ADDENDUM to RFA CA-05-012 COMMUNITY NETWORKS TO REDUCE CANCER HEALTH DISPARITIES RELEASE DATE: June 9, 2004 NOTICE: NOT-CA-04-018 National Cancer Institute (NCI) (http://www.nci.nih.gov) Clarifications for CA-05-012, Community Networks Program (CNP) This addendum is to inform potential applicants of the following points of clarification that resulted from the pre-application conference held on May 26, 2004. 1) Large, regional, and local projects A large-scale project (up to $1.75 million/year) has a Headquarters area and four or more additional geographic areas for a total of at least five areas. In general, these are national in scope or cover a number of states. A regional project (up to $1.0 million/year) has a Headquarters area and two to three other geographic areas for a total of three to four areas. The regional projects do not have to involve multiple states. A local project (up to $500K/year) has a Headquarters area and up to one other area for a total of up to two areas. Partnerships with community-based organizations, primary/secondary prevention facilities, and community hospitals need to be established for each area. If your needs are greater than those that can be covered by $500,000/year, then you need to justify the greater amount. There is a large separation between the requirements for a local ($500,000) and the regional and large CNPs in terms of requirements. The larger CNPs have the requirement that the applicant must have a demonstrated history of achievements in work with community-based organizations in the areas of community-based participatory awareness, research, and training. For regional or large CNP projects there is a requirement for two proposed research projects (each 10-page in length with a term of one-year and budget of $75,000 total cost). Thus, the requirements increase significantly for the regional and large CNP applicants. The program goal is to increase the number of local CNP awards. 2) Form at least four collaborations with other NCI programs To demonstrate the ability to Form at least four collaborations with other NCI programs, the applicant may describe previous experience in health disparities-related research and issues with NCI-funded activities, NIH-funded activities, or other experiences demonstrating your collaborative experience in that area. Although applicants are welcome to contact extramural program staff at NCI for information concerning NCI-supported programs, extramural staff cannot provide either letters-of-endorsement or letters-of-support for grant applications. During the course of the 5-year grant, NCI Centers/Divisions/Offices/Centers or other NCI-funded programs will initiate collaborations requesting CNP involvement in health disparity activities, such as recruitment to clinical trials or participation in energy balance activities. The CNP will be required to form at least four of these types of collaborations during the 5 years of the grant. Providing information on previous activities involving disparities gives an indication of the applicant’s ability to fulfill the collaboration objective. 3) Qualifying populations Racial/ethnic minorities and/or underserved populations with disparities are the qualifying populations. If possible, baseline data indicating the current level of disparities should be reported so that the reduction in disparities can be more easily measured in the future. Non-racial/ethnic minority communities would need to qualify as underserved populations. It is the responsibility of the applicant to document that the proposed community is underserved and the nature of its disparities. 4) Requirements for proposed research projects The purpose of the proposed research projects is to demonstrate the ability of the applicant to perform community-based participatory research. Each proposed research project application is comprised of a 10-page proposal for period of one year of funding with a total budget of $75,000. There will be no additional funding for these projects. The awardee must implement this proposed research during the course of the grant. The mechanism for the implementation of the research is left to the awardee. For example, the proposed research project could be performed using funding from the grant, or the project can be submitted as a pilot project when the awardee transitions to Phase II. The proposed research projects will be evaluated by the review group using the NIH review R01 criteria of significance, approach, innovation, investigator, and environment. Applicants requesting $1,000,000 or more are required to submit two pilot projects. The proposals are submitted as appendices to the grant application. 5) Applications to Phases I, II, and III All applicants apply for Phase I grants; more experienced applicants, such as previous Special Population Network grantees and other qualified applicants, may also apply for Phase II grants. Once the grant is awarded, the transition to Phase II and later to Phase III does not require the submission of a new PHS 398 grant application. The transitions will be authorized by NCI program staff within the grant award of the CNP project. Each new application should address the investigator’s ability to perform the proposed Phase I objectives. In addition, the applicant should fully discuss the Research Design and Methods of the proposed CNP. Reviewers will assess the applicant’s ability to perform these tasks. 6) Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) An MOU is requested in the RFA. It outlines the specific roles and responsibilities of the partner and the CNP. It is more detailed than a simple letter-of-support. The MOU may be conditional on obtaining the award. For any partnership for which the grant will provide funds, a budget and budget justification for each partnership with the proposed amount and the purpose of the funds are required. Additional updated information about the RFA is available at the Community Networks Program Website, http://crchd.nci.nih.gov/RFA/index.htm INQUIRIES Inquiries regarding this notice may be directed to: Kenneth C. Chu, Ph.D. Center to Reduce Cancer Health Disparities National Cancer Institute 6116 Executive Blvd, Room 602 Bethesda, MD 20892-8341 Rockville, MD 20852 (for express/courier service) Telephone: (301) 496-8589 FAX: (301)-435-9225 Email: kc10d@nih.gov


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