Participating Organization(s) |
National Institutes of Health (NIH) |
National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK) |
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Funding Opportunity Title |
Ancillary Studies to Major Ongoing Clinical Research Studies to Advance Areas of Scientific Interest within the Mission of the NIDDK (R01) |
Activity Code |
R01 Research Project Grant |
Announcement Type |
Reissue of PAR-09-247 |
Related Notices |
None |
Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) Number |
PAR-12-265 |
Companion Funding Opportunity |
None |
Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) Number(s) |
93.847 |
Funding Opportunity Purpose |
The purpose of this Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) is to encourage Research Project Grant (R01) applications from qualified investigators to conduct ancillary studies to major ongoing research studies, including clinical trials, epidemiological studies and disease databases (described as parent studies) supported by the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, other Institutes and Centers of the National Institutes of Health, other government agencies and the private sector. The proposed ancillary study must be designed to advance the scientific research mission of the NIDDK by focusing on diseases and areas of direct interest of the Institute. The scientific areas funded by the NIDDK may be found at the following website: htttp:www2.niddk.nih.gov/research. Important elements of this FOA are that the parent study must be ongoing, the subject of inquiry must be within the mission and interest of the NIDDK, the ancillary study must be approved by the appropriate governing body of the parent study, and the proposed study collects new information from enrolled study participant and/or assays of existing or new biologic samples. |
Posted Date |
August 17, 2012 |
Open Date (Earliest Submission Date) |
September 5, 2012 |
Letter of Intent Due Date |
Not Applicable |
Application Due Date(s) |
Standard dates apply, by 5:00 PM local time of applicant organization. |
AIDS Application Due Date(s) |
Not Applicable |
Scientific Merit Review |
Standard dates apply |
Advisory Council Review |
Standard dates apply |
Earliest Start Date(s) |
Standard dates apply |
Expiration Date |
September 8, 2015 |
Due Dates for E.O. 12372 |
Not Applicable |
Required Application Instructions
It is critical that applicants follow the instructions in the SF 424 (R&R) Application Guide, except where instructed to do otherwise (in this FOA or in a Notice from the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts). Conformance to all requirements (both in the Application Guide and the FOA) is required and strictly enforced. Applicants must read and follow all application instructions in the Application Guide as well as any program-specific instructions noted in Section IV. When the program-specific instructions deviate from those in the Application Guide, follow the program-specific instructions. Applications that do not comply with these instructions may be delayed or not accepted for review.
Part 1. Overview Information
Part 2. Full Text of the Announcement
Section I. Funding Opportunity Description
Section II. Award Information
Section III. Eligibility Information
Section IV. Application and Submission Information
Section V. Application Review Information
Section VI. Award Administration Information
Section VII. Agency Contacts
Section VIII. Other Information
Ancillary studies proposed under this FOA must be of scientific interest and within the mission of the NIDDK. Such studies may be proposed from both NIDDK supported parent studies and parent studies funded from other sources as described above. Typically, but not exclusively, ancillary studies are proposed for NIDDK supported parent studies. The NIDDK-supported parent studies are focused on a wide range of diseases and conditions including diabetes, obesity, acute and chronic liver disease, chronic kidney disease, acute kidney injury, benign prostatic hyperplasia and other lower urinary disorders, among others. Examples of NIDDK-supported parent studies for which ancillary studies may be conducted may be found at the following website: http://www2.niddk.nih.gov/Research/ClinicalResearch/AncillaryStudies/. These studies are typically supported by cooperative agreements or contracts. This FOA also invites applications from investigators who plan to conduct ancillary studies utilizing major ongoing clinical research studies (multi-center clinical research investigations, national databases and Phase 3 clinical trials) supported by other Institutes and Centers of the NIH, other government agencies and the private sector. However, to be eligible for this FOA the ancillary study proposed must be clearly within the scientific mission of the NIDDK and focused on diseases and conditions of direct interest to the Institute. The scientific areas funded by the NIDDK may be found at http://www2.niddk.nih.gov/Research/. Irrespective of the original goals of the parent study, the diseases or conditions of interest to NIDDK must have been rigorously defined and present in a sufficient number of study participants. It is strongly recommended that the applicant contact NIDDK program staff prior to submission of their grant application to verify that the proposed ancillary study addresses research goals within the mission and interest of the Institute. While it is recognized that ongoing studies funded by NIDDK may be useful for studying diseases outside the mission of the NIDDK, this FOA may not be used to support such studies. Applications addressing the research goals of other NIH Institutes may be submitted using the NIH parent R01 FOA (PA-11-260), or relevant FOAs from other Institutes.
The NIDDK supports a large number of major multi-center clinical trials to determine the beneficial effect of therapies and interventions. In addition, the Institute supports a number of large-scale multi-institution epidemiological studies and disease databases to better characterize the natural history and response to treatment of a wide range of diseases and conditions. Each of these studies represents a substantial financial commitment from the NIDDK to establish an infrastructure for participant recruitment, examination, data collection and follow-up. These studies offer unique opportunities to conduct additional investigations to fully exploit the research potential of these established cohorts to study the diseases for which these studies were originally designed. These studies may also provide the opportunity to learn more about diseases and conditions outside the original scope of the study protocol but within the mission and interest of the NIDDK. It is also recognized that studies supported by other Institutes and Centers of the NIH, other government agencies and the private sector may also lend themselves to ancillary studies which will advance the research mission of the NIDDK.
The goal of this FOA is to obtain additional scientific information for the diseases and conditions of interest and within the mission of the NIDDK. It is recognized that there is considerable potential for obtaining new knowledge beyond the core activities of the parent study by means of ancillary studies. For this FOA, core activities are considered the measures described in the parent study protocol and are being carried out; having been previously approved by the group responsible for conducting the study-e.g., the Steering Committee-and/or the study's oversight body-e.g., the Data and Safety Monitoring Board. This knowledge may include identification of additional risk factors for disease or genetic factors related to the development, diagnosis, or progression of disease or to the response to therapy. This FOA may also be used to extend the scope of participant data collection and assessment to identify co-morbidities and their impact on the primary disease/condition under study. It is also recognized that a parent study not originally designed to address diseases and scientific areas of responsibility of the NIDDK may yield important insights and additional information of interest to the Institute through ancillary studies. Generally, this FOA is not applicable to small and/or single center studies. For studies supported by Research Project Grants (R01) ancillary study grant applications may be submitted under the Funding Opportunity for Research Project Grants (Parent R01, PA-11-260). However, to determine eligibility of a parent study it is recommended that interested investigators contact NIDDK staff prior to submission of their grant application. Applications to this FOA must include a letter from the appropriate committee (e.g., Ancillary Study Committee) or person (e.g., Chairman of the Steering Committee) indicating that the parent study investigators have approved the ancillary study. In order to take advantage of new data and/or sample collection at the beginning of recruitment of study participants (at baseline) grant applications may be submitted prior to study implementation (before the study is considered ongoing). In those instances the applicant must include a letter from the parent study sponsoring organization/Project Scientist indicating the timetable for its implementation.
Areas of Research Interest: It is anticipated that grant applications may include but are not limited to identification of additional and/or unique/emerging risk factors, pathogenic mechanisms, genetic factors, predictors of drug response (pharmacogenetics, pharmacogenomics), proteomics, metabolomics, biomarker discovery and/or validation as well as better characterization of the co-morbid illnesses suffered by the subjects enrolled in the parent studies. The natural history, risk factors and effect of clinical trial interventions of diseases and conditions for which the parent study was not originally designed may also be studied by means of additional data collection and/or assay of already collected or newly obtained biological samples as long as new questions being addressed are within the scientific mission of NIDDK.
Funding Instrument |
Grant |
Application Types Allowed |
New |
Funds Available and Anticipated Number of Awards |
The number of awards is contingent upon NIH appropriations, and the submission of a sufficient number of meritorious applications. |
Award Budget |
Application budgets are not limited, but need to reflect actual needs of the proposed project. |
Award Project Period |
Scope of the proposed project should determine the project period. The maximum project period is 5 years. |
NIH grants policies as described in the NIH Grants Policy Statement will apply to the applications submitted and awards made in response to this FOA.
Higher Education Institutions
The following types of Higher Education Institutions are always encouraged to apply for NIH support as Public or Private Institutions of Higher Education:
Nonprofits Other Than Institutions of Higher Education
For-Profit Organizations
Governments
Other
Non-domestic (non-U.S.) Entities (Foreign Institutions) are eligible to apply.
Non-domestic (non-U.S.) components of U.S. Organizations are eligible to apply.
Foreign components, as defined in the NIH
Grants Policy Statement, are allowed.
Applicant organizations must complete the following registrations
as described in the SF 424 (R&R) Application Guide to be eligible to apply
for or receive an award. Applicants must have a valid Dun and Bradstreet
Universal Numbering System (DUNS) number in order to begin each of the following
registrations.
All Program Director(s)/Principal Investigator(s) (PD(s)/PI(s))
must also work with their institutional officials to register with the eRA
Commons or ensure their existing eRA Commons account is affiliated with the eRA
Commons account of the applicant organization.
All registrations must be completed by the application due date. Applicant
organizations are strongly encouraged to start the registration process at
least 4-6 weeks prior to the application due date.
Any individual(s) with the skills, knowledge, and resources
necessary to carry out the proposed research as the Program Director(s)/Principal
Investigator(s) (PD(s)/PI(s)) is invited to work with his/her organization to
develop an application for support. Individuals from underrepresented racial
and ethnic groups as well as individuals with disabilities are always
encouraged to apply for NIH support.
For institutions/organizations proposing multiple PD(s)/PI(s), visit the Multiple
Program Director(s)/Principal Investigator(s) Policy and submission details in
the Senior/Key Person Profile (Expanded) Component of the SF 424 (R&R)
Application Guide.
This FOA does not require cost sharing as defined in the NIH Grants Policy Statement.
Applicant organizations may submit more than one application, provided that each application is scientifically distinct.
NIH will not accept any application in response to this FOA that is essentially the same as one currently pending initial peer review unless the applicant withdraws the pending application. NIH will not accept any application that is essentially the same as one already reviewed. Resubmission applications may be submitted, according to the NIH Policy on Resubmission Applications from the SF 424 (R&R) Application Guide.
Applicants must download the SF424 (R&R) application package associated with this funding opportunity using the “Apply for Grant Electronically” button in this FOA or following the directions provided at Grants.gov.
It is critical that applicants follow the instructions in the SF424 (R&R) Application Guide, except where instructed in this funding opportunity announcement to do otherwise. Conformance to the requirements in the Application Guide is required and strictly enforced. Applications that are out of compliance with these instructions may be delayed or not accepted for review.
For information on Application Submission and Receipt, visit Frequently Asked Questions – Application Guide, Electronic Submission of Grant Applications.
The forms package associated with this FOA includes all applicable components, mandatory and optional. Please note that some components marked optional in the application package are required for submission of applications for this FOA. Follow all instructions in the SF424 (R&R) Application Guide to ensure you complete all appropriate “optional” components.
All page limitations described in the SF424 Application Guide and the Table of Page Limits must be followed.
All instructions in the SF424 (R&R) Application Guide must be followed, with the following additional instructions:
Letters of Support
A letter indicating approval of the ancillary study by the appropriate committee or person from the parent study must be included in the grant application. This information should be uploaded as an attachment in the “Other Project Information Component”.
Resource Sharing Plan
Individuals are required to comply with the instructions for the Resource Sharing Plans (Data Sharing Plan, Sharing Model Organisms, and Genome Wide Association Studies (GWAS)) as provided in the SF424 (R&R) Application Guide.
Appendix
Do not use the Appendix to circumvent page limits. Follow all instructions for the Appendix as described in the SF424 (R&R) Application Guide.
Foreign (non-US) institutions must follow policies described in the NIH Grants Policy Statement, and procedures for foreign institutions described throughout the SF424 (R&R) Application Guide.
Part I. Overview Information contains information about Key Dates. Applicants are encouraged to submit in advance of the deadline to ensure they have time to make any application corrections that might be necessary for successful submission.
Organizations must submit applications via Grants.gov, the online portal to find and apply for grants across all Federal agencies. Applicants must then complete the submission process by tracking the status of the application in the eRA Commons, NIH’s electronic system for grants administration.
Applicants are responsible for viewing their application in the eRA Commons to ensure accurate and successful submission.
Information on the submission process and a definition of on-time submission are provided in the SF424 (R&R) Application Guide.
This initiative is not subject to intergovernmental review.
All NIH awards are subject to the terms and conditions, cost principles, and other considerations described in the NIH Grants Policy Statement.
Pre-award costs are allowable only as described in the NIH Grants Policy Statement.
Applications must be submitted electronically following the instructions described in the SF 424 (R&R) Application Guide. Paper applications will not be accepted.
Applicants must complete all required registrations before the application due date. Section III. Eligibility Information contains information about registration.
For assistance with your electronic application or for more information on the electronic submission process, visit Applying Electronically.
Important
reminders:
All PD(s)/PI(s) must include their eRA Commons ID in the
Credential field of the Senior/Key Person Profile Component of the SF
424(R&R) Application Package. Failure to register in the Commons and
to include a valid PD/PI Commons ID in the credential field will prevent the
successful submission of an electronic application to NIH.
The applicant organization must ensure that the DUNS number it provides on the
application is the same number used in the organization’s profile in the eRA
Commons and for the Central Contractor Registration (CCR). Additional
information may be found in the SF424 (R&R) Application Guide.
See more
tips for avoiding common errors.
Upon receipt, applications will be evaluated for completeness by the Center for Scientific Review, NIH. Applications that are incomplete will not be reviewed.
Applicants requesting $500,000 or more in direct costs in any year (excluding consortium F&A) must contact NIH program staff at least 6 weeks before submitting the application and follow the Policy on the Acceptance for Review of Unsolicited Applications that Request $500,000 or More in Direct Costs as described in the SF 424 (R&R) Application Guide.
Applicants are required to follow the instructions for post-submission materials, as described in NOT-OD-10-115.
Only the review criteria described below will be considered in the review process. As part of the NIH mission, all applications submitted to the NIH in support of biomedical and behavioral research are evaluated for scientific and technical merit through the NIH peer review system.
Reviewers will provide an overall impact/priority score to reflect their assessment of the likelihood for the project to exert a sustained, powerful influence on the research field(s) involved, in consideration of the following review criteria and additional review criteria (as applicable for the project proposed).
Reviewers will consider each of the review criteria below in the determination of scientific merit, and give a separate score for each. An application does not need to be strong in all categories to be judged likely to have major scientific impact. For example, a project that by its nature is not innovative may be essential to advance a field.
Significance
Does the project address an important problem or a critical barrier to progress in the field? If the aims of the project are achieved, how will scientific knowledge, technical capability, and/or clinical practice be improved? How will successful completion of the aims change the concepts, methods, technologies, treatments, services, or preventative interventions that drive this field?
Investigator(s)
Are the PD(s)/PI(s), collaborators, and other researchers well suited to the project? If Early Stage Investigators or New Investigators, or in the early stages of independent careers, do they have appropriate experience and training? If established, have they demonstrated an ongoing record of accomplishments that have advanced their field(s)? If the project is collaborative or multi-PD(s)/PI(s), do the investigators have complementary and integrated expertise; are their leadership approach, governance and organizational structure appropriate for the project?
Innovation
Does the application challenge and seek to shift current research or clinical practice paradigms by utilizing novel theoretical concepts, approaches or methodologies, instrumentation, or interventions? Are the concepts, approaches or methodologies, instrumentation, or interventions novel to one field of research or novel in a broad sense? Is a refinement, improvement, or new application of theoretical concepts, approaches or methodologies, instrumentation, or interventions proposed?
Approach
Are the overall strategy, methodology, and analyses
well-reasoned and appropriate to accomplish the specific aims of the project?
Are potential problems, alternative strategies, and benchmarks for success
presented? If the project is in the early stages of development, will the
strategy establish feasibility and will particularly risky aspects be managed?
If the project involves clinical research, are the plans for 1) protection of
human subjects from research risks, and 2) inclusion of minorities and members
of both sexes/genders, as well as the inclusion of children, justified in terms
of the scientific goals and research strategy proposed?
Environment
Will the scientific environment in which the work will be done contribute to the probability of success? Are the institutional support, equipment and other physical resources available to the investigators adequate for the project proposed? Will the project benefit from unique features of the scientific environment, subject populations, or collaborative arrangements?
As applicable for the project proposed, reviewers will evaluate the following additional items while determining scientific and technical merit, and in providing an overall impact/priority score, but will not give separate scores for these items.
Has the burden of the proposed ancillary study on the parent study participants been adequately described?
Protections for Human Subjects
For research that involves human subjects but does
not involve one of the six categories of research that are exempt under 45 CFR
Part 46, the committee will evaluate the justification for involvement of human
subjects and the proposed protections from research risk relating to their
participation according to the following five review criteria: 1) risk to
subjects, 2) adequacy of protection against risks, 3) potential benefits to the
subjects and others, 4) importance of the knowledge to be gained, and 5) data
and safety monitoring for clinical trials.
For research that involves human subjects and meets the criteria for one or
more of the six categories of research that are exempt under 45 CFR Part 46,
the committee will evaluate: 1) the justification for the exemption, 2) human
subjects involvement and characteristics, and 3) sources of materials. For
additional information on review of the Human Subjects section, please refer to
the Human
Subjects Protection and Inclusion Guidelines.
Inclusion of Women, Minorities, and Children
When the proposed project involves clinical research, the committee will evaluate the proposed plans for inclusion of minorities and members of both genders, as well as the inclusion of children. For additional information on review of the Inclusion section, please refer to the Human Subjects Protection and Inclusion Guidelines.
Vertebrate Animals
The committee will evaluate the involvement of live vertebrate animals as part of the scientific assessment according to the following five points: 1) proposed use of the animals, and species, strains, ages, sex, and numbers to be used; 2) justifications for the use of animals and for the appropriateness of the species and numbers proposed; 3) adequacy of veterinary care; 4) procedures for limiting discomfort, distress, pain and injury to that which is unavoidable in the conduct of scientifically sound research including the use of analgesic, anesthetic, and tranquilizing drugs and/or comfortable restraining devices; and 5) methods of euthanasia and reason for selection if not consistent with the AVMA Guidelines on Euthanasia. For additional information on review of the Vertebrate Animals section, please refer to the Worksheet for Review of the Vertebrate Animal Section.
Biohazards
Reviewers will assess whether materials or procedures proposed are potentially hazardous to research personnel and/or the environment, and if needed, determine whether adequate protection is proposed.
Resubmissions
For Resubmissions, the committee will evaluate the application as now presented, taking into consideration the responses to comments from the previous scientific review group and changes made to the project.
Renewals
For Renewals, the committee will consider the progress made in the last funding period.
Revisions
For Revisions, the committee will consider the appropriateness of the proposed expansion of the scope of the project. If the Revision application relates to a specific line of investigation presented in the original application that was not recommended for approval by the committee, then the committee will consider whether the responses to comments from the previous scientific review group are adequate and whether substantial changes are clearly evident.
As applicable for the project proposed, reviewers will consider each of the following items, but will not give scores for these items, and should not consider them in providing an overall impact/priority score.
Applications from Foreign Organizations
Reviewers will assess whether the project presents special opportunities for furthering research programs through the use of unusual talent, resources, populations, or environmental conditions that exist in other countries and either are not readily available in the United States or augment existing U.S. resources.
Select Agent Research
Reviewers will assess the information provided in this section of the application, including 1) the Select Agent(s) to be used in the proposed research, 2) the registration status of all entities where Select Agent(s) will be used, 3) the procedures that will be used to monitor possession use and transfer of Select Agent(s), and 4) plans for appropriate biosafety, biocontainment, and security of the Select Agent(s).
Resource Sharing Plans
Reviewers will comment on whether the following Resource Sharing Plans, or the rationale for not sharing the following types of resources, are reasonable: 1) Data Sharing Plan; 2) Sharing Model Organisms; and 3) Genome Wide Association Studies (GWAS).
Budget and Period of Support
Reviewers will consider whether the budget and the requested period of support are fully justified and reasonable in relation to the proposed research.
Applications will be evaluated for scientific and technical merit by (an) appropriate Scientific Review Group(s)convened by the NIDDK, in accordance with NIH peer review policy and procedures, using the stated review criteria. Review assignments will be shown in the eRA Commons.
As part of the scientific peer review, all applications:
Applications will be assigned to the appropriate NIH Institute or Center. Applications will compete for available funds with all other recommended applications . Following initial peer review, recommended applications will receive a second level of review by the National Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases Advisory Council. The following will be considered in making funding decisions:
After the peer review of the application is completed, the PD(s)/PI(s) will be able to access his or her Summary Statement (written critique) via the eRA Commons.
Information regarding the disposition of applications is available in the NIH Grants Policy Statement.
If the application is under consideration for funding, NIH
will request "just-in-time" information from the applicant as
described in the NIH
Grants Policy Statement.
A formal notification in the form of a Notice of Award (NoA) will be provided
to the applicant organization for successful applications. The NoA signed by
the grants management officer is the authorizing document and will be sent via
email to the grantee’s business official.
Awardees must comply with any funding restrictions described in Section IV.5. Funding Restrictions. Selection
of an application for award is not an authorization to begin performance. Any
costs incurred before receipt of the NoA are at the recipient's risk. These
costs may be reimbursed only to the extent considered allowable pre-award costs.
Any application awarded in response to this FOA will be subject to the DUNS,
CCR Registration, and Transparency Act requirements as noted on the Award
Conditions and Information for NIH Grants website.
All NIH grant and cooperative agreement awards include the NIH Grants Policy Statement as part of the NoA. For these terms of award, see the NIH Grants Policy Statement Part II: Terms and Conditions of NIH Grant Awards, Subpart A: General and Part II: Terms and Conditions of NIH Grant Awards, Subpart B: Terms and Conditions for Specific Types of Grants, Grantees, and Activities. More information is provided at Award Conditions and Information for NIH Grants.
Cooperative Agreement Terms and Conditions of Award
Not Applicable.
When multiple years are involved, awardees will be required to submit the Non-Competing Continuation Grant Progress Report (PHS 2590) annually and financial statements as required in the NIH Grants Policy Statement.
A final progress report, invention statement, and the expenditure data portion of the Federal Financial Report are required for closeout of an award, as described in the NIH Grants Policy Statement.
The Federal Funding Accountability and Transparency Act of 2006 (Transparency Act), includes a requirement for awardees of Federal grants to report information about first-tier subawards and executive compensation under Federal assistance awards issued in FY2011 or later. All awardees of applicable NIH grants and cooperative agreements are required to report to the Federal Subaward Reporting System (FSRS) available at www.fsrs.gov on all subawards over $25,000. See the NIH Grants Policy Statement for additional information on this reporting requirement.
We encourage inquiries concerning this funding opportunity
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James Everhart, M.D., M.P.H.
Division of Digestive Diseases and Nutrition
National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney
Diseases
Two Democracy Plaza, Room 655
6707 Democracy Boulevard, MSC 5450
Bethesda, MD 20892-5450
Telephone: 301-594-8878
Email: JE17G@nih.gov
Saul Malozowski, M.D., Ph.D., M.B.A.
Division of Diabetes, Endocrinology and Metabolic Diseases
National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney
Diseases
Two Democracy Plaza, Room 607
6707 Democracy Boulevard, MSC 5450
Bethesda, MD 20892-5450
Telephone: 301-451-4683
Email: sm007@nih.gov
John W. Kusek, Ph.D.
Division of Kidney, Urologic and Hematologic Diseases
National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney
Diseases
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6707 Democracy Boulevard, MSC 5450
Bethesda, MD 20892-5450
Telephone: 301-594-7735
Email: jk61x@nih.gov
Michele Barnard, Ph.D.
Review Branch
Division of Extramural Activities
National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney
Diseases
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Bethesda, MD 20892-5450
Telephone: 301-594-8898
Email: barnardm@mail.nih.gov
Carolyn Kofa
Grants Management Branch
Division of Extramural Activities
National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and
Kidney Diseases
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Bethesda, MD 20892-5450
Telephone: 301-594-7687
Email: kofac@mail.nih.gov
Diana O'Donovan
Grants Management Branch
Division of Extramural Activities
National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and
Kidney Diseases
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6707 Democracy Boulevard, MSC 5456
Bethesda, MD 20892-5456
Telephone: 301-594-9523
Email: odonovand@extra.niddk.nih.gov
Kieran Kelley
Grants Management Branch
Division of Extramural Activities
National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and
Kidney Diseases
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6707 Democracy Boulevard, MSC 5456
Bethesda, MD 20892-5456
Telephone: 301-594-2193
Email: kelleykieran@niddk.nih.gov
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