Notice of Change of Participation of NIH Institutes and Centers in PA-11-009 Translational Scholar Career Awards in Pharmacogenomics and Personalized Medicine (K23)


Notice Number: NOT-OD-12-062

Key Dates

Release Date: February 27, 2012

Issued by

National Institutes of Health (NIH)

Purpose

The purpose of this Notice is to inform potential applicants of changes in the participation of NIH Institutes, Centers, and Offices (ICOs) in PA-11-009 Translational Scholar Career Awards in Pharmacogenomics and Personalized Medicine (K23) .

Background

On December 23, 2011, the National Center for Research Resources (NCRR) was dissolved and the National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences (NCATS) and the Office of Research Infrastructure Programs (ORIP) were established. As indicated in NOT-OD-12-026, all NCRR programs were transferred to other NIH ICOs. Additionally, the responsibility for all Funding Opportunity Announcements (FOAs) in which NCRR participated is being transferred to other ICOs. Please visit the NCRR website for more information regarding the transfer of NCRR programs to other NIH ICOs.

Implementation

The following sections of PA-11-009 have been revised to reflect the changes that resulted from this reorganization of NIH ICOs.

The Components of Participating Organizations section has been revised to remove NCRR and include NCATS:

National Cancer Institute (NCI), (http://www.nci.nih.gov)
National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), (http://www.nida.nih.gov)
National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS), (http://www.nigms.nih.gov)
National Institute of Nursing Research (NINR), (http://www.ninr.nih.gov)
National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences (NCATS), (http://ncats.nih.gov)

The Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance (CFDA) Number section has been revised to reflect the updated list of participating ICOs.

The NCRR CFDA number has been removed: 93.389

The following CFDA number for NCATS has been added: 93.350

The Agency Contacts section has been revised to reflect the updated list of participating ICOs. All NCRR contacts have been removed, and the following contact has been added.

Scientific/Research Contact(s)

Heng Xie, M.D., M.P.H., Ph.D.
Division of Clinical Innovation
NCATS, NIH
6701 Democracy Blvd., Room 908
Bethesda MD 20892-4874 (Regular mail)
Bethesda MD 20817 (FedEx)
Telephone: 301-443-8063
E-mail: XieHe@mail.nih.gov

All other aspects of this FOA remain unchanged.

Inquiries

Please direct all inquiries to the appropriate Scientific/Research Contact listed in the FOA or in this Guide Notice.