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FEATURES
Special Funding Opportunities and Requests for
Information
Funding Opportunities and Useful Links
Immunology Bloglines
Grants.gov and Other Useful Links for Electronic
Grant Submission
Recent Grant News from the NIH
Special Funding Opportunities
(updated October 25, 2007)
American Association of
Immunologists/Experimental Biology 2008
The 95th annual AAI/Experimental Biology meeting
will take place in San Diego, CA, April 5-9, 2008. The abstract submission
deadline is November 7, 2007. For more information, please see: http://www.aai.org/2008Meeting/Program.htm
To submit an abstract, see: http://www.eb2008.org/AbstractSubmission.htm
American Association of
Immunologists Travel and Career Awards
Deadline: November 14, 2007.
Nominations are solicited for several career awards
that will sponsor travel to the annual meeting. A request for applications for
travel awards has also been posted. The AAI Annual Meeting will be held in
conjunction with the Experimental Biology meeting in San Diego, CA, April 5-9,
2008.
Osteoimmunology-Crosstalk between Immune System
and Bone
R01:
RFA-DE-08-006 / R21:
RFA-DE-08-007
Letter of Intent due December 14,
2007; Application Deadline: January 14, 2008
This funding source seeks to support novel research
projects designed to provide a fundamental understanding of the intersystem
crosstalk between alveolar bone and the immune system, and how osteoimmunology
operates in normal and pathologic conditions.
Arthritis National Research Foundation Grants
Deadline: January 16, 2008.
Guidelines and
Policies
The Arthritis National Research Foundation (ANRF) is
dedicated to funding highly qualified investigators associated with major
research institutes, universities and hospitals throughout the country who are
seeking to discover new knowledge for the prevention, treatment and cure of
arthritis and other rheumatic diseases. The group has recently announced that
the maximum funding level for grants has increased to $75,000 to fund salaries,
supplies, and equipment related to the project. Between 8-15 grants are funded
annually. Preference is given to senior post-doctoral investigators
transitioning to independent investigator status and new assistant professors.
Exploratory/Developmental Investigations on
Primary Immunodeficiency Diseases
R21:
PAR-07-446 / R03:
PAR-07-447
Letter of Intent Due October 20, 2007; Application
Deadline: November 20, 2007.
This funding opportunity announcement (FOA) is to support innovative
exploratory/developmental studies of primary immunodeficiency diseases focusing
on ex vivo studies with human specimens and on studies with current or new
animal models. A secondary objective is to stimulate research by bringing
investigators new to primary immunodeficiency diseases research into the field.
Medical Biological Defense Research Program
Continuously open announcement.
The Medical Biological Defense Research program, sponsored by the DOD,
et al., provides medical counter-measures for biological warfare agents.
These studies include Viral, Toxin, Bacterial Studies, and relevant Drug
Development (e.g., identification and characterization of organisms and
toxins; molecular antigenic analysis; development of diagnostic assays;
studies on structure and function that are related to mechanism of
action, binding, internalization and interaction with the immune system
and neutralizing antibodies; investigation of pathogenesis and
immunology that will allow decision regarding the optimal approach to
disease prevention and control).
Functional Links between the Immune System, Brain
Function and Behavior
R01:
PA-07-088
Deadline: February 5, 2008
This Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) issued by the National
Institute of Mental Health (NIMH), the National Institute on Aging
(NIA), the National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin
Diseases (NIAMS), the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), the
National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering (NIBIB), the
National Institute on Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS), and the
National Cancer Institute (NCI), National Institutes of Health (NIH),
solicits research grant applications to study neuroimmune molecules and
mechanisms involved in regulating normal and pathological central
nervous system (CNS) function.
Funding Opportunities and Useful Links
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) funding opportunities
Centers for Disease Control (CDC) funding
Community of Science
Department of Defense funding opportunities for medical research
Department of Education (ED) grants and contracts
National Endowment for the Arts grants page
National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) grants page
National Science Foundation (NSF)
U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) research opportunities
Weekly NIH funding opportunities
Immunology
Bloglines
Bloglines is a window to a
whole new world of dynamic content that is being created and distributed
over the new "live" web.
Immunology Bloglines has been tailored to the interests of its
constituency, including the latest grant and contract information
from the NIH as well as the most recent tables of contents from high
impact journals such as Cell, Science, and Nature.
Click here to access Immunology Bloglines.
Grant submission to all governmental
agencies will soon require complete electronic transmission. To
aid in this transition, grants.gov has been organized to facilitate the
application process.
Applicants will be required to download and
use the PureEdge Viewer
(for PC users) or the MAC
Supported PureEdge Viewer (for Mac users).
Training Demonstrations are available to
help adjust to this new process:
Complete
Application Package Training Demo
Submit Application Tips
Application Error Tips
Convert Documents to PDF
NIH eRA Commons
Electronic Research Administration (eRA) is a core service of the Office
of Electronic Research and Reports Management (OERRM) in the NIH Office
of the Director. OERRM's eRA information technology program provides
grants administration support to NIH institutes and centers and to all
Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) agencies that fund
extramural research.
Other Useful Links for Electronic
Grant Submission
Annual eRA Symposium Grants.gov: FIND & APPLY
NIH Transition to the SF424 (R&R)
Grants.gov Forms Repository
NIH eRA Website
SF424 (R&R)
Application and Electronic Submission Information
Includes a document providing a sample Table of Contents & a chart
cross-referencing the location in the forms components for each piece of
the grant image.
NIH Electronic
Submission of Grant Applications
Grants.gov Help Desk
Grants.gov customer support
Contact Center Phone: 1-800-518-472
Business Hours M-F 7 a.m.-9 p.m. Eastern Standard Time
Email: support@grants.gov
eRA Commons Help Desk
Phone: 301-402-7469 / 866-504-9552 (Toll Free)
301-451-5939 (TTY)
Business hours M-F 7am-8pm Eastern Standard Time
Email: commons@od.nih.gov
Grants Information
Phone: 301-435-0714
301-451-0088 (TTY)
Email: GrantsInfo@nih.gov
Recent Grant News from the NIH
(updated October 9, 2006)
NIH Extramural NEXUS
FEATURES
R03, R21, R33, and R34 Grant Mechanisms:
Transition to Electronic Submission
The NIH Published Salary Limitation on
Grants, Cooperative Agreements, and Contracts
NIH Fiscal Operations Plan for FY 2006
Electronic Grant Submission to the NIH
The NIH Launches Multiple Principal
Investigator Initiative
R03, R21, R33, and R34 Grant
Mechanisms: Transition to Electronic Submission—The
purpose of this Notice is to announce the following changes regarding
funding opportunity announcements (FOAs) that utilize the Small Research
Grant (R03), Exploratory/Developmental Research Grant (R21), the Phased
Innovation Award (R21/R33), and the NIH Clinical Trial Planning Grant
(R34) mechanisms. Effective June 1,
2006, R03 and R21 paper applications will no longer be
accepted by the NIH, AHRQ or CDC.
Please click here for more information.
The NIH Published Salary Limitation on Grants, Cooperative
Agreements, and Contracts—This notice provides updated information
regarding the salary limitation for NIH grant and cooperative agreement
awards and extramural research and development contract awards. On
January 7, 2005 the Fiscal Year (FY) 2005 information on the salary
limitation was published in the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts.
(NOT-OD-06-031)
Please click here for more information.
NIH Fiscal Operations Plan for FY 2006 (by Norka Ruiz Bravo, PhD
- Director, OER and NIH Deputy Director for Extramural Research)—As many
of you know, the President signed the Department of Health and Human
Services appropriations bill on December 30, 2005. The NIH appropriation
included a 1 percent across-the-board cut for all non-emergency
discretionary programs; the NIH share is $286 million. This has forced
NIH to make some very tough choices. Paramount in making these choices
is two principles: we must continue to support the very best biomedical
research in the world; and we must ensure that the next generation of
scientists continues to have the opportunity to compete successfully for
grants and transition to independent investigator status.
Guided by these principles, NIH will reduce all non-competing research
project grant (RPG) awards by 2.35 percent; restore funds to all
previously issued FY 2006 awards to 97.65 percent of the amount
indicated in the FY 2005 Notice of Grant Award; and maintain the average
cost of competing RPGs at FY 2005 levels. By undertaking these difficult
measures, we expect to achieve an overall success rate of approximately
19.5 percent compared to 22.3 percent in FY 2005. We also expect to fund
more than 38,300 competing and non-competing RPGs. When compared to FY
2005, this represents a decrease of about 570 RPGs or 1.5 percent.
As difficult as these decreases will be to absorb, by tightening our
belts in this fashion, we will be able to continue to fund the very best
biomedical research in the world. We remain concerned, however, about
the impact of falling success rates on the next generation of
investigators. Therefore, we expect to announce programs targeting new
investigators soon.
Please click here for more information on the NIH Fiscal Operations Plan
Electronic Grant Submission to the NIH (from ExtramuralNexus)—As
it continues to transition grant programs to electronic submission, the
NIH is now preparing for the October 1, 2006 changeover of its largest
grant program, the R01 or Research Project Grant Program, which has been
known to receive 10,000 applications for a single receipt cycle.
Having
received a great deal of feedback from applicants that took part in the
initial submissions, NIH offers the following advice to applicants:
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Be
informed. For up-to-date, general information on electronic
submission, the SF424 (R&R), and Service Providers, visit the NIH
Electronic Submission of Grant Applications Web site.
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Follow all instructions carefully. Information found in the funding
opportunity announcement and the application guide that accompanies
each application package is critical to submitting a complete and
accurate application to NIH. Many applicants spent a great deal of
time correcting errors and resubmitting applications. Much of this
effort can be avoided by reading and following the instructions
up-front. Sample versions of the application guide and packages are
available, as are the most common application errors.
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Be
prepared, register early. One-time registrations for both Grants.gov
and eRA Commons systems must be completed before application
submission. These are two distinct systems with separate
registration requirements.
Registration Tips:
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The registration process can take several weeks, especially when
close to submission dates when registration volume peaks. Start
early to avoid delays! NIH recommends starting the registration
process now, or at a minimum two-four weeks ahead of your target
submission date. New organizations may need to start the Grants.gov
registration process even earlier to obtain the necessary DUNS
numbers and CCR registrations required for Grants.gov registration.
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Applicant organizations must register both in Grants.gov and eRA
Commons, but Principal Investigators (PIs) need only register in eRA
Commons.
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The PI must hold a PI account and be affiliated with the applicant
organization in the eRA Commons.
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Both the Principal Investigator (PI) and Signing Official (SO) need
separate accounts in eRA Commons since both need to verify the
application. If you are the SO for your organization as well as a PI
of the grant, you will need two separate accounts with different
user names - one with SO authority and one with PI authority.
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Organizations must include the DUNS number in their eRA Commons
profile that matches the DUNS number to be used on the submitted
applications.
Grants.gov and eRA Commons registration processes may be done
concurrently.
The NIH Launches Multiple Principal Investigator Initiative (from ExtramuralNexus)—As scientific problems have become more complex,
so have the ways that we must address them. Many scientists are
moving from reductionist to systems approaches, and biomedical
science increasingly involves teams of investigators, who have been
trained in different disciplines. NIH recognized the importance of
interdisciplinary approaches and team science by launching a
comprehensive Roadmap initiative designed specifically to encourage
this kind of research.
There are, however, systemic barriers to team research. These
barriers include the fact that NIH recognizes only a single
Principal Investigator (PI) on research grants. That means that
frequently, major contributors to NIH-funded research projects do
not receive appropriate credit for their intellectual contributions,
and this serves as a deterrent to team science. The NIH along with
the Office of Science and Technology Policy recently issued Requests
for Information (RFIs) in order to gauge the level of support within
the scientific community for the overall multiple-PI concept.
Responses revealed overall support for the multiple-PI initiative,
as well as for the idea of budget allocation to individual PIs and
the development of ways to use linked awards to support projects
that span more than one institution. To reduce this barrier and
encourage and facilitate a broader use of team approaches, the NIH
plans to start recognizing more than one PI on research grants and
contracts.
Beginning in May 2006, the NIH expects to start receiving
applications that name more than one PI. Initially, this capacity
will be restricted to a small number of pre-announced Requests for
Applications (RFAs) and Program Announcements (PAs). A phased
approach will allow us to test this very complex adaptation of our
administrative systems in order to ensure that everything is working
correctly before we open it up to all applicants. A timeline for the
complete roll-out will be announced in the near future.
Applications identifying more than one PI will supplement rather
than replace the traditional single-PI model. Each PI listed will be
designated as such by the grantee institution and will be expected
to share responsibility for directing the grant-supported project or
activity. Reviewers will continue to examine qualifications of named
PIs as they relate to the proposed project. And if an award is made,
each PI will be named on the notice of grant award and will be
responsible and accountable to the grantee institution and the NIH
for the proper conduct of the project or activity.
NIH Roadmap—Research
Teams of the Future
The findings of the RFI can be found on the
Multiple
Principal Investigator Web site
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