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CATALOG OF FEDERAL DOMESTIC
ASSISTANCE
93.278: Drug Abuse National Research Service Awards for Research
Training
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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: Applicants for a research training grant must be a domestic non-profit, private or public institution. The applicant institution must have, or be able to develop, the staff and facilities to provide the proposed research training in an environment suitable for performing high quality work. An applicant must be enrolled in a doctoral degree program by the activation date of the Fellowship. A postdoctoral applicant must have received a doctoral degree. All individuals to be supported under the National Research Service Awards (NRSA) program must be citizens or noncitizen nationals of the United States, or have been lawfully admitted to the United States for permanent residence at the time of the appointment to the training program.
Beneficiary Eligibility: Individuals and public and private nonprofit organizations.
Credentials/Documentation: Costs will be determined in accordance with OMB Circular No. A-87 for State and local governments. For other grantees, costs will be determined in accordance with HHS Regulation 45 CFR, Part 74, Subpart Q.
Preapplication Coordination: Not applicable. This program is excluded from coverage under E.O. 12372.
Application Procedure: The standard application forms, as furnished by PHS and required by 45 CFR, Part 92, must be used for grant applicants that are State and local governments. Application forms and information concerning current areas of science being supported are available from the National Institute on Drug Abuse. Completed forms should be submitted to the Center for Scientific Review, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892. 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 primarily nonfederal consultants recruited nationwide from the drug abuse research expertise field. Applications other than fellowships must also be reviewed by the National Advisory Council on Drug Abuse. Fellowships receive a secondary review by NIDA selected staff. If recommended for approval and a decision to make an award is made, a formal award notice will be sent to the applicant and sponsor. Individuals receiving support must submit required forms, sometimes including a payback agreement.
Deadlines: Fellowships: April 5, August 5, and December 5. Training: May 10.
Range of Approval/Disapproval Time: From 5 to 9 months.
Appeals: A principal investigator (P.I.) may question the substantive or procedural aspects of the review of his/her application by communicating with the staff of the Institute. A description of the NIH Peer Review Appeal procedures is available on the NIH home page grants.nih.gov/grants/peer/peer.htm.
Renewals: By law, an individual may receive no more than 5 years of support in the aggregate at the predoctoral level and 3 years of support in the aggregate at the postdoctoral level under the NRSA program (through an individual and/or institutional award). Any exception to these limitations requires a waiver from the Director of the awarding Institute based on review of justification from the awardee and the program director for the institutional grant.
Criteria for Selecting Proposals: The following considerations are used in determining projects to be funded: (1) Scientific and technical merit; (2) facilities and environment for the training program; (3) previous training program; (4) previous training records; (5) relevance to NIDA priorities; and (6) potential contribution to the drug abuse field.
Examples of Funded Projects: Programs are supported in the following areas: (1) Drug abuse treatment outcome; (2) neuroscientific behavioral and neuropharmacological bases of drugs of abuse; (3) biological, behavioral and social aspects of drug abuse; and (4) effects of drugs on the brain and body structures.
Range and Average of Financial Assistance: Predoctoral Stipends: $15,060; Postdoctoral Stipends: Up to $42,300, depending on years of relevant postdoctoral experience. Average Postdoctoral Award: $35,232. Institutional Grants: $108,000 to $673,000; $253,000.
In fiscal year 1999, 36 institutional training grants and 131 fellowships were awarded.
Federal Agency: NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Type of Assistance: Project Grants.
Obligations: (Fellowships and Grants) FY 99 $14,301,000; FY 00 est $15,318,000; and FY 01 est $15,600,000.
Budget Account Number: 75-0893-0-1-552.
Authorization: Public Health Service Act, Section 487, 42 U.S.C. 288, as amended.
Regulations, Guidelines, and Literature: Guidelines included in application kit. PHS Grants Policy Statement, DHHS Publication No. (OASH) 94-50,000, (Rev.) April 1998.
Regional or Local Office: Not applicable.
Headquarters Office: Program Contacts: Dr. Karen Skinner, Acting Director, Division of Neuroscience and Behavioral Research (Basic Behavioral, Biomedical and Neuroscience Research). Phone: (301) 443-1887. Dr. Frank Vocci, Director, Division of Treatment Research and Development (Medication Development, Drug Delivery Systems and Clinical Trial Research, Research on Treatment, Behavior, Clinical Neuroscience). Phone: (301) 443-6173. Richard Millstein, Acting Director, Division of Epidemiology, Services and Prevention Research (Incidence, Prevalence, Ethnographic, Survey Research, and Longitudinal Studies on Prevention, Vulnerability and Etiology, Health Services). Phone: (301) 443-6504. Dr. Henry Francis, Director, Center on AIDS and Other Medical Consequences (AIDS and other Medical Consequences). Phone: (301) 443-1801. Dr. Andrea Baruchin, Research Training Coordinator. Phone: (301) 443-6071. Grants Management Contact: Dr. Gary Fleming, Grants Management Officer. Phone: (301) 443-6710. Use the same numbers for FTS. National Institute on Drug Abuse, National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services, Neurosciences Bldg., 6001 Executive Blvd., Bethesda, MD 20892.
(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: NIDA policy limits an application for fellowship support to 5 years for the predoctoral or postdoctoral level and to 3 years for the post-doctoral level.. Awards for institutional grants may be made for project periods of up to 5 years.
Uses and Use Restrictions: Individual grants are made to fellows seeking predoctoral or postdoctoral support for full-time research training. An institutional allowance will be provided, upon request, to the sponsoring institution for each awardee. In addition, any domestic public or nonprofit institution may apply for an institutional research training grant in a specified area of research from which a number of stipend awards will be made to individuals selected by the training program director at the institution. Support is available for both predoctoral and postdoctoral trainees. Actual tuition fees can be requested for trainees, and an amount for institutional expenses may be requested. Indirect costs may be requested at 8 percent of total direct costs, exclusive of tuition and related fees or actual indirect costs, whichever is less. Postdoctoral researchers receiving fellowships or stipend support under institutional grants are obligated to pay back their first year of postdoctoral NRSA support through a period of research and/or teaching activities. Stipend levels will be $14,688 for predoctoral awards and postdoctoral awards range from $26,256 to $41,268 and are dependent upon the number of years of relevant experience. Research training support may not be used for intern or other clinical training.
Reports: Annual progress reports are required; annual financial status reports are required for Institutional National Research Service Grants. Annual reports of activities for tracking payback provisions are sometimes required from fellows upon termination of support. For Institutional grants a Financial Status Report must be submitted within 90 days after the end of the budget period.
Audits: In accordance with the provisions of OMB Circular No. A-128 "Audits of State and Local Governments," State and local governments that receive financial assistance of $100,000 or more within the State's fiscal year shall have an audit made for that year. State and local governments that receive between $25,000 and $100,000 within the State's fiscal year shall have an audit made in accordance with Circular No. A-128, or in accordance with Federal laws and regulations governing the programs in which they participate. For nongovernmental grant recipients, audits are to be carried out in accordance with the provisions set forth in OMB Circular No. A-133. In addition, grants and cooperative agreements are subject to inspection and audits by DHHS and other Federal officials.
Records: Records must be retained for at least 3 years; records shall be retained beyond the 3-year period if audit findings have not been resolved.
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