Notice Number: NOT-ES-16-013

Key Dates
Release Date: September 8, 2016

Issued by
National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS)

Purpose

The purpose of this Notice is to change the Application Due Date and amend the Eligibility Information for Foreign Institutions in RFA-ES-16-010, "Big Data to Knowledge (BD2K) Community-Based Data and Metadata Standards Efforts (R24)" as follows:

Part 1. Key Dates

Currently reads:

Application Due Date(s): October 19, 2016; October 19, 2017
Scientific Merit Review: February 2017; February 2018
Advisory Council Review: May 2017; May 2018
Earliest Start Date: July 1, 2017; July 1, 2018
Expiration Date: October 20, 2017

Modified to read:

Application Due Date(s): November 9, 2016; October 19, 2017
Scientific Merit Review: February 2017; February 2018
Advisory Council Review: May 2017; May 2018
Earliest Start Date: July 1, 2017; July 1, 2018
Expiration Date: October 20, 2017

Part 2. Section III. 1. Eligible Applicants

Foreign Institutions

Currently reads:

Non-domestic (non-U.S.) Entities (Foreign Institutions) are not eligible to apply.
Non-domestic (non-U.S.) components of U.S. Organizations are not eligible to apply.
Foreign components, as defined in the NIH Grants Policy Statement, are not allowed.

Modified to read:

Non-domestic (non-U.S.) Entities (Foreign Institutions) are not eligible to apply.
Non-domestic (non-U.S.) components of U.S. Organizations are not eligible to apply.
Foreign components, as defined in the NIH Grants Policy Statement, are allowed.

All other aspects of the FOA remain the same.

Inquiries

Please direct all inquiries to:

Cindy P. Lawler, Ph.D.
National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS)
Telephone: 919-316-4671
Email: [email protected]