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CATALOG OF FEDERAL DOMESTIC
ASSISTANCE
93.282: Mental Health 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: For a training grant, an institution must be a domestic public or nonprofit private organization. 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 for individual predoctoral fellowship support must be enrolled in a research doctoral degree program by the proposed activation date of the fellowship. A postdoctoral applicant must have received a Ph.D., Psy.D., M.D., D.D.S., Sc.D., D.N.S., D.O., D.S.W., or equivalent degree from an accredited institution. An application for an M.D./Ph.D. fellowship must be enrolled in an M.D./Ph.D. program at an approved medical school, accepted in a related scientific program, and supervised by a mentor in the related scientific field. An institution applying for a COR Honors Undergraduate Program Award must be a 4-year college, university, or health professional school whose student enrollment is drawn substantially from one or more of the following ethnic groups: American Indians or Alaskan Natives; Asian or Pacific Islanders; Black, not of Hispanic origin; and Hispanic. All individuals to be supported under the NRSA program must be citizens or noncitizen nationals of the United States, or have been lawfully admitted to the United States for permanent residence.
Beneficiary Eligibility: Individuals and nonprofit organizations will benefit.
Credentials/Documentation: Costs will be determined in accordance with OMB Circular No. A-21 for educational institutions. For other grantees, costs will be determined in accordance with HHS Regulations 45 CFR, Part 74, Subpart Q, and 42 CFR Part 66.
Preapplication Coordination: Not applicable. This program is excluded from coverage under E.O. 12372.
Application Procedure: The standard application forms, PHS 398 (Rev. May, 1995) as furnished by PHS must be used, except for the fellowship programs (M.D./Ph.D., and the individual predoctoral and postdoctoral programs) for which the PHS 416-1 must be used. Information concerning current areas of science being supported are available from the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH). Application forms are available from the Office of Extramural Outreach and Information, National Institutes of Health, MSC 7910, Bethesda, MD 20892-7910. Phone: 301-435-0714, E-mail: grantsinfo@nih.gov. 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 nonfederal consultants recruited nationwide from the mental health field. Applications other than fellowships must also be reviewed by the National Advisory Mental Health Council. 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. Postdoctoral students to be supported must submit required appointment forms, including a payback agreement and a Statement of Non-Delinquency on Federal Debt Certification. Predoctoral students whose appointments began after June 10, 1993, no longer incur a payback obligation. Honors undergraduates incur no payback obligations as a result of COR support.
Deadlines: Fellowships: April 5, August 5, and December 5. NRSA Institutional Grants: May 10. Short term training and AIDS-related NRSA Institutional Training Grants: January 10, May 10, and September 10; COR (formerly MARC): May 10.
Range of Approval/Disapproval Time: From 5 to 7 months. Review of AIDS-related applications is expedited.
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 will be used in determining projects to be funded: (1) scientific and technical merit; (2) facilities and environment for the training program; (3) previous training records; (4) relevance to NIMH priorities; and (5) potential contribution to mental health field.
Examples of Funded Projects: (1) Mental health statistics; (2) normal and abnormal development; (3) personality and psychopathology; (4) behavioral biology; and (5) mental health service delivery research and evaluation; and (6) molecular and cellular neuroscience.
Range and Average of Financial Assistance: Predoctoral stipends: $14,688 is the average. Postdoctoral stipends: $26,256 to $41,268; COR Honors Undergraduate: $9,492.
In fiscal year 1999, 332 individual awards and 192 institutional grants were awarded. In fiscal year 2000, an estimated 332 individual awards and 192 institutional grants will be made. In fiscal year 2001, an estimated 332 individual and 192 institutional grants will be made.
Federal Agency: NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Type of Assistance: Project Grants.
Obligations: (Fellowships and Grants) FY 99 $43,028,000; FY 00 est $49,225,000; and FY 01 est $50,297,000.
Budget Account Number: 75-0892-0-1-552.
Authorization: Public Health Service Act, Title IV, Section 487, Public Law 99-158, 42 U.S.C. 288, as amended.
Regulations, Guidelines, and Literature: 42 CFR 66. PHS Policy Statement, DHHS Publication No. (OASH) 94-50,000, (Rev.) April 1, 1994.
Regional or Local Office: Not applicable.
Headquarters Office: Program Contacts: Dr. Stephen H. Koslow, Director, Division of Basic and Clinical Neuroscience Research. Phone: (301) 443-3563. Dr. Ellen Stover, Director, Division of Mental Disorders, Behavioral Research and AIDS. Phone: (301) 443-7281. Dr. Grayson S. Norquist, Acting Director, Division of Services and Treatment Research. Phone (301) 443-3648. Dr. Delores L. Parron, Associate Director for Special Populations. Phone: (301) 443-2847. Grants Management Contact: Mr. Bruce Ringler, Grants Management Officer, National Institute of Mental Health, National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services; Room 7C-08, Parklawn Bldg., 5600 Fishers Lane, Rockville, MD 20857. Phone: (301) 443-2811. Use the same numbers 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: 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). For an M.D./Ph.D. award, 6 years may be requested. In practice, recommendations of review committees are generally for 2 or 3 years. Awards for institutional grants may be made for project periods of up to 5 years.
Uses and Use Restrictions: Individual fellowships are made to students seeking predoctoral or postdoctoral support for full-time research training or who are enrolled in an established M.D./Ph.D. program. An institutional allowance will be provided 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 and will include an amount for institutional expenses. Indirect costs may be requested at 8 percent of total direct costs, exclusive of tuition and related fees and expenditures for equipment, or actual indirect costs, whichever is less. Postdoctoral students receiving fellowships or stipend support under both individual and institutional grants for 12 months or less are obligated to pay back this support through an equivalent period of continued postdoctoral training or a period of health related research and/or teaching activities after the completion of their training. Postdoctoral students in their 13th and subsequent months of support will incur no further obligation, and such support will be considered acceptable postdoctoral payback service. Annual stipend levels will be $11,496 for predoctoral awards and $20,292 to $32,300 for postdoctoral awards dependent upon the number of years of postdoctoral relevant experience. Research training support may not be used for internships or other clinical training. COR Honors Undergraduate grants are to increase the number of well-prepared students from institutions with substantial minority enrollments and who can compete successfully for entry into Ph.D. degree level programs. Stipends of $8,796 per year may be requested for each full-time trainee and other related institutional costs may be requested.
Reports: Annual progress reports are required. Financial status reports are required for Institutional and COR honors undergraduate National Research Service Grants. Annual reports of activities for tracking payback provisions are required from postdoctoral fellows and trainees upon termination of support.
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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