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NIH Recovery Act Funds for Administrative Supplements Providing Summer Research Experiences for Students and Science Educators- NOT-OD-09-060
- Program Summary
- Eligibility
- Area of Interest
- Preparing an Administrative Supplement Request
- Selection Factors
- Budget and Funding Information
- How to Apply
- Inquiries
- Additional Information
- Deadlines/Submission Process
- UIC Technical Assistance
Program Summary
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) announces the opportunity for investigators and United States institutions/organizations with active NIH Research Grants to request administrative supplements to encourage students to seriously pursue research careers in the health related sciences, as well as provide elementary, middle school, and high school teachers, community college faculty, and faculty from non-research intensive institutions with short term research experiences in NIH-funded laboratories.
Individual NIH Institutes and Centers (ICs) have more detailed eligibility information on their own Web sites. See http://grants.nih.gov/recovery/ic_supp.html. Potential applicants should review the instructions for Revision Applications issued by their funding IC (See NIH Institute & Center (IC) Web Sites) before responding to this Notice. Some ICs will consider administrative supplements only in target areas identified on their Web sites.
Eligibility
This announcement is for administrative supplements to active NIH Research Grants, Research Program and Center Grants (Ps), and Cooperative Agreements (Us).
To be eligible:
- Parent grant must be active and the research experience proposed in the supplement must be accomplished within the current competitive segment.
- Proposed supplement MUST be within the general scope of the peer-reviewed activities and aims approved within the parent grant, including projects on a no-cost extension.
- Note that while NIH recommends that a no-cost extension already be in place before an administrative supplement request is submitted, this is not a requirement for all administrative supplement requests.
- Generally, students and science educators supported under these supplements are not required to be U.S. citizens. However, some parent grants eligible for supplementation under this notice may have unique citizenship requirements, and these citizenship requirements will apply to any supplement awarded under this notice.
- Applicant organizations are responsible for determining that individuals’ visas will allow them to remain in the country long enough for them to be productive on the supplement award, but NIH does not provide guidance on or assess the different types of visas.
- NIH expects grantee organizations to have policies, consistently applied regardless of the source of funds, to address this area. If a grant is awarded and an individuals’ visa will not allow a long enough stay to be productive on the project, NIH may terminate the supplement award.
- There are no limits to the number of administrative supplement requests that may be submitted by an institution or Project Director/Principal Investigator although individual ICs may limit eligibility in accordance with the policies listed on their Web page.
IMPORTANT: The funds requested by the NIH grantee in the supplement application must be within the general scope of the peer-reviewed activities and aims approved within the parent grant. The funding method being used to support this program, administrative supplements, can be used to cover cost increases that are associated with providing research experiences in the conduct of NIH supported research, as long as they are within the original scope of the parent project.
Any cost increases need to result from making modifications to the parent project in order to take advantage of opportunities that would increase the value of the project consistent with its originally approved objectives and purposes or to accelerate the tempo of scientific research. NIH will not consider requests which are solely to restore previously applied budget adjustments to a project nor to supplant previous institutional commitments to supporting individuals and other project costs.
Area of Interest
This administrative supplement solicitation encourages submissions in all scientific and programmatic areas funded by NIH. In particular, NIH is interested in the funding priorities listed below:
- Summer Research Opportunities for High School and Undergraduate Students
- Summer Research Opportunities for Science Educators (e.g., Elementary, Middle School and High School Teachers, Community College Faculty, and Faculty from Non-research Intensive Institutions)
NIH encourages the participation of individuals from racial and ethnic groups underrepresented in biomedical and behavioral research, individuals with disabilities and individuals from disadvantaged backgrounds.
Preparing an Administrative Supplement Request
Requests under this notice should use the PHS 398 forms (rev. 11/2007; available at: http://grants1.nih.gov/grants/funding/phs398/phs398.html) and include the following elements in the request packet. Font size restrictions apply as designated within the PHS398 instructions.
- Cover Letter
- Citing this Notice (NOT-OD-09-060), specify a request for a Recovery Act Administrative Supplement, including the following information:
- Project Director/Principal Investigator (PD/PI) name
- Parent grant number and title
- Amount of the requested supplement
- Name and title of the authorized institutional official, and
- Phone, email, and address information for both the PD/PI and the institutional official
- The cover letter must be signed by the authorized organizational representative
- PHS 398 Form Page 1 (Face page) MS Word PDF
- The title of the project (Box 1) should be the title of the parent award.
- This Notice (NOT-OD-09-060), “Administrative Supplement Notice for Students and Science Educators under the Recovery Act”) should be cited in Box 2, and the “yes” box should be checked.
- The Project Director/Principal Investigator (PD/PI) must be the same as the PD/PI on the parent award. For Multiple PD/PI parent awards, the Contact PD/PI must be the PD/PI listed on the supplement request. Administrative supplements cannot change the Multiple PD/PI team or convert a grant from a single PD/PI to a multiple PD/PI grant.
- The remaining items on the face page should be filled out in accordance with the PHS 398 application instructions.
- PHS 398 Form page 2 MS Word PDF Note: The project “summary” is that of the administrative supplement, not the parent grant. All other information requested on Form Page 2 should be provided.
- A brief proposal describing the project, including:
- Scope of the overall project and the anticipated contribution of the requested supplement (not to exceed three pages). Summarize the activities that were included in the parent grant that encompass those proposed in the supplemental request. This section should include a description of the supplement's purpose, including research design and methods and data analysis. Describe the relationship of the supplement request to the parent grant; describe the level (i.e., high school, undergraduate, etc.) of individual(s) to be recruited for research experience(s); and discuss how the supplement will contribute to expediting the accomplishment of the goals of the research project. Describe how the individual(s) were identified or plans to identify such individuals. Describe how the supplement will encourage students to pursue research careers in health-related sciences, and how the short-term research experience will benefit science educators. It is not necessary to provide the identity(ies) of the participating student(s)/educator(s) or other information about them in the supplement request.
- Budget for the supplement with a justification that details the items requested, including Facilities and Administrative costs and a justification for all personnel and their role(s) in this project. Note the budget should be appropriate for the work proposed in the supplement request. Applicants are encouraged to discuss budgets with their NIH Program Officer. To meet the various transparency, accountability, and reporting requirements of Recovery Act, all applications under this notice must include detailed budgets on the PHS 398 Form Pages 4 (MS Word PDF) and 5 (MS Word PDF). Modular budget pages will not be accepted even when the parent grant was funded as a modular grant.
- Biographical Sketch for all new Senior/Key Personnel. There is no need to repeat information previously provided for other Senior/Key Personnel. MS Word PDF
- Human Subjects/Vertebrate Animal documentation (if applicable). Include a current Human Subjects/IRB or Vertebrate Animals/IACUC approval letter, if applicable. Otherwise, this letter will be required at time of funding. All appropriate IRB and IACUC approvals must be in place prior to a supplement award being made.
- No significant changes in the approved use of human subjects or vertebrate animals will be considered for administrative supplements. Instead, applicants proposing significant changes to the approved use of human subjects or vertebrate animals should consider applying for a competitive revision as described in NIH Guide Notice NOT-OD-09-060.
- PHS 398 Checklist Form MS Word PDF
Selection Factors
Administrative supplement requests will be reviewed administratively by NIH Program and Grants Management staff with expertise relevant to the supplement request. Awards will be determined on the basis of the merit of the supplement request, its applicability to the goals of the Recovery Act, and the availability of funds. Awards will be determined by each IC according to the priorities listed on their Recovery Act supplements websites. Applicants will be notified regarding the review outcome.
Selection factors will include the following:
- Relevance of the proposed activities to the parent grant and determination that the proposed activities are within the existing peer-reviewed and approved scope of the project.
- Adequate progress of the parent grant appropriate to the current stage of the project.
- Appropriate and well-described plan to accomplish the goals within the timeframe proposed.
- How the experience would foster the goals of students and/or educators in health-related science.
- Appropriateness of the request to achieve Recovery Act goals in promoting job creation, economic development, and accelerating the pace and achievement of scientific research.
Budget and Funding Information
- Funding for administrative supplements to existing grants will be available from Recovery Act funds in FY 2009 and FY 2010.
- Due to the limited nature of Recovery Act funds, applicants requesting multiple year funding in FY 2009 may only request funding for FY 2009 and FY 2010, and it is anticipated that
supplement funding will be awarded within a short period after receipt of the supplement
request. - For Research Grants, supplements may request salary support for summer employment, as long as it reflects a direct contribution to accelerating the tempo of scientific research, is
reasonable, consistent with institutional salary policies, and complies with the following
dollar limits:- High school students – Should comply with hourly minimum wage limitations, unless justification is provided
- Undergraduate students – No more than $10 per hour, unless justification is provided.
- Science teachers and faculty – Up to $18,000, plus fringe benefit costs of up to $2,500
- Supplements for summer research experiences may request an additional $1,000 per person for the costs of laboratory supplies and other related allowable costs, such as relevant travel.
How to Apply
- To be considered for an administrative supplement, submit a request in writing to the Institute/Center, not to the Division of Receipt and Referral, NIH Center for Scientific Review.
- Applications must be signed by the authorized institutional official and submitted to the appropriate IC Grants Management Specialist (referenced in the “Inquiries” section below).
- Applicants are strongly encouraged to submit applications electronically as an e-mail attachment in PDF format; however the signature of the institutional official must be clearly visible.
- Applicants may also submit applications in paper format to the appropriate IC Grants Management contact.
- Submit one original, hard copy of the request packet (with original signatures of the authorized business official) to the addresses listed on the Web site of the funding IC: http://grants.nih.gov/recovery/ic_supp.html.
- Applications may be submitted throughout FY2009 and FY2010. However, note that some NIH ICs may have specific deadlines for submission of administrative supplements as listed on their own Web sites: http://grants.nih.gov/recovery/ic_supp.html.
Inquiries
Inquiries and discussion of plans for responding to this Notice are strongly encouraged. For scientific or technical questions relating to research that would be supported by this solicitation, contact the Program Administrator assigned to the parent grant. For administrative questions related to this solicitation, contact the Grants Management Specialist noted on the Notice of Award for the parent grant.
Additioanl Information
http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/notice-files/NOT-OD-09-060.html
Deadlines
| UIC ORS (Submission Process) | Deadlines |
| Sponsor Full Proposals | Open, See Institue/Center Websites for specific deadlines |
UIC Technical Assistance
For proposal development assistance with these and any other funding opportunities, please complete the online technical assistance request form:
http://www.research.uic.edu/funding/ARRA_TAR.html |
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