Recovery Act: Administrative Supplements to Currently Funded Projects – NIMH Areas
American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009
NIH Announces the Availability of Recovery Act Funds for Administrative Supplements (NOT-OD-09-056)
With the Administrative Supplements initiative, NIH announces the opportunity for investigators and U.S. institutions with active research grants to request up to 2 years of supplemental funding for the purpose of promoting job creation, economic development, and accelerating the pace and achievement of scientific research. NIMH has identified specific areas of interest in accordance with its goal of accelerating mental health research as described in the Institute’s Strategic Plan. Funding decisions related to HIV/AIDS will be based on the Trans-NIH Plan for HIV-Related Research and funding decisions related to training will be based on the 2008 National Advisory Mental Health Council Workgroup report on research training (“Investing in the Future”).
Only administrative supplement requests that focus on the topics listed below will be considered for funding:
- Enhancing Research Goals and Capacities through Infrastructure Support
This initiative will support administrative supplements to accelerate the pace of NIMH-funded research projects by providing for the development and introduction of innovative technologies; the improvement or upgrade of existing equipment; or the expansion of research capacity. Examples of requests may include, but are not limited to:- Incorporation of technology upgrades or novel technologies
- Development of novel technical skills
- Use of detailed or enriched datasets that will align the research more closely to the NIMH Strategic Plan
Requests should be limited to the purchase of equipment, supplies, and/or salary support for technical personnel essential to the improvement of this infrastructure. The proposed supplement must be within the scope of the peer-reviewed activities and aims approved within the parent grant. Equipment purchases must cost less than $100,000. For equipment needs over $100,000 see funding opportunities by the National Center for Research Resources.
- Analyzing the Cost-effectiveness of Clinical Trials and Services Interventions
This initiative will support administrative supplements to add or extend cost-effectiveness components of randomized clinical trials and services interventions grants. Priorities include:- The calculation of the cost/quality-adjusted life year (QALY) ratio by the most advanced methodologies. This research will ensure that findings from these projects can be included into comparative effectiveness reviews and can contribute to improving the efficiency of mental health care financing.
- Cost-effectiveness analyses from the perspective of public and private payers. These analyses will highlight the importance of different stakeholders in financing and delivering mental health services.
- Enhancing Risk Prediction through Secondary Data Analysis
This initiative will support administrative supplements to conduct secondary data analysis on existing longitudinal studies and intervention trials (prevention or treatment) to enhance risk prediction. Proposals should be for supplemental analyses that can be completed within a 2-year timeframe and may include analyses across multiple datasets. Examples could include:- Research examining common predictors of risk, protective factors, and intervention response/non-response in the context of developmental trajectories of mental illness.
- Analyses to inform research methodologies and efficiencies in the design of future studies.
- Enabling Technologies for Autism Research
This initiative would support administrative supplements to NIMH-funded research projects to:- Enable confederation of existing, significant data collections related to autism spectrum disorders (ASD) with the NIH’s National Database for Autism Research (NDAR)
- Support the submission of ASD research data to NDAR. NDAR is accepting human phenotypic, genetic, or image data.
- Retaining Postdoctoral Fellows and Early Stage Investigators
This initiative will support administrative supplements to enable the retention of postdoctoral fellows and early stage investigators in the field of mental health research. Supplements will be considered for:- Current NIMH Mentored Research Career Development Awardees (K01, K08, K22, K23, K25, and K99)
- Currently supported postdoctoral scholars with supplements to existing NIMH-funded T32 Institutional Training grants and Research Project Grants
- Supplements for postdoctoral fellows and investigator-level researchers supported on diversity and re-entry supplements who would otherwise be leaving the mental health research workforce
For supplements to Research Career Development Awards, requests will generally be limited to $50,000 direct costs for Research Development Support costs. Requests for an additional year of support for Career Development Awards (K99 and K22) may also be submitted. For supplements to Institutional Training awards, requests for support for additional trainees within the current Council-approved level will be considered.
- Increasing the Diversity of the Workforce at NIMH Centers
This initiative will support administrative supplements to existing NIMH Centers (P series) to support pilot projects from individuals from diverse backgrounds. The intent of this initiative is to advance the career development of these investigators as they contribute research that will further the original goals of the Center. Because the pilot project(s) will be competitively awarded by the Center, the proposal should address the mechanisms by which pilot projects will be selected and how the Center will advance the individuals’ career development.
To be eligible for an Administrative Supplement:
- The parent grant must be active and the research proposed in the supplement must be able to be accomplished within the current competitive segment
- Supplement requests cannot exceed 2 years or the time remaining on the parent grant, whichever is less
- The proposed administrative supplement MUST be within the general scope of the peer-reviewed activities and aims approved for the parent grant
- Funds must be used to increase the tempo of approved and funded projects or for the purpose of increasing training to diverse students, as well as those re-entering the field of mental health research
Administrative supplement request packages should be submitted and/or signed by the institutional official and must include:
- A cover letter detailing the reason and justification for the request
- Detailed budget (form page 4) and composite budget page if more than one year is requested (form page 5). The detailed budget can be submitted using either the SF4249(R&R) Budget Component or the PHS 398 Form Pages 4 & 5, whichever is easier for your institution to quickly generate
- Justification for the funds that addresses the selection factors listed in NOT-OD-09-056
- Biographical sketch, other support and human subjects documentation (if applicable) for any new key personnel
The NIH administrative supplement announcement provides full details on the application elements and process.
The PHS398 Form pages can be found in a Word and PDF-fillable formats at: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/funding/phs398/phs398.html.
Funding
NIMH will allocate approximately $5 million per year for administrative supplements. In general, requests for administrative supplements should not exceed 50% of the direct costs for the parent grant. Awarded supplements will be subject to extensive reporting requirements, as stipulated by the Recovery Act (see NOT-OD-09-054).
For all Recovery Act administrative supplement requests, parent grants with an end date on or after June 30, 2009 without a previous no cost extension, are eligible for up to the remaining number of months on the parent grant plus 12 months (grantee can request a 1 year no cost extension), up to a maximum of two years. The no cost extension request DOES NOT need to be in place at the time of submission. Applications should request a start date no sooner than July 1, 2009
Application Receipt Dates for All Administrative Supplements is April 21, 2009.
Submit applications for Administrative Supplements to:
Electronic (Email) Submissions:
NIMHAdminSupplements@mail.nih.gov
Paper Submissions:
Rebecca Claycamp, M.S., CRA
Chief Grants Management Officer
National Institute of Mental Health
6001 Executive Boulevard, Room 6115, MSC 9605
Bethesda, MD 20892-9605
Telephone: 301-402-7111
FAX: 301-480-1956
For Specific questions regarding eligibility or questions about the science to be proposed, please contact your Program Official on the parent grant.
For General Information on NIMH’s Recovery Act Supplements, Contact:
Tracy Waldeck, Ph.D.
Associate Director for Special Projects
National Institute of Mental Health
National Institutes of Health
Phone: (301) 435-0322
Email: waldeckt@mail.nih.gov
For Financial or Grants Management Questions, Contact:
Rebecca Claycamp, M.S., CRA
Chief Grants Management Officer
National Institute of Mental Health
6001 Executive Boulevard, Room 6115, MSC 9605
Bethesda, MD 20892-9605
Telephone: 301-402-7111
Email: rclaycam@mail.nih.gov
