NOT-CA-10-015: Notice of Availability of Administrative Supplements for Activities to Promote Research Collaborations for Projects Currently Funded by the NCI Division of Cancer Biology

Notice of Availability of Administrative Supplements for Activities to Promote Research Collaborations for Projects Currently Funded by the NCI Division of Cancer Biology

Notice Number: NOT-CA-10-015

Key Dates
Release Date: January 21, 2010
Request Receipt Date: March 15, 2010

Issued by
National Cancer Institute (NCI) (http://cancer.gov/)

The Division of Cancer Biology (DCB) of the National Cancer Institute (NCI) invites requests for supplemental funding in fiscal year 2010 for existing DCB-funded research projects (i.e., administrative supplements) to support and encourage new multidisciplinary scientific collaborations among DCB grantees, as well as with other members of the scientific community. This initiative, known as the Activities to Promote Research Collaborations (APRC), supports collaborative interdisciplinary activities that bring together ideas and approaches from disparate scientific disciplines. The proposed APRC activities must be within the overall scope of the active parent award and the collaborative activity must be new.

ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS

Only researchers with active DCB funding through one of the grant mechanisms identified below may submit and be the PI of a DCB-APRC request. .
The applicant PI must have an active R01, P01, R37, R21, U01, or U54/U56 grant with DCB. No other grant mechanisms are eligible for this program.
For 1-year supplement requests, at least one full year must remain on the DCB parent grant at the time of anticipated funding (June 1, 2010); for requests up to 2 years, a corresponding amount of time must remain on the parent grant. See the Budget Specifications section for more details.
The leader of each collaborating unit must be a Principal Investigator with active peer-reviewed research funding support at the time of this supplemental funding, but it may be from peer-reviewed sources other than NIIH. This funding must be active a substantial fraction of the proposed APRC project and/or have a high likelihood of being renewed during the APRC project period.
Investigators may come from the same or different departments within an institution, or from different institutions.
Racial/ethnic minority individuals, women, and persons with disabilities are encouraged to participate in this opportunity for DCB-APRC supplemental support.

Before submitting a request, interested researchers are strongly encouraged to contact their program directors to verify whether the "parent" grant and the anticipated new collaborations meet the eligibility criteria outlined above.

PREPARING AND SUBMITTING ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPLEMENT REQUEST

A full description of the APRC program and the FY10 application guidelines can be found at the following web site: http://dcb.nci.nih.gov/DCB-APRC(FY10).cfm. It details the opportunities available to DCB grantees for collaborative activities funded with administrative supplements to their active grants and the mechanisms for requesting these supplements.

Although the financial plans of the NCI provide support for this program, administrative supplement awards pursuant to this initiative are contingent upon the availability of funds and the receipt of a sufficient number of meritorious requests.

Requests must be submitted as described in the APRC program guidelines to the NCI Division of Division of Cancer Biology (DCB) (see address below).

This Notice is a one-time announcement and formal requests must be received on or before March 15, 2010.

NOTE: The NIH Center for Scientific Review IS NOT involved in receipt and processing of these requests Supplement requests are not to be submitted electronically via Grants.gov or eRA, or in paper to the Division of Receipt and Referral, CSR

Requests must be signed by the Authorized Organizational Representative (AOR) at the grantee institution.

Applicants are strongly encouraged to submit requests electronically as an e-mail attachment in pdf format to whitest@mail.nih.gov; however, the signature of the AOR must be clearly visible. Applicants may also submit requests on paper (original and one copy) to:

DCB-Activities to Promote Research Collaborations Program
C/o Stephen White, DCB-APRC Program Director
National Cancer Institute, NIH, HHS
6130 Executive Boulevard, EPN Room 5048
Bethesda, MD 20892-7150 (for U.S. Postal Service regular or express mail)
Rockville, MD 20852 (for non-U.S.P.S. delivery)

Inquiries

Investigators funded by DCB who are interested in the activities described are strongly encouraged to contact their DCB Program Director prior to submitting a request.

Direct all other inquiries to:

Daniel Gallahan, Ph.D.
Deputy Director, Division of Cancer Biology
National Cancer Institute, NIH
6130 Executive Boulevard, EPN Room 5050, MSC 380
Bethesda, MD 20892-7150 (for U.S. Postal Service regular or express mail)
Rockville, MD 20852 (for non-USPS delivery)
Telephone: (301) 496-8636
FAX: (301) 496-8656
E-mail: gallahad@mail.nih.gov

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