Notice Number: NOT-MH-06-115

Key Dates
Release Date: May 31, 2006

Issued by
National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH), (http://www.nimh.nih.gov)

This notice is to inform potential applicants that NIMH’s Center for Mental Health Research on AIDS (CMHRA) will accept AIDS-related application in response to PAR-05-144, “Developing Centers for Innovation in Services and Intervention Research (DCISIR).”  Consultation with CMHRA program staff is strongly encouraged before application submission.

The overall goal of the CMHRA in joining this funding opportunity is to establish support for groups of researchers to develop intervention and services research studies that will directly address the mission of the CMHRA at NIMH and especially to foster scientific development for racial and ethnic minorities and other underserved populations.  In this regard, examples of AIDS-related research include, but are not limited to:

• Research programs to translate HIV interventions into community settings.
• Research programs to create long-lasting partnerships in the service of HIV interventions and care.
• Research programs to develop multidisciplinary teams for HIV interventions and care.

Receipt, Review, and Anticipated Start Dates

AIDS-related applications submitted in response to PAR-05-144 must be received on or before the following application receipt dates:

Letter of Intent Receipt Date(s):  August 1, 2006; April 2, 2007
AIDS-Related Application Receipt Date(s):  September 1, 2006; May 1, 2007
Peer Review Date(s):  November 2006; July 2007
Council Review Date(s):  January 2007; October 2007
Earliest Anticipated Start Date(s):  April 2007; December 2007

Inquiries regarding this Notice may be directed to:

David M. Stoff, Ph.D.
Center for Mental Health Research on AIDS
National Institute on Mental Health
6001 Executive Boulevard, Room 6210, MSC 9619
Bethesda, MD  20892-9619
Telephone:  (301) 443-4625
FAX:  (301) 443-9719
Email:  [email protected]