Department of Health
and Human Services (HHS)
and Human Services (HHS)
September 15, 2021
PAR-21-314 - Blueprint MedTech: Incubator Hubs (U54 Clinical Trial Not Allowed)
National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering (NIBIB)
The purpose of this notice is to inform potential applicants about a page limit for the Needs Assessment attachment in the Blueprint MedTech: Incubator Hubs (U54 Clinical Trial Not Allowed) FOA, PAR-21-314.
Current Language:
Research & Related Other Project Information (Outreach Core)
Human Subjects: Answer only the ‘Are Human Subjects Involved?’ and 'Is the Project Exempt from Federal regulations?’ questions.
Vertebrate Animals: Answer only the ‘Are Vertebrate Animals Used?’ question.
Project Narrative: Do not complete. Note: ASSIST screens will show an asterisk for this attachment indicating it is required. However, eRA systems only enforce this requirement in the Overall component and applications will not receive an error if omitted in other components.
Other Attachments: Draft Solicitation (Required, 3 pages maximum). Applications that exceed this limit or do not include this attachment will be withdrawn. This attachment should be entitled "Draft Solicitation.pdf" and contain instructions for innovator subproject proposers, evaluators, and how to get assistance.
The following text has been added/edited to reflect changes in the FOA (PAR-21-314) (changes are shown in italics below):
Research & Related Other Project Information (Outreach Core)
Human Subjects: Answer only the ‘Are Human Subjects Involved?’ and 'Is the Project Exempt from Federal regulations?’ questions.
Vertebrate Animals: Answer only the ‘Are Vertebrate Animals Used?’ question.
Project Narrative: Do not complete. Note: ASSIST screens will show an asterisk for this attachment indicating it is required. However, eRA systems only enforce this requirement in the Overall component and applications will not receive an error if omitted in other components.
Other Attachments: Draft Solicitation (Required, 3 pages maximum) and Needs Assessment (Required, 3 pages maximum). Applications that exceed these limits or do not include these attachments will be withdrawn. The draft solicitation should be entitled "Draft Solicitation.pdf" and contain instructions for innovator subproject proposers, evaluators, and how to get assistance. The needs assessment should be entitled “Needs Assessment.pdf” and contain an analysis of areas for targeted outreach.
All other aspects of the FOA (PAR-21-314) remain the same.
Michael B. Wolfson, Ph.D.
National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering (NIBIB)
Telephone: 301-451-4778
Email: [email protected]