The National Institutes of Health (NIH) announces the opportunity for investigators and United States institutions/organizations with active NIH-supported research project grants (including SBIR and STTR) to submit revision applications (formerly termed competitive supplements) to support a significant expansion of the scope or research protocol of approved and funded projects. The $1 billion support for these revision applications will come from funds provided to NIH through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (“Recovery Act” or “ARRA”). In addition, Recovery Act funds allocated to NIH specifically for comparative effectiveness research (CER) may be available to support supplements. See NOT-OD-09-058 and NOT-OD-09-056 for full announcement.
In general, the Institutes and Centers will be looking to fund the proposals that lend themselves well to two year goals, are in line with the Institutes and Centers' priorities (as laid out in their strategic plans), and have been deemed scientifically meritorious by the peer review process. They may also look for some geographic distribution of the awards. As peer review is a lengthy process, the focus will be on previously reviewed proposals; grant renewals may also be eligible for stimulus funding. However, NIH has not ruled out the possibility of accepting some new grant proposals with 2-year goals. Projects that cannot be completed in two years will not be considered.
Link to NIH Institute & Center Websites for Supplement & Revision information: http://grants.nih.gov/recovery/ic_supp.html
