FOGARTY INTERNATIONAL RESEARCH COLLABORATION AWARD (FIRCA) PA-02-057 RELEASE DATE: February 12, 2004 NOTICE: NOT-TW-04-002 (Notice of Extension, see NOT-TW-05-001) Fogarty International Center (FIC) (http://www.fic.nih.gov/) National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) (http://www.niehs.nih.gov) FIC announces a change in collaborating country eligibility for the Fogarty International Research Collaboration Award (FIRCA) program effective with the July 25, 2004 receipt date. March 25, 2004 will be the last receipt date for which applications will be accepted according to the current collaborating country eligibility. The above change in country eligibility makes the FIRCA program more compatible with eligibility guidelines for other FIC Research programs. Under the new country eligibility rules, collaborating countries must have a Gross National Income per capita (GNI per capita) below $9,000 according to the World Bank classification system (refer to the GNI per capita ranking in the left hand column at http://www.worldbank.org/data/databytopic/GNIPC.pdf). Applications involving a collaborating country with a GNI per capita of $9,000 or above which were previously eligible will not be accepted for the FIRCA program effective with the July 25, 2004 receipt date. Inquiries concerning this revised policy should be directed to: Kathleen Michels, Ph.D. Program Director Division of International Training and Research Fogarty International Center National Institutes of Health Building 31, Room B2C39 31 Center Drive, MSC 2220 Bethesda, MD 20892-2220 Telephone: (301) 496-1653 Fax: (301) 402-0779 E-Mail: : FIRCA@nih.gov


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