Notice Number: NOT-GM-19-047
Key Dates
Release Date: July 10, 2019
PAR-19-037
Issued by
National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS)
Purpose
The purpose of this Notice is to revise language regarding institutional and Program Director/Principal Investigator eligibility in PAR-19-037 “Initiative for Maximizing Student Development (IMSD) (T32)” to clarify the definition of research intensive institutions and to remove the requirement for the contact PD/PI to have a full-time appointment at the applicant institution.
The following is detailed information about the modifications to the FOA.
Part 1. Overview Information
Funding Opportunity Purpose
Current Language
This program is limited to applications from training programs at research-intensive institutions (i.e., those with a 3-year average of NIH Research Project Grant funding equal to or above $7.5 million total costs).
Revised Language
This program is limited to applications from training programs at research-intensive institutions (i.e., those with NIH Research Project Grant funding averaging greater than or equal to $7.5 million in total costs (direct and F&A/indirect) per year over the last three fiscal years).
Part 2. Full Text of Announcement
Section I. Funding Opportunity Description
Purpose and Background Information
Current Language
NIGMS strives to ensure that future generations of researchers will be drawn from the entire pool of talented individuals, bringing different aptitudes, perspectives, interests, and experiences to address complex scientific problems. NIGMS seeks to enhance the diversity of the biomedical research workforce by supporting individuals from a variety of backgrounds at multiple training and career stages in a variety of institutions and educational settings across the country. Accordingly, NIGMS developed separate institutional eligibility tracks for review and funding of its undergraduate and graduate diversity enhancing programs based on NIH research project grant (RPG) funding levels. The two tracks include research-intensive, i.e., those with an average of NIH RPG funding greater than or equal to $7.5 million total costs over the last 3 fiscal years, and research-active, i.e., those with an average of RPG funding less than $7.5 million total costs over the last 3 fiscal years (RPG data are available through NIH RePORTER).
Revised Language
NIGMS strives to ensure that future generations of researchers will be drawn from the entire pool of talented individuals, bringing different aptitudes, perspectives, interests, and experiences to address complex scientific problems. NIGMS seeks to enhance the diversity of the biomedical research workforce by supporting individuals from a variety of backgrounds at multiple training and career stages in a variety of institutions and educational settings across the country. Accordingly, NIGMS developed separate institutional eligibility tracks for review and funding of its undergraduate and graduate diversity enhancing programs based on NIH research project grant (RPG) funding levels. The two tracks include research-intensive, i.e., those with NIH Research Project Grant funding averaging greater than or equal to $7.5 million in total costs (direct and F&A/indirect) per year over the last three fiscal years , and research-active, i.e., those with NIH Research Project Grant funding averaging less than $7.5 million in total costs(direct and F&A/indirect) per year over the last three fiscal years (RPG data are available through NIH RePORTER).
Part 2. Full Text of Announcement
Section III. Eligibility Information
1. Eligible Applicants
Eligible Organizations
Current Language
For diversity enhancing programs, NIGMS recognizes separate institutional eligibility tracks: research-intensive, i.e., those with an average of NIH research project grant (RPG) funding greater than or equal to $7.5 million total costs over the past 3 fiscal years; and research-active, i.e., those with an average of RPG funding less than $7.5 million total costs over the last 3 fiscal years (RPG data are available through NIH RePORT). For example, FY 2016, FY 2017 and FY 2018 for applications submitted in May 2019.
Revised Language
For diversity enhancing programs, NIGMS recognizes separate institutional eligibility tracks: research-intensive, i.e., those with NIH research project grant (RPG) funding averaging greater than or equal to $7.5 million in total costs (direct and F&A/indirect) per year over the last three fiscal year; and research-active, i.e., those with NIH research project grant (RPG) funding averaging less than $7.5 million in total costs per year over the last three fiscal years (RPG data are available through NIH RePORT). For example, FY 2016, FY 2017 and FY 2018 for applications submitted in May 2019.
Part 2. Full Text of Announcement
Section III. Eligibility Information
1. Eligible Applicants
Eligible Individuals (Program Director/Principal Investigator)
Current language:
The PD(s)/PI(s) must have a regular full-time appointment (i.e., not adjunct, part-time, retired, or emeritus) at the applicant institution.
Revised language:
The contact PD/PI is expected to have a full-time appointment at the applicant institution unless extremely well-justified. If the full-time status of the contact PD/PI changes after the award, the institution must obtain prior program approval to appoint a new PD/PI or request a deviation from the full-time rule.
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
Email: [email protected]
Veerasamy Ravichandran, Ph.D.
National Institute of General Medical Sciences
Email: [email protected]
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