Office of Research and Project Administration

 

NIH has issued a clarification regarding the Challenge Grants and funds for foreign subcontracts. US institutions who are planning to submit applications that include foreign components should be aware that requested funding for any foreign component should not exceed 10% of the total requested direct costs or $25,000 (aggregate total for all subcontracts and subawards), whichever is less.

Please see NOT-OD-09-061 below and at http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/notice-files/NOT-OD-09-061.html for details.

Please contact your ORPA Research Administrator with any questions.

 
Donna Beyea - x5-8037

Anne Corriveau - x3-4512

Gayle Elledge - x 5-1502

Brenda Kavanaugh - x5-1504

Tammie Martin - x3-3960

Jane Tolbert - x5-4210

Cheryl Williams - x5-1503

Clarification to RFA-OD-09-003-Recovery Act Limited Competition: NIH Challenge Grants in Health and Science Research (RC1)

Notice Number: NOT-OD-09-061Key Dates
Release Date:  March 6, 2009Issued by
National Institutes of Health (NIH), (http://www.nih.gov)

This notice clarifies eligibility to the NIH Challenge Grants in Health and Science Research Program with respect to domestic (United States) institutions/organizations wishing to submit applications that include foreign components.

Funding for this program is provided under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Recovery Act).  The purposes of the Recovery Act are to preserve and create jobs and promote economic recovery in the United States, and to provide investments needed to increase economic efficiency by spurring technological advances in science and health.  Consistent with these goals, domestic (United States) institutions/organizations (i.e., those located in the 50 states, territories and possessions of the United States, Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands, or District of Columbia) who are planning to submit applications that include foreign components should be aware that requested funding for any foreign component should not exceed 10% of the total requested direct costs or $25,000 (aggregate total for all subcontracts and subawards), whichever is less. Inquiries

Questions concerning this Notice should be referred to the Financial/Grants Management Contacts provided in RFA-OD-09-003. 

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Jane Tolbert,
Research Administrator
Office of Research & Project Administration
University of Rochester
503 Hylan Building
RC Box 270140
Rochester, NY 14627
Phone: 585-275-4210
Fax: 585-275-9492
Email: jtolbert@orpa.rochester.edu