National Institutes of Health

Read updates on the agency’s web site at http://www.nih.gov/recovery/ and locate current funding opportunities at http://grants.nih.gov/recovery/.

NIH Recovery Act Awards to UCSB:

Point your web browser to http://report.nih.gov/recovery/arragrants.cfm and enter "California" in the drop down menu for "State". On the next screen, enter "23" for the Congressional District. The resulting map should have a triangular icon at "Santa Barbara." Clicking the icon will bring up awards for UC Santa Barbara (8 grants as of 8/25/09).

Notices:

• Recovery Act of 2009: Information on Quarterly Reporting Requirements for NIH Award Recipients
    (NOT-OD-09-129) (7/31/09)

• eSubmission Errors Encountered with Competitive Revisions (4/21/09)

• Press Release for "Grand Opportunities" Recovery Act Funding (4/13/09)

• Notice Regarding Competitive Revisions Using Recovery Act Funds for Applications Still Requiring

    Paper Submission (NOT-OD-09-083) (4/10/09)

• Technical Assistance Meeting for Applications to Recovery Act “Grand Opportunities”

    (RFA-OD-09-004) that Focus on NIEHS Topics of Engineered Nanomaterial Environmental Health

    and Safety and Bisphenol A: Research to Impact Human Health (NOT-ES-09-006) (4/10/09)

    Registration Deadline:  April 20, 2009; Meeting Date: April 24, 2009

• Recovery Act of 2009: NIH Award Terms and Additional Information for Recipients Receiving

    Recovery Act Grant Funding ( NOT-OD-09-080) (4/3/09)
    Terms approved for NIH awards (PDF)

• ARRA Administrative Supplements and Competitive Revisions: Clarifications on Programmatic

    Limitations and use of Modular Budgets (NOT-OD-09-079) (4/3/09)
• Recovery Act Notice: NIH ARRA Funding Considerations for Applications with Meritorious Scores

    that Fall Beyond the Pay-line (NOT-OD-09-078) (4/3/09)

• Notice Regarding RFA-OD-09-005, "Recovery Act Limited Competition: Biomedical Research Core

    Centers to Enhance Research Resources (P30)" NOT-OD-09-076 (3/27/2009)
• The National Eye Institute (NEI) Will Not Participate in RFA-OD-09-004: “Grand Opportunities” (RC2)

    (NOT-EY-09-004) (3/26/09)

• Recovery Act of 2009: NIH Review Criteria, Scoring System, and Suspension of Appeals Process
    (NOT-OD-09-054) (3/4/09)

• NIH's Role in the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA)

    from Acting NIH Director Raynard S. Kington (2/27/09)

Open Solicitations:

Current NIH Funding Opportunities and Notices - Recovery Act Funding of interest to UCSB

   Equipment/Instrumentation/Infrastructure:

    Construction Grants:

The National Center for Research Resources held a videocast on 3/23/09 to answer frequently asked questions about the application process for core facilities improvement projects (RFA-RR-09-007) and construction, renovation and repair improvement projects (RFA-RR-09-008). The seminar, now available on demand, replaced the previously planned seminar that experienced technical difficulties.

 

The Recovery Act Limited Competition: Core Facility Renovation, Repair, and Improvement (G20) solicits applications from institutions that propose to renovate, repair, or improve core facilities.  For the purpose of this FOA, a core facility is defined 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.  New construction or projects that would change the footprint of an existing facility (e.g., relocation of exterior walls, roofs, floors, or the attachment of fire escapes) are not supported under this FOA.

FOA: RFA-RR-09-007

Deadline: September 17, 2009

1. NIH will use the existing G20 mechanism, Resource Programs-Grants for Repair, Renovation and Modernization of Existing Research Facilities (NCRR).  Proposals will include a budget of $1-10M in direct costs. Total project period may not exceed five years.  Earliest anticipated funding start date: July 2010.  Proposals must be submitted via Grants.gov. A G20 FAQ site is now available.

Note to UCSB Researchers: This is a limited submission program. UCSB is eligible to submit up to 2 proposals in response to this RFA. Recommendations for proposals must be submitted to your respective college/school dean in sufficient time for the dean to forward a Notice of Intent to apply to the Office of Research by 5p.m., Friday, April 24. If more submissions are received than UCSB can submit, preproposals will be requested for consideration by a selection committee of senior campus officials, organized by the Vice Chancellor for Research, to decide which proposals to put forward and advised by Budget and Planning and by Facilities personnel about the project feasibility and timeline. Further information will be available from the Office of Research Limited Submission webpage: http://www.research.ucsb.edu/resources/limited_submissions.shtml.

    Academic Research Enhancement Award (R15) Recovery Act Limited Competition:

    FOA: (RFA-OD-09-007)

Note: UCSB ineligible due to NIH prior funding limitation

   Supplements to Active NIH Awards:

Availability of Recovery Act Funds for Administrative Supplements (3/18/09)

Availability of Recovery Act Funds for Administrative Supplements Providing Summer Research Experiences for Students and Science Educators (3/18/09)

Availability of Recovery Act Funds for Competitive Revision Applications (formerly called competitive supplements) (3/18/09)

   Recovery Act Limited Competition: Protection of Human Health by Immunology and Vaccines

   (U01, U19) (6/2/09)

FOA: RFA-AI-09-040

Deadline: October 15, 2009

 

PROGRAMS WITH DEADLINES THAT HAVE PASSED:

Research and Research Infrastructure “Grand Opportunities”: (3/23/09)

RFP: RFA-OD-09-004

Letter of Intent deadline (optional): April 27, 2009

Application deadline: May 27, 2009

Biomedical Research Core Centers to Enhance Research Resources: (3/30/09)

RFP: RFA-OD-09-005

Letter of Intent deadline (optional): April 29, 2009

Application deadline: May 29, 2009

Recovery Act Competition: High End Instrumentation Grant Program (S10), from the High End Instrumentation program solicits applications for instrumentation from $750,000 to $8M.

RFP: PAR-09-118

Letters of Intent deadline(optional): April 6, 2009

Application deadline: May 6, 2009

The Recovery Act Limited Competition: NIH Challenge Grants in Health and Science Research (RC1) designates at least $200 million to 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. For descriptions of the Challenge Areas and Topics, please see the NIH Challenge Grants overview.

Application deadline: April 27, 2009.

Autism Research:

On March 24, NIH announced that roughly $60 million from American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) will be committed to support autism research and meet objectives set forth earlier this year by a federal advisory committee.

Four grant announcements, sharing a single title "Research to Address the Heterogeneity in Autism Spectrum Disorders," used different funding mechanisms to support a range of research topics over the next two years.

http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-MH-09-170.html (R01)

http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-MH-09-171.html (Collaborative R01)

http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-MH-09-172.html (R21)

http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-MH-09-173.html (R34 and Collaborative R34)

Application deadline: May 12, 2009 via Grants.gov submission. Review will be expedited with an earliest anticipated funding start date of September 30, 2009

Recovery Act 2009 Limited Competition: Enabling National Networking of Scientists and Resource Discovery (U24) (4/20/09)

FOA: RFA-RR-09-009

Deadline: June 15, 2009

Note: Eligible institutions are limited to those who hold current NIH NCRR Center and Center-like Programs and UCSB does not currently lead such an award. Please check with the listed NIH program staff before submitting a proposal for consideration.

Research sponsored by the National Center on Minority Health and Health Disparities (NCMHD):

Application Deadlines:

• Community Participation in Health Disparities Intervention Research Planning Phase (R24): June 30, 2009
• Dissertation Research Award to Increase Diversity (R36): June 30, 2009
• Exploratory Centers of Excellence (P20): June 19, 2009

all via Grants.gov submission. 

The Recovery Act Limited Competition: Extramural Research Facilities Improvement Program (C06) solicits applications from institutions that propose to expand, remodel, renovate, or alter biomedical or behavioral research facilities.

FOA: RFA-RR-09-008

Application deadlines:

• May 6, 2009 (projects between $2M and $5M) (deadline expired);
• June 17, 2009 (projects between $10M and $15M); and
• July 17, 2009 (projects between $5M and $10M).

Further information is available from the Office of Research Limited Submission webpage: http://www.research.ucsb.edu/resources/limited_submissions.shtml.