OFFICE OF SCIENTIFIC AFFAIRS AND BIOTECHNOLOGY
FEDERAL ECONOMIC RECOVERY ACT FUNDING
National Institutes of Health
NIH Grant Funding Opportunities through the Recovery Act. Goals include:
- fund recently peer reviewed highly meritorious research grant applications that can be accomplished in 2 years or less;
- fund new research applications;
- accelerate the tempo of ongoing science through targeted supplements to current grants; and
- support new types of activities such as the Challenge Grant program.
NIH Challenge Grants (RC1)
- Submission Deadline = April 27, 2009 [submit entire, complete proposal except for science sections to Office of Scientific Affairs no later than Friday, April 17th]
- Program Announcement RFA-OD-09-003
- List of Broad Challenge Areas and Specific Topics - PI's should contact the appropriate Institute contact to discuss proposed project
- pdf SF424 Proposal Application package
- basic guide for completing the SF424 application
- Unique requirements for Challenge Grant applications (see RFA):
- 2 year, $500K total cost per year maximum budget - use detailed budget form
- Abstract - maximum 1 page
- References - maximum 1 page
- Biosketches - maximum 2 pages with no more than ten referenced publications
- Research Plan
- Specific Aims - maximum 1 page
- No Background/significance or preliminary studies sections
- Research Design - maximum 12 pages (see RFA for specific requirements)
- No appendix or supplemental material
High-End Instrumentation Grant Program (S10)
- The NCRR High-End Instrumentation Grant program encourages applications from groups of NIH-supported investigators to purchase a single major item of equipment to be used for biomedical research that costs at least $600,000. The maximum award is $8,000,000. Instruments in this category include, but are not limited to, structural and functional imaging systems, macromolecular NMR spectrometers, high-resolution mass spectrometers, cryoelectron microscopes and supercomputers.
- Submission Deadline = May 6, 2009
- pdf SF424 Proposal Application package
- Program Announcement PAR-09-118
- Single item, minimum $600K cost
Core Facility Renovation, Repair and Improvement (G20)
- The major objective of this program is to upgrade core facilities to support the conduct of PHS supported biomedical and/or behavioral research. Support can be requested to alter and renovate the core facility as well as to improve the general equipment in the core facility or to purchase general equipment for specialized groups of researchers. Specialized equipment over $100,000 in cost cannot be requested as part of this program. In situations when similar core facilities exist in different departments at an institution, funding can be requested in support of centralizing these core facilities.
- Submission Deadline = September 17, 2009
- pdf SF424 Proposal Application package
- Program Announcement RFA-RR-09-007
Extramural Research Facilities Improvement Program (C06)
- NCRR is soliciting applications that propose to expand, remodel, renovate, or alter biomedical or behavioral research facilities. The major objective of this program is to facilitate and enhance the conduct of PHS-supported biomedical and behavioral research by supporting the costs of improving non-Federal basic research, clinical research, and animal facilities to meet the biomedical or behavioral research, research training, or research support needs of an institution. Budgets for direct costs between $2M and $15M may be requested.
- Submission Deadline = May 6, 2009 or June 17, 2009 for projects over $10M
- pdf SF424 Proposal Application package
- Program Announcement RFA-RR-09-008
National Science Foundation
NSF Information Related to the Recovery Act
Department of Defense
DoD Information Related to the Recovery Act
What Happens After the Stimulus?
From NIAID:
Hundreds of grants funded with stimulus money will end in FY 2010, and many of those investigators will be applying to renew their funding. In addition, many other investigators will likely apply for funding in FY 2011, including people trying to renew their grants.
However, the Institute does not expect the growth in our base funding level to be sufficient for establishing a payline to continue funding all those grants. Neither will NIAID have R56-Bridge award money to extend them.
As a result, we expect the payline to drop precipitously. So FY 2011 will be a very difficult year for people to secure funding, whether they are funded from the stimulus funds or the regular appropriation. In either case, you may want to think about different strategies for applying. For example:
- Start writing your next grant now for FY 2010 funding on a different but related topic.
- Get the research done so you can strongly justify your grant's recompetition. Keep your timing options open, recognizing that FY 2011 will be a really difficult year for applicants.
While the above applies only to NIAID and NIMH, other Institutes will be facing the same problem.
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