The Administrative Supplements for Collaborative Science (SCS) program is designed to provide a rapid and flexible mechanism to enable NIGMS grantees to form new collaborations that bring novel approaches and ideas to the aims of the funded grant. PIs funded by an NIGMS R01, R37 or SC1 grant that has at least 18 months of active funding at the projected time of award are eligible to apply. The research supported by the supplement MUST be within the scope, and support the aims, of the parent grant.
Collaborations must be newly formed i.e., there cannot be a substantial history of collaboration in the past three years. All collaborators must contribute significant intellectual input to the project, in addition to any technical and/or resource contributions.
Supplement requests will be evaluated administratively by NIGMS staff. Staff will consider the significance of the proposed work and its relationship to the parent grant, the novelty of the collaborative activities, the extent of the intellectual involvement of all collaborators, the soundness of the experimental design and scope of the work, the need for the supplement in order to accomplish the goals, the expertise of the PI and collaborators, and the magnitude of other support available to them.
See the announcement at http://grants1.nih.gov/grants/guide/notice-files/NOT-GM-08-130.html for complete details regarding eligibility, deadlines, and application procedures. Be sure to contact your NIGMS program director prior to applying to discuss the suitability of your proposed project for the SCS program.
General questions regarding the SCS program should be directed to either:
Dr. Susan Haynes
National Institute of General Medical Sciences
Building 45, 2AS25J
45 Center Drive MSC 6200
Bethesda, MD 20892-6200
Phone: 301-594-0943
Email: hayness@nigms.nih.gov
Dr. Marion Zatz
National Institute of General Medical Sciences
Building 45, 2AS25E
45 Center Drive MSC 6200
Bethesda, MD 20892-6200
Phone: 301-594-0943
Email: zatzm@nigms.nih.gov
Grants management questions should be directed to:
Mr. Jun Moy
National Institute of General Medical Sciences
Building 45, 2AN38A
45 Center Drive MSC 6200
Bethesda, MD 20892-6200
Phone: 301-594-2761
Email: moyj@nigms.nih.gov
