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Notice of Special Interest (NOSI): Curriculum or Training Modules to Promote Safe and Inclusive Biomedical Research Training Environments

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Notice Number: NOT-GM-20-018

Key Dates
Release Date: February 13, 2020
First Available Due Date: April 15, 2020
Expiration Date: June 01, 2020

Related Announcements: PA-18-591 “Administrative Supplements to Existing NIH Grants and Cooperative Agreements (Parent Admin Supp Clinical Trial Optional)”

Issued by National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS)

Purpose

The National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS) announces the availability of funds for Administrative Supplements to institutions with NIGMS training (T32, T34), certain research education (R25, see below), or institutional career development (K12) awards. The funds will support the development and implementation of curriculum or training modules to promote safe and inclusive biomedical research training environments. Applicants are strongly encouraged to discuss potential requests with their NIGMS Program Officer before submitting the supplement request.

Supplement awardees are expected to present an overview of the funded activities, the outcomes, and the progress in incorporating the activities into the ongoing program(s) at the meeting organized for Program Directors/Principal Investigators of NIGMS Training, Workforce Development, and Diversity programs.

Eligibility

Applicants must have an NIGMS-funded training (T32, T34), certain research education (R25, see below), or institutional career development (K12) program award with a project end date of May 31, 2021 or later. Awards in No-Cost Extension (NCE) are not eligible. Only R25 awards in the following programs (and associated funding opportunity announcements) are eligible for these supplements:

  • Bridges to Baccalaureate (PAR-13-333; PAR-16-110; PAR-17-210)
  • Bridges to the Doctorate (PAR-17-209; PAR-16-109)
  • Initiative for Maximizing Student Development (IMSD) (PAR-17-053; PAR-14-121)
  • Postbaccalaureate Research Education Program (PREP) (PAR-14-076; PAR-17-051)
  • Research Initiative for Scientific Enhancement (RISE) (PAR-13-196; PAR-16-118; PAR-16-361)

An applicant institution (normally identified by having a unique DUNS number or NIH Institutional Profile File – IPF) may submit only one application in this topic area. For institutions with two or more NIGMS grants, it is expected that the Program Directors/Principal Investigators will cooperate to develop curricula and/or activities that are broadly applicable to individuals at their institution and that a single supplement request will be submitted through one of the eligible NIGMS awards.

Application and Submission Information

Applications for this initiative must be submitted using the following funding opportunity announcement or its subsequent reissued equivalent.

  • PA-18-591 – Administrative Supplements to Existing NIH Grants and Cooperative Agreements (Parent Admin Supp Clinical Trial Optional)

All instructions in the SF424 (R&R) Application Guide and PA-18-591 must be followed, with the following additions:

  • Application Due Date(s) – April 15, 2020 by 5:00 PM local time of applicant organization.
  • For funding consideration, applicants must include the term “NOT-GM-20-018” (without quotation marks) in the Agency Routing Identifier field (box 4b) of the SF424 R&R form. Applications without this information in box 4b will not be considered for this initiative.
  • NIGMS requires applicants to submit electronically through Grants.gov. The process for Streamlined Submissions using the eRA Commons cannot be used for this initiative.

Budget

  • Application budgets are limited to $80,000 direct costs and must reflect the actual needs of the proposed project.
  • Funds from this supplement may be used for salary support of individuals designing, directing, and implementing the proposed training activity. Funds may also be used for administrative staff salaries, consultant costs, equipment, research supplies, faculty/staff travel, and other expenses directly related to the proposed curricular or training activity.
  • Funds from this supplement must be expended within 12 months of the supplement award issue date.
  • Applicants should note that the funds from this supplement cannot be used to support trainee stipends or tuition (T32 or T34), participant costs (R25), or scholar costs (K12).

Research Training Program Plan (limited to 3 pages). In the Program Plan attachment, include the summary or abstract of the funded parent award(s), and describe the following:

  • The need for the proposed curricular or training activities. Describe how the activities will synergize with, but not duplicate, ongoing efforts in this area.
  • A description of the curricular or training activities and their potential impact on the biomedical training at the institution.
  • How the effectiveness of the curricular or training activities will be assessed.
  • If proven to be effective, how the curricular or training activities will be incorporated into the existing biomedical training program(s).
  • Plans for disseminating the activities and outcomes.
  • Institutional commitment for sustainability of the proposed activities

Application Review Information

NIGMS staff will consider whether the budget is fully justified and will evaluate applications using the following criteria:

  • Will the administrative supplement increase or preserve the likelihood for the program to exert a sustained, powerful influence on research training at the institution?
  • Is there a clearly identified need for the proposed curricular or training activities?
  • Are the plans to assess the outcomes likely to provide evidence of the effectiveness of the training or curricular activity?
  • Is there a plan to incorporate the activities into the ongoing conduct of the training programs?
  • Are the plans to disseminate the activities and outcomes feasible and likely to reach the intended audience?
  • Is there appropriate institutional commitment for sustaining the proposed activities?

Notice of Special Interest (NOSI): Enhance Laboratory Safety Curriculum and a Culture of Safety in Biomedical Research Training Environments

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Notice Number: NOT-GM-20-016

Key Dates
Release Date: February 13, 2020
First Available Due Date: April 15, 2020
Expiration Date: June 01, 2020 Related Announcements
 PA-18-591 “Administrative Supplements to Existing NIH Grants and Cooperative Agreements (Parent Admin Supp Clinical Trial Optional)”

Issued by National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS)

Purpose

The National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS) announces the availability of funds for Administrative Supplements to institutions with NIGMS training (T32, T34), certain research education (R25, see below), or institutional career development (K12) awards. The funds will support the development and implementation of curricular or training activities to provide trainees and participating faculty with the knowledge and skills to enhance laboratory safety and to promote a culture of safety in the training environment. Applicants are strongly encouraged to discuss potential requests with their NIGMS Program Director before submitting the supplement request.

Supplement awardees are expected to present an overview of the funded activities, the outcomes, and the progress in incorporating the activities into the ongoing program(s) at the meeting organized for Program Directors/Principal Investigators of NIGMS Training, Workforce Development, and Diversity programs.

Eligibility

Applicants must have an NIGMS-funded training (T32, T34), certain research education (R25, see below), or institutional career development (K12) program award with a project end date of May 31, 2021 or later. Awards in No-Cost Extension (NCE) are not eligible. Only R25 awards in the following programs (and associated funding opportunity announcements) are eligible for these supplements:

  • Bridges to Baccalaureate (PAR-13-333; PAR-16-110; PAR-17-210)
  • Bridges to the Doctorate (PAR-17-209; PAR-16-109)
  • Initiative for Maximizing Student Development (IMSD) (PAR-17-053; PAR-14-121)
  • Postbaccalaureate Research Education Program (PREP) (PAR-14-076; PAR-17-051)
  • Research Initiative for Scientific Enhancement (RISE) (PAR-13-196; PAR-16-118; PAR-16-361)

An applicant institution (normally identified by having a unique DUNS number or NIH Institutional Profile File – IPF) may submit only one application in this topic area. For institutions with two or more NIGMS grants, it is expected that the Program Directors/Principal Investigators will cooperate to develop curricula and/or activities that are broadly applicable to individuals at their institution and that a single supplement request will be submitted through one of the eligible NIGMS awards. Institutions that received a previous award for the development and implementation of curricular or training activities to enhance laboratory safety through PA-18-758 are not eligible.

Application and Submission Information

Applications for this initiative must be submitted using the following funding opportunity announcement or its subsequent reissued equivalent.

  • PA-18-591 – Administrative Supplements to Existing NIH Grants and Cooperative Agreements (Parent Admin Supp Clinical Trial Optional)

All instructions in the SF424 (R&R) Application Guide and PA-18-591 must be followed, with the following additions:

  • Application Due Date(s) – April 15, 2020 by 5:00 PM local time of applicant organization.
  • For funding consideration, applicants must include the term “NOT-GM-20-016” (without quotation marks) in the Agency Routing Identifier field (box 4b) of the SF424 R&R form. Applications without this information in box 4b will not be considered for this initiative.
  • NIGMS requires applicants to submit electronically through Grants.gov. The process for Streamlined Submissions using the eRA Commons cannot be used for this initiative.

Budget

  • Application budgets are limited to $80,000 direct costs and must reflect the actual needs of the proposed project.
  • Funds from this supplement may be used for salary support of individuals designing, directing, and implementing the proposed training activity. Funds may also be used for administrative staff salaries, consultant costs, equipment, research supplies, faculty/staff travel, and other expenses directly related to the proposed curricular or training activity.
  • Funds from this supplement must be expended within12 months of the supplement award issue date. Applicants should note that the funds from this supplement cannot be used to support trainee stipends or tuition (T34 or T32) or participant costs (R25) or scholar costs (K12).

Research Training Program Plan (limited to 3 pages). In the Program Plan attachment, include the summary or abstract of the funded parent award(s), and describe the following:

  • The need for the proposed curricular or training activities. Describe how the activities will synergize with, but not duplicate, ongoing efforts in this area.
  • A description of the curricular or training activities and their potential impact on the biomedical training at the institution.
  • How the effectiveness of the curricular or training activities will be assessed.
  • If proven to be effective, how the curricular or training activities will be incorporated into the existing biomedical training program(s).
  • Plans for disseminating the activities and outcomes.
  • Institutional commitment for sustainability of the proposed activities.

NIGMS staff will consider whether the budget is fully justified and will evaluate applications using the following criteria:

  • Will the administrative supplement increase or preserve the likelihood for the program to exert a sustained, powerful influence on research training at the institution?
  • Is there a clearly identified need for the proposed curricular or training activities?
  • Are the plans to assess the outcomes likely to provide evidence of the effectiveness of the training or curricular activity?
  • Is there a plan to incorporate the activities into the ongoing conduct of the training programs?
  • Are the plans to disseminate the activities and outcomes feasible and likely to reach the intended audience?
  • Is there appropriate institutional commitment for sustaining the proposed activities?

National Institute of Justice Graduate Research Fellowship, Fiscal Year 2020

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The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ), Office of Justice Programs (OJP), National Institute of Justice (NIJ) is seeking applications for funding innovative doctoral dissertation research that is relevant to preventing and controlling crime, and ensuring the fair and impartial administration of criminal justice in the United States. This program furthers the Department’s mission by increasing the pool of researchers who are engaged in providing science-based solutions to problems relevant to criminal and juvenile justice policy and practice in the United States. This integrates into a single solicitation for two previously separate fellowship solicitations in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) and Social and Behavior Sciences (SBS).

Proposal Deadline: April 15, 2020.

The Graduate Research Fellowship (GRF) program provides grants to accredited academic institutions to support outstanding doctoral students whose dissertation research is relevant to criminal justice. Applicant academic institutions are eligible to apply only if:

  • The student is currently enrolled in a Ph.D. program in the sciences or engineering; and
  • The student’s proposed dissertation research has demonstrable relevance to preventing and controlling crime, and/or ensuring the fair and impartial administration of criminal justice, in the United States.

To learn more about the program, including answers to Frequently Asked Questions, go to https://www.nij.ojp.gov/GRF. Look for information on a webinar scheduled for 1:00 p.m. (eastern time) on February 4, 2020. Webinar slides and a transcript will be posted after the event.

Proposals addressing one or more of the following areas are particularly encouraged:

  • Reducing and preventing violent crime;
  • Addressing drug trafficking, drug markets, and drug-related violence;
  • Promoting law enforcement officer safety, health, and wellness;
  • Rescuing and restoring crime victims;
  • Securing our nation’s borders;
  • Enhancing law enforcement investigations and prosecutions, and
  • Investigating psychopathological, physiological, or biological correlates to offending behaviors and/or victimization.

Additional information can be found on grants.gov and in the program announcement.

Measurement Science and Engineering (MSE) Research Grant Programs

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The Department of Commerce’s National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) is soliciting applications for financial assistance for Fiscal Year 2020 (FY20) within the Office of the Associate Director for Innovation and Industry Services (ADIIS).

Program Description: The ADIIS Grant Program supports activities that develop, expand, strengthen, or sustain NIST partnership programs within the ADIIS Directorate through measurements, standards, data, industry and technology studies, and technology research and development (R&D). Specifically, the ADIIS Grant Program seeks to support technology innovation and service to American industry in the following fields: bioscience, chemistry, dimensional metrology, electronics, engineering, infrastructure, information technology, manufacturing, manufacturing metrology, materials science and engineering, nanotechnology, neutron research, optics, and physics.

The ADIIS Directorate’s current partnership programs include the Baldrige Performance Excellence Program, the Hollings Manufacturing Extension Partnership (MEP), programs within the NIST Office of Advanced Manufacturing, and programs within the NIST Technology Partnerships Office. Financial assistance may be provided to bolster measurements, standards, data and technology R&D within these partnership programs, or through new partnerships, to:

  • Advance early-stage research and development for industry
  • Enhance opportunities in manufacturing through innovation
  • Strengthen supplier programs for small and medium manufacturers
  • Encourage the transfer and commercialization of research and technology from institutions of higher education, federal laboratories, other federally funded research programs, and nonprofit research institutes
  • Create jobs or promote workforce development
  • Realize or sustain metrology needs in American industry, including through technical metrology training programs for manufacturers

Eligibility for all programs listed in this Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) includes all non-Federal entities, including institutions of higher education, non-profit organizations, for-profit organizations, state and local governments, Indian tribes, hospitals, foreign public entities, and foreign governments. Please note that individuals and unincorporated sole proprietors are not considered “non-Federal entities” and are not eligible to apply under this NOFO. The NOFO’s full text can be found here and downloaded as a PDF or a zip file.

Department of Defense Fiscal Year 2020 (FY20) Peer Reviewed Cancer Research Program and Peer Reviewed Orthopaedic Research Program Pre-Announcements

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The Department of Defense (DoD) recently released pre-announcements for the Fiscal Year 2020 (FY20) Department of Defense (DoD) Peer Reviewed Cancer Research Program and Peer Reviewed Orthopaedic Research Program managed by the office of Congressionally Directed Medical Research Programs (CDMRP) https://cdmrp.army.mil/pubs/press/cdmrp_presses.

Peer Reviewed Cancer Research Program:

  • Virtual Cancer Center – Director Award
  • Career Development Award – Fellow Option
  • Career Development Award – Scholar Option
  • Idea Award
  • Impact Award
  • Behavioral Health Science Award
  • Translational Team Science Award

Peer Reviewed Orthopaedic Research Program:

  • Applied Research Award
  • Clinical Trial Award
  • Clinical Translational Research Award

Descriptions of each of the anticipated funding opportunities, eligibility, key mechanism elements, and funding can be found in the Program pre-announcements.  FY20 pre-announcements can be found in the CDMRP home page features at https://cdmrp.army.mil. Subsequent notifications will be sent when the program announcements/funding opportunities are released.