NOT-NR-12-013: NINR will Participate in PAR-12-175, Multidisciplinary Studies of HIV/AIDS and Aging (R01)

NINR will Participate in PAR-12-175, Multidisciplinary Studies of HIV/AIDS and Aging (R01)

Notice Number: NOT-NR-12-013

Key Dates
Release Date: May 9, 2012

Issued by
National Institute of Nursing Research (NINR)

Purpose

Effective immediately, the National Institute of Nursing Research (NINR) is participating in PAR-12-175, "Multidisciplinary Studies of HIV/AIDS and Aging (R01)", issued by the National Institute of Aging.

Part I. Overview Information

Components of Participating Organizations

The Components of Participating Organizations section of PAR-12-175 has been revised to include NINR:

National Institute on Aging (NIA)
National Cancer Institute (NCI)
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI)
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID)
National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases (NIAMS)
Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD)
National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK)
National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)
National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)
National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS)
National Institute of Nursing Research (NINR)
National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine (NCCAM)

Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance Number

93.361

Part 2. Full Text of Announcement

Interests of Specific Institutes/Centers

National Institute of Nursing Research (NINR)
NINR will include the following IC specific language:
NINR is focused on research associated in promoting health and quality of life and prevention strategies across the HIV/AIDS continuum, particularly in areas focusing on symptom mechanism(s), biobehavioral interventions, prevalence disparity, age-related decision making, and palliative and end-of-life care, such as:

Interventions and instrumentation studies to manage the physical and psychosocial symptoms associated with HIV infection, its complications and its treatment, such as frailty, fatigue, wasting, sleep disturbances, pain, cognitive impairment, neuropathies, anxiety, and depression.
Symptom management in co-morbid non-AIDS related conditions in older adults with HIV/AIDS.
Symptom management, differentiated from normal aging symptoms, in AIDS-related disease across the lifespan.
Age appropriate behavioral interventions to increase treatment adherence and prevention strategies.
Underlying factors explaining differential responses to clinical conditions and treatment regimens, as well as methods to address these factors, specifically in relation to HAART and other retroviral therapies
Psychoneurological or biobehavioral interventions to maintain or improve immune-competence in HIV+ persons

All other aspects of this FOA remain unchanged.

Inquiries

Please direct all inquiries to:

Scientific/Research Contact(s)
Lynda Hardy, PhD, RN
National Institute of Nursing Research (NINR)
6701 Democracy Blvd., Suite 710
One Democracy Plaza
Bethesda, MD 20892-4870
Telephone: (301) 594-5976
Email: hardylr@mail.nih.gov

Financial/Grants Management Contact(s)
Judy Sint
National Institute of Nursing Research (NINR)
Office of Grants Management
Telephone: (301) 402-6959
Email: sintj@mail.nih.gov