Funding-DHHS grants in biomedicine and health; deadline Jan. 2, 2009

Department of Health and Human Services

Participating Organizations
National Institutes of Health (NIH), (http://www.nih.gov)

Components of Participating Organizations
National Library of Medicine (NLM), (http://www.nlm.nih.gov)

Title:  NLM Grants for Scholarly Works in Biomedicine and Health (G13)

Announcement Type
This Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) is a reissue of PAR-07-237

Program Announcement (PA) Number: PAR-09-030
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)
93.879

Key Dates
Release/Posted Date: December 4, 2008
Opening Date:  January 2, 2009 (Earliest date an application may be submitted to Grants.gov)
Letters of Intent Receipt Date(s): January 2, 2009; January 4, 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): February 2, 2009; February 2, 2010
AIDS Application Due Date(s): Not applicable
Peer Review Date(s): June/July 2009; June/July 2010 
Council Review Date(s): October 2009; October 2010
Earliest Anticipated Start Date(s): December 2009; December 2010
Additional Information To Be Available Date (Activation Date): Not Applicable
Expiration Date: February 3, 2010

Due Dates for E.O. 12372
Not Applicable

Additional Overview Content

Executive Summary

• Purpose. NLM Grants for Scholarly Works in Biomedicine and Health are awarded for the preparation of book-length manuscripts and other scholarly works of value to U.S. health professionals, public health officials, biomedical researchers and historians of the health sciences.
• Mechanism of Support. This FOA will utilize the G13 grant mechanism.
• Funds Available and Anticipated Number of Awards. NLM anticipates making 5 new awards each year, spending approximately $400,000 per year to support new awards in this program. The total amount awarded and the number of awards will depend upon the quality, duration, and costs of the applications received.
• Budget and Project Period.  The typical size of an award for this funding opportunity is up to $50,000 per year in direct costs, for projects lasting one, two, or three years. This program does not cover costs for facilities and administration (F&A), also called overhead or indirect costs.
• Application Research Plan Component Length: The G13 application Research Plan component of the PHS398 (Items 2-5) may not exceed 15 pages, including tables, graphs, figures, diagrams, and charts. See http://grants1.nih.gov/grants/funding/funding_program.htm
• Eligible Institutions/Organizations. Institutions/organizations listed in Section III, 1.A. are eligible to apply.
• Eligible Project Directors/Principal Investigators (PDs/PIs). Include 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. 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. More than one PD/PI (i.e., multiple PDs/PIs), may be designated on the application.
• Number of Applications. Applicants may submit more than one application, provided that each application is scientifically distinct.
• Resubmissions.  Applicants may submit a resubmission application, but such application must include an Introduction addressing the previous peer review critique (Summary Statement). Beginning with applications intended for the January 25, 2009 official submission due date, all original new applications (i.e., never submitted) and competing renewal applications will be permitted only a single amendment (A1).  See http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/notice-files/NOT-OD-09-003.html and NOT-OD-09-016   Original new and competing renewal applications that were submitted prior to January 25, 2009 will be permitted two amendments (A1 and A2).  For these “grandfathered” applications, NIH expects that any A2 will be submitted no later than January 7, 2011, and NIH will not accept A2 applications after that date.
• Renewals. Renewal (formerly “competing continuation”) applications will not be accepted. 
• 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:

· SF424 (R&R) Application and Electronic Submission Information: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/funding/424/index.htm

· General information on Electronic Submission of Grant Applications: http://era.nih.gov/ElectronicReceipt/

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Link to Full Announcement: http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-09-030.html