Notice Number: NOT-OD-15-069

Key Dates
Release Date: February 18, 2015

Issued by
Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS)

Purpose

On January 21, 2015 the Office of Research Integrity (ORI), Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health (OASH), Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) published a funding opportunity IR-ORI-15-001 in Grants.gov requesting research applications for research on research integrity. This announcement differs significantly from previous announcements in structure and content. The purpose of this announcement is to foster innovative approaches to empirical research on societal, organizational, group, and individual factors that affect, both positively and negatively, integrity in research. The research will be reviewed and funded in a two-phase process. For this first phase, ORI is seeking small-scale, developmental research projects. ORI anticipates that Phase I awards will have a ceiling of up to $75,000 for a period of 12 months.

On February 11, 2015, ORI also published a funding opportunity IR-ORI-15-002 in Grants.gov requesting applications for competing grant awards for the planning and implementation of conferences or workshops. Conferences or workshops must be designed to provide a forum for discussion and produce tangible outcomes related to at least one of the following themes: 1) responsible conduct of research training; 2) fostering an environment that promotes research integrity; 3) prevention of research misconduct; 4) handling of research misconduct allegations; 5) whistleblowing; 6) international issues in research integrity; or, 7) other topics clearly linked to research integrity and compliance with 42 C.F.R. Part 93. ORI anticipates awarding five grants, up to $50,000 each, for a total funding amount of $250,000.

Inquiries

Please direct all inquiries to:

Ann A. Hohmann, PhD., MPH
Office of Research Integrity (ORI)
Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS)
Telephone: 240-453-8431