Notice of Correction and Clarification for RFA-OD-11-003 Specialized Centers of Research (SCOR) on Sex Differences (P50)

Notice Number: NOT-OD-11-099

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

• August 19, 2011 - See Notice NOT-OD-11-107. This Notice clarifies the intent of the Service Core component of RFA-OD-11-003.

Release Date: July 29, 2011

National Institutes of Health (NIH)
U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
Office of Research on Women’s Health (ORWH)
National Institute on Aging (NIA)
National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA)
National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases (NIAMS)
National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK)
National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)
National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH)

This Notice is to clarify the definition of basic science research and to state that a Data Sharing Plan is required for all potential applicants submitting applications to RFA-OD-11-003 Specialized Centers of Research (SCOR) on Sex Differences (P50).

The definition of basic science research for this FOA is clarified as follows:

Section I, Funding Opportunity Description 1. Research Objectives Description of a SCOR

Basic Research is defined as studies designed to increase our understanding of fundamental concepts or life processes and which lay the foundation for advances in disease diagnosis, treatment and prevention. This may include, for example, molecular and cellular studies, computational modeling, animal models, and bench experiments using human tissue, but not human subject research.

A Data Sharing Plan should be submitted as described below under the Resource Sharing Plan requirement of the FOA:

Section IV. Application and Submission Information

Research Plan

Resource Sharing Plan

Individuals are required to comply with the instructions for the Resource Sharing Plans (Data Sharing Plan, Sharing Model Organisms, and Genome Wide Association Studies (GWAS)) as provided in the SF424 (R&R) Application Guide, with the following modifications:

• All applications, regardless of the amount of direct costs requested for any one year, should address a Data Sharing Plan

All other aspects of this FOA remain unchanged.

Please direct all inquiries to:

Joan Davis Nagel, M.D. M.P.H.
Program Director, Interdisciplinary Research Programs
Office of Research on Women’s Health (ORWH)
National Institutes of Health (NIH)
Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS)
6707 Democracy Boulevard, Suite 400
Bethesda, MD 20892
Telephone: 301-496-9186
Fax: 301- 402-1798
Email: [email protected]