Notice Number: NOT-MD-15-004
Key Dates
Release Date: January 29, 2015
RFA-MD-15-005
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
Posted Date |
January 13, 2015 |
Open Date (Earliest Submission Date) |
February 19, 2015 |
Letter of Intent Due Date(s) |
February 19, 2015 |
Application Due Date(s) |
March 19, 2015 by 5:00 PM local time of applicant organization. Applicants are encouraged to apply early to allow adequate time to make any corrections to errors found in the application during the submission process by the due date. |
AIDS Application Due Date(s) |
Not Applicable |
Scientific Merit Review |
July 2015 |
Advisory Council Review |
August 2015 |
Earliest Start Date |
September 2015 |
Expiration Date |
March 20, 2015 |
Due Dates for E.O. 12372 |
Not Applicable |
New Key Dates
Posted Date |
January 13, 2015 |
Open Date (Earliest Submission Date) |
March 7, 2015 |
Letter of Intent Due Date(s) |
March 7, 2015 |
Application Due Date(s) |
April 7, 2015 by 5:00 PM local time of applicant organization. Applicants are encouraged to apply early to allow adequate time to make any corrections to errors found in the application during the submission process by the due date. |
AIDS Application Due Date(s) |
Not Applicable |
Scientific Merit Review |
July 2015 |
Advisory Council Review |
August 2015 |
Earliest Start Date |
September 2015 |
Expiration Date |
April 8, 2015 |
Due Dates for E.O. 12372 |
Not Applicable |
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: pamela.thornton@nih.gov
and Human Services (HHS)
