[Federal Register: May 22, 2000 (Volume 65, Number 99)]
[Notices]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Health Resources and Services Administration
Division of Transplantation Extramural Grant Program: Model
Interventions To Increase Organ and Tissue Donation
AGENCY: Health Resources and Services Administration, HHS.
ACTION: Notice of Availability of Funds.
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SUMMARY: The Health Resources and Services Administration's (HRSA)
Office of Special Programs (OSP), Division of Transplantation (DoT)
announces that applications will be accepted for fiscal year (FY) 2000
for grants to support projects demonstrating model interventions to
increase organ and tissue donation. The grant program will assist
qualified organ procurement organizations (OPOs) and other private non-
profit entities eligible for funds under Section 371(a)(3) of the
Public Health Service (PHS) Act , 42 U.S.C. 273(a)(3), as amended.
HRSA/OSP/DoT invites applications from consortia of institutions/
organizations to participate in the FY 2000 grant program.
Availability of Funds
The estimated total funds available for the first year of support
(direct and indirect costs) for all awards made under this grant
program in FY 2000 will be up to $1.5 million. HRSA anticipates funding
8-10 projects. It is anticipated that the cost range for each project
year will be $100,000-$300,000 per award; however, projects that fall
outside that range also will be considered. The total project period
for applications submitted in response to this program announcement may
not exceed three years.
Eligible Applicants
Eligible applicants are consortia consisting at a minimum of the
following two types of organizations/institutions: (1) At least one
organization/institution with demonstrated expertise and experience in
research and evaluation design and methods in the behavioral and social
sciences; and (2) at least one organization/institution with
demonstrated expertise and experience in organ donation, including but
not limited to: OPOs, hospitals, and other health care organizations;
national or regional associations; community-based service
organizations; and public health or other government agencies. One
member of each consortium shall serve as the primary applicant
institution, which is required to be a private non-profit institution.
DATES: A letter of intent to submit an application is requested by June
8, 2000. Applications for this announced grant must be postmarked no
later than July 11, 2000 to be considered for competition. Applications
shall be considered as meeting the deadline if they are: (1) received
on or before the deadline date; or (2) postmarked on or before the
deadline date and received in time for orderly processing and
submission to the review committee. Applications received with a
postmark after 7-11-2000 will not be accepted.
ADDRESSES: Application kits, which include detailed instructions, are
available through the HRSA Grant Application Center (telephone: 1-877-
477-2123, or e-mail: hrsagac@hrsa.gov). The program announcement also
can be obtained by accessing any of the following three Web sites:
www.hrsa.gov, www.hrsa.gov/osp/dot, or www.organdonor.gov. Letters of
intent to submit an application should be mailed to Dr. Mary L.
Ganikos, Chief, Education Branch, DoT, OSP, HRSA, 5600 Fishers Lane,
Parklawn Building, Room 7C-22, Rockville, Maryland 20857. All
applications must be mailed or delivered to HRSA Grants Application
Center, 1815 N. Fort Meyer Drive, Suite 300 Arlington, VA 22209.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Additional information may be obtained
from Dr. Mary L. Ganikos, at the address above or via the following
contact information: telephone--(301) 443-7577; fax--(301) 443-1267; or
e-mail--mganikos@hrsa.gov.
Dated: May 16, 2000.
Claude Earl Fox,
Administrator.
[FR Doc. 00-12752 Filed 5-19-00; 8:45 am]
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