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

Notice Number: NOT-OD-11-075

Release Date: May 12, 2011

NOT-OD-11-059

National Institutes of Health (NIH)

The following change in policy is effective for the Institutional K12 applications in response to the funding opportunity announcements listed below and is in line with policy for future K12 applications per NOT-OD-11-059.

PAR-10-166: The NEI Mentored Clinical Scientist Development Program Award (K12) Application Due Date: May 13, 2011
PAR-10-155: Paul Calabresi Career Development Award for Clinical Oncology (K12) Application Due Date: June 10, 2011

This Notice informs prospective applicants for the above Institutional K12 applications 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 25 pages. Specifically:

• 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.

Please direct all inquiries to:

NIH Research Training Officer
Email: [email protected]