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National Center for Research Resources – NIH Recovery Act Limited Competition: Extramural Research Facilities Improvement Program (C06) RFA-RR-09-008

Internal Competition Completed

Principal Investigators Selected:

• Jerry Bauman, Dean, College of Pharmacy
• Joseph Flaherty, Dean, College of Medicine
• Phillip Marucha, Associate Dean for Research, College of Dentistry

Program Summary

NCRR seeks applications to expand, remodel, renovate, or alter biomedical or behavioral research facilities. The major objective is to facilitate and enhance the conduct of Public Health Service-supported biomedical and behavioral research by supporting the costs of improving non-Federal basic research, clinical research, and animal facilities to meet the biomedical or behavioral research, research training, or research support needs of an institution. Awards are expected to create and/or maintain American jobs.

1. Altering/modernizing/constructing space to create BSL-2 or BSL-3 facilities, or renovating existing facilities.
2. Altering/modernizing/constructing space to create facilities that are compliant with Good Laboratory Practices or Good Manufacturing Practices to foster the translation of basic research discoveries into clinical studies.
3. Altering/modernizing/constructing space to create simulation facilities for training health care providers and researchers. General classroom renovations are not permitted.
4. Altering/modernizing/constructing space to create facilities to maintain animal colonies for biomedical and behavioral research such as barrier-type housing facilities.
5. Altering/modernizing/constructing space to create larger metabolic chambers that would allow simulations of real world physical activities.
6. Altering/modernizing/constructing space to provide the infrastructure for bio specimen repositories or for establishing DNA clinical repositories with genome-wide genotyping capacity.
7. Altering/modernizing/constructing space to provide exposure chambers for humans and animals that provide venues for challenge studies with commonly occurring pollutants.
8. Altering/modernizing/constructing space in animal facilities to co-locate equipment for imaging, phenotyping, or environmental challenges.
9. Altering/modernizing/constructing space in animal and high containment research facilities to provide appropriate security measures and promote the safety and welfare of research animals, researchers, and animal care staff.
10. Altering/modernizing/constructing biomedical and/or animal facilities to improve the conduct of PHS funded research.
11. Altering/modernizing/constructing biomedical and/or animal facilities to enhance the cyberinfrastructure within the facility such as wiring. Funds will not be provided for servers or other similar movable equipment.

Green/Sustainable Design: It is expected that awards will be expended expeditiously and that applicants will consider green/sustainable technologies and design approaches. At a minimum, the following primary elements of sustainable design shall be included in all projects:

• Integrated design
• Commissioning
• Optimization of energy performance
• Energy efficiency
• Measurement and verification
• Protection and conservation of water
• Indoor water
• Outdoor water
• Enhancement of indoor environmental quality
• Ventilation and thermal comfort
• Moisture control
• Day lighting
• Low-emitting materials
• Protection of indoor air quality during renovation
• Reducing the environmental impact of materials
• Maximizing recycled and bio-based content
• Construction waste reuse and recycling
• Minimizing use of ozone depleting compounds

Awards:  Direct costs between $2 and $15 M.  Total project period may not exceed five years.  Cost sharing is not required.  No indirect costs allowed.

Eligible PIs:  The PI/PD must be a highly placed institutional individual, who has responsibility for the allocation of space for biomedical and behavioral research and research training (e.g., Dean, Provost, Center, or Institute Director).  

Additional Information 
http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-RR-09-008.html

Deadlines

Letter of Intent Instructions

• By submitting this form, applicant attests that s/he has read and meets the sponsor's eligibility criteria for this program. The LOI can be emailed to RDS@uic.edu, Attn: Chang Lee.
• Special LOI Form: LOI - C06. Please note: To expedite the internal review for this limited competition, a white paper will not be required. The proposed projects will be reviewed on the information provided in the LOIs.

Depending upon the number of LOIs submitted, OVCR might be required to facilitate an internal peer review process to select UIC’s submission(s) to this program. White paper instructions will be issued to those submitting LOIs, if necessary.    

Please contact Chang Lee at clee10@uic.edu or 6-1961 with any questions.

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