Notice of Change in Participation of NIH Institutes and Centers in PAR-11-229 “Limited Competition: Institutional Development Award (IDeA) Program Infrastructure for Clinical and Translational Research (IDeA-CTR)[U54]”

Notice Number: NOT-OD-12-096

Release Date:  April 9, 2012

National Institutes of Health (NIH)

The purpose of this Notice is to inform potential applicants of changes in the participation of NIH Institutes, Centers, and Offices (ICOs) in PAR-11-229 “Limited Competition: Institutional Development Award (IDeA) Program Infrastructure for Clinical and Translational Research (IDeA-CTR)[U54]”

Background

On December 23, 2011, the National Center for Research Resources (NCRR) was dissolved and the National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences (NCATS) and the Office of Research Infrastructure Programs (ORIP) were established. As indicated in NOT-OD-12-026, all NCRR programs were transferred to other NIH ICOs. Additionally, the responsibility for all Funding Opportunity Announcements (FOAs) in which NCRR participated is being transferred to other ICOs. Please visit the NCRR website for more information regarding the transfer of NCRR programs to other NIH ICOs. 

Implementation

The following sections of PAR-11-229 have been revised to reflect the changes that resulted from this reorganization of NIH ICOs.

The “Components of Participating Organizations” section has been revised to remove NCRR and include NIGMS:

National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS) (http://www.nigms.nih.gov)

The “Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) Number” section has been revised to reflect the updated list of participating ICOs.

The NCRR CFDA number has been removed: 93.389

The following CFDA number for NIGMS has been added: 93.859

The “Agency Contacts” section has been revised to reflect the updated list of participating ICOs. All NCRR contacts have been removed, and the following contacts from NIGMS have been added.

Scientific/Research Contact(s)

Jose Rafael Gorospe, MD, PhD
National Institute of General Medical Sciences
National Institutes of Health
BG 1DEM, RM 941
6701 Democracy Boulevard
Bethesda, MD 20892
Telephone: 301-435-0832
E-mail: gorospejr@mail.nih.gov

Peer Review Contact(s)

Helen R Sunshine, PhD
National Institute of General Medical Sciences
National Institutes of Health
BG 45, RM 3AN12F
45 Center DR
Bethesda MD 20892
Telephone: 301-594-2881
E-mail: sunshinh@nigms.nih.gov

Financial/Grants Management Contact(s)

Ms. Lori Burge
National Institute of General Medical Sciences
National Institutes of Health
BG 45, RM 2AN50A
45 Center Dr
Bethesda MD 20892
Telephone: 301-451-3781
E-mail: burgel@nigms.nih.gov

Letters of Intent, as well as two additional copies of the application, must be sent to the Peer Review Contact listed above. For more information, please view Section IV. Application and Submission Information.

All other aspects of this FOA remain unchanged.

Please direct all inquiries to the appropriate Agency Contact listed in this Guide Notice.