Funding-Limited
Submission - Outstanding New Environmental Scientist Award; September 30, 2010
Department of Health and Human
Services
Participating
Organizations
National Institutes of Health (NIH), (http://www.nih.gov/)
Components of Participating Organizations
National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences
(NIEHS), (http://www.niehs.nih.gov/)
Title: Outstanding New Environmental
Scientist Award (ONES) (R01)
Announcement
Type
This is a reissue of RFA-ES-09-007.
Request for Applications (RFA) Number: RFA-ES-10-004
NOTICE: Applications submitted in
response to this Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) for Federal assistance
must be submitted electronically through Grants.gov (http://www.grants.gov)
using the SF424 Research and Related (R&R) forms
and the SF424 (R&R) Application Guide.
APPLICATIONS MAY NOT BE SUBMITTED IN PAPER FORMAT.
This FOA must be read in conjunction with the
application guidelines included with this announcement in Grants.gov/Apply
for Grants (hereafter called Grants.gov/Apply).
A registration process is necessary before
submission and applicants are highly encouraged to start the process at least
four (4) weeks prior to the grant submission date. See Section
IV.
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Catalog of Federal Domestic
Assistance Number(s)
93.113
Key Dates
Release/Posted Date: June 18, 2010
Opening Date: September 30, 2010 (Earliest date an application may be
submitted to Grants.gov)
Letters of Intent Receipt Date(s): September
30, 2010
NOTE: On-time submission requires that applications be successfully
submitted to Grants.gov no later than 5:00 p.m. local time (of the applicant
institution/organization).
Application Due Date(s): October 29, 2010
Peer Review Date(s): February 2011
Council Review Date(s): May 2011
Earliest Anticipated Start Date(s): July 1,
2011
Additional Information To Be
Available Not Applicable
Expiration Date: October 30, 2010
Due Dates for E.O. 12372
Not Applicable
Additional Overview Content
Executive
Summary
- Purpose. The
goal of the Outstanding New Environmental Scientist Award is to identify
and attract outstanding new environmental health researchers and encourage
their early transition to independence. This funding opportunity announcement
(FOA) targets exceptionally talented early stage investigators who intend
to make a long-term career commitment to research in the mission areas of
the NIEHS and assist them in launching an innovative research program
focusing on problems of environmental exposures and human biology, human pathophysiology and human disease.
- Mechanism
of Support. This FOA will utilize the NIH Research
Project Grant (R01) award mechanism and is intended for Early Stage
Investigators.
- Funds Available and Anticipated
Number of Awards. For this funding opportunity, budgets up to $ 400,000
direct costs per year in years one and two, and up to $275,000 in years
3-5 and time periods up to 5 years may be
requested.
- Budget and
Project Period. NIEHS intends to commit up to 2.4 million
dollars in direct costs ($3.6 million total costs) in FY 11 to fund 6 new
grants.
- Application Research Strategy
Length: The R01
Research Strategy section may not exceed 12 pages, including tables,
graphs, figures, diagrams, and charts. See Table of Page Limits,
- Eligible
Institutions/Organizations. Institutions/organizations
listed in Section III, 1.A. are eligible to apply.
- Eligible Project
Directors/Principal Investigators (PDs/PIs). Individuals
with the skills, knowledge, and resources necessary to carry out the
proposed research are invited to work with their institution/ organization
to develop an application for support. Eligible Principal
Investigators include individuals with faculty appointments which are
tenure track or equivalent and who are an Early
Stage Investigator according to NIH policy as defined in NOT-OD-09-013.
Applicants will be expected to devote at least 6-person months to the
award. Individuals from
underrepresented racial and ethnic groups as well as individuals with
disabilities are always encouraged to apply for NIH support.
- Number of PDs/PIs. This Funding Opportunity
Announcement will not use the multiple PI and PD options.
- Number of Applications. One application per school or college
within a university will be accepted.
- Resubmissions. Applicants
who continue to meet the eligibility criteria and who are selected as the
Principal Investigator for submission from their Institution may submit a
“resubmission” application. The application must include an Introduction
addressing the previous peer review critique (Summary Statement). See new
NIH policy on resubmission (amended) applications (NOT-OD-09-003, NOT-OD-09-016).
- Renewals. Renewal applications are not
permitted in response to this FOA.
- 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
NOTE: Interested applicants are to contact their Associate Dean for
Research for information on their college’s internal selection procedure and
application deadline.
Link
to Full Announcement
http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-ES-10-004.html
Sent
to: Chairs lists: Ag, A&S (Sci and Math),
Health Sci., Medicine, Nursing, Pharmacy and Public Health; OSPA, PDO, LS, RMG,
VPR Cabinet; subject lists: toxicology/environmental health;
environmental science
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