Office of Research and Project Administration

Please see NOT-OD-10-043 below (and at  http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/notice-files/NOT-OD-10-043.html) for details of ARRA administrative supplement opportunities that will be available in FY 2010.

Institutes participating at this time are listed below:

NINR, NIEHS, NIAID & NLM will offer both administrative supplements (NOT-OD-09-056) and supplements providing summer research experiences for students and science educators (NOT-OD-09-060).

NCI & NIMH will offer ONLY administrative supplements as described in  NOT-OD-09-056.

NIAMS will offer ONLY summer research experiences for students and science educators (NOT-OD-09-060). 

The web sites of these ICs have been updated or will be updated shortly with specific areas of interest, eligibility, closing dates, contact information, and budget/funding information for supplement applications. Potential applicants should review the information issued by their funding IC before responding to the Notice.

Please contact your ORPA Research Administrator with any questions.

Donna Beyea - x5-8037

Anne Corriveau – x3-2137 

Gayle Elledge - x 5-1502

Brenda Kavanaugh - x5-1504

Tammie Martin - x3-3960

Jane Tolbert - x5-4210

Cheryl Williams - x5-1503

 

ARRA Administrative Supplements: Clarification on FY2010 Applications

Notice Number: NOT-OD-10-043

Key Dates
Release Date: January 8, 2010

Issued by
National Institutes of Health (NIH), (http://www.nih.gov)

In March, 2009, the NIH announced the availability of funds under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA) for project expansions via administrative supplements (NOT-OD-09-056) including administrative supplements providing summer research experiences for students and science educators (NOT-OD-09-060).

This Notice serves to clarify that these Notices remain in effect.

At this time, the NIH Institutes and Centers (ICs) listed below will issue administrative supplements in FY2010 using ARRA funds as detailed in NOT-OD-09-056 and NOT-OD-09-060.

• NINR (http://www.ninr.nih.gov/Recovery/admin_supps_equipFY10 and http://www.ninr.nih.gov/Recovery/admin_supps_summerFY10)
• NIEHS (http://www.niehs.nih.gov)
• NIAID (http://www.niaid.nih.gov)
• NLM (http://www.nlm.nih.gov/ep/adminsupplements.html and http://www.nlm.nih.gov/ep/adminsuppsummer.html)

The following ICs will issue administrative supplements in FY2010 using ARRA funds as detailed in NOT-OD-09-056 only:

• NCI (http://www.cancer.gov/researchandfunding/announcements/recoveryact)
• NIMH (http://www.nimh.nih.gov/recovery/recovery-act-supplements-to-currently-funded-projects-nimh-areas.shtml)

The following IC will issue administrative supplements providing summer research experiences for students and science educators in FY2010 using ARRA funds as detailed in NOT-OD-09-060 only:

• NIAMS (http://www.niams.nih.gov/)

The web sites of these ICs have been updated or will be updated shortly with specific areas of interest, eligibility, closing dates, contact information, and budget/funding information for supplement applications. Potential applicants should review the information issued by their funding IC before responding to the Notice.

Inquiries

This Notice is subject to restrictions on oral conversations during the period of time commencing with the submission of a formal application[¹] by an individual or entity and ending with the award of the competitive funds. Federal officials may not participate in oral communications initiated by any person or entity concerning a pending application for a Recovery Act competitive grant or other competitive form of Federal financial assistance, whether or not the initiating party is a federally registered lobbyist¹. This restriction applies unless:

(i) the communication is purely logistical;
(ii) the communication is made at a widely attended gathering;
(iii) the communication is to or from a Federal agency official and another Federal Government employee;
(iv) the communication is to or from a Federal agency official and an elected chief executive of a state, local or tribal government, or to or from a Federal agency official and the Presiding Officer or Majority Leader in each chamber of a state legislature; or
(v) the communication is initiated by the Federal agency official.

For additional information see http://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/assets/memoranda_fy2009/m09-24.pdf

We encourage your inquiries concerning this funding opportunity and welcome the opportunity to answer questions from potential applicants. Inquiries may fall into three areas: scientific/research (program), peer review, and financial or grants management issues:

Questions concerning this Notice should be referred to GrantsInfo@mail.nih.gov.

¹Formal application includes the preliminary application and letter of intent phases of the program.