for that FOA.
NIH/NIOSH will adjust the Expiration Date for each of the affected FOAs, to address this discrepancy in dates and avoid confusion. This change of date will occur between September 18 and November 2, 2007. No action need be taken by applicants. There will be no change to submission deadlines or application packages as a result of these adjustments.
Applicants must continue to use the "Application Submission/Receipt Date(s)" and "AIDS Application Submission/Receipt Date(s)" listed in the Key Dates section of the FOA to determine submission deadlines. The Expiration Date IS NOT the submission deadline for an FOA. A change in Expiration Date does not signify more time for application submission.
The adjustments will trigger Grants.gov automated emails to be sent to all who subscribed to receive FOA updates. You could receive over 400 emails during this process, if you subscribe to receive updates to ALL FOAs. We are unable to suppress these Grants.gov emails. Please disregard these messages throughout the adjustment period.
The Expiration Dates for adjusted and newly posted FOAs that use standard submission deadlines will be the day after the last AIDS submission deadline. Consequently, Expiration Dates will be January 8, May 8, or September 8. Although the AIDS deadlines do not apply to all FOAs, the new practice will provide consistency across NIH FOAs.