Funding-Limited Submission – CDC – Improving Fetal
Alcohol Spectrum Disorders Prevention and Practice through National
Partnerships (CDC-RFA-DD14-1403); April 22, 2014
Purpose: Prenatal alcohol use
is a leading preventable cause of birth defects and developmental disabilities.
The term fetal alcohol spectrum disorders (FASDs) is used to define the range
of physical, mental, behavioral, and/or learning disabilities that can result
from prenatal alcohol exposure. FASDs are completely preventable if a woman
does not drink alcohol during pregnancy. While significant accomplishments have
been made to reach health care providers by the current CDC-funded FASD
Regional Training Centers (RTCs), much work remains to be done. In July 2013,
an external peer review of the FASD RTCs was conducted and the need for these
Centers was reaffirmed. However, the review stressed the need for more
collaboration with medical societies and national partners to broaden the reach
of the RTCs. Such collaboration could provide opportunities to focus on
discipline-specific trainings, emphasize primary prevention of FASDs and to
promote practice and system level changes among their members.
Thus,
this FOA focuses on linking the work of the newly designed FASD Practice and
Implementation Centers (PICs) to two types of organizations. The first type (Component
1) includes organizations that are national in scope with state and local
chapters whose primary purpose is to help practicing professionals (e.g.,
pediatricians, obstetricians and gynecologists, nurses, family practitioners,
internists, social workers, etc.) stay current in their fields. The second type
of organization (Component 2) includes organizations who have a primary
mission or focus on FASDs and who have national reach through an existing
network of member organizations focusing on FASDs at the state and/or local
levels. Working through these two types of organizations will help ensure that
prevention and health messages are accurate and readily adopted by
practitioners, the media, and the public. This announcement reflects the need
for national coverage, stronger linkages between the CDC-funded FASD PICs and
these crucial organizations, and an increased emphasis on demonstrable practice
change. CDC is announcing the availability of funds to support a multi-faceted
approach to enhance FASD training, provider education and practice change and
complements CDC-RFA-DD14-1402, which will fund FASD Practice and Implementation
Centers (PICs).
Amount:
Average
one year amount: $250,000/year for up to 4 years
Institutional
Limit: Institutions
may only submit one application under this FOA, for either Component 1 or
Component 2.
Internal
Competition: Because
CDC limits the number of applications that can be submitted, the University of
Kentucky has established an internal selection process. Researchers interested
in applying are to submit the following material electronically to the
Office of the Vice President for Research at limitedsubmissions@uky.edu
and a copy to their Associate Dean for Research by Tuesday, April 22, 2014:
A
committee will be convened to review the material and make a recommendation.
Questions about the submission process may be sent to Ms. Annette Evans in the
Office of the Vice President for Research (alevan4@email.uky.edu or 257-1663.)
Agency
Deadline
LOI
(not required) April 22, 2014
Full
Proposal May 13, 2014