NIH Stimulus Funding Opportunities
NIH Grand Opportunities (GO) Grants Program
NIH has released two new announcements related to Recovery Act funding.
The first, the Recovery Act "Grand Opportunities" Grants program (nicknamed "GO" grants), will support high-impact ideas that lend themselves to short-term, non-renewable funding and may lay the foundation for new areas of investigation. Applicants may propose to address a specific research question or to create a unique infrastructure/resource designed to accelerate scientific progress in the future.
For important details about the project scope and specific requirements for these grants, see http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-OD-09-004.html
Applications for NIGMS "GO" grants should be responsive to the NIGMS topic list, which is posted at
http://www.nigms.nih.gov/Research/GrandOpportunityAreas.htm
Recovery Act program for Biomedical Research Core Centers to Enhance Research Resources: Help in Hiring Faculty
The Recovery Act program for Biomedical Research Core Centers to Enhance Research Resources, is intended to help institutions hire tenure-track faculty. The formal name relates to the P30 mechanism that is used. NIGMS will consider applications from institutions to hire, and help support start-up packages for, faculty who are newly independent investigators doing research related to the NIGMS mission. We are particularly interested in helping to restart faculty searches that were discontinued due to economic constraints.
The request for applications is at
http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-OD-09-005.html
For details on specific NIGMS interests and instructions,
see http://www.nigms.nih.gov/Research/FacultyHiring.htm
NCRR Extramural Research Facilities Improvement Program
Limited Submission: LSU Screening Deadline
NIH has announced the RFA for an Extramural Research Facilities Improvement Program (C06). This RFA limits the number of submissions from an institution to three submissions. If you are interested in submitting through this RFA, send an email to dcarver@lsu.edu with a copy to hcarruth@lsu.edu with “LIMITED SUBMISSION: NIH - Extramural Research Facilities Improvement Program (C06 )” as the subject line and a brief description of the activity in the body of the email by April 2, 2009.
The major objective of this program 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. “ Deadlines are May 6, June 17 and July 17, 2009, depending upon the funding amount requested. Amounts can range from $2 million to $15 million. For more information about applying, see http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-RR-09-008.html. -- Doris Carver
NCRR Facility Renovation, Repair and Improvement
Limited Submission: LSU Screening Deadline
NIH has announced a Facility Renovation, Repair and Improvement RFA. This RFA limits the number of submissions from an institution to two submissions. If you are interested in submitting through this RFA, send an email to dcarver@lsu.edu with a copy to hcarruth@lsu.edu with “LIMITED SUBMISSION: NIH Core Facility Renovation, Repair and Improvement RFA (G20)” as the subject line and a brief description of the activity in the body of the email by April 7, 2009.
For the purpose of the RFA, NCRR defines a core facility 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 deadline for applications to NCRR is Sept. 17, 2009. Budgets for direct costs can be between $1 million and $10 million. For more information, visit http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-RR-09-007.html. -- Doris Carver
NCRR Other Program Announcements
The National Center for Research Resources (NCRR), part of the National Institutes of Health, is pleased to announce several new funding opportunities that may be of interest to your members. These opportunities, which are made possible through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) of 2009, are designed to stimulate the nation's economy. Funding areas include construction, renovation, repair and shared instrumentation to support biomedical and/or behavioral research.
Under ARRA, NCRR will administer more than $1.6 billion in federal grants in the following areas:
• $1 billion for construction, repair and renovation of research facilities
Recovery Act Limited Competition: Extramural Research Facilities Improvement Program (C06), PAR-RR-09-008
Recovery Act Limited Competition: Core Facility Renovation, Repair, and Improvement (G20), PAR-RR-09-007
• $300 million for shared instrumentation and other capital research equipment
Addition of Recovery Funds to the Shared Instrumentation Grant Program (S10), NOT-RR-09-008
Recovery Act Limited Competition: High-End Instrumentation Grant Program (S10), PAR-RR-09-118
• Up to $301 million in support of biomedical research priorities (additional details available soon)
Additionally, through a new NIH challenge grant program supported primarily with ARRA funds from the NIH Office of the Director, NCRR will sponsor research on health and science problems where progress can be expected in two years.
• View challenge grant topics supported by NIH institutes and centers.
• View specific NCRR challenge grant topics (including bioethics, comparative effectiveness research, enabling technologies, information technology for processing health care data, and translational science).
For more information and updates, visit NCRR's ARRA information page, on the Web at www.ncrr.nih.gov/recovery. |
