Notice to Amend PAR-12-206 to Allow Inclusion of Foreign Sub-Components or Sub-Contractors of U.S. Organizations

Notice Number: NOT-EB-12-004

Release Date: July 27, 2012

National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering (NIBIB)

The purpose of this notice is to amend PAR-12-206, Decreasing Patient Radiation Dose from CT Imaging:  Achieving Sub-mSv Studies (U01), to allow participation of non-domestic (Foreign) sub-components or sub-contractors of U.S. Organizations.

However, the primary applicant must still be a U.S. Institution or Organization.

Section III, Eligibility Information, originally stated in the FOA as:

Foreign Institutions

Non-domestic (non-U.S.) Entities (Foreign Institutions) are not eligible to apply.
Non-domestic (non-U.S.) components of U.S. Organizations are not eligible to apply.

Foreign components, as defined in the NIH Grants Policy Statement, are not allowed.

is amended as follows:

Foreign Institutions

Non-domestic (non-U.S.) Entities (Foreign Institutions) are not eligible to apply.
Non-domestic (non-U.S.) components of U.S. Organizations are eligible to apply.

Foreign components, as defined in the NIH Grants Policy Statement, are not allowed.

All other aspects of the FOA remain unchanged.

Please direct all inquiries to:

Hector Lopez, Sc.D.
Program Director
National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering
Telephone: 301-451-4775
Email: Lopezh@mail.nih.gov

Steven Krosnick, M.D.
Program Director
National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering
Telephone: 301-594-3009
Email: krosnics@mail.nih.gov