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Funding Opportunities Related to the Recovery Act: Administrative Supplements Providing Summer Research Experiences for Students and Science Educators

Recovery.gov logoNIH Announces the Availability of Recovery Act Funds for Administrative Supplements Providing Summer Research Experiences for Students and Science Educators (NOT-OD-09-060)

The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Recovery Act or ARRA), signed February 17, 2009, is an unprecedented effort to stimulate our economy, create or save millions of jobs, and address multiple challenges so our country can thrive.

The following initiative is one of many initiatives being offered by the NIH to help fulfill the goals of the Recovery Act by stimulating the economy through support of biomedical research. Additional information about the Recovery Act FOAs and related NIH opportunities is available through the Office of Extramural Research at http://grants.nih.gov/recovery.

Areas of Scientific Priority for NICHD

The NICHD places priority on using Recovery Act funds to support summer research experiences in the following scientific areas:

  • Developmental Biology and Perinatal Medicine
    Complex biological processes, which determine health and well-being, begin even before conception, and fetal and early childhood development set the stage for physical, cognitive, and behavioral outcomes throughout life. A major NICHD priority is to advance fundamental and clinical knowledge about maternal health and problems of child development. This research includes (but is not limited to):
  • Maternal and Child Health
    To improve maternal and child health in the United States and worldwide, a major priority of the NICHD is to conduct research to address major areas. This research includes (but is not limited to): 
  • Contraception, Reproduction, and Population Research
    Understanding reproductive health and biology for both men and women is crucial to improving health and quality-of-life around the world. Improved knowledge about human population dynamics is also essential to successful and sustainable communities. This research includes (but is not limited to): 
  • Medical Rehabilitation Research
    Medical rehabilitation research is essential to developing scientific and technical knowledge needed to enhance health, productivity, independence, and quality-of-life for people with disabilities. This research includes (but is not limited to):

Funding Priorities for NICHD

The NICHD expects to support Administrative Supplements Providing Summer Research Experiences for Students and Science Educators. These supplements will 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.

If you wish to apply for an Administrative Supplements Providing Summer Research Experience for Students and Science Educators, keep in mind that:

  • This program is separate and distinct from the other types of ARRA supplements, and you may apply for supplements under those initiatives in addition to this program.
  • Because these requests will be funded as Administrative Supplements to existing awards, the request for additional funds must be submitted by the Principal Investigator (PI) of an active NIH grant.
  • Contact the program official for your grant to confirm that your grant is eligible for this type of Administrative Supplement and to discuss the details of your request, including possible institutional policies that could affect the training experience. Contact information for the Program Official is available in the NIH Commons and in other official documents related to the grant.
    • If you have identified the student(s) and/or teacher(s) who will participate in your research project, initiate your request for an Administrative Supplement as quickly as possible. There is only limited time available to prepare an application, complete the review process, and receive a supplemental award for the individual(s) to take advantage of a summer research experience support.
    • If you do not know of any qualified candidates, you may wish to contact other local institutions either directly or through your university’s resources to obtain candidate names.
    • In designing the summer research experience, consider both the career goals of the individual student(s) and/or teacher(s), as well as the policies and regulations at your own institution. For example, consider restrictions that prohibit visitors from participating in projects involving hazardous materials or radioisotopes, particularly for individuals under the age of majority, or the need to complete safety training requirements before commencing research.

If you are the PI submitting the request, follow the instructions for this initiative, ensuring you address the following

  • Scope of the overall project and the anticipated contribution of the requested supplement (not to exceed three pages), including its purpose, research design, methods and data analysis
  • How the supplement will:
    • Expedite achievement of research project goals;
    • Encourage students to pursue research careers in health-related sciences; and/or
    • Benefit students/science educators who are given the short-term research experience.
  • The level (i.e., high school, undergraduate, etc.) of individual(s) to be recruited for research experience(s), and how you identified or plan to identify such individuals.
  • It is not necessary to provide the identity(ies) of the participating student(s)/educator(s) or other information about them in the supplement request.
  • The NICHD encourages PIs to recruit individuals from racial and ethnic groups underrepresented in biomedical and behavioral research, individuals with disabilities and individuals from disadvantaged backgrounds.

If you are a student or science educator interested in a summer research experience:

  • You need to identify researchers or laboratories in a particular geographical area with active NIH grants focusing on research topics that are of interest to you.
    • Contact the PIs of those grants to discuss the possibility of pursuing the summer research experience at one of their facilities.
    • If a particular investigator is not able to provide a summer research experience, please ask him/her to recommend another colleague with NIH funding who may be able to support your request.
  • You may obtain public information about funded NIH grantees using the NIH’s Computer Retrieval of Information on Scientific Projects (CRISP) Web site at http://crisp.cit.nih.gov/.  When making a CRISP query, limit your search because CRISP searches a very large database.   
    • Select specific research topics.
    • Select multiple fiscal years (2008 and 2009).
Select one or more States (as well as the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico) to narrow the search to a particular geographic area.

Grants Eligible for Summer Administrative Supplements through NICHD

For this initiative, the NICHD may consider requests to add Administrative Supplements Providing Summer Research Experiences for Students and Science Educators to the following types of grants (indicated by activity code):

  • R00
  • R01
  • R03
  • R15
  • R21
  • R24
  • R37
  • U01
  • U10
  • U54
  • P01
  • P30
  • P50
  • K Series Grants, excluding K12s

Grants Ineligible for Summer Administrative Supplements through NICHD

The NICHD will not accept requests for Administrative Supplements Providing Summer Research Experiences for Students and Science Educators for Training Grants (T and F series grants) or to K12 grants.

Application Receipt Dates

The NICHD must receive requests for Administrative Supplements Providing Summer Research Experiences for Students and Science Educators at least one month before the requested start date of the summer research experience and no later than April 20, 2009, for Fiscal Year 2009 consideration. There is a possibility that additional requests for FY2009 support may be considered after that date, but at present this is not guaranteed.

A grantee may apply for an administrative supplement to support student(s) and/or science educator(s) for both 2009 and 2010 at this time. Alternatively, the grantee may apply now for this summer, and then later submit another application for 2010.

Mailing Address for Applications

Applicants should submit requests for Administrative Supplements Providing Summer Research Experiences for Students and Science Educators, electronically in Portable Document File (PDF) format, to the Program Official responsible for the existing grant. Contact information for the Program Official is available in the NIH Commons and in other official documents related to the grant.

Timeline for Application Review

Review of Administrative Supplement applications for Fiscal Year 2009 will occur as received; notification of award will normally occur within 30-60 days.

Contacts

For more information, please contact:

Regina Smith James, M.D.
Acting Director
Division of Special Populations, NICHD
National Institutes of Health
Phone: (301)-435-2692
E-mail: rjames@mail.nih.gov

Eugene Hayunga, Ph.D.
Director, Office of Extramural Policy
Office of the Director, NICHD
National Institutes of Health
Phone: (301) 435-6856
E-mail: ehayunga@mail.nih.gov

For Financial or Grants Management questions, contact:

Bryan S. Clark, M.B.A.
Chief Grants Management Office
Grants Management Branch, Office of the Director, NICHD
National Institutes of Health
Phone: (301) 435-6975
E-mail: clarkb1@mail.nih.gov

Important Notes

Applicants (individuals and organizations) must register in both the grants.gov and the electronic Research Administration (eRA) commons systems to apply for most NIH grants; to register on grants.gov, visit http://grants.gov/applicants/get_registered.jsp; to register on eRA commons, visit https://commons.era.nih.gov/commons/registration/registrationInstructions.jsp.

For all applications funded through the Recovery Act, funds are available for two years only (2009 and 2010, after which time, all projects must be completed. Successful applicants will need to meet special reporting and other requirements in accordance with the guidelines set forth in the Recovery Act. Please review the ARRA Award terms for more information.
 
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