Funding-Climate Change and
Health: Assessing and Modeling Population Vulnerability to Climate Change
(R21); August 28,
2010
Key
Dates
Release/Posted Date:
July 21, 2010
Opening Date: August 28, 2010 (Earliest date an
application may be submitted to Grants.gov)
Letters of Intent Receipt Date(s):
August 28, 2010; April 24, 2011; April 24, 2012
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): September 28, 2010; May 24, 2011; May 24,
2012
Peer Review Date(s): February 2011; October 2011, October 2012
Council Review Date(s): May
2011; January 2012; January 2013
Earliest
Anticipated Start Date(s): July 1, 2011
Additional Information To Be Available Date (Activation Date): Not Applicable
Expiration
Date: May 25, 2012
Additional Overview
Content
Executive Summary
- Purpose. This Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) is
being issued by the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences
(NIEHS) of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) with participation from the
following NIH components: FIC, NCI, NCMHD NHLBI, NIA, NIBIB, NICHD, NLM and
OBSSR. This FOA encourages research applications to examine the
differential risk factors of populations that lead to or are associated with
increased vulnerability to exposures, diseases and other adverse health
outcomes related to climate change. Applications
may involve either applied research studies that address specific hypotheses
about risk factors or population characteristics associated with increased
vulnerability, or research projects to develop general models or methods for
identifying and characterizing population vulnerability to climate
change. The ultimate goal of this research program is to help inform
climate change adaptation and public health interventions to reduce current
and future vulnerability of various populations to the health effects of
climate change. Applications are anticipated to involve a
multidisciplinary research team, including experts in health sciences and
climatology as well as geography, modeling, statistics, demography, and social
and behavioral sciences as appropriate. In addition, partnerships with
community-based or advocacy organizations, public health officials, urban
planners and others are encouraged.
- Mechanism
of Support.
This
FOA will use the NIH Exploratory/Developmental (R21) award mechanism.
- Funds
Available and Anticipated Number of Awards.
Because the nature and scope of the proposed
research will vary from application to application, it is anticipated that the
size and duration of each award will also vary. The total amount
awarded and the number of awards will depend upon the mechanism numbers,
quality, duration, and costs of the applications received.
- Budget
and Project Period. The
total project period for an application submitted in response to this funding
opportunity may not exceed 2 years. Direct costs are limited to $275,000 over
an R21 2-year period, with no more than $200,000 in direct costs allowed in
any single year.
- Application
Research Strategy Length:
The R21 Research Strategy section may not exceed 6 pages, including tables,
graphs, figures, diagrams, and charts. See. 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. 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). See new NIH policy on resubmission (amended) applications
(NOT-OD-09-003, NOT-OD-09-016).
- Renewals.
Exploratory/developmental
grant support is for new projects only; competing 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:
- Hearing
Impaired. Telecommunications
for the hearing impaired are available at: TTY:
(301) 451-5936
Link to Full
Announcement
http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-10-235.html