Participation of National Institute of Nursing Research (NINR) in New John E. Fogarty International Center (FIC) Initiative, The Medical Education Partnership Initiative (MEPI) (R24)

Notice Number: NOT-NR-10-010

Key Dates
Release Date:  March 9, 2010

Issued by
National Institute of Nursing Research (NINR), (http://www.ninr.nih.gov)

Purpose

This Notice is to inform potential applicants that the National Institute of Nursing Research (NINR), intends to participate in a new Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA), “The Medical Education Partnership Initiative (MEPI) (R24)” to be issued by the John E. Fogarty International Center (FIC).  Please see NOT-TW-10-291 for further information regarding this FOA.

This notice is being provided to allow potential applicants sufficient time to develop meaningful collaborations and responsive proposals.  The FOA is expected to be published in early March 2010 with an anticipated receipt date of early May 2010.  The FOA will utilize the NIH Resource-Related Research Project (R24) grant mechanism.

Participation in this Funding Opportunity Announcement by the Organizations, NIH Institutes, Centers and Offices  listed in the Notice of Intent to Publish NOT-TW-10-291 continues, unaffected by this notice:  Office of the U.S. Global AIDS Coordinator (OGAC); National Institutes of Health (NIH); Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA); Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC); Department of Defense (DoD) HIV/AIDS Prevention Program; NIH Common Fund/Office of the Director (OD/OSC/CF/NIH); Office of AIDS Research, Office of the Director (OAR/NIH); Office of Research on Women’s Health (ORWH/NIH); John E. Fogarty International Center (FIC/NIH); National Cancer Institute (NCI/NIH); National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI/NIH); National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI/NIH); National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA/NIH); National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID/NIH); National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering (NIBIB/NIH); Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD/NIH); National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD/NIH); National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research (NIDCR/NIH); National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA/NIH); National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH/NIH); National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (NCCAM/NIH);
National Center for Research Resources (NCRR/NIH); HIV/AIDS Bureau, Global HIV/AIDS Program (GHAP/HAB/HRSA); National Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention, Global AIDS Program (GAP/NCHHSTP/CDC). All other aspects of the Notice remain unchanged.

Inquiries

For scientific/research inquiries to the NINR, contact:

Jeanette Hosseini, PhD
Program Director, Office of Extramural Activities
National Institute of Nursing Research, NIH
6701 Democracy Blvd., Suite 710
One Democracy Plaza
Bethesda, MD 20892-4870
Telephone: (301) 594-5972
Fax: 301-480-8260 
Email: jeanetteh@mail.nih.gov

For Grants Management inquiries to the NINR, contact:

Kelli Oster
Grants Management Specialist
Office of Grants Management
National Institute of Nursing Research, NIH
6701 Democracy Blvd., Suite 710
One Democracy Plaza
Bethesda, MD 20892-4870
Telephone: (301) 594-2177
Fax: (301) 451-5651
Email: Osterk@mail.nih.gov