Department of Health
and Human Services (HHS)
and Human Services (HHS)
August 20, 2020
RFA-NS-18-022 - BRAIN Initiative: Next-Generation Invasive Devices for Recording and Modulation in the Human Central Nervous System (U44 Clinical Trial Required)
National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS)
The purpose of this notice is to inform applicants of a change to the Key Dates for RFA-NS-18-022 "BRAIN Initiative: Next-Generation Invasive Devices for Recording and Modulation in the Human Central Nervous System (U44 Clinical Trial Required)". This Funding Opportunity Announcement has been extended by one council round. The dates have been modified to add a New Application Due Date of February 22, 2021. Changes to the FOA are shown below in bold italics.
Currently Reads:
Part 1. Overview Information
Key Dates
| Application Due Date(s) |
February 23, 2018, June 21, 2018, October 22, 2018, February 21, 2019, June 21, 2019, October 21, 2019, February 21, 2020, June 22, 2020, October 21, 2020 , by 5:00 PM local time of applicant organization. All types of non-AIDS applications allowed for this funding opportunity announcement are due on these dates. 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. |
| Scientific Merit Review | June 2018, October 2018, February 2019, June 2019, October 2019, February 2020, June 2020, October 2020, February 2021 |
| Advisory Council Review | September 2018, January 2019, May 2019, September 2019, January 2020, May 2020, September 2020, January 2021, May 2021 |
| Earliest Start Date | December 2018, June 2019, September 2019, December 2019, June 2020, September 2020, December 2020, June 2021, September 2021 |
| Expiration Date | October 22, 2020 |
Modified to Read:
Part 1. Overview Information
Key Dates
| Application Due Date(s) |
February 23, 2018, June 21, 2018, October 22, 2018, February 21, 2019, June 21, 2019, October 21, 2019, February 21, 2020, June 22, 2020, October 21, 2020, and February 22, 2021, by 5:00 PM local time of applicant organization. All types of non-AIDS applications allowed for this funding opportunity announcement are due on these dates. 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. |
| Scientific Merit Review | June 2018, October 2018, February 2019, June 2019, October 2019, February 2020, June 2020, October 2020, February 2021, June 2021 |
| Advisory Council Review | September 2018, January 2019, May 2019, September 2019, January 2020, May 2020, September 2020, January 2021, May 2021, October 2021 |
| Earliest Start Date | December 2018, June 2019, September 2019, December 2019, June 2020, September 2020, December 2020, June 2021, September 2021, December 2021 |
| Expiration Date | February 23, 2021 |
All other aspects of this Funding Opportunity Announcement remain unchanged.
Nick Langhals, PhD
National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS)
Telephone: 301-496-1779
Email: [email protected]