Grants Information
American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA)
A series of ARRA-related federal funding initiatives for NIH research will be emerging during the remainder of Fiscal 2009. The public law sets various parameters for allocating funds and accounting for results across a broad spectrum of federal programs. Agencies will establish procedures for making equitable funding decisions, and these will be published as quickly as they can be put in place.
NIH Challenge Grants. The Challenge Grants program is described generally in the RFA: NIH Challenge Grants in Health and Science Research (RC1). Within the body of the RFA, the dominant feature is a list of 15 "Challenge Areas." Clicking on any of those links takes you into the same 52-page document (the link bookmarks the location of that particular Challenge Area within the document). Within each Challenge Area are separate entries ordered by IC. It is not readily apparent from that funding opportunity announcement what areas NIDA is most interested in supporting. More detailed-NIDA-Specific guidance is available at http://www.drugabuse.gov/stimulus/ along with specific NIDA points of contact.
NIH issued three grants supplement notices on March 18, 2009. NIDA has special instructions and considerations associated with each NIH announcement that may limit content, context, eligibility, and/or award amounts. They are summarized in the table below.
Other ARRA Opportunities. It is anticipated that other funding opportunities will be announced throughout the remainder of this fiscal year. Those that affect the DESPR research program will be posted on this page as well as other NIDA and NIH websites.
NOTICE: NIH grant applications submitted for deadlines after January 7, 2009 (AIDS Grants), will only be allowed one revision. Applications submitted prior to October 16th, 2008, will be grandfathered to allow two revisions as has been previous practice.
Guidance for Applicants
Concept papers [Word File]. Grant applicants are encouraged to contact a DESPR program official (PO) to ensure that their concept is a good fit with evolving public health and scientific needs. It is often best if you draft a concept paper prior to contacting a PO as this will enable better guidance from officials on developing your grant application. PO contact information is listed on the web pages of each branch. Although there is no requirement to do so, experience tends to show that involving a PO early in a project's evolution results in a competitive application.
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