All IUSM investigators are STRONGLY encouraged to submit applications under as many of these programs as possible. A listing and brief summary of each program is provided below in order of full proposal due date, however please note the earlier LOI dates (LOI = Letter of Intent):
1) NIH Competitive Revision Applications Due: 4/21/09 (full proposal) / Amount: as appropriate, max 2 yrs
This announcement is for revision applications (formerly known as competing continuations) to active NIH Research Grants, including, but not limited to, R01, R03, R15, R21, R25, R33, R34, R37, R21/R33, R41, R42, R43, R44, SC1, SC2, SC3 grants, and Program Project grants, Center grants, Cooperative Agreements, Training Grants, and Institutional Career Development Awards. To be eligible, the parent grant must be active at the time the revision application is submitted, and the research proposed in the revision must be accomplished within the current competitive segment. That is, the period of support requested for the revision cannot exceed the current project period end date of the parent grant, including projects on a no-cost extension. Also, a no-cost extension must be in place before the revision application is submitted. Revision applications must be for costs to support new research objectives and aims that are outside of the scope of the approved parent grant. A request for funds to support work within the general scope of the peer-reviewed activities and aims approved within the parent grant should be submitted as an administrative supplement.
2) NIH Challenge grants Due: 4/27/09 (full) / Amount: $500k/yr for up to 2 yrs
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.
3) NIH High End Instrumentation grants* Due: 4/6/09 (LOI); 5/6/09 (full) / Amount: $600k-$8m
An NIH program that provides expensive, high-end instruments to the broad community of basic and clinical scientists. The upper limit for requested funds has been significantly raised. Examples of key instruments in this category include, but are not limited to: Biomedical Imagers, Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectrometers, Mass Spectrometers, Electron Microscopes, and Supercomputers.
4) NIH Extramural Facilities Improvement grants* Due: 5/6/09 (full) $2m-$5m; 6/17/09 (full) $10m-$15m; 7/17/09 (full) $5m-$10m
The major objective 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. The availability of improved facilities and the next generation of instruments will speed the translation of basic research to treatments and cures.
5) NIH GO grants Due: 4/27/09 (LOI), 5/27/09 (full) / Amount: >$500k max 2 yrs
The purpose of the GO grants program is to support high impact ideas that lend themselves to short-term funding, and may lay the foundation for new fields of investigation. Applicants may propose to address either a specific research question or propose the creation of a unique infrastructure or resource designed to accelerate scientific progress in the future. It is designed to provide investigators and institutions with the opportunity to address these unique challenges by engaging in new avenues of research where progress would produce a significant impact on growth and investment on biomedical or behavioral science and/or health research.
6) NIH New Faculty Recruitment* Due: 4/29/09 (LOI), 5/29/09 (full) / Amount: up to $1m dependent upon IC, max 2 yrs
These Core Center Grants (P30) are institutional awards that provide funding to hire, provide appropriate start-up packages, and develop pilot research projects for newly-independent investigators, with the goal of augmenting and expanding the institution's community of multidisciplinary researchers focusing on areas of biomedical research relevant to NIH. For this announcement, awards will be directed towards hiring investigators and providing appropriate start-up research resources (e.g., research salary, equipment, and supplies for initiating their research) that will help strengthen or expand the scientific capacity of the Biomedical Research Core Center.
7) NIH Core Facility Improvement grants* Due: 9/17/09 (full) / Amount: $1m-$10m
NCRR solicits applications from institutions that propose to renovate, repair, or improve core facilities. In situations when similar core facilities exist in different departments at an institution, funding can be requested in support of centralizing these core facilities. In addition to funds for alterations and renovations, this FOA anticipates support for general equipment for core facilities. Such equipment could include autoclaves, dishwashers, cold rooms or other common general equipment. Equipment that is needed by a particular community of researchers who may not be served by an existing core facility also can be requested.
8) NIH Admin Supplements - Summer Research Experiences Due: Dates vary, see appropriate NIH IC website / Amount: as appropriate, max 2 yrs
This announcement is for administrative supplements to active NIH Research Grants (Rs), Research Program and Center Grants (Ps), and Cooperative Agreements (Us) to encourage students to seriously pursue research careers in the health related sciences, as well as provide elementary, middle school, and high school teachers, community college faculty, and faculty from non-research intensive institutions with short term research experiences in NIH-funded laboratories. To be eligible, the parent grant must be active and the research experience proposed in the supplement must be accomplished within the current competitive segment. The proposed supplement MUST be within the general scope of the peer-reviewed activities and aims approved within the parent grant, including projects on a no-cost extension. Note that while NIH recommends that a no-cost extension already be in place before an administrative supplement request is submitted, this is not a requirement for all administrative supplement requests.
9) NIH Admin Supplements Due: Dates vary, see appropriate NIH IC website / Amount: as appropriate, max 2 yrs
This announcement is for administrative supplements to active NIH Research Grants and Research Program and Center Grants (Ps), as well as Career Development Awards (Ks), Institutional Training Grants (Ts), Cooperative Agreements (Us) and Educational Development Awards. Eligibility is as described above. There are no limits to the number of administrative supplement requests that may be submitted by an institution or Project Director/Principal Investigator although individual ICs may limit eligibility in accordance with the policies listed on their Web site. The funding method being used to support this program, administrative supplements, can be used to cover cost increases that are associated with increasing the tempo of scientific research funded under the parent grant and/or achieving certain new research objectives as long as they are within the scope of the parent project. Some examples of the types of supplements that could be appropriate include, but are not limited to, hiring additional personnel or funding investments in equipment and technology to leverage the goals of the project or to enhance energy efficiency of the conduct of the project.
On many of these competitions the deadlines are imminent and we will have to act fast to ensure to compete for the funds. Also, on many the deadlines and submission limits are specific to the NIH Institute or Center - on these notices the best route to accurate information is via your NIH IC. Therefore we have also included links to the IC's main ARRA websites (where they exist) in an Excel spreadsheet. NIH Stimulus Grants 2009 (Opens Excel spreadsheet) After you investigate these funding opportunities, if you have questions or need assistance from the school - please let Dr. Rose Fife, Robert Aull or Lisa Dinsmore know.
*For any competition that specifies a limit to the number of applications, you will also have to check the IU limited submission website for internal deadlines and LOI / preproposal requirements.
