NOT-CA-15-028: Notice of Change to Funding Opportunity PA-15-305 "Supplements to Support Evaluation of the NCI Cancer Genomics Cloud Pilots (Admin Supp)"

Notice of Change to Funding Opportunity PA-15-305, "Supplements to Support Evaluation of the NCI Cancer Genomics Cloud Pilots (Admin Supp)"

Notice Number: NOT-CA-15-028

Key Dates
Release Date: August 26, 2015

Related Announcements
PA-15-305

Issued by
National Cancer Institute (NCI)

Purpose

This Notice amends the following section of PA-15-305, "Supplements to Support Evaluation of the NCI Cancer Genomics Cloud Pilots (Admin Supp)".

The following sections of the FOA are revised:

Part 1. Overview Information, Activity Code.

Currently reads:

Administrative Supplement

Additional funds may be awarded as supplements to parent awards using the following Activity Code(s):

Administrative supplement requests must be submitted on paper for the following activity codes:

Administrative supplement requests may be submitted electronically for the following activity codes:
R01 Research Project Grant
R21 Exploratory/Developmental Research Grant Award
U01 Research Project Cooperative Agreements
U24 Resource-Related Research Projects Cooperative Agreements

Modified to read:

Additional funds may be awarded as supplements to parent awards using the following Activity Code(s):
Administrative supplement requests must be submitted on paper for the following activity codes:
P30 Center Core Grants

Part 2. Full Text of Announcement

Section IV. Application Submission Information

2. Content and Form of Application Submission

Application Submission

The following should be added to this section:

Applicants submitting paper applications must use the PHS 398 Application Forms and the PHS 398 Application Guide.

Instructions for Paper-based Submissions using the PHS 398 Application Forms

Applications must be prepared using the PHS 398 research grant application forms and instructions for preparing a research grant application, with the following additional guidance:

Checklist: Select Revision in the Type of Application field.
Face Page (Form Page 1): On the face page of the application form, note that your application is in response to a specific program announcement, and enter the title and number of this announcement.
Research Plan: At a minimum, the Research Strategy section should be completed and must include a summary or abstract of the funded parent award or project. The Research Strategy should include:
Plans and justification for which Cloud Pilot(s) will be used for the project
The proposed data sets to be analyzed through the project
As appropriate, plans for obtaining the necessary authorization to analyze these data through the Cloud Pilot(s)
The planned analyses to be performed, including the specific tools to be used
The estimated cloud compute and storage costs for the project and how these estimates were derived
Identification of potential risks and plans for their mitigation
Project performance indicators (i.e., measures of success/failure)
Project milestones and timelines
Other sections should also be included if they are being changed by the proposed supplement activities.
Project/Performance Sites section (Form Page 2): Include the primary site where the proposed supplement activities will be performed. If a portion of the proposed supplement activities will be performed at any other site(s), identify the locations in the fields provided.
Sr/Key Personnel section (Form Page 2): List the PD/PI as the first person (regardless of their role on the supplement activities). List any other Senior/Key Personnel who are being added through this supplement, or for whom additional funds are being requested through this supplement; include a biographical sketch for each.
Budget for Entire Proposed Project Period (Form Page 5): A proposed budget should be submitted using the PHS 398 budget forms and should only include funds requested for the additional supplement activities.
If applicable, attach documentation in the Appendix section indicating that the proposed research experience was approved by the Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee (IACUC) or human subjects Institutional Review Board (IRB) at the grantee institution. Adherence to the NIH policy for including women and minorities in clinical studies must also be ensured, if additional human subjects involvement is planned for the supplement component.

The grantee institution, on behalf of the PD/PI of the parent award, must submit the request for supplemental funds directly to the awarding component that supports the parent award. Submit a signed, typewritten original of the application, including the checklist, to:

Juli Klemm, Ph.D.
National Cancer Institute (NCI)
Telephone: 301-480-5778
Email: klemmj@mail.nih.gov

All other aspects of this FOA remain the same.

Inquiries

Please direct all inquiries to:

Juli Klemm, Ph.D.
National Cancer Institute (NCI)
Telephone: 301-480-5778
Email: juli.klemm@nih.gov