Notice Number: NOT-CA-15-027

Key Dates
Release Date: August 19, 2015

Issued by
National Cancer Institute (NCI)

Purpose

This Notice amends the following section of PAR-15-053, "Exploratory Grant Award to Promote Workforce Diversity in Basic Cancer Research (R21)".

The following change to this FOA is being made:

Part 2. Section III. Eligibility Information

Currently reads:

Eligible Individuals (Program Director/Principal Investigator)

Individuals remain eligible for this R21 award if they have been, or currently are the PD/PI of an NIH R03 or R21 grant, or a non-federal equivalent to an R03 or R21 grant. Individuals are not eligible if they have been a PD/PI on an NIH research grant (e.g., R01), or another peer-reviewed non-NIH research grant over $100,000 direct costs per year.

Modified to read:

Eligible Individuals (Program Director/Principal Investigator)

Individuals remain eligible for this R21 award if they have been, or currently are the PD/PI of an NIH R03 or R21 grant, or a non-federal equivalent to an R03 or R21 grant. Individuals are not eligible if they have been a PD/PI on an NIH research grant (e.g., R01), or another peer-reviewed non-NIH research grant over $175,000 direct costs per year. An individual may receive no more than 2 awards from the Exploratory Grant Award to Promote Workforce Diversity in Basic Cancer Research program, including past and future iterations of this FOA.

All other aspects of this FOA remain the same.

Inquiries

Please direct all inquiries to:

Behrous Davani, Ph.D.
National Cancer Institute (NCI)
Telephone: 240-276-6098
Email: behrous.davani@nih.gov