Notice Number: NOT-AI-15-030

Key Dates
Release Date: March 24, 2015

Issued by
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID)

Purpose

The purpose of this notice is to update the eligibility information in the funding opportunity announcement PAR-15-131 "Global Infectious Disease Research Administration Development Award for Low-and Middle-Income Country Institutions (G11)".

Current Language:

Part 2. Section III. Eligibility Information

1. Eligible Applicants

Eligible Organizations

• Non-domestic (non-U.S.) Entities (Foreign Institutions)

Eligible organizations must be in an LMIC, as defined by The World Bank, and includes research institutions in LMICs. Eligible applicant foreign institutions in LMICs are limited to those receiving less than $500,000 per year in any one year in total NIH grant and cooperative agreement support. In order to assure that the US host institutions have appropriate expertise in the management and administration of NIH grants, the applicants’ US host institutions are limited to US institutions that, at the time of submission, have received more than $5 million per year in total NIH research grant or cooperative agreement support within the last 10 years.

New Language:

Part 2. Section III. Eligibility Information

1. Eligible Applicants

Eligible Organizations

• Non-domestic (non-U.S.) Entities (Foreign Institutions)

Eligible organizations must be in a LMIC, as defined by The World Bank, and includes research institutions in LMICs.  Eligible applicant foreign institutions in LMICs are limited to those receiving NIAID grant and/or cooperative agreement funding at the time of application submission. Eligible organizations must have received less than $500,000 in total NIH grant or cooperative agreement support in the last 10 years at the time of application submission. In order to assure that the US host institutions have appropriate expertise in the management and administration of NIH grants, the applicants’ US host institutions are limited to US institutions that, at the time of submission, have received more than $5 million per year in total NIH research grant or cooperative agreement support each year of the last 10 years.

Inquiries

Please direct all inquiries to:

Paula S. Strickland, Ph.D., MPH
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID)
Telephone: 240-669-2922
Email: [email protected]