Notice of Change in Expiration Date and Cancellation of Final Three Receipt Dates for RFA-NS-19-018 "HEAL Initiative: Clinical Devices to Treat Pain (UH3 Clinical Trial Optional)."

Notice Number: NOT-NS-20-049

Key Dates
Release Date: April 14, 2020

Related Announcements
RFA-NS-19-018

Issued by
National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS)

National Eye Institute (NEI)

National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA)

National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases (NIAMS)

National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering (NIBIB)

Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD)

National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research (NIDCR)

National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK)

National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)

National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)

National Institute of Nursing Research (NINR)

National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health (NCCIH)

National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences (NCATS)

National Cancer Institute (NCI)

All applications to this funding opportunity announcement should fall within the mission of the Institutes/Centers. The following NIH Offices may co-fund applications assigned to those Institutes/Centers.

Purpose

The purpose of this notice is to inform interested applicants of a change in the expiration date and cancellation of the final three receipt dates for RFA-NS-19-018 "HEAL Initiative: Clinical Devices to Treat Pain (UH3 Clinical Trial Optional)." Effective immediately, the June 22, 2020, October 21, 2020, and February 21, 2021 receipt dates have been eliminated, and the new expiration date for this Funding Opportunity Announcement will be April 16, 2020 (earlier than previously published).

Changes to the Key Dates section are shown below.

Part. 1 Overview Information

Key Dates

Currently Reads:

Application Due Date(s) New Dates January 9, 2019, March 22, 2019, May 20, 2019, June 21, 2019, October 21, 2019, February 21, 2020, June 22, 2020, October 21, 2020, February 21, 2021 , by 5:00 PM local time of applicant organization. All types of non-AIDS applications allowed for this funding opportunity announcement are due on these dates.

Applicants are encouraged to apply early to allow adequate time to make any corrections to errors found in the application during the submission process by the due date.

Scientific Merit Review

New Dates April 2019, June 2019, June 2019, November 2019, March 2020, June 2020, November 2020, March 2021, June 2021

Advisory Council Review New Dates May 2019, August 2019, August 2019, January 2020, May 2020, August 2020, January 2021, May 2021, August 2021
Earliest Start Date

New Dates July 2019, October 2019, October 2019, March 2020, July 2020, October 2020, March 2021,July 2021, October 2021

Expiration Date February 23, 2021

Modified to Read:

Application Due Date(s) New Dates January 9, 2019, March 22, 2019, May 20, 2019, June 21, 2019, October 21, 2019, February 21, 2020 by 5:00 PM local time of applicant organization. All types of non-AIDS applications allowed for this funding opportunity announcement are due on these dates.

Applicants are encouraged to apply early to allow adequate time to make any corrections to errors found in the application during the submission process by the due date.

Scientific Merit Review

New Dates April 2019, June 2019, June 2019, November 2019, March 2020, June 2020

Advisory Council Review New Dates May 2019, August 2019, August 2019, January 2020, May 2020, August 2020
Earliest Start Date

New Dates July 2019, October 2019, October 2019, March 2020, July 2020, October 2020

Expiration Date April 16, 2020

All other aspects of this FOA remain unchanged.

Inquiries

Please direct all inquiries to:

Nick Langhals, PhD
National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS)
Telephone: 301-496-1779
Email:nick.langhals@nih.gov