Notice Number: NOT-OD-07-025

Key Dates
Release Date: December 12, 2006

Issued by
National Institutes of Health (NIH), (http://www.nih.gov/)
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), (http://www.ahrq.gov)

The NIH announces the revision of the Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Awards for Individual Predoctoral Fellowships (F31) to Promote Diversity in Health-Related Research (PA-06-481). The new Funding Opportunity Announcement (FOA) is being published in the same issue of the NIH Guide (PA-07-106). The revised FOA contains the following changes and amendments:

1. Effective January 1, 2007, all applications in response to this and subsequent FOAs will have the following tri-annual receipt dates: April 13, August 13, and December 13.
   
   
2. The revised FOA amends the application submission requirements. Specifically, it adds a new bullet in the Content and Form of Application Submission section to require information that must be submitted by the applicant Institution in a letter certifying that the applicant is: (A) An individual from racial and ethnic groups that have been shown to be underrepresented in health-related sciences on a national basis; or (B) An individual with disabilities, who are defined as those with a physical or mental impairment that substantially limits one or more major life activities; or (C) An individual from disadvantaged backgrounds as defined in the FOA. For detailed information on the above categories, please refer to the Eligible Individuals section of the FOA.
   
   
3. The revised FOA updates information on Tuition/Fees and Institutional Allowance, recently published in the NIH Guide: NOT-OD-06-093.

Inquiries

Inquiries concerning this Notice may be directed to:
Office of Extramural Programs
National Institutes of Health
Email: NIHTrain@mail.nih.gov