Notice of Correction to Application Instructions for the 2011 NIH Director's New Innovator Award Program (RFA-RM-10-009)

Release Date: September 9, 2010

Common Fund (Roadmap)

The purpose of this Notice is to highlight three corrections to the application instructions in the FOA for the 2011 NIH Director’s New Innovator Award. On the SF424 (R&R) Cover Component, Estimated project funding should be entered in fields 15a-d, as follows: 15a=$1,500,000; 15b=0; 15c=$1,500,000; 15d=0. On the SF424 (RYR) Senior/Key Person Profile Component, on the Biographical Sketch, omit Sections A (Personal Statement) and D (Current and Pending Support). Other Support should be provided in the List of Current and Pending Research Support on the SF 424 Senior/Key Person Profile Component. On the SF424 (R&R) Other Project Information Component, attach the Facilities and Other Resources Statement to field 10. Ignore the instruction in the FOA to add this statement to the Current and Pending Support document.

All other aspects of the FOA remain unchanged. The full text of the FOA can be accessed at http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/rfa-files/RFA-RM-10-009.html.

For questions regarding this specific notice, please contact, preferably by e-mail:

Ravi Basavappa, Ph.D.
National Institute of General Medical Sciences
National Institutes of Health
Building 45, Room 2As19e, MSC 6200
Bethesda, Maryland 20892-6200
Phone: 301-594-4469
Email: [email protected]