Notice Number: NOT-MH-16-001

Key Dates
Release Date: October 27, 2015

Issued by
National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)

Purpose

The purpose of this Notice is to correct the award information with respect to application budgets. The FOA neglected to note that F&A costs are limited to 8% of the modified total direct costs for this program. This Notice aims to correct that omission.

Section II. Award Information

Award Budget

Current Language:
With the exception of costs associated with the dissertation (i.e., dissertation credits), no funds may be used to pay tuition or fees. Other specific costs not allowed on dissertation research grants are equipment, alterations/renovations, space rental, contracting or consortium costs, dissertation defense or deposit fees, membership fees and faculty or consultant effort. This listing is not exhaustive, and the applicant institution should contact NIMH staff regarding any other cost item being considered. For more information on allowable and unallowable costs, see https://grants.nih.gov/grants/policy/policy.htm.

Modified Language:
With the exception of costs associated with the dissertation (i.e., dissertation credits), no funds may be used to pay tuition or fees. Other specific costs not allowed on dissertation research grants are equipment, alterations/renovations, space rental, contracting or consortium costs, dissertation defense or deposit fees, membership fees and faculty or consultant effort. This listing is not exhaustive, and the applicant institution should contact NIMH staff regarding any other cost item being considered. For more information on allowable and unallowable costs, see https://grants.nih.gov/grants/policy/policy.htm.

F&A costs are limited to 8% of the modified total direct costs for this program.

All other aspects of this FOA remain the same.

Inquiries

Please direct all inquiries to:

Christopher Sarampote, PhD
National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)
Telephone: 301-443-1959
Email: [email protected]