Notice Number: NOT-GM-17-011

Key Dates
Release Date: July 7, 2017

Issued by
National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS)

Purpose

The purpose of this Notice is to revise Training Related Expenses information for PAR-17-068 "Maximizing Access to Research Careers Undergraduate - Student Training in Academic Research (MARC U-STAR) (T34)".

The following is detailed information about the modifications.

Part 2. Full Text of Announcement

Section II. Award Information

Other Award Budget Information

Training Related Expenses

Current language:
NIGMS will provide funds to help defray research training expenses. The total amount of Training Related Expenses (TRE) that may be requested is limited by 1) whether a new application (T1) submission or a competing renewal application (T2) submission and by 2) type of Carnegie classified institution.

New (T1) MARC U-STAR applicants may request up to $16,800/trainee/year for research-intensive institutions (as considered to be RU/VH or RU/H in the Carnegie Basic Classification) and up to $25,200/trainee/year for non-research-intensive institutions (including the DRU category in the Carnegie Classification).

Competing renewal applicants (T2) may request up to a maximum of $8,400/trainee/year for TRE if the institution is research-intensive and request up to $12,600/ trainee/year if the institution is non-research-intensive. After the initial project period (typically 5 years), NIGMS expects MARC U-STAR Program activities to be established and maintained, in part, by institutional efforts, hence the lower TRE values.

Revised language:
NIGMS will provide funds to help defray research training expenses. The total amount of Training Related Expenses (TRE) that may be requested is limited by type of Carnegie classified institution.

MARC U-STAR applicants (both new (T1) and competing renewal applicants (T2)) may request up to a maximum of $8,400/trainee/year for TRE if the institution is research-intensive (as considered to be RU/VH or RU/H in the  Carnegie Basic Classification) ) and up to $12,600/ trainee/year if the institution is non-research-intensive (including the DRU category in the Carnegie Classification).

All other aspects of this FOA remain the same.

Inquiries

Please direct all inquiries to:

Sailaja Koduri, Ph.D.
National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS)
Telephone: 301-594-3900
Email: Sailaja.Koduri@mail.nih.gov

Luis Cubano, Ph.D.
National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS)
Telephone: 301-594-3900 
Email: luis.cubano@nih.gov