Notice of NIDA’s Intent to Change the Receipt Date for the NIDA Centers Program

Notice Number: NOT-DA-06-011

Key Dates
Release Date: June 12, 2006

Update: The following update relating to this announcement has been issued:

  • August 3, 2006 (NOT-DA-06-012) - This Notice supersedes the previously published NOT-DA-06-011.

Issued by
National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) (http://www.nida.nih.gov)

Purpose

The purpose of this Notice is to inform the drug abuse research field that the receipt and review of NIDA Centers program applications will be changed to a one time receipt per year starting in the year 2007.

The current guidelines "NIDA Research Center Grant Consolidated Program and Review Guidelines October, 2003" (http://www.nida.nih.gov/Funding/GrantGuidelines_03.html) will expire on October 2, 2006. Therefore, the last receipt date of this program will be October 1, 2006.

NIDA intends to publish a new program announcement to continue the NIDA Centers of Excellence program. This new announcement will describe the changes in the receipt and review. The first receipt date for the new program announcement will be in May 2007.

Inquiries

Inquiries associated with this Notice should be directed to:

Rita Liu, Ph.D.
Associate Director for Grant Activities
Office of Extramural Affairs
National Institute on Drug Abuse
6101 Executive Boulevard, Suite 220, MSC 8401
Bethesda, MD 20892-8401
Telephone: (301) 435-1388
E-mail: rliu@nida.nih.gov