Notice of Change in Participation of NIH Institutes and Centers in PAR-10-154 Innovative Neuroscience K-12 Education (SBIR [R43/R44])

Notice Number: NOT-OD-12-091

Release Date: March 19, 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-10-154 Innovative Neuroscience K-12 Education (SBIR [R43/R44]) .

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-10-154 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 ORIP:

Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) (http://www.nichd.nih.gov)
National Institute on Aging (NIA) (http://www.nia.nih.gov)
National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA) (http://www.niaaa.nih.gov/)
National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) (http://www.nida.nih.gov/)
National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research (NIDCR) (http://www.nidcr.nih.gov)
National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) (http://www.niehs.nih.gov/)
National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) (http://www.nimh.nih.gov/index.shtml)  
National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS), (http://www.ninds.nih.gov/)
National Institute of Nursing Research (NINR), (http://www.ninr.nih.gov)
Office of Behavioral and Social Sciences Research (OBSSR), (http://obssr.od.nih.gov)

Division of Program Coordination, Planning and Strategic Initiatives, Office of Research Infrastructure Programs (ORIP), (http://dpcpsi.nih.gov/orip/index.aspx)

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 ORIP has been added: 93.351

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)

L. Tony Beck, PhD
Office of Research Infrastructure Programs
Division of Program Coordination, Planning, and Strategic Initiatives
Office of the Director, NIH
One Democracy Plaza
6701 Democracy Boulevard, Room 916
Bethesda, Maryland 20892-4874 (20817 for express mail)
Phone: 301-435-0805
FAX: 301-480-3661
Email: [email protected]

Financial/Grants Management Contact(s)

Tiffany M. Walker
Office of Grants Management
National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences (NCATS)
National Institutes of Health
One Democracy Plaza
6701 Democracy Boulevard, Room 1053
Bethesda, MD  20892-4874 (20817 for express delivery)
Phone: 301-435-0839
Fax: 301-480-3777
Email: [email protected]

All other aspects of this FOA remain unchanged.

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