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Recovery Act Limited Competition: NIH Challenge Grants in Health and Science Research (RC1) (RFA-0D-09-003)

Program Summary

This new program will support research on topic areas which address specific scientific and health research challenges in biomedical and behavioral research that would benefit from significant 2-year jumpstart funds. NIH Institute and Centers have selected specific Challenge Topics within each of the Challenge Areas. The research in these Challenge Areas should have a high impact in biomedical or behavioral science and/or public health.

Deadlines

Letter of intent: None
Due Date to ORS: 4/20/09, 5PM
Due Date to NIH: 4/27/09

Budget and Project Period

Budget requests should be commensurate with project needs up to a two-year project period.
The requested budget may not exceed $500,000 total costs per year for a maximum of $1,000,000 total costs over a two-year project period.

Page Limits

The Research Plan is limited to 12 pages

Notes

Does not require limited competition coordination through OVCR
New PIs and Early Stage Investigators (ESIs) are invited to apply for Recovery Act Challenge Grants in Health and Science Research. Because the awards made under this program are substantial competing NIH research grants, recipients will not be considered New PIs or ESIs when they apply for NIH research grants in the future. More information can be found at http://grants.nih.gov/grants/new_investigators/index.htm.
Resubmissions and renewals are not permitted.

Challenge Areas

The NIH has identified a range of Challenge Areas that focus on specific knowledge gaps, scientific opportunities, new technologies, data generation, or research methods that would benefit from an influx of funds to quickly advance the area in significant ways. Within each broad Challenge Area the NIH Institutes, Centers, and Offices have specified particular Challenge Topics that address their missions. These broad Challenge Areas are provided below.
Click on the Challenge Area for the detailed description of the specific Challenge Topics within that area that have been accorded the highest priority by the NIH Institute, Center or Office indicated.