Funding-Limited Submission - Effectiveness Research on Smoking Cessation in Hospitalized Patients; December 11, 2009

 

 

The National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute (NHLBI) solicits four-year cooperative agreement grant applications from institutions/organizations to serve as the Research Coordinating Unit (RCU) for the grantees of the Effectiveness Research on Smoking Cessation in Hospitalized Patients (see RFA-HL-10-020), referred to as primary research sites (PRSs).  The RCU solicited by this Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) will facilitate coordination of research activities of the PRSs awarded under the parallel FOA.  The PRSs will be responsible for planning, directing, and executing their own studies and conducting their own data management and statistical analyses.  The RCU awardee will be responsible for: (a) planning, arranging, and supporting meetings of the Steering Committee and its subcommittee to facilitate the use of common measures, methods, and data management procedures of the PRSs; (b) supporting and coordinating the semi-annual meetings of the DSMB appointed by NHLBI; and (c) providing the infrastructure for data aggregation and data sharing across PRSs.  NHLBI expects to award $600,000 in total costs over four years to fund one Research Coordinating Unit (RCU) through this announcement. 

 

Applicants may submit only one application as the RCU.  An institution is encouraged to submit an application for both an RCU and a PRS, but each must have a different PI/PD.

 

Research Coordinating Unit Tasks

The primary goal of the RCU is to facilitate coordination of research activities and communications between and among awardees and the NIH.  In consultation with the awardees and with NIH, the RCU will be responsible for conducting a number of tasks, including, but not limited to the following:

·         Facilitation of the Adoption of Common Measures/Procedures and Data Aggregating/Sharing

·         Meetings

·         Communications and Dissemination

·         Evaluation

 

Additional program information is available in the complete announcement: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-HL-10-025.html

 

Because NHLBI limits an institution to one application as the RCU, UK has established an internal selection process and a deadline for receipt of applications. Researchers wanting to submit a RCU application are to send the following material electronically to the Office of the Vice President for Research at vpr@email.uky.edu and a copy to their Associate Dean for Research by Friday, December 11, 2009:

1.     Names and departments of the Project Director(s) and other key personnel of the project team

2.     Project overview – 3 pages maximum – Provide a narrative description of the team’s qualifications for the following:

a.     leadership and performance experience

b.    academic and management capabilities

c.     capacity and ability to manage data and communications

d.    evidence of meeting coordination capabilities

e.     staffing expertise and organizational structure

f.     other unique strengths that may be relevant to the outcomes research infrastructure and research

 

The Vice President for Research will appoint a committee to review the material and make recommendations as to the University’s applicant.  The individual will be notified in time for the December 18, 2009 letter of intent and January 19, 2010 complete application deadlines.

 

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.)