Notice Number: NOT-MD-15-004

Key Dates
Release Date: January 29, 2015

Issued by
National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities (NIMHD)

Purpose

The purpose of this Notice is to change the application due date and correct eligibility information for the RFA-MD-15-005 "NIH Big Data To Knowledge (BD2K) Enhancing Diversity in Biomedical Data Science (R25)."

Part I. Key Dates

Current Key Dates

New Key Dates

Part 2. Section III.1. Eligible Institutions

Eligible Organizations

Current Language:

In addition, all organizations must meet the following two criteria:

• The applicant institutions are limited to domestic baccalaureate-granting colleges/universities that receive less than $7.5 million (total costs) of NIH research project grant (RPG) funding annually.
• The applicant institution must have an award-eligible pool of undergraduate students, at least 25% of whom are supported by Pell grants.

These eligibility requirements are intended to target funds to relatively under-resourced institutions with a demonstrated commitment to students from financially disadvantaged backgrounds. These requirements are based on the recognition that (1) many students from low-income backgrounds are also nationally underrepresented in biomedical research, and (2) institutional commitment to these students often comes at the expense of investments in research infrastructure. For the purposes of determining eligibility as an applicant institution, the annual level of NIH RPG funding received will be the average level calculated over the preceding three fiscal years (FY 2012, FY 2013 and FY 2014), as reported on the NIH RePORT website under NIH Awards by Location & Organization (http://projectreporter.nih.gov/reporter.cfm). The percentage of undergraduates with Pell grants will be based on 2013 student financial aid data for the applicant institution, as reflected in the National Center for Education Statistics IPEDS Data Center website, IPEDS Data Center.

Modified Language:

In addition, all organizations must meet the following two criteria:

• The applicant institutions are limited to domestic baccalaureate-granting colleges/universities that receive less than $7.5 million (total costs) of NIH research project grant (RPG) funding annually (see below for details).
• The applicant institution must have an award-eligible pool of undergraduate students, at least 25% of whom are supported by Pell grants.

These eligibility requirements are intended to target funds to relatively under-resourced institutions with a demonstrated commitment to students from financially disadvantaged backgrounds. These requirements are based on the recognition that (1) many students from low-income backgrounds are also nationally underrepresented in biomedical research, and (2) institutional commitment to these students often comes at the expense of investments in research infrastructure.

For the purposes of determining eligibility as an applicant institution, the annual level of NIH RPG funding received will be the average level calculated over the preceding three fiscal years (FY 2012, FY 2013 and FY 2014), excluding SBIR/STTR funding and RPGs received through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) as reported on the NIH RePORT website under NIH Awards by Location & Organization (http://projectreporter.nih.gov/reporter.cfm). The percentage of undergraduates with Pell grants will be based on 2013 student financial aid data for the applicant institution, as reflected in the National Center for Education Statistics IPEDS Data Center website, http://nces.ed.gov/ipeds/datacenter/Default.aspx.

All other aspects of this FOA remain the same.

Inquiries

Please direct all inquiries to:

Pamela L. Thornton, PhD, MSW
National Institutes on Minority Health and Health Disparities (NIMHD)
Telephone: 301-402-1366
Email: [email protected]