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CATALOG OF FEDERAL DOMESTIC ASSISTANCE 93.225: National Research Service Awards: Health Services Research
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| PROGRAM AND AWARD | FINANCIAL AND INFORMATION CONTACTS |
| ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS | FINANCIAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE INFO. |
| APPLICATION AND AWARD PROCESS | INFORMATION CONTACTS |
| RELATED PROGRAMS | ASSISTANCE CONSIDERATIONS |
| PROGRAM ACCOMPLISHMENTS | POST ASSISTANCE REQUIREMENTS |
Applicant Eligibility: Domestic public or private nonprofit organizations or institutions may apply for training grants. The applicant institutions must have or expand training programs designed to develop competent investigators in the methods and techniques of conducting health services research. State or local governments and U.S. Territories are eligible. Profit-making organizations are not eligible. Individual applicants for fellowships must have received a doctoral degree. All persons supported as fellows or trainees must be citizens or non-citizen nationals of the United States, or have been lawfully admitted for permanent residence.
Beneficiary Eligibility: Individuals and public or private nonprofit organizations or institutions, including State or local governments and U.S. Territories, are the beneficiaries of this program.
Credentials/Documentation: An individual applicant for a fellowship must document receipt of a doctoral degree and acceptance by an appropriate institutional sponsor. Institutional applicants for training grants must document their research and training experiences, staff, curriculum, facilities, and other resources available. Costs will be determined in accordance with OMB Circular No. A-87 for State and local governments. For other grantees, costs will be determined by HHS Regulations 45 CFR, Part 74.
Preapplication Coordination: While there is no program requirement for preapplication, informal preapplication consultation to prospective applicants is available upon request to the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) and is recommended. This program is excluded from coverage under E.O. 12372.
Application Procedure: Application forms and information about health services research areas being supported are available from AHRQ. Individual fellowship applicants should submit Form PHS 416-1, (Rev. August 1995). Institutions should submit Form PHS 398 (Rev. 4/98). For State agencies, no State Plan is required. For State and local governments, the standard forms, as furnished by PHS and required by 45 CFR, Part 92, must be used. This program is subject to the provisions of 45 CFR, Part 92 for State and local governments and OMB Circular No. A-110 for nonprofit organizations.
Award Procedure: Applications are reviewed for scientific merit by a committee including nonfederal consultants who are selected from appropriate scientific fields. All institutional training grant applications may be reviewed by the National Advisory Council for Health Care Policy, Research, and Evaluation. AHRQ considers the recommendations of the review committee, the Council, program interest, and the availability of funds in the final selection of grantees. When such decisions are made, applicants are notified and a Notice of Grant Award is issued. Before receiving support, all individual fellows and institutional postdoctoral trainees must submit required forms, including a payback agreement.
Deadlines: Contact Headquarters Office for deadline dates for Institutional Training Grants. Individual applications for Fellowships are due: April 5, August 5, and December 5.
Range of Approval/Disapproval Time: From 5 to 6 months from receipt of application.
Appeals: None.
Renewals: If additional support is desired to continue a grant beyond the approved project period, an application for competing continuation must be submitted for review in the same manner as a new application. No individual may receive more than 3 years of aggregate National Research Service Award support at the postdoctoral level, or 5 years at the predoctoral level, including any combination of support from institutional and individual awards.
Criteria for Selecting Proposals: For Individual fellowship applications, the following review criteria will be used: (1) The applicant's past academic and research accomplishments; (2) research goals; (3) research training proposed; (4) qualifications of the sponsor; (5) appropriateness of training environment; and (6) reference reports. For Institutional training grant applications, the following review criteria will be used: (1) goals of the proposed training and probability of achievement; (2) substantive content, including courses offered; (3) qualifications and responsibilities of program director and faculty; (4) ability to recruit trainees; (5) extent of institutional participation through provision of necessary space, curriculum time, financial support, and appropriate facilities; (6) documented cooperation of related agencies in providing research experience; (7) proposed number of students; (8) methods for monitoring and evaluating trainees; and (9) reasonableness of budget. In all cases, AHRQ will consider the recommendations of the review committee, the Council program interests, and availability of funds in making the final selection of grantees.
Examples of Funded Projects: Support is provided for training in the following areas: health services research, research methods (including qualitative research), epidemiology, biostatistics, geriatrics, health administration and public health, medical information sciences, health policy and management, organizational behavior, clinical outcomes and effectiveness, primary care, health care quality, health economics and financing, child health, and vulnerable populations.
Range and Average of Financial Assistance: (Individuals) $10,000 to $35,000; $23,000. (Institutions) $30,000 to $290,000; $160,000.
Federal Agency: AGENCY FOR HEALTH CARE POLICY AND RESEARCH, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Type of Assistance: Project Grants.
Obligations: (Grants) FY 99 $5,105,000; FY 00 est $5,200,000; and FY 01 est $5,300,000.
Budget Account Number: 75-1700-0-1-552.
Authorization: Public Health Service Act, as amended, Public Law 99-158, 42 U.S.C. 288.
Regulations, Guidelines, and Literature: Title 42 CFR, Part 66; PHS Grants Policy Statement, DHHS Publication No. (OASH) 94-50,000, (Rev.) April 1, 1994.
Regional or Local Office: Not applicable.
Headquarters Office: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), Department of Health and Human Services, Suite 601, Executive Office Center, 2101 East Jefferson Street, Rockville, MD 20852. Program Contact: Karen Rudzinski, Health Scientist Administrator. Phone: (301) 594-3602 Grants Management Contact: Al Deal, Grants Management Specialist. Phone: (301) 594-1843. Use the same number for FTS.
(See Appendix IV for more contact info.)
Formula and Matching Requirements: This program has no statutory formula or matching requirements.
Length and Time Phasing of Assistance: Individual fellowship support at the postdoctoral level is limited to 3 years. Institutional training grants may be awarded for project periods up to 5 years. Awards are made on an annual basis and it is expected that obligations will be made within the budget period awarded. After awards are issued, funds are released in accordance with the payment procedure established by the grantee with DHHS, which may be an Electronic Transfer System or a Monthly Cash Request system.
Uses and Use Restrictions: Individual fellowships are awarded to applicants seeking postdoctoral support for full-time health services research training. An institutional allowance is provided, upon request, to the sponsoring institution for each fellow. Also, research training grants are awarded to institutions to provide support to trainees selected by the training program director at the grantee institution. This support is available for predoctoral and postdoctoral trainees. Tuition and fees are allowable for trainees, and an amount for institutional expenses will be provided. Indirect costs may be requested at 8 percent of allowable direct costs, or the actual indirect costs rate, whichever is less. Postdoctoral fellows and trainees in the first 12 months of postdoctoral NRSA support incur one month of payback obligation for each month of support. The 13th and subsequent months of postdoctoral NRSA support are considered payback service for prior postdoctoral support. Predoctoral fellows and trainees do not incur a service payback obligation. Discretionary funds are available.
Reports: Annual and final progress reports are required. For Institutional Training Grants, a final progress report is due at the close of the project period. Annual Financial Status Reports are also required for Institutional National Research Service Awards. These Financial Status Reports must be submitted within 90 days after the close of each budget period. Annual reports of activities for tracking payback provisions are required of all fellows and trainees upon termination of support.
Audits: In accordance with the provisions of OMB Circular No. A-133 (Revised, June 24, 1997), "Audits of States, Local Governments, and Non-Profit Organizations," nonfederal entities that receive financial assistance of $300,000 or more in Federal awards will have a single or a program-specific audit conducted for that year. Nonfederal entities that expend less than $300,000 a year in Federal awards are exempt from Federal audit requirements for that year, except as noted in Circular No. A-133. In addition, grants records are subject to audit and inspection by Federal auditors.
Records: Records must be retained for at least three years; records shall be retained beyond the three year period if audit findings have not been resolved. Records relating to individual payback obligations are retained for one year after the individual has fulfilled or has been excused from fulfilling the payback obligation.
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