CATALOG OF FEDERAL DOMESTIC ASSISTANCE
CATALOG OF FEDERAL DOMESTIC ASSISTANCEPopular Name: NRSA Program
Objectives: To ensure a continuing and adequate supply of well-trained personnel who are able to conduct research on mental health problems. The program provides training grants to institutions and fellowships to individuals at both the predoctoral and postdoctoral levels. There are awards to medical students proposing to become basic clinical researchers. In addition, there are special programs targeted toward minorities. Awards are made for training in the areas of: basic biomedical, clinical neuroscience, and behavioral research; the epidemiology of mental disorders; the etiology, description, diagnosis and pathogenesis of mental disorders; treatment development, assessment and evaluation; public health intervention and prevention approaches; and programs designed to increase the supply of underrepresented minority mental health research scientists trained to work in the above areas.
Applicant Eligibility: For a training grant, an institution must be a domestic public or nonprofit private organization. The applicant institution must have, or be able to develop, the staff and facilities to provide the proposed research training in an environment suitable for performing high-quality work. An applicant for individual predoctoral fellowship support must be enrolled in a research doctoral degree program by the proposed activation date of the fellowship. A postdoctoral applicant must have received a Ph.D., Psy.D., M.D., D.D.S., Sc.D., D.N.S., D.O., D.S.W., or equivalent degree from an accredited institution. An application for an M.D./Ph.D. fellowship must be enrolled in an M.D./Ph.D. program at an approved medical school, accepted in a related scientific program, and supervised by a mentor in the related scientific field. An institution applying for a COR Honors Undergraduate Program Award must be a 4-year college, university, or health professional school whose student enrollment is drawn substantially from one or more of the following ethnic groups: American Indians or Alaskan Natives; Asian or Pacific Islanders; Black, not of Hispanic origin; and Hispanic. All individuals to be supported under the NRSA program must be citizens or noncitizen nationals of the United States, or have been lawfully admitted to the United States for permanent residence.
Beneficiary Eligibility: Individuals and nonprofit organizations will benefit.
Credentials/Documentation: Costs will be determined in accordance with OMB Circular No. A-21 for educational institutions. For other grantees, costs will be determined in accordance with HHS Regulations 45 CFR, Part 74, Subpart Q, and 42 CFR Part 66.
Preapplication Coordination: Not applicable. This program is excluded from coverage under E.O. 12372.
Application Procedure: Applications must be prepared using the PHS 398 research grant application instructions and forms (revised May 2001). The PHS 398 is available at http://grants.nih.gov/grants/funding/phs398/phs398.html in an interactive format. for further assistance contact GrantsInfo, Phone (301) 435-0714, Email: GrantsInfo@nih.gov. Information concerning current areas of science being supported are available from the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH). Completed forms should be submitted to the Center for Scientific Review, National Institutes of Health, 6701 Rockledge Drive, Room 1040, MSC 7710, Bethesda, MD 20892-7710 or Bethesda, MD 20817 (for express/courier service). This program is subject to the provisions of 45 CFR Part 92 for State and local governments and OMB Circular No. A-110 for nonprofit organizations.
Award Procedure: Applications are reviewed for scientific merit by nonfederal consultants recruited nationwide from the mental health field. Applications other than fellowships must also be reviewed by the National Advisory Mental Health Council. If recommended for approval and a decision to make an award is made, a formal award notice will be sent to the applicant and sponsor. Postdoctoral students to be supported must submit required appointment forms, including a payback agreement and a Statement of Non-Delinquency on Federal Debt Certification. Predoctoral students whose appointments began after June 10, 1993, no longer incur a payback obligation. Honors undergraduates incur no payback obligations as a result of COR support.
Deadlines: Fellowships: April 5, August 5, and December 5. NRSA Institutional and Short-term training Grants: May 10. AIDS training grants: January 10, May 10, and September 10. NIMH Career Opportunities in Research Education and Training (COR): May 10.
Range of Approval/Disapproval Time: From 5 to 7 months. Review of AIDS-related applications is expedited.
Appeals: A principal investigator (P.I.) may question the substantive or procedural aspects of the review of his/her application by communicating with the staff of the Institute. A description of the NIH Peer Review Appeal procedures is available on the NIH home page http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/notice-files/not97-232.html.
Renewals: By law an individual may receive no more than 5 years of support in the aggregate at the predoctoral level and 3 years of support in the aggregate at the postdoctoral level under the NRSA program (through an individual and/or institutional award). Any exception to these limitations requires a waiver from the Director of the awarding Institute based on review of justification from the awardee and the program director for the institutional grant.
Criteria for Selecting Proposals: The following considerations will be used in determining projects to be funded: (1) scientific and technical merit; (2) facilities and environment for the training program; (3) previous training records; (4) relevance to NIMH priorities; and (5) potential contribution to mental health field.
Examples of Funded Projects: (1) Mental health statistics; (2) normal and abnormal development; (3) personality and psychopathology; (4) behavioral biology; and (5) mental health service delivery research and evaluation; and (6) molecular and cellular neuroscience.
Range and Average of Financial Assistance: Predoctoral stipends: $16,500 is the average. Postdoctoral stipends: $28,260 to $44,412; COR Honors Undergraduate: $9,732.
Federal Agency: NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES (Home Page)
Type of Assistance: Project Grants.
Obligations: (Fellowships and Grants) FY 01 $49,669,000; FY 02 est $54,886,000; and FY 03 est $56,423,000.
Budget Account Number: 75-0892-0-1-552.
Authorization: Public Health Service Act, Title IV, Section 487, Public Law 99-158, 42 U.S.C. 288, as amended.
Regulations, Guidelines, and Literature: 42 CFR 66. NIH Grants Policy Statement Revised March 2001).
Regional or Local Office: Not applicable.
Headquarters Office: Program Contacts: Dr. Stephen Foote, Director, Division of Neuroscience and Basic Behavioral Science. Phone: (301) 443-3563. Dr. Ellen Stover, Director, Division of Mental Disorders, Behavioral Research and AIDS. Phone: (301) 443-9700. Dr. Grayson S. Norquist, Director, Division of Services and Intervention Research. Phone (301) 443-3266. Dr. Ernest Marquez, Director, Office for Special Populations. Phone: (301) 443-3675. Grants Management Contact: Mr. Bruce Ringler, Grants Management Officer, National Institute of Mental Health, National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services; 6001 Executive Blvd, Room 6122, MSC 9605, Bethesda, MD 20892. Phone: (301) 443-2811. Use the same numbers for FTS.
Web Site Address: http://www.nih.gov
(See Appendix IV for more contact info.)
Formula and Matching Requirements: This program has no statutory formula or matching requirements.
Length and Time Phasing of Assistance: By law an individual may receive no more than 5 years of support in the aggregate at the predoctoral level and 3 years of support in the aggregate at the postdoctoral level under the NRSA program (through an individual and/or institutional award). For an M.D./Ph.D. award, 6 years may be requested. In practice, recommendations of review committees are generally for 2 or 3 years. Awards for institutional grants may be made for project periods of up to 5 years.
Uses and Use Restrictions: Individual fellowships are made to students seeking predoctoral or postdoctoral support for full-time research training or who are enrolled in an established M.D./Ph.D. program. An institutional allowance will be provided to the sponsoring institution for each awardee. In addition, any domestic public or nonprofit institution may apply for an institutional research training grant in a specified area of research from which a number of stipend awards will be made to individuals selected by the training program director at the institution. Support is available for both predoctoral and postdoctoral trainees and will include an amount for institutional expenses. Indirect costs may be requested at 8 percent of total direct costs, exclusive of tuition and related fees and expenditures for equipment, or actual indirect costs, whichever is less. Postdoctoral students receiving fellowships or stipend support under both individual and institutional grants for 12 months or less are obligated to pay back this support through an equivalent period of continued postdoctoral training or a period of health related research and/or teaching activities after the completion of their training. Postdoctoral students in their 13th and subsequent months of support will incur no further obligation, and such support will be considered acceptable postdoctoral payback service. Annual stipend levels will be $18,156 for predoctoral awards and $31,092 to $48,852 for postdoctoral awards dependent upon the number of years of postdoctoral relevant experience. Research training support may not be used for internships or other clinical training. COR Honors Undergraduate grants are to increase the number of well-prepared students from institutions with substantial minority enrollments and who can compete successfully for entry into Ph.D. degree level programs. Stipends of $10,224 per year may be requested for each full-time, Junior/Senior level trainee and other related institutional costs may be requested.
Reports: Annual progress reports are required. Financial status reports are required for Institutional and COR honors undergraduate National Research Service Grants. Annual reports of activities for tracking payback provisions are required from postdoctoral fellows and trainees upon termination of support.
Audits: In accordance with the provisions of OMB Circular No. A-133, (Revised, June 24, 1997), "Audits of States, Local Governments, and Non-Profit Organizations," nonfederal entities that expend financial assistance of $300,000 or more in Federal Awards will have a single or a program-specific audit conducted for that year. Nonfederal entities that expend less than $300,000 a year in Federal awards are exempt from Federal audit requirements for the year, except as noted in Circular No. A-133. For nongovernmental grant recipients, audits are to be carried out in accordance with the provisions set forth in OMB Circular No. A- 133. In addition, grants and cooperative agreements are subject to inspection and audits by DHHS and other Federal officials.
Records: Records must be retained for at least 3 years; records shall be retained beyond the 3-year period if audit findings have not been resolved.
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