EXPIRED
December 16, 2019
National Cancer Institute (NCI)
This Notice of Special Interest informs Program Directors/Principal Investigators (PDs/PIs) holding active awards from the National Cancer Institute (NCI) of the possibility of developing and submitting administrative supplement applications to expand existing awards that are not focused currently on Alzheimer’s disease and its related dementias (AD/ADRD), including Frontotemporal Dementia, Lewy Body Dementia, Vascular Cognitive Impairment/Dementia, and multiple etiology dementias, to develop a focus on AD/ADRD.
The opportunity for active NCI awards to benefit from this administrative supplement program is high. Aging is a significant risk factor for most adult-onset cancers and Alzheimer’s disease and its related dementias. Examples of NCI research areas that might qualify for this administrative supplement program include, but are not limited to, the following:
While not a research area per se, the inclusion of underserved and understudied populations in research studies is encouraged.
Principal Investigators are encouraged to confer with the NCI scientific program officer for the parent award requesting supplemental funds under this Notice of Special Interest, especially if the PD/PI is uncertain whether the project has an Alzheimer’s focus as defined by NIH. NIA hosts a website (https://www.nia.nih.gov/research/grants-funding/alzheimers-disease-administrative-supplements) that provides details on how Alzheimer’s disease and its related dementias are defined and provides some examples of currently supported research. Awards that currently focus on research on Alzheimer’s disease or its related dementias are not eligible for this program.
As administrative supplements, the work proposed needs to be within the scope of the research or training that is already supported. Center awards and resource awards are most likely to be able to justify these supplements as they tend to have a broad content scope.
Active awards with project end dates in FY 2021 or later are eligible. The award may not be in terminal no-cost extension or going into no-cost extension in FY 2020. Further, NCI may evaluate the budgetary impact of the administrative supplement (e.g., high carryover risk). For that reason, it is useful to confer with the NCI grants specialist and the NCI program officer supporting the parent award when planning the request.
Review Process
NCI will conduct administrative reviews of applications submitted to eligible NCI parent awards. NIA will make funds available for at least 10 awards from each of the participating ICs, provided that sufficient funds are available.
Criteria:
Description of circumstances for which administrative supplements are available.
Application and Submission Information
Applications for this initiative must be submitted using the following opportunity or its subsequent reissued equivalent.
All instructions in the SF424 (R&R) Application Guide and PA-18-591 must be followed, with the following additions:
Paige Green, Ph.D., M.P.H.
National Cancer Institute (NCI)
Telephone: 240-276-6899
Email: paige.green@nih.gov