December 21, 2023
- September 20, 2023 - NIDA REI: Academic Research Enhancement Award (AREA) Training a Diverse Data Science Workforce for Addiction Research (R15 Clinical Trial Not Allowed). See NOFO RFA-DA-24-026
National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)
This notice informs applicants of a change to the Section III. Eligibility Information for RFA-DA-24-026: NIDA REI: Academic Research Enhancement Award (AREA) Training a Diverse Data Science Workforce for Addiction Research (R15 Clinical Trial Not Allowed).
The following sections RFA-DA-24-026 are updated as follows:
Section III. Eligibility Information
1. Eligible Applicants
Eligible Organizations
Currently reads:
Higher Education Institutions
- Public/State Controlled Institutions of Higher Education
- Private Institutions of Higher Education
The following types of Higher Education Institutions are always encouraged to apply for NIH support as Public or Private Institutions of Higher Education:
- Hispanic-serving Institutions
- Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs)
- Tribally Controlled Colleges and Universities (TCCUs)
- Alaska Native and Native Hawaiian Serving Institutions
- Asian American Native American Pacific Islander Serving Institutions (AANAPISIs)
Nonprofits Other Than Institutions of Higher Education
- Nonprofits with 501(c)(3) IRS Status (Other than Institutions of Higher Education)
- Nonprofits without 501(c)(3) IRS Status (Other than Institutions of Higher Education)
For-Profit Organizations
- Small Businesses
- For-Profit Organizations (Other than Small Businesses)
Local Governments
- State Governments
- County Governments
- City or Township Governments
- Special District Governments
- Indian/Native American Tribal Governments (Federally Recognized)
- Indian/Native American Tribal Governments (Other than Federally Recognized)
Federal Government
- Eligible Agencies of the Federal Government
- U.S. Territory or Possession
Other
- Independent School Districts
- Public Housing Authorities/Indian Housing Authorities
- Native American Tribal Organizations (other than Federally recognized tribal governments)
- Faith-based or Community-based Organizations
- Regional Organizations
In addition, all organizations must meet the following two criteria:
- The applicant organization must be an accredited public or non-profit private school that grants baccalaureate or advanced degrees in biomedical or behavioral sciences
- The applicant organization may not receive research support from the NIH totaling more than $6 million per year (in both direct and F&A/indirect costs) in each of 4 of the last 7 years.
- Note that all activity codes are included except the following: C06, S10, and all activity codes starting with a G.
Institutions with Health Professional Schools or Colleges
For institutions composed of multiple academic components (i.e., schools or colleges), the criterion of financial eligibility is based on the amount of NIH research grant monies received, not by the institution (university) as a whole, but by the individual health professional school/college or by the sum of "Other Academic components" (as defined in this section) where the PD/PI has a primary appointment (e.g., School of Arts and Science, School of Medicine, College of Nursing, School of Pharmacy, etc.). Thus, each of the following is considered independently when determining the financial eligibility of the applicant organization.
- Health professional school/college: Accredited public or non-profit private school/college that grants a terminal health professional degree (e.g., MD, DDS, DO, PharmD, BSN, DVM, DrPH, OD, DPT, DC, ND, DPM).
- Accreditation must be provided by a body approved for such purpose by the Secretary of Education.
- Health professional schools/colleges that meet the above requirements may include schools or colleges of medicine, dentistry, osteopathy, pharmacy, nursing, veterinary medicine, public health, optometry, allied health, chiropractic, naturopathy and podiatry.
- Other Academic component: Once the health professional schools/colleges have been excluded, the financial eligibility of the Other Academic component is determined by the sum of all remaining schools, colleges, and free-standing institutes of the institution (university).
Modified to read:
Higher Education Institutions
- Public/State Controlled Institutions of Higher Education
- Private Institutions of Higher Education
The following types of Higher Education Institutions are always encouraged to apply for NIH support as Public or Private Institutions of Higher Education:
- Hispanic-serving Institutions
- Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs)
- Tribally Controlled Colleges and Universities (TCCUs)
- Alaska Native and Native Hawaiian Serving Institutions
- Asian American Native American Pacific Islander Serving Institutions (AANAPISIs)
In addition, all organizations must meet the following criteria at the time of application submission:
1. The applicant institution must be an accredited public or non-profit private school that grants baccalaureate degrees in biomedical sciences. This NOFO does not provide support for research from Health Professional Schools and colleges and accredited institutions that provide education and training leading to a health professional degree, including but not limited to: BSN, MSN, DNP, MD, DDS, DO, PharmD, DVM, OD, DPT, DC, ND, DPM, MOT, OTD, DPT, MS-SLP, CScD, SLPD, AuD, MSPO, MSAT, and MPH. The application must be submitted by the eligible undergraduate-focused organization with a unique entity identifier (such as DUNS) and a unique NIH eRA Institutional Profile File (IPF) number.
2. At the time of application submission, all of the non-health professional components of the institution combined must not have received support from the NIH totaling more than $6 million per year (in both direct and F&A/indirect costs) in 4 of the last 7 years. A year is defined as a federal fiscal year: from October 1 through September 30. For institutions composed of multiple schools and colleges, the $6 million funding limit is based on the amount of NIH funding received by all of the non-health professional schools and colleges within the institution as a whole. Note that all activity codes are included in this calculation except the following: C06, S10, and all activity codes starting with a G.
- For this NOFO: An academic component is any school, college, center, or institute that is not a Health Professional School or College.
- For this NOFO: A qualifying academic component (school, college, center, or institute) within an institution (e.g. School of Arts and Sciences) has greater undergraduate student enrollment than graduate student enrollment.
- For this NOFO: All types of Health Professional Schools are not eligible to apply, and are not considered in this calculation.
- Health Professional Schools and Colleges provide education and training leading to a health professional degree (including but not limited to: BSN, MSN, DNP, MD, DDS, DO, PharmD, DVM, OD, DPT, DC, ND, DPM, MOT, OTD, DPT, MS-SLP, CScD, SLPD, AuD, MSPO, MSAT, and MPH).
- Health Professional Schools and Colleges may include schools of medicine, dentistry, osteopathy, pharmacy, nursing, veterinary medicine, public health, optometry, allied health, chiropractic, naturopathy and podiatry.
- For institutions with multiple campuses, eligibility can be considered for each individual campus (e.g. main, satellite, etc.) only if a unique identifier number and NIH IPF number are established for each campus. For institutions that use one identifier number or NIH IPF number for all campuses, eligibility is determined for all campuses (e.g. main, satellite, etc.) together.
All other aspects of this RFA remain the same.
Susan Wright, PhD
National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)P
Phone: 301-402-6683
Email: susan.wright@nih.gov
Janet Kuramoto-Crawford, PhD, MHS
National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)
Phone: (301) 443-8856
Email: janet.kuramoto-crawford@nih.gov
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