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Title: American Recovery and Reinvestment Act ARRA General considerations


1
American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA)
General considerations
  • OSP website for all opportunities
    nyu.edu/osp/recovery
  • Each federal sponsor is enacting differently
    (check agency website)
  • There is considerable confusion and
    misinformation on the web (check with your
    Program Officer)
  • Grants.gov is expected to fail throughout the
    process (so leave plenty of time)
  • OSP cannot be responsible for eligibility or
    acceptability (there are too many variables and
    information is changing constantly)

2
ARRA general considerations
  • All ARRA funded projects will eventually require
    a detailed budget
  • Large unexpended balances will not be tolerated
  • Justifications for personnel retention and/or new
    hires should be tied to the science and based on
    program needs PIs should spend some time on
    this section it is a major criterion for
    selection for some programs

3
National Science Foundation ARRA
  • 2 Billion additional
  • All grants issued will be standard grants with
    durations of up to 5 years
  • Funding of New PIs and high-risk, high-return
    research will be top priorities
  • Most awards will be those which are already
    in-house
  • Major Research Instrumentation Program
    solicitation scheduled for this Spring

4
Department of Energy
  • Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy
    Announcements
  • State Energy Program Formula Grants (Reference
    Number DE-FOA-0000052)
  • see NY State http//economicrecovery.ny.gov

5
DOE, contd
  • Applications of Nuclear Science and Technology
    (Reference Number DE-PS02-09ER09-13)
  • RD on Alternative Isotope Production Techniques
    (Reference Number DE-PS02-09ER09-14)
  • Clean Cities FY09 Petroleum Reduction
    Technologies Projects for the Transportation
    Sector (Reference Number DE-PS26-09NT01236-04)

6
NIH Funding OpportunitiesAmerican Recovery and
Reinvestment Act (ARRA)
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Context
  • Purpose of all NIH ARRA funding is to stimulate
    economy, by promoting job creation, economic
    development and accelerating the pace and
    achievement of scientific research
  • Funding available only during FYs 2009 2010
  • Geography
  • NIH will consider regional distribution along
    with scientific merit in making awards
  • Projected Numbers of Awards
  • High End Instrumentation 40 awards nationally
  • Challenge Grants 200 nationally
  • Others not specified, but specifics may be
    available at Institute level

8
Context, continued
  • It is essential for PIs to Contact NIH Program
    Officers prior to submitting because
  • The rules keep changing
  • Each institute is implementing differently
  • POs will have authority to determine who gets
    awards, especially for non-competitive
    supplements

9
Summary of Opportunities NIH

10

Construction/Renovation
11


Instrumentation
12


New Programs
13
Competitive Revision Applications(formerly
Competitive Supplements)
  • NOT-0D-09-058
  • http//www.grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/notice-file
    s/NOT-OD-09-058.html
  • Deadline April 21, 2009

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Competitive Revision Applications
  • Purpose
  • For revision applications (formerly competitive
    supplements) to support a significant expansion
    of scope or research protocol of already approved
    and funded projects
  • Background
  • One of three ARRA NIH supplement/revision notices
  • Eligibility
  • For revisions to ACTIVE NIH Research Grants,
    including, but not limited to R01, R03, R15,
    etc. Program Project, Center, Training grants
    cooperative agreements. Most K and T awards are
    eligible under NOT-OD-09-056.

15
Competitive Revision ApplicationsNOT-0D-09-058(c
ontinued)
  • Budget and Funding Information
  • Scope and budget must reflect aims that can be
    accomplished within two year timeframe
  • No maximum dollar amount (no approval needed from
    IC staff to submit an application gt 500K direct
    costs)
  • Limitations on funding to foreign collaborators
    may not exceed 10 or total request or 25K/year,
    whichever is less

16
How to Apply
  • Applicants must submit through Grants.gov, using
    the Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) that
    was used for the parent grant. If FOA is not
    active, use Parent FOA that matches the activity
    code (e.g. R01, R15, etc.) of the award
  • For certain Program Project, Center, and Training
    grants, a FOA is not required and paper
    applications may be used. Mention this in cover
    letter and notify your OSP Projects Officer

17
How to Apply
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Application Review
  • Competitive Revision applications will be
    assigned to ICs of parent grants
  • Considerations
  • scientific merit of the new work proposed
  • appropriateness of proposed expansion of scope
  • Committee may refer back to responses to comments
    from prior scientific review group

19
Application Review Process, contd
  • Criteria used will be standard review criteria
    for each application type
  • Summary statements will be available via eRA
    Commons.

20
Reporting
  • If the application includes support for a future
    year, a Non-Competing Continuation Grant Progress
    Report (PHS 2590) will be required
  • Grantees must comply with reporting requirements
    in the Recovery Act

21
Administrative Supplements
  • Recovery Act Funds for Administrative Supplements
  • NOT-0D-09-056
  • http//www.grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/notice-fil
    es/NOT-OD-09-056.html
  • Deadlines Open, but See Institute/Center Sites
    for specific deadlines (the earlier, the better)

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Recovery Act Funds for Administrative
SupplementsNOT-0D-09-056
  • Purpose
  • Accelerating the pace of scientific research
  • May be submitted in all scientific and
    programmatic areas funded by NIH
  • Up to 2 years of support may be requested

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Eligibility
  • All active NIH Research Grants, Research Program
    and Center Grants (Ps), Career Development Awards
    (Ks), Institutional Training Grants (Ts),
    Cooperative Agreement (Us) and Educational
    Development Awards
  • Institutes and Centers (ICs) post detailed
    eligibility information on their websites
    http//grants.nih.gov/recovery.ic_supp.html

24
Eligibility, continued
  • Some ICs only considering supplements in target
    areas. To determine project eligibility go to
    http//grants.nih.gov/recovery/ic_supp.html
  • Can be used to cover cost increases associated
    with increasing tempo of funded research OR
    achieving new research objectives within scope of
    parent project

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Examples Including but not limited to
  • Equipment purchases under 100K
  • Enhancing clinical trial activities (increasing
    enrollment or data analysis)
  • Additional funded time under K99/R00 or other
    awards
  • Employment for predoctoral students, including
    dental, clinical psychology students seeking
    extended time off for research or during semester
    breaks

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Examples Including but not limited to
continued
  • Employment for postdocs, including extending
    support for senior postdocs
  • Employment for recent college and masters degree
    graduates
  • Comparative effectiveness research
  • NOTE Requests solely to restore previously
    applied budget adjustments or to supplant
    institutional commitments WILL NOT BE CONSIDERED

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Budget
  • Request funding for FY 2009 2010 only
  • Research Grants no maximum dollar limit, in
    line with research proposed.
  • NIH expects to award supplements of no more than
    50 of the parent grant
  • For Research Career Devel Awards most requests
    limited to 50K (see IC website)
  • One additional year of support may be requested
    for K99 and K22 awards
  • Limitations on funding to foreign collaborators
    may not exceed 10 or total request or 25K/year,
    whichever is less

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How to Apply
  • Applications will be prepared on paper and
    submitted to Institute via email. Consult
    website for address.
  • Use PHS 398 Format http//grants1.nih.gov/grants/
    funding/phs398/phs398.html

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How to Apply
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Application Review
  • Selection Factors will include
  • Relevance of proposed activities to the parent
    grant
  • Relevance to target areas/priorities of IC
  • Activities are within existing peer-reviewed and
    approved scope of project
  • Adequate progress on parent grant
  • Well-described plan
  • Expertise of research team
  • Appropriateness to Recovery Act goals in
    promoting job creation, economic development and
    accelerating the pace and achievement of
    scientific research

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Reporting
  • Separate Non-Competing Continuation Grant
    Progress Report (PHS 2590) and financial
    statement will be required IN ADDITION TO any
    annual progress report required for parent grant
  • Grantees must comply with reporting requirements
    in the Recovery Act

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Recovery Act Funds for Administrative Supplements
Providing Summer Research Experiences for
Students and Science Educators
  • NOT-0D-09-060
  • http//www.grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/notice-file
    s/NOT-OD-09-060.html
  • Deadlines Institutes/Centers have published
    specific deadlines

33
Recovery Act Funds for Administrative
Supplements/Summer Research Experiences
  • Purpose
  • Encourage students to pursue health-science
    related research career and provide elementary,
    middle and high school teachers, community
    college faculty and faculty from non-research
    intensive institutions with short term research
    experiences in NIH-funded labs
  • May be submitted in all scientific and
    programmatic areas funded by NIH
  • Up to 2 years of support may be requested

34
Eligibility
  • Active NIH Research Grants, Research Program and
    Center Grants (Ps), and Cooperative Agreements
    (Us)
  • Parent grant must be currently active (includes
    no-cost extension period)
  • Some ICs only considering supplements in target
    areas and some not participating. To determine
    project eligibility go to http//grants.nih.gov/re
    covery/ic_supp.html

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Priorities
  • Summer Research Opportunities for High School and
    Undergraduate Students
  • Summer Research Opportunities for Science
    Educators (e.g., Elementary, Middle School and
    High School Teachers, Community College Faculty,
    and Faculty from Non-research Intensive
    Institutions)
  • NIH encourages participation of individuals from
    racial and ethnic groups underrepresented in
    biomed behavioral research as well as
    individuals with disabilities or with
    disadvantaged backgrounds

36
How to Apply
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Budget
  • High School Students comply with minimum wage
    guidelines
  • Undergraduate Students No more than 10/hr
    unless justified
  • Science teachers and faculty up to 18,000 plus
    fringe benefits (to max of 2,500)

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How to Apply
  • Applications will be submitted via email
    directly to the appropriate Grants Management
    Specialist in the appropriate Institute or Center
    (IC). Consult website for address

39
Application Review
  • Selection Factors will include
  • Relevance of proposed activities to the parent
    grant
  • Relevance to target areas/priorities of IC
  • Activities are within existing peer-reviewed and
    approved scope of project
  • Adequate progress on parent grant
  • Well described plan
  • How experience would foster goals of students
    and/or educators
  • Appropriateness to Recovery Act goals in
    promoting job creation, economic development and
    accelerating the pace and achievement of
    scientific research

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Reporting
  • Separate Non-Competing Continuation Grant
    Progress Report (PHS 2590) and financial
    statement will be required IN ADDITION TO any
    annual progress report required for parent grant
  • Grantees must comply with reporting requirements
    in the Recovery Act

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High End Instrumentation
  • Recovery Act Limited Competition High End
    Instrumentation Grant Program (S10)
  • PAR-09-118 (http//grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-
    files/PAR-09-118.html)
  • Deadline May 6, 2009

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Recovery Act Limited Competition High End
Instrumentation Grant Program (S10)PAR-09-118
  • Purpose/Objectives
  • To make available to a broad community of basic
    and clinical scientists the next generation of
    instruments to speed the translation of basic
    research to treatments and cures

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Purpose - continued
  • Encourage applications from groups of
    NIH-supported investigators to purchase a SINGLE
    major item of equipment to be used for biomedical
    research
  • Costs at least 600,000 but not more than
    8,000,000
  • Funds to be spent within 18-24 months of award
    date

44
Funding
  • Total of Approximately 160 million in FY 2010 to
    fund roughly 40 new awards
  • Funding is for one year direct costs only
  • Eligibility,PI responsibilities, proposal
    elements are the same as the regular Shared
    Instrumentation Program

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Eligibility
  • To be eligible, the application must identify
    three or more major users, AT LEAST three of
    which must be NIH funded investigators (PIs on
    active P01, R01, U01, R35, R37, DP1 or DP2
    Research Grants) who will be users of the
    equipment
  • PI NIH funding must be active during the time of
    the application AND award
  • Must show clear need for instrumentation by
    projects supported by multiple NIH peer reviewed
    research grants (including those listed above)
  • Demonstrate that these projects will require AT
    LEAST 75 of the total usage of the instrument
  • No institutional limit however applications
    must request different types of equipment

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Proposal elements
  • Proposal may include NIH extramural awardees for
    other nearby institutions
  • The PI named must be an individual who can assume
    administrative/scientific oversight
    responsibility for instrumentation. Specialized
    oversight is deemed necessary in order to ensure
    that the high level of technical expertise needed
    to operate and manage such instruments is
    adequately addressed.

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PI Responsibilities
  • Naming of internal advisory committee to assist
    in administering the grant and overseeing the
    responsibility for the instrument.
  • Working with institution to request no-cost
    extensions, submit all required reports

48
PI Responsibilities, continued
  • PI and committee are together responsible for
  • The development of guidelines for maximum
    instrument utilization
  • Detailed plan for day-to-day management and safe
    operation of instrument
  • A plan to ensure that human or animal subjects
    matters are adequately addressed
  • Financial plan for long-term operation and
    maintenance of instrument
  • Relocation of instrument if needed

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Examples of key instruments Including but not
limited to
  • Biological Imagers
  • multinuclear spectroscopy and functional magnetic
    resonance and PET imaging instruments
  • Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectrometers
  • Mass Spectrometers
  • Electron Microscopes
  • Supercomputers (for use in computational biology)

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Budget
  • Awards for direct costs only - 600K to 8
    million
  • If amount requested does not cover total cost of
    instrument, application must describe proposed
    funding for balance of cost of instrumentation
  • No matching required, but institution must commit
    to appropriate level of support e.g. building
    alterations, renovations, service contracts and
    technical personnel

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How to Apply
  • Applications will be submitted via Grants.gov
    using FOA for this opportunity PAR -09-118
    Available in Cayuse.
  • Deadline is May 6, 2009 500 pm
  • Note special instructions in FOA The
    Instrumentation Plan (formerly research plan)
    must include

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How to Apply - continued
  • Instrumentation Plan (to be saved as a single
    file and attached as item 11 Other attachments)
  • Justification of need
  • Technical Expertise
  • Research Projects (including summary table)
  • Institutional Commitment
  • Administration of Instrument
  • Financial Administration including plan for
    long-term operation of instrument
  • Letters of support needed from institutional
    officials

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How To Apply - continued
  • Current and Pending support required for PI and
    each major user and/or technician at time of
    submission.
  • Project Summary/Abstract

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Application Review
  • Elements of Review Criteria (for full criteria,
    see FOA)
  • Is need justified, essential and appropriate and
    will it have significant impact on
    biomedical/behavioral research and contribute to
    advancement of human health?
  • Is necessary technical expertise available to
    make effective use of the equipment, and are
    participating investigators well qualified to
    operate and maintain?

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Application Review
  • Elements of Review Criteria, continued
  • Will instrument advance knowledge and
    understanding of the proposed projects? How
    would research project of each investigator be
    enhanced? Will results be broadly disseminated?
  • What is evidence of institutional commitment to
    support instrument? Institutional infrastructure?
    Institutional track record for making technology
    available? Financial plan adequate?
  • Is plan for management maintenance appropriate?
    Plans for maximizing effectiveness of the
    investments? Advisory committee oversight
    appropriate?

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Limited Competition NIH Challenge Grants in
Health and Science Research (RC1)
  • RFA-0D-09-003
  • http//grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-O
    D-09-003.html
  • Deadline April 27, 2009

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Recovery Act Limited Competition NIH Challenge
Grants in Health and Science Research (RC1)
  • Purpose
  • Support of novel research in areas that address
    specific knowledge gaps, scientific
    opportunities, new technologies, data generation
    or research methods
  • To provide investigators with the opportunity to
    address knowledge gaps and need for new
    technologies identified by the NIH

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Purpose, continued
  • Projects that would benefit from 2-year jumpstart
    funds
  • Institutes Centers (ICs) will fund selected
    Challenge Grant topics ICs have listed their
    particular topics on their own websites.
  • Direct links to these sites are available by
    linking to NYUs ARRA site at http//www.nyu.edu/o
    sp/recovery/

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Challenge Areas
  • Behavior, Behavioral Change and Prevention
  • Bioethics
  • Biomarker Discovery and Validation
  • Clinical Research
  • Comparative Effectiveness Research
  • Enabling Technologies
  • Enhancing Clinical Trials
  • Genomics
  • Health Disparities
  • Information Technology for Processing Health Care
    Data
  • Regenerative Medicine
  • Science, Technology, Engineering Math Ed
  • Smart Biomaterials Theranostics
  • Stem Cells
  • Translational Science

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Eligibility
  • Institutes and Centers (ICs) post detailed
    eligibility information on their websites
  • http//grants.nih.gov/recovery/ic_supp.html
  • Or link to these sites via http//www.nyu.edu/osp/
    recovery/

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Considerations for Prospective Applicants
  • Only 200 awards are projected nationwide
  • Thousands of applications are being planned
    nationwide
  • PIs must be in contact with NIH prior to
    developing a proposal

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Considerations for Prospective Applicants
  • New PIs
  • The announcement states that new PIs Early
    Stage Investigators are invited to apply.
  • Remember
  • If a new PI receives funding through this
    mechanism, s/he relinquishes new investigator
    status.

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Considerations for Prospective Applicants
  • Multiple Applications
  • The announcement states that a PI may submit more
    than one application, provided applications are
    scientifically distinct
  • However
  • OSP has heard directly from NIH Program Officers,
    as well as from PIs who have been in contact with
    POs, that multiple applications are being
    discouraged

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Budget
  • Request funding for FY 2009 2010 only
  • Maximum of 500K total costs/year 1mil total
    costs over two year period
  • No cost sharing required
  • Limitations on total funding to foreign
    collaborators may not exceed 10 or total
    request or 25K/year, whichever is less

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How to Apply
  • Applications must be submitted via Grants.gov
  • Application package is available in Cayuse 424.
    If you have not submitted via Cayuse, please
    contact your Projects Officer
  • Revised Format for Research Plan

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How to Apply
  • Research Plan components 12 Page limit
  • Preliminary Data may be included. No detailed
    Scientific Plan should be provided

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Application Review Process
  • Selection Factors will include
  • Overall Impact
  • Core Review Criteria
  • Significance
  • Investigators
  • Innovation
  • Approach
  • Environment

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Challenge Grant Reporting
  • Separate Non-Competing Continuation Grant
    Progress Report (PHS 2590) and financial
    statement will be required

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Research and Research Infrastructure Grand
Opportunities (RC2)
  • http//grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-O
    D-09-004.html
  • Deadline LOI 4/27/09 Applications 5/27/09
  • Most institutes are participating
    http//grants.nih.gov/recovery/ic_go.html
  • (but not NEI or NIDDK)
  • Eligibility All investigators, including
    multiple investigators no limit to number of
    applications permitted, but see
    Institute-specific guidelines
  • Funds available 200 million number of awards
    will vary

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GO grants, continued
  • Purpose
  • GO grants support high impact ideas that lend
    themselves to short-term funding, and may lay the
    foundation for new fields of investigation. They
    will support
  • large-scale research projects that accelerate
    critical breakthroughs
  • early and applied research on cutting-edge
    technologies and
  • new approaches to improve the synergy and
    interactions among multi and interdisciplinary
    research teams.
  • The initiative seeks novel approaches 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.

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How to apply GO grants
  • Budget
  • 500,000 or more in total costs per year
  • total cost for awards will vary
  • commensurate with the scope and complexity of the
    project and the number of participating
    institutions.
  • limited to two years duration

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How to apply GO grants
  • Overall Impact. Reviewers will provide an overall
    impact/priority score to reflect their assessment
    of the likelihood for the project to exert a
    sustained, powerful influence on the research
    field(s) involved, in consideration of the
    following five core review criteria, and
    additional review criteria (as applicable for the
    project proposed).
  • Core Review Criteria
  • Significance.
  • Investigator(s).
  • Innovation.
  • Approach.
  • Environment.

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How to apply
  • Through grants.gov
  • Standard 424 (all components)
  • Research plan must address all of the following
    requirements - A detailed statement addressing
    the following bullets should be included as part
    of the application Research Plan (and in summary
    form in the Letter of Intent)

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How to apply GO projects should demonstrate
  • The work cannot be reasonably expected to be
    carried out successfully without support provided
    by GO grants.
  • Specific outcomes of the proposed project promote
    and advance the mission of the NIH to improve
    health.
  • The project is ready to be deployed immediately
    upon funding.

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How to apply GO projects, continued
  • A rapid infusion of significant funding will
    accelerate current and future research in the
    area of study and there are appropriate
    measurable outcomes to evaluate the short and
    long-term effects of the project.
  • The proposed project is something that no other
    entity is likely or able to do, and is there a
    public health benefit to having the results of
    the research in the public domain.

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How to apply GO projects, continued
  • The project or generated results and resources
    can be expected to become integrated with other
    NIH and privately funded research within a
    reasonable timeframe.
  • provide a detailed plan for maintaining the
    research efforts without any expectation of
    further financial assistance from the sponsoring
    IC or other NIH components. Applicants are
    expected to provide a list of outcomes and
    include plans to obtain long-term support for
    research endeavors carried out with GO grant
    funding.

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How to apply GO projects, continued
  • In addition, the Research Plan should include a
    timeline with critical milestones, measurable
    outcomes, and mid-term and end project
    deliverables.

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GO grants - reporting
  • Non-Competing Continuation Grant Progress Report
    (PHS 2590) annually and financial statements as
    required
  • Requirements set forth in the Recovery Act and
    DHHS implementation of the Act

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Supporting New Faculty Recruitment to Enhance
Research Resources through Biomedical Research
Core Centers
  • http//grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-O
    D-09-005.html
  • Deadline LOI April 29,2009
  • Applications May 29, 2009

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Biomedical Research Core Centers, contd
  • Purpose
  • To support  the hiring of newly-recruited faculty
    to develop research projects within the context
    of Biomedical Core Centers. 
  • Defined as a community of multidisciplinary
    researchers focusing on areas of biomedical
    research relevant to NIH, such as centers,
    departments, programs, and/or trans-departmental
    collaborations or consortia.  
  • Designed to enhance innovative programs of
    excellence by providing scientific and
    programmatic support for promising research
    faculty and their areas of research.
  • Institutional awards that provide funding to
  • hire,
  • provide appropriate start-up packages
  • develop pilot research projects for newly
    independent investigators,
  • With the goal of augmenting and expanding the
    institutions community of multidisciplinary
    researchers focusing on areas of biomedical
    research relevant to NIH

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Biomedical Research Core Centers, contd
  • Eligibility
  • PI should be senior official, e.g., Dean,
    Department Chair
  • ICs allow different no. of applications
  • Funds available
  • 100 million, IC specific amounts

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Biomedical Research Core Centers, contd
  • How to apply
  • Through CSR with copies to the specific Institute
  • using PHS 398 on PAPER
  • Cover letter directing to Institute
  • Letters of commitment from institution
  • Following PHS 398 instructions

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Biomedical Research Core Centers, contd
  • How to apply, contd
  • 12 page Research Plan, including
  • Existing research infrastructure
  • Problem to be addressed
  • Plans for recruitment
  • Collaborative research activities
  • Faculty Development Plans
  • Intra-inter-institutional links
  • Institutional commitment and plan for continuity
    2 years beyond award

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Core Centers review criteria
  • Overall Impact, in consideration of the following
    five core review criteria, and additional review
    criteria  
  • Core Review Criteria
  • Significance. Does Core Center contribute to
    building a community of multidisciplinary
    researchers focusing on a common research problem
    and enhance the ability of the institution/organiz
    ation to conduct research in the specified
    area(s) of science? Will new faculty members
    hired under this initiative conduct research
    projects and receive career development support
    that will foster independent research careers and
    lead toward applications for future independent
    research project grants to further the mission of
    the Core Center?
  • Investigator(s).  Does the PD/PI have the ability
    and institutional authority to provide scientific
    and administrative leadership and direction for
    the Core Center, and to work with Core Center
    investigators to develop relevant research
    projects?

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Core Centers review criteria
  • Innovation.   Does the application identify
    critical research program needs and seek creative
    ways to incorporate Core Center resources, new
    tenure-track faculty and new research projects to
    help address those needs?
  • Approach.  Are the plans for recruiting and
    appointing new investigators within the Core
    Center adequate and appropriate for furthering
    the scientific mission of the Center?    Is the
    plan for evaluation thorough and rigorous? Are
    the proposed scientific goals of the Core Center,
    as well as the plans to achieve those goals,
    feasible, innovative and of high
    scientific/technical merit? 
  • Environment.  Will the scientific environment
    contribute to success?  Current infrastructure
    conducive to conducting research projects
    relevant to the research ? Will the research
    activities foster career development for
    newly-independent  investigators? New faculty
    members hired have at least 75 protected
    research time?

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Core Centers - Reporting
  • Non-Competing Continuation Grant Progress Report
    (PHS 2590) annually and financial statements as
    required
  • Requirements set forth in the Recovery Act and
    DHHS implementation of the Act

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Reporting requirements for ARRA funds
  • Grantees must comply with reporting requirements
    in the Recovery Act
  • Excerpts from the ARRA Terms Conditions follow
  • Not later than 10 days after the end of each
    calendar quarter, starting with the quarter
    ending June 30, 2009 and reporting by July 10,
    2009, the recipient must submit quarterly reports
    to HHS that will be posted to Recovery.gov,
    containing the following information

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Reporting, continued
  • a. Total amount of ARRA funds under this award
  • b. Amount of ARRA funds received under this award
    that were obligated and expended to projects or
    activities
  • c. Amount of unobligated award balances
  • d. Detailed list of all projects or activities
    for which ARRA funds under this award were
    obligated and expended, including
  • e. Detailed information on any sub-awards
    (sub-contracts or sub-grants) (for full Terms
    Conditions see http//grants.nih.gov/grants/policy
    /NIH_HHS_ARRA_Award_Terms.pdf)

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ARRA Grant Reporting and Financial Management at
NYU
  • For awards received with ARRA Funding, SPA will
  • Establish a unique program code to identify
    recovery funds.
  • Link program to parent project
  • Enter a detailed budget for the amount of
    stimulus funds at the program-project level

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ARRA Reporting, contd
  • Programmatic
  • Description of Project
  • Evaluation of completion status
  • Estimate of jobs created and retained
  • Sub-awards name of entity, amount,
    transaction type, CFDA no., Program source,
    title, location of entity, location of
    performance
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    a set of procedures to address the requirements
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