Some of the NIH Institutes and Centers (ICs) participating in the Bioengineering Research Partnership (BRP) program announcement have indicated that they will only consider BRP applications in specific focus areas. The following text provides a list of BRP application focus areas for these IC's. The list will be updated as necessary to reflect changing IC needs.

NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NEUROLOGICAL DISORDERS AND STROKE (NINDS) – Potential applicants are advised of the following concerning BRP proposals for the NINDS -

NINDS policy requires that applications proposing clinical trials or other non-exempt human research address safety monitoring and reporting of adverse events (see: http://www.ninds.nih.gov/funding/clinical_trials/dsm.htm). In addition, applications to NINDS that request $1 million or more in direct cost in any year for non-exempt human research must receive prior approval of the National Advisory Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NANDS) Council before the application will be accepted for review, as described at http://www.ninds.nih.gov/funding/clinical_trials/large_projects.htm. Any questions regarding these policies should be addressed to the NINDS Clinical Research Liaison well in advance of grant submission.