Notice Number: NOT-DA-18-014

Key Dates
Release Date: June 25, 2018

Issued by
National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)

Purpose

In response to the opioid epidemic, the Division of Neuroscience and Behavior is requesting the submission of administrative supplements for basic research on opioids to existing grant applications. Requests for administrative supplements should be within the scope of the existing parent grant. Any cost increases need to result from making modifications to the project that would increase or preserve the overall impact of the project consistent with its originally approved objectives and purposes. This notice is effective until August 2019.

Before submitting, grantees are encouraged to discuss a potential submission of an administrative supplement request with NIDA Program and Grants Management specialist. The telephone number and email address of your NIDA Program Officer and your NIDA Grants Specialist are available in the eRA Commons, on your Notice of Award, and are also available here, at NIH NED.

NIDA staff will review the application and consider whether the budget and the requested period of support are fully justified and reasonable in relation to the proposed research. The parent grant must remain active for the entire period of the supplemental funding. Please note that a no-cost extension cannot be used to accommodate this requirement. All no-cost extensions must be in place prior to submitting a request for an administrative supplement. In some cases, additional expertise may be called upon to assist in the review. Administrative supplement requests above $100,000 in direct costs will also be reviewed by the National Advisory Council on Drug Abuse.

Submitting your administrative supplement request:

Applicants should submit to PA-18-591 , Administrative Supplements to Existing NIH Grants and Cooperative Agreements (Parent Admin Supp Clinical Trial Optional)?, which details three ways to submit your request:

• Apply electronically through Grants.gov.
  • Use the Apply for Grant Electronically button provided in the parent funding opportunity announcement (FOA): PA-18-591 , Administrative Supplements to Existing NIH Grants and Cooperative Agreements (Parent Admin Supp Clinical Trial Optional) Follow the SF 424 instructions for supplement requests. Cover Page.
• Apply electronically through the eRA Commons.
  • Log in to eRA Commons and go to the Admin Supp tab. Choose Initiate Request. Follow instructions in the eRA Commons Administrative Supplement User Guide.
• Apply using the PHS 398 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. The signing official should send the signed request, including the checklist, directly to the NIDA program officer and grants management specialist, preferably as a PDF file attached to an email. Please note that if the parent award type has not made the transition to electronic submission, the request may only use the PHS 398 forms option shown above. Please see PA-18-591 Section IV. Application and Submission Information, “Instructions for Paper-based Submissions using the PHS 398 Application Forms” for detailed instructions on how to send your request using the PHS 398 forms.

Inquiries

Please direct all inquiries to:

Roger Little, Ph.D.
National Institute on Drug Abuse
Telephone: 301-435-1316
Email: [email protected]