Notice of Change in Policy on the Submission of Plans for Instruction in the Responsible Conduct of Research for Individual and Institutional Career Development Award (K) applications

Notice Number:  NOT-OD-11-059

Update: The following update relating to this announcement has been issued:

• May 12, 2011 - See Notice NOT-OD-11-075 Notice of Change in Policy on the Submission of Plans for Instruction in the Responsible Conduct of Research for Institutional K12 Applications in response to PAR-10-166, and PAR-10-155.

Release Date:  March 29, 2011

National Institutes of Health (NIH)
Agency for Health Care Research and Quality (AHRQ)
National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)

The following change in policy is effective for Individual and Institutional Career Development Award (K) applications intended for June 12, 2011 and subsequent due dates.

This Notice informs prospective applicants for the Individual and Institutional Research Career Development Awards (K-series) that the required plans for instruction in the Responsible Conduct of Research (RCR) will have page limits separate from the page limits for other combined components that are limited to 12 pages (Individual K) or 25 pages (Institutional K). Specifically:

Individual Career Development Awards:

• SF 424 (R&R), Section 7.5 – PHS398 Career Development Award Supplemental Form (Section 2. Career Development Award Attachments): combined items 2. Candidate’s Background, 3. Career Goals and Objectives, 4. Career Development/Training Activities During Award Period, and 11. Research Strategy will be limited to 12 pages.
• Item 5. Training in the Responsible Conduct of Research will no longer be included in the 12 page limit. Rather, this section will now have its own separate page limit, and will be limited to 1 page.
• NOTE: AHRQ page limits for the sections detailed above (2.2, 2.3, 2.4 and 2.11) are given within each specific Funding Opportunity Announcement. At the current time, AHRQ has a 25-page limit for those sections. AHRQ will adhere to the new one-page limit for Training in the Responsible Conduct of Research and this will not be included in the 25 page limit.

Institutional Career Development Awards:

• SF 424 (R&R), Section 8.7 – PHS398 Research Training Program Plan Component (Section 2. Research Training Program Attachments): combined items 2. Background, 3. Program Plan, and 4. Recruitment and Retention Plan to Enhance Diversity will be limited to 25 pages.
• Item 5. Plan for Instruction in the Responsible Conduct of Research will no longer be included in the 25 page limit. Rather, this section will now have its own separate page limit, and will be limited to 3 pages.
• NOTE: NIOSH does not utilize Institutional K mechanisms.

For a list of Career Development Award FOAs, see the K-Kiosk.

Please direct all inquiries for NIH to:

NIH Research Training Officer
Email: nihtrain@mail.nih.gov

Direct all inquiries for AHRQ to:

Kay Anderson, Ph.D.
Email: Kay.Anderson@ahrq.hhs.gov

Direct all inquiries for NIOSH to:

Lata Kumar, MPH, MBA
E-mail: Lkumar@cdc.gov