Notice of Change of Participation of NIH Institutes and Centers in PAR-11-286 Centers of Biomedical Research Excellence (COBRE) [P20]

Notice Number: NOT-OD-12-065

Release Date: February 22, 2012

National Institutes of Health (NIH)

The purpose of this Notice is to inform potential applicants of changes in the participation of NIH Institutes, Centers, and Offices (ICOs) in PAR-11-286 Centers of Biomedical Research Excellence (COBRE) [P20] .

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 PAR-11-286 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 NIGMS:

National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS)

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 NIGMS have been added: 93.859

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

Scientific/Research Contact(s)

Yanping Liu, MD, PhD
National Institute of General Medical Sciences
National Institutes of Health
BG 1DEM, RM 930
6701 Democracy Boulevard
Bethesda, MD 20892-4874
Telephone: 301-451-4217
E-mail: [email protected]

Peer Review Contact(s)

Helen R Sunshine, PhD
National Institute of General Medical Sciences
National Institutes of Health
BG 45, RM 3AN12F
45 Center DR
Bethesda MD 20892
Telephone: 301-594-2881
E-mail: [email protected]

Financial/Grants Management Contact(s)

Ms. Lori Burge
National Institute of General Medical Sciences
National Institutes of Health
BG 45, RM 2AN50A
45 Center Dr
Bethesda MD 20892
Telephone: 301-451-3781
E-mail: [email protected]

Letters of Intent, as well as two additional paper copies of the application, should be sent to the Peer Review Contact listed above. For more information, please view Section IV. Application and Submission Information.

All other aspects of this FOA remain unchanged.

Please direct all inquiries to the relevant Agency Contact listed in this Guide Notice.