2010
NIH New Innovator Award Program; October 27, 2009
Announcement Type
This is a reissue of RFA-RM-09-003.
Catalog of Federal Domestic
Assistance Number(s)
93.310
Key Dates
Release/Posted Date: August 26, 2009
Opening Date: September 27, 2009 (Earliest date
an application may be submitted to Grants.gov)
Application Due Date(s): October 27, 2009
Peer Review Date(s): March-April 2010
Council Review Date(s): May 2010
Earliest Anticipated Start Date(s): September 30, 2010
Additional Information To Be Available Date (Activation Date):
August 27, 2009 Frequently Asked
Questions (FAQs) at http://nihroadmap.nih.gov/newinnovator/faq.asp
Expiration Date: October 28, 2009
Additional Overview Content
Executive
Summary
- Purpose. The NIH Director’s New
Innovator (DP2) Award program was created in 2007 to support a small number
of early stage investigators of exceptional creativity who propose bold
and highly innovative new research approaches that have the potential to
produce a major impact on broad, important problems in biomedical and
behavioral research. The New Innovator Awards complement ongoing efforts
by NIH and its Institutes and Centers to fund early stage investigators
through R01 grants, which continue to be the major sources of NIH support
for early stage. The NIH Director’s New Innovator Award
Program is a High-Risk
Research initiative of Research Teams of
the Future.
- Mechanism of Support. This FOA will utilize the DP2 grant mechanism.
- Funds
Available and Anticipated Number of Awards. Contingent upon the submission of a sufficient number of
scientifically meritorious applications, NIH intends to commit at least
$80 million in response to this FOA in fiscal year 2010. We anticipate
that at least 33 awards will be made in fiscal year 2010.
- Budget and Project Period. Awards will be for up to $300,000 in direct
costs each year for five years, plus applicable Facilities and
Administrative (F&A) costs to be determined at the time of award.
- Application Research Plan Component Length: Not applicable.
- Eligible Institutions/Organizations. Institutions/organizations listed in Section
III, 1.A. are eligible to apply.
- Funding-Eligible
Project Directors/Principal Investigators (PDs/PIs). Individuals (early stage investigators) http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/notice-files/NOT-OD-09-013.htmlwith
the skills, knowledge, and resources necessary to carry out the proposed
research are invited to work with their institutions to develop an application
for support. Applications proposing multiple PIs are not allowed. Women
and members of groups underrepresented in biomedical or behavioral
research are especially encouraged to apply. New Innovator Award
recipients are required to commit 25% of their research effort to
activities supported by the New Innovator Award. Applicants who were not
selected for an award in prior years may submit an application this year
as long as they meet all the eligibility criteria (Section III.1.B). There
are no citizenship or residency requirements.
- Number
of PDs/PIs. Only one PD/PI (i.e., no
multiple PDs/PIs) may be designated on the application.
- Number
of Applications. Applicants may submit only
one application as a PD/PI in response to this FOA. There is no
limit to the number of applications that an institution may submit.
- Resubmissions. Resubmission
applications are not permitted in response to this FOA.
- Renewals. Renewal applications are not permitted
in response to this FOA. All applications
must be submitted as “new” applications regardless of any previous
submission to the program.
- Special Date(s). This FOA uses non-standard due dates. See Receipt,
Review and Anticipated Start Dates.
- Application
Materials. See Section
IV.1 for application materials.
- General
Information. For general
information on SF424 (R&R) Application and Electronic Submission, see
these Web sites:
- Hearing
Impaired. Telecommunications for the hearing
impaired are available at: TTY: (301) 451-5936
For Further
Information:
http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-RM-09-011.html