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PAR-20-104 - Biomedical Technology Development and Dissemination Center (RM1 - Clinical Trial Not Allowed)

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National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS)

Purpose

This Notice is to inform potential applicants of minor edits to the text in Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) PAR-20-104, "Biomedical Technology Development and Dissemination Center (RM1 - Clinical Trial Not Allowed)", effective immediately.

The following sections of PAR-20-104 have been modified:

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Section I. Funding Opportunity Description

The BTDD program is investigator-initiated. NIGMS encourages applications in all areas within its mission and will give priority to areas not already supported in its current Centers. NIGMS encourages applications from institutions in Institutional Development Award (IDeA) states and partnerships between non-IDeA institutions and investigators in IDeA state institutions. Details concerning current BTRR and BTDD Centers can be found at https://www.nigms.nih.gov/about/overview/BBCB/biomedicaltechnology/Pages/btdd.aspx.

The National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering (http://www.nibib.nih.gov, NIBIB) has a similar program that supports Biomedical Technology Resource Centers (BTRCs). Details about that program can be found at https://www.nibib.nih.gov/research-funding/biomedical-technology-resource-centers. Applicants who are interested in submitting an application to the NIBIB program need to follow the NIBIB application procedures rather than those in this announcement. Applicants are encouraged to investigate both the NIGMS and NIBIB programs, and contact Institute staff for help determining which program is a better fit for their proposed Center.

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Section I. Funding Opportunity Description

The BTDD program is investigator-initiated. NIGMS encourages applications in all areas within its mission and will give priority to areas not already supported in its current Centers. NIGMS encourages applications from institutions in Institutional Development Award (IDeA) states and partnerships between non-IDeA institutions and investigators in IDeA state institutions. Details concerning current BTRR and BTDD Centers can be found at https://www.nigms.nih.gov/About/Overview/BBCB/BiomedicalTechnology/Pages/BiomedicalTechnologyResearchResources.aspx and https://www.nigms.nih.gov/about/overview/BBCB/biomedicaltechnology/Pages/btdd.aspx, respectively.

The National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering (NIBIB) has a similar program that supports National Centers for Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering (NCBIB) (formerly, Biomedical Technology Resource Centers). Applicants who are interested in submitting an application to the NIBIB program need to follow the NIBIB application procedures rather than those in this announcement. Applicants are encouraged to investigate both the NIGMS and NIBIB programs, and contact Institute staff for help determining which program is a better fit for their proposed Center.

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Section I. Funding Opportunity Description

Community Engagement:

• Web Presence: A robust web presence is required for every BTDD. The website should provide information about the Center’s research focus and capabilities, for both researchers and the general public. It should provide information about how to contact the Center to establish DBPs or CSPs, promote applicable user training activities, and disseminate technologies and information. In addition to the BTDD web page, each Center is required to maintain an up-to-date presence on the Biomedical Technology Research Portal (http://www.btrportal.org/). This site presents information on all Centers in the NIGMS and NIBIB BTRC/BTRR/BTDD programs, with links to each Center’s web page.

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Section I. Funding Opportunity Description

Community Engagement:

• Web Presence: A robust web presence is required for every BTDD. The website should provide information about the Center’s research focus and capabilities, for both researchers and the general public. It should provide information about how to contact the Center to establish DBPs or CSPs, promote applicable user training activities, and disseminate technologies and information.

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Section VI. Application and Submission Information

R&R Budget

The PD/PI is required to dedicate a minimum of 3 person months effort to this program. For multi-PI applications, each PD/PI is required to dedicate a minimum of 3 person months effort. Subsection leads for TDDs and CE should be identified and provide a minimum of 1 person month effort to the project. If effort proposed is greater than support requested, this should be noted.

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Section VI. Application and Submission Information

R&R Budget

The PD/PI is required to dedicate a minimum of 3 person months effort to this program. For multi-PI applications, each PD/PI is required to dedicate a minimum of 3 person months effort. Subsection leads for TDPs and CE should be identified and provide a minimum of 1 person month effort to the project. If effort proposed is greater than support requested, this should be noted.

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Section VI. Application and Submission Information

PHS 398 Research Plan

• Links to other related NIH-funded resources including other BTDDs, the NIH BTDD Portal page (http://www.btrportal.org ), and the NIGMS BTDD program web page.

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Section VI. Application and Submission Information

PHS 398 Research Plan

• Links to other related NIH-funded resources including other BTDDs and the NIGMS BTDD program web page.

All other aspects of this FOA remain unchanged.

Inquiries

Please direct all inquiries to:

Christina Liu, Ph.D. PE
National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS)
Email: [email protected]