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American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009

Fogarty ARRA Supplement for International Clinical Research Fellows

As part of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA), FIC is soliciting two-year administrative supplement requests to existing active FIC grants using the R24 mechanism to support U.S. fellows performing international clinical research. Support will be provided for FY2009 and FY2010.

Applicants for this supplement MUST already have an active FIC R24 grant.

Only one supplement application may be submitted by an FIC R24 grantee.
Supplement applications may request up to $1,500,000 total costs per year for two years.

Supplement Application Requirements

Applications should contain the following information:

Cover letter including:

PD/PI name
Parent grant number
Dollar amount of the request
Name and title of the institutional official(s)
Contact information for PD/PI and institutional official(s)
Signature of institutional official(s)

Supplement project summary, relevance and performance sites
Key Personnel list, including effort levels
Budget for entire proposed project period & justification

Please send an electronic version (pdf) of the signed application to FICFickrs@mail.nih.gov by June 1, 2009. If applications cannot be e-mailed, they may be mailed to the following address, postmarked no later than June 1, 2009:

ATTN: DEAS
ARRA FICRS Supplement Receipt
Fogarty International Center, NIH
Building 31, Room B2C39
31 Center Drive
Bethesda, MD 20892-2220

Review Criteria

Applications will be reviewed on the basis of Recovery Act criteria that projects will accelerate the tempo of scientific research; allow for U.S. job creation and retention; and stimulate the U.S. economy by:

enabling hiring of additional staff;
enabling increased hours of current part-time staff;
procuring additional needed equipment;
And/or contracting for additional needed skills.

Applications will also be reviewed for:

Scientific, technical, and educational merit of the proposed project as determined by administrative review
Likelihood that the proposal will contribute to the achievement of FIC’s objectives in its strategic plan.

Contact

Please contact Dr. Aron Primack if you have any questions regarding this opportunity:

primacka@mail.nih.gov
301-496-4596