Clarification Notice for RFA-HD-12-210, NIH/PEPFAR Collaboration for Advancing Implementation Science in Prevention of Maternal-Child HIV Transmission (PMTCT) [R01]

Notice Number: NOT-HD-12-002

Release Date: October 21, 2011

Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD)
Fogarty International Center (FIC)
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID)
National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)
Office of Behavioral and Social Sciences Research (OBSSR)
Office of Research on Women’s Health (ORWH)

This Notice serves to clarify two items in the published RFA-HD-12-210, NIH/PEPFAR Collaboration for Advancing Implementation Science in Prevention of Maternal-Child HIV Transmission (PMTCT) (R01).

(1) Section II- Award Information specifies that a minimum of 80% of awarded funds must be spent in the PEPFAR country where the research is taking place. This 80% refers to 80% of direct costs (not 80% of total costs).

(2) The list of PEPFAR countries from which applications are sought by this FOA can be found at: http://www.pepfar.gov/countries/index.htm .

All other aspects of this FOA remain the same.

Please direct all inquiries to:

George K. Siberry, MD, MPH
Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD)
Telephone: 301.496.7350
Email: [email protected]

Nalini Anand, JD, MPH
Fogarty International Center (FIC)
Telephone: 301-496-1491
Email: [email protected]

Ed Handelsman, MD
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID)
Telephone: 301-402-3221
Email: [email protected]

Susannah Allison, PhD
National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)
Telephone: 301-443-3952
Email: [email protected]